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Category Archives: Theater

RED BANK: RAISIN’ A FAMILY @ TWO RIVER
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RED BANK: Two River Theater season-opener 'A Raisin in the Sun' stars wife-and-husband actors Crystal Dickinson and Brandon Dirden.
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September 6th, 2017 @ 3pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: A CURTAIN-RAISIN’ FREE BBQ
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RED BANK: Two River Theater raisin' the curtain on a new season with a free block party boasting music, food and the cast of 'A Raisin in the Sun' Thursday.
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August 29th, 2017 @ 7am
MIDDLETOWN: BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE
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MIDDLETOWN: The Monmouth Players warm up for a new season with a sampler of soliloquies 'n such by Shakespeare.
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August 17th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: A SEVENTH ‘CROSSING’ ON BRIDGE
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RED BANK: The Crossing Borders Festival of new "Latinx" themed plays returns to Two River for a seventh season with a Wednesday patio party.
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July 31st, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MISSION HOUSE RISING
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RED BANK: A new modular structure is going up on the St. Anthony of Padua campus. What's Going On Here? We've got the answer.
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July 25th, 2017 @ 1pm
IN THE AIR: FREE MUSIC, MOVIES AND MORE
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ON THE GREEN: FREE movies in the park. FREE music on the sands, streets and docks. FREE Shakespeare on the grass. All in the midsummer's evenings ahead.
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July 18th, 2017 @ 10am
LINCROFT: The summer theater project at CBA's Henderson Theatre partners with the Premier troupe for a production of 'Footloose' that opens Friday.
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July 12th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LOCAL STARS ON THE ‘WEST SIDE’
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RED BANK: Actors from Middletown and Rumson appear as star-crossed lovers when 'West Side Story' returns to the Basie, courtesy of Phoenix Productions.
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July 12th, 2017 @ 6am
LINCROFT: MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S MERRIMENT
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LINCROFT: It's Shakespeare the way the Bard intended it, as A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM goes up in the open air this Thursday, on the lawn at Brookdale CC.
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July 11th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: NEW MURAL POPS INTO VIEW
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RED BANK: A colorful new mural bloomed to life on the West Side over the weekend, thanks to local kids and couple of all-niters by some adults.
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July 10th, 2017 @ 11am
MIDDLETOWN: An original musical dramedy asks, "is it 'gravy' or 'sauce'?" during a three-day stand at the Middletown Arts Center.
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June 22nd, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: A LAST ROUNDUP FOR ‘LITTLE JO’
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RED BANK: The musical THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO enters its final week of performances, today through Sunday at Two River Theater.
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June 21st, 2017 @ 7am
MIDDLETOWN: The Stone Church Players tackle Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' in an abridged version.
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June 6th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: ‘WAY BACK HOME’ AT TWO RIVER
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RED BANK: Puppet power brings the kids' classic 'The Way Back Home' to life for eight shows at Two River Theater beginning Thursday.
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June 5th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: ‘LITTLE JO’ GETS ACTUAL BALLADS
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RED BANK: Two River Theater caps its mainstage season with a long-developing production of the fact-based musical 'The Ballad of Little Jo.'
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June 1st, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: Five local schools rack up wins (and a Red Bank arts impresario gets a Lifetime Achievement honor) at the 12th annual Basie Awards.
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May 25th, 2017 @ 5pm
RED BANK: High schools on the Greater Green score numerous nominations, as the 12th annual Basie Awards roll out the red carpet tonight.
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May 24th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: A FRONTIER FUNDER AT TWO RIVER
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RED BANK: Tony-level talent helps Two River Theater host an advance listen to the original musical, THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO.
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May 11th, 2017 @ 6pm
RED BANK: ‘BEAUTY’ ON THE BASIE STAGE
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RED BANK: Disney's stage musical 'Beauty and the Beast' heralds a new season of lavish entertainments on the Basie stage from Phoenix Productions.
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April 27th, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: PADILLA ‘WOMEN’ ON THE WING
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RED BANK: With seven performances left, 'The Women of Padilla' continues its world premiere run through Sunday at Two River Theater.
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April 25th, 2017 @ 6am
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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.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.