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Category Archives: Theater

RUMSON: ‘MIRACLE’ ON RIDGE ROAD
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Press release from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Does Santa Claus really exist? The award-winning Tower Players at  Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School want you to “believe,” and will makeContinue reading "RUMSON: ‘MIRACLE’ ON RIDGE ROAD"
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December 2nd, 2014 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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MIDDLETOWN: HOW TO MAKE A ‘DIAMOND’
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Elias Kotsis and Jessica Fisher (center) are featured in the cast of Middletown High School South’s THE DIAMOND AS BIG AS THE RITZ, director Alexis Kozak’s own adaptation of theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: HOW TO MAKE A ‘DIAMOND’"
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November 19th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LITTLE PINK (HAUNTED) HOUSES
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T Bone Burnett, John Mellencamp and Stephen King are the creative crew — and Gina Gershon co-stars — as GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY takes its cross-country tour to theContinue reading "RED BANK: LITTLE PINK (HAUNTED) HOUSES"
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November 17th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: A ONCE AND FUTURE CLASSIC
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FRASIER co-creator David Lee (left) returns to Red Bank to direct a young cast of pros (including Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, right) in the Two River Theater Company production of CAMELOT. Continue reading "RED BANK: A ONCE AND FUTURE CLASSIC"
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November 14th, 2014 @ 12pm
Actor and playwright Frank Ingrasciotta performs his Off Broadway solo show BLOOD TYPE: RAGU at Middletown Arts Center on November 15 as part of a new series of Savor the ArtsContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: A THREE-DAY TASTE OF ITALY"
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November 14th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: THE BRIGHT SIDE OF ARTHUR
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King Arthur (Michael Chartier) is attended to by the Laker Girls in MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT, the very silly musical opening at the Count Basie Theatre this weekend, as the season-cappingContinue reading "RED BANK: THE BRIGHT SIDE OF ARTHUR"
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November 13th, 2014 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: MUCH MORE ADO, AT RBR
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Benedick (Patrick Monaghan, Little Silver) kneels before his Beatrice (Katherine Kennedy, Avon), as the Red Bank Regional VPA drama majors rehearse their lead roles in the school production of Shakespeare’sContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: MUCH MORE ADO, AT RBR"
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November 12th, 2014 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: EMPOWERING THEATER, AT RBR
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Red Bank Regional Visual and Performing Arts Academy graduate Ashley Marinaccio (left) looks on as RBR junior and creative writing major Mya Nunnelly performs her own poetry, during a recentContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: EMPOWERING THEATER, AT RBR"
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November 4th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: MUSICAL THEATER IS KING
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The Victoria G. Mastrobuono Library at Two River Theater is the setting as Two River artistic director John Dias, right, delivers a talk on the American art form of MusicalContinue reading "RED BANK: MUSICAL THEATER IS KING"
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October 28th, 2014 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: APPETIZER FOR ARTS SERIES
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Actor and playwright Frank Ingrasciotta performs his Off Broadway solo show BLOOD TYPE: RAGU at Middletown Arts Center on November 15, as part of  a new series of Savor theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: APPETIZER FOR ARTS SERIES"
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October 27th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: CLOSING IN ON WEST SIDE LOFTS
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A fifth-floor view of the  “mews” between two buildings at the West Side Lofts, looking toward the Two River Theater. Below, developer Chris Cole. (Photos by John T. Ward. ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: CLOSING IN ON WEST SIDE LOFTS"
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October 16th, 2014 @ 9am
LINCROFT: VISITING BROOKDALE’S UNDEAD
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The friendly staff of Brookdale Haunted Theater creaks open the doors of the community college’s Performing Arts Center for the latest edition of their live-action eekscursion, beginning this Friday night.Continue reading "LINCROFT: VISITING BROOKDALE’S UNDEAD"
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October 13th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: GRADUATING FROM ‘SCHOOL’
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Arnolphe (Robert Stanton) loses patience with his idiotic servants (Bree and Carson Elrod) in Two River Theater Company’s production of THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES, now entering its final weekend. (PhotoContinue reading "RED BANK: GRADUATING FROM ‘SCHOOL’"
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October 3rd, 2014 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: THE MARTIANS ARE HERE
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Orson Welles’ infamous 1938 broadcast of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS is evoked in a live radio play performance by Raconteur Radio, Saturday afternoon at Middletown Library. It’s coming upContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: THE MARTIANS ARE HERE"
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October 2nd, 2014 @ 12pm
NAVESINK: BRIT FARCE, SCOTTISH PLAY
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The venerable venues of the Navesink Arts Center (long ago, the original Middletown Library) and the “Old Stone Church” at All Saints are the scene for a new season ofContinue reading "NAVESINK: BRIT FARCE, SCOTTISH PLAY"
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October 1st, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BASIE TIPS ITS HAT TO JETER
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Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre found a simple, elegant way to pay tribute to Yankee’s great Derek Jeter on Thursday, the day of his final home game in pinstripes. (ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE TIPS ITS HAT TO JETER"
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September 25th, 2014 @ 3pm
RED BANK: A SERIOUSLY FUNNY TEDx TALK
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Open Mike: Humorists Michael Phillips-Anderson and Michael O’Keeffe take the stage of Two River Theater for a special TEDx Navesink presentation on September 25, prior to the 8 pm showContinue reading "RED BANK: A SERIOUSLY FUNNY TEDx TALK"
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September 23rd, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BROADWAY BABIES CATCH A WAVE
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The Broadway Dolls, featuring Hollie Howard (center), bring the musical excitement to the Molly for A Taste of Broadway, a Monday night fundraising gala benefitting a group of Shore-based nonprofits.Continue reading "RED BANK: BROADWAY BABIES CATCH A WAVE"
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September 21st, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: ‘SCHOOL’ IS IN SESSION, AT TRTC
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British actor, director and educator Mark Wing-Davey brings a dream project to Red Bank, with a bold new realization of the 17th century comedy THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES that opensContinue reading "RED BANK: ‘SCHOOL’ IS IN SESSION, AT TRTC"
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September 16th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SIX TEENS TAKE THE STAGE AGAIN
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Red Bank Regional VPA students now appearing in THE SOUND OF MUSIC at the Count Basie include (l-r) Dana Brown, Jillian Lamanno, Bobby Davis, Eliana Swartz, Jaclyn Gisondi, and VictoriaContinue reading "RED BANK: SIX TEENS TAKE THE STAGE AGAIN"
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September 16th, 2014 @ 6am
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
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 ...