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Category Archives: Television

RED BANK: MEGASTARS TO LIGHT UP BASIE
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Screen siren Sophia Loren and Broadway bombshell Patti LuPone up the star-power ante at the Count Basie, Thursday and Friday nights.
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March 16th, 2016 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: HE’S LIVE, JIM!
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Pop-cultural icon comes to the stage of the Count Basie Theatre this Friday night.  Unlike the planet-dominating Skynet of the Terminator movies, it’s unclear as to exactly when William ShatnerContinue reading "RED BANK: HE’S LIVE, JIM!"
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February 4th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BEAM US UP, BASIE
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“KHAAANNNN!” The coming of the mighty Shatner is heralded at the Count Basie Theatre with a three night Kirk-out of films in the classic STAR TREK franchise. Below,Middletown’s own BillyContinue reading "RED BANK: BEAM US UP, BASIE"
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February 1st, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: STAR-POWERED STEPPING
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A cast of terpsichorean talents takes to the Basie boards for two Wednesday shows, as ‘Dancing With the Stars Live!’ rolls into town. One can easily make the case thatContinue reading "RED BANK: STAR-POWERED STEPPING"
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January 11th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: BASIE WHETS THE ‘APPETITE’
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Celeb chef Jacques Pépin, above, gets things cooking at the Basie this afternoon. (Photo by Christian Ceppas) Continuing with the ever-eclectic menu of entertainments that has distinguished and defined its audience-pleasingContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE WHETS THE ‘APPETITE’"
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October 30th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: A DEAD-ON TRIBUTE
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Multi-instrumentalist Marc Muller leads his grateful jam-mates in a Halloweekend edition of Dead On Live, Friday night at the Count Basie — while “The Price Is Right LIVE” summons inContinue reading "RED BANK: A DEAD-ON TRIBUTE"
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October 28th, 2015 @ 12pm
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
TINTON FALLS: DRIVING A GREAT PEOPLE STORY
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Besides sharing his name with the always civic-minded Captain America, videographer Steve Rogers maintains a not-so secret identity as the creator, producer, host and high-mileage guy behind the wheel ofContinue reading "TINTON FALLS: DRIVING A GREAT PEOPLE STORY"
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October 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: LIVE ‘IDOL,’ PIANISTS & LIGHTFOOT
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The Piano Guys, above, make an encore appearance at the Count Basie Theatre on August 4. Veteran troubador Gordon Lightfoot, below, returns to Red Bank on August 6. An up-closeContinue reading "RED BANK: LIVE ‘IDOL,’ PIANISTS & LIGHTFOOT"
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July 31st, 2015 @ 9am
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
RED BANK: THIS HEAT TAKES THE CAKE, BOSS
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With temperatures pushing 90, Carlo’s Bake Shop owner Buddy Valastro kept cool at the Red Bank Marina Thursday prior to taping an episode of his TV show, ‘Cake Boss.’ He’sContinue reading "RED BANK: THIS HEAT TAKES THE CAKE, BOSS"
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June 11th, 2015 @ 9pm
CHOICE VOICES IN RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN
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AMERICA’S GOT TALENT breakout sensation Jackie Evancho, left, makes her area debut at the Count Basie this Friday, while Gianna Salvato (of THE VOICE competition) joins kindie-rocker Miss Sherri forContinue reading "CHOICE VOICES IN RED BANK, MIDDLETOWN"
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April 15th, 2015 @ 9am
‘BLUES’ ON RED BANK’S UPPER WEST SIDE
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Actor Brandon J. Dirden returns to Red Bank as star of YOUR BLUES AIN’T SWEET LIKE MINE, the drama by Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson that begins its world premiere engagementContinue reading "‘BLUES’ ON RED BANK’S UPPER WEST SIDE"
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April 8th, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: CONVERSATIONAL CLAIRVOYANCE
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The Count Basie Theatre keeps the ghost light burning in anticipation of Thursday’s appearance by GHOST WHISPERER consultant James Van Praagh.   As we said in this space during lastContinue reading "RED BANK: CONVERSATIONAL CLAIRVOYANCE"
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March 17th, 2015 @ 4pm
RUMSON SCREEN STAR’S CHARACTER THERAPY
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Movie-TV actress (and Rumson mom) Siobhan Fallon Hogan returns to the stage of Two River Theater this Saturday with her sold-out solo show, ‘Acting Out.’ Hers is a face you’veContinue reading "RUMSON SCREEN STAR’S CHARACTER THERAPY"
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February 26th, 2015 @ 4pm
RED BANK: A COMPELLING A CAPPELLA
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The 2015 touring stage show from the NBC TV series THE SING-OFF takes it back to Basie’s place for a Friday night showcase of vocal artistry, performed live “without aContinue reading "RED BANK: A COMPELLING A CAPPELLA"
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February 16th, 2015 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: KIDS ON CAMPUS AT BCC
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The Guest List: Disney Channel series JESSIE co-star Peyton List comes to the campus of Brookdale College on Sunday, as special attraction at a day-long “Kidabaloo.”   “Are your kidsContinue reading "LINCROFT: KIDS ON CAMPUS AT BCC"
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February 5th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: IMPRACTICAL MAGIC
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The Impractical Jokers of TV’s Tenderloins troupe dig in for a three-show stand at the Basie, including TWO sold-out shows on Saturday and a going-fast addition on Sunday night. It’sContinue reading "RED BANK: IMPRACTICAL MAGIC"
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February 4th, 2015 @ 12pm
KICK KIDS DANCE FOR DISNEY XMAS TV SHOW
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Press release from Kick Dance Studios Dancers from Kick Dance Studios of Rumson and Fair Haven recently had the exciting honor of performing in Disney’s Frozen Christmas Celebration, which wasContinue reading "KICK KIDS DANCE FOR DISNEY XMAS TV SHOW"
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December 20th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: CAKE BOSS COPS TO DWI
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‘Cake Boss’ Buddy Valastro with Mayor Pasquale Menna at the opening of Carlo’s Bake Shop in Red Bank in November, 2013. Below, Valastro’s apology tweet Monday. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK: CAKE BOSS COPS TO DWI"
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December 2nd, 2014 @ 6am
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APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.