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RED BANK: FAMILIAR FACES RETURN TO TRTC
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New roles for familiar faces, new stagings of beloved classics...and the world premiere of a play set in Red Bank, NJ...all on the just-announced 2016-2017 schedule from Two River Theater Company.
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March 29th, 2016 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: DAVID CROSS TAKES BASIE STAGE
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Elvis, Jerry Lee, Johnny (Mathis) and more, as the Count Basie springs into action with vintage jukebox hits and off-beat comedy.
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March 21st, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: STANDUP, DOO-WOP & ST. PAT’S
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Gentlemanly comedy, streetcorner doo-wop, and a musical Irish history lesson...all on the Count Basie stage this week.
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March 2nd, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: MAD-LIBS ‘N MARX ON MONMOUTH
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Frank Ferrante (pictured with accompanist Jim Furmston) re-channels the spirit of the one, the only, Groucho Marx back to the Basie, in a Sunday matinee edition of his EVENING WITHContinue reading "RED BANK: MAD-LIBS ‘N MARX ON MONMOUTH"
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January 22nd, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: NEW ‘REASON’ FOR OLD FRIENDS
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Ken Stunkel, left, and Two River Theater founder Bob Rechnitz are first-time, eighty-something playwrights getting the big-time treatment. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)   By TOM CHESEK When the 2015-2016Continue reading "RED BANK: NEW ‘REASON’ FOR OLD FRIENDS"
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January 8th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: TAKE US HOME, KATHLEEN
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Repeat Basie favorite Kathleen Madigan returns to Red Bank for an encore Saturday evening. Here’s a sample bit.  Long before there was an internet bubble and a housing bubble, thereContinue reading "RED BANK: TAKE US HOME, KATHLEEN"
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January 7th, 2016 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: FULL-TIME SANTA, TEMP ELF
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Each tells a tale of Christmas set in a Macy’s department store. One is earnest and uplifting, and involves a real Santa mistaken for a fake one. The other is lessContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: FULL-TIME SANTA, TEMP ELF"
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December 2nd, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: ANDERSON, PONTY PROG ON @BASIE
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Yes frontman Jon Anderson, at right, teams with violinist Jean-Luc Ponty for a new project that comes to town on Thursday.   It may be “fall back” time on theContinue reading "RED BANK: ANDERSON, PONTY PROG ON @BASIE"
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October 27th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: SPLATTER-ZONE SEATING OPTIONAL
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EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL (above) anoints the boards of the Count Basie stage Tuesday.  Arriving just in advance of Halloweekend — and representing the most gloriously gory musical-theater casserole sinceContinue reading "RED BANK: SPLATTER-ZONE SEATING OPTIONAL"
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October 26th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: A NEVERENDING TALENT SHOW
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The All Star Tour edition of America’s Got Talent LIVE! (above) takes it to the Count Basie stage Tuesday, and  the Celtic songcraft of Loreena McKennitt (below) makes for anContinue reading "RED BANK: A NEVERENDING TALENT SHOW"
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October 19th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BASIE’S ECLECTIC JUGGLING ACT
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Madcap jugglers the Flying Karamazov Brothers, above, return in coming days to the Count Basie stage, as does frequent Red Bank guest Lyle Lovett, this time with John Hiatt, below.  Continue reading "RED BANK: BASIE’S ECLECTIC JUGGLING ACT"
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October 9th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: SMOOTHING THE MIDWEEK HUMP
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Comic tunesmith Bo Burnham makes a Count Basie Theatre debut Tuesday, and Engelbert Humperdinck makes a triumphal Red Bank return Wednesday. A tantrum-throwing tempest named Joaquin may have blown past theContinue reading "RED BANK: SMOOTHING THE MIDWEEK HUMP"
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October 5th, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: GRAMMY GUYS ARE GO AT THE BASIE
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“Weird Al” Yankovic brings his Mandatory World Tour to the Basie stage on Tuesday night…while Rob Thomas returns to station stop Red Bank for another two-night stand on Friday andContinue reading "RED BANK: GRAMMY GUYS ARE GO AT THE BASIE"
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July 27th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BASIE’S STAR-STUDDED STANDUP
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Top-of-their-game comedy kingpins Kevin James (Saturday; two shows) and Marc Maron (Sunday) bring their crowd-tested mojo to the stage of the Count Basie Theatre on a busy weekend of laughs.Continue reading "RED BANK: BASIE’S STAR-STUDDED STANDUP"
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June 25th, 2015 @ 12pm
“Mother of all standup comics” Robin Fox returns to the Monmouth Museum for a Girl’s Night Out evening of “fun, food and drinks.” We’ve said it before, but You MightContinue reading "LINCROFT: RARE FLOWERS, REAL HOUSEWIVES"
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May 26th, 2015 @ 6am
NAVESINK: PLAYERS WRAP UP A ‘PRESENT’
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Eric McDonough (center) and his fellow Monmouth Players serve up Noel Coward’s PRESENT LAUGHTER at the Navesink Arts Center. Way back in 1953, a fledgling theatrical troupe by the nameContinue reading "NAVESINK: PLAYERS WRAP UP A ‘PRESENT’"
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April 29th, 2015 @ 3pm
RED BANK: SEDARIS RETURNS TO BASIE
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Essayist David Sedaris brings his droll humor to the Basie Wednesday. It’s one thing to have earned the status of America’s bestest-selling purveyor of humor on the printed / pixelatedContinue reading "RED BANK: SEDARIS RETURNS TO BASIE"
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April 13th, 2015 @ 6am
LINCROFT: OF TICS AND TITTERS
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A guy who stutters and a guy with Tourette Syndrome walk into a room — but for once, they’re not the set-up for some sleazy old-school joke. In fact, thisContinue reading "LINCROFT: OF TICS AND TITTERS"
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April 6th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LAUGHING ROOM ONLY
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Funnyman Mike Gaffney appears in a Saturday night Laugh Out Loud fundraiser at Two River Theater — while veteran Bobby Collins holds down the shtick at Count Basie’s place. SaturdayContinue reading "RED BANK: LAUGHING ROOM ONLY"
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February 20th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: HOT AND/OR GRUMPY COMICS
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Craig Ferguson returns to the Count Basie on Monday night — while Adam Mamawala is Tuesday’s featured performer for this month’s edition of Laugh at Lunch, on campus at Brookdale. Continue reading "RED BANK: HOT AND/OR GRUMPY COMICS"
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February 8th, 2015 @ 12pm
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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.