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Theater Week of Sorts continues in today's Red Bank oRBit with a look at The Housewives of Mannheim, the new show at New Jersey Rep in Long Branch, and its "real housewives" of 1944 Brooklyn. We talk to playwright (and...
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April 14th, 2009 @ 6am
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It’s Theater Week of sorts in Red Bank oRBit! It just sort of works out that way, as the coming days see the openings of no fewer than five new productions in the area — all of them worth checking...
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April 13th, 2009 @ 6am
Some say the root problem is parking, while others say it's an imbalance in the store mix in favor of high-end goods and services. But whatever they identify as the cause of Red Bank's economic woes, downtown merchants agree that...
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March 26th, 2009 @ 9am
The dean of NJ stage critics — the Star-Ledger's Peter Filichia — has seen the future of regional theater, and her name is Isabel Wallace. As reported in today's Red Bank oRBit , the 9-year old fourth-grader from Little Silver...
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March 26th, 2009 @ 9am
She writes, she directs, she sings: Suzanne Sweeney leads her actors in warm-up vocal exercises before a recent rehearsal for this weekend's show. By LAURA KOSS Sitting alone in an otherwise empty auditorium, Suzanne Sweeney watches from the fourth row...
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March 18th, 2009 @ 6am
We may be on the verge of spring, but at the Two River Theater Company, winter's got one more hand to play. Today's edition of oRBit has the details on Melissa Arctic, the springtime musical adapted from Shakespeare's classic The...
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March 16th, 2009 @ 6am
Phoebe Ryan's much-anticipated — at least in the hallways of Red Bank Regional High, where she's a senior — pass through the American Idol machinery may not have proved as Tivo-worthy as her admirers wished. The 17-year-old Rumson resident's Idol...
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March 6th, 2009 @ 6am
Today's Red Bank oRBit has a tantalizing peek behind the curtain at 'Mary's Wedding,' the new play that you've no doubt seen advertised on posters and flyers all over town but had never heard of. The Two River Theater Company...
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February 2nd, 2009 @ 5am
Following previews, 'ReEntry' is now fully underway at at Red Bank’s Two River Theater, and today's Red Bank oRBit salutes it with an admiring review. The play, by Emily Ackerman and KJ Sanchez, weighs the costs of war through the...
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January 29th, 2009 @ 9am
One of the most powerful pieces of theater to come along in a while hits the main stage of the Two River Theater this week. Called 'ReEntry,' it's a play gleaned from hundreds of hours of interviews with returning combat...
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January 19th, 2009 @ 7am
Bruce Springsteen returned to the Count Basie Theatre last night for an unbilled appearance at the venue he helped refurbish last year. That presumably multiplied the local-boy-makes-superstardom megawattage already on the stage in the t-shirted form of Jon Bon Jovi,...
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December 23rd, 2008 @ 6am
The Two River Theater Co. brings a children's favorite, 'A Year with Frog and Toad,' to life starting this week for a run through the holiday-season. A family-oriented production with an engaging scene set on Christmas Eve, the musical comes...
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December 8th, 2008 @ 11am
Getting an early jump on a packed calendar of weekend events, today's edition of Red Bank oRBit brings you these holiday season nuggets: • A steaming slab 'o Meat Loaf • Tree lightings here and there in our corner of...
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December 4th, 2008 @ 10am
To be sure, his annual arrival on the cultural scene is as reliable as the post-Thanksgiving markdown. But rarely have we seen old Ebenezer Scrooge quite so ubiquitous. The next few days will see not one, not two, but three...
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December 1st, 2008 @ 9am
We Are Scientists, just one offering on a busy calendar of entertainment options this weekend. An entertainment cornucopia disgorges its goods this weekend, and Red Bank oRBit has the details on what's happening where. Among the offerings: • Rasputina, a...
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November 20th, 2008 @ 8am
In conjunction with tonight's reopening of the Count Basie Theatre after four months in mothballs, today's edition of Red Bank oRBit contains a two-fer: • We've got an interview with a Mark Eaton, a 15-year Capitol Steps veteran (and former...
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October 30th, 2008 @ 12pm
Contractor Lee Babitt found he wanted to make a mark when he turned 50 — and the Basie fit the bill. Lee Babitt tells the story of a woman walking past the Count Basie Theatre three Sundays ago trying to...
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October 29th, 2008 @ 6am
The aisle stanchion on row U, left; a view of the hall from the balcony, right. (Photos by Jim Willis) After four months in dry dock, it's back to the high seas of entertainment for the Count Basie Theatre Thursday...
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October 29th, 2008 @ 6am
In Chicago, they sexed it up from the original script. In Poland, they added a scene in which the husband beats his wife, apparently thinking that's what the audience would demand. In Long Branch, though, NJ Rep shoots for a...
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October 21st, 2008 @ 11am
'The Laramie Project' is back in Monmouth County — minus, so far, any hint of the outrage that made it a hot topic last year in Ocean Township. That's when the high school principal and the district superintendent tried putting...
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October 9th, 2008 @ 6pm
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NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
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DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
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NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
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 ...
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