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MIDDLETOWN: PLAYERS DISH UP FINE ‘DINING’
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MIDDLETOWN: Monmouth Players take it into A.R. Gurney's engagingly experimental ensemble comedy 'The Dining Room" for six performances.
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February 2nd, 2017 @ 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: ‘HURRICANE’ WATCH AT TWO RIVER
RED BANK: The borough's suburban streets form the setting of HURRICANE DIANE, a wild comedy of Greek gods and climate catastrophe that makes its world premiere at Two River Theater.
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January 13th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BASIE SHINES ON GLOBAL STAGE
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RED BANK: Ticket sales soared 76 percent at the Count Basie in 2016, making it the top-grossing theater in New Jersey and 24th globally, Pollstar reports.
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January 9th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: TWO RIVER KEEPS THE LIGHTS UP
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RED BANK: Two River Theater stays plugged in with a four-day engagement of 'A Very Electric Christmas.'
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December 22nd, 2016 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: A WILDER WAY TO HOLIDAY
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MIDDLETOWN: Monmouth Players serve up some more Thornton Wilder, plus dessert, with "A Long Christmas Dinner."
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December 9th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: EITHER WAY, WE’RE SCROOGED
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RED BANK & MIDDLETOWN: Two intimate version of 'A Christmas Carol,' Charles Dicken's Scrooge's story, play out ion stages here in coming days.
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December 1st, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: CRAFTS, CAROLS, COLLECTIONS
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RED BANK: The Civic Chorus brings the carols, theater guests create the crafts, and Two River Theater collects donations for the FoodBank during a weekend event.
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November 29th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BASIE, FRIENDS JOIN FOR BIG GIVE
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RED BANK: The Count Basie teams with Shore-based media and charitable organizations for a major "Giving Tuesday" initiative.
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November 28th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: VEGAS TO BROADWAY VIA BASIE
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RED BANK: Donnie and Marie Osmond and 'Once' over twice help keep the holiday train chugging at the Count Basie. Details here.
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November 25th, 2016 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR PRESENTS ‘THE CRUCIBLE’
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RED BANK REGIONAL stages the Arthur Miller classic 'The Crucible.'
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November 25th, 2016 @ 3am
RED BANK: VAN ZANDT LINEUP TO ROCK BASIE
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RED BANK: Steven Van Zandt to pick bands for four concerts to raise funds for a massive $20 million Count Basie Theatre expansion.
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November 14th, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK: ‘WINTER’ OF OUR DYSFUNCTION
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RED BANK: Tony nominees Michael Cumpsty and Dee Hoty head up a competitive royal clan whose weapons are honed for the holidays, as THE LION IN WINTER takes the stage of Two River Theater this weekend.
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November 10th, 2016 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: CBA PLAYERS MAKE A GREAT MATCH
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LINCROFT: The Pegasus Players at CBA return this weekend with the Thornton Wilder play THE MATCHMAKER.
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November 10th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: YOU’LL LAUGH YOUR EYE OUT
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RED BANK: Ralphie suits up in Aunt Clara's bunny costume once more, as the Basie hosts the musical version of A CHRISTMAS STORY starting this Friday.
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November 7th, 2016 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: The Monmouth Players continue a Season of Classics with no less than DEATH OF A SALESMAN, beginning Saturday night.
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November 4th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SEEKING MERRY WIVES, AND MORE
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RED BANK: Two River Theater puts a call out to high school age performers, to be part of the annual "A Little Shakespeare" production.
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November 2nd, 2016 @ 5am
RUMSON: The Tower Players take to the RFH stage with the merry medieval farce "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
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October 25th, 2016 @ 5am
LINCROFT: HAUNTED HOUSE CREAKS OPEN
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LINCROFT: An eek-spanded edition of Brookdale's Haunted Theater goes up for the first of three big weekends starting Friday night.
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October 13th, 2016 @ 11am
HOW RBR’S VPA TEENS SPENT THEIR SUMMER
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LITTLE SILVER: The performing arts majors of Red Bank Regional used their school-year break to hone their performance skills and passion for their craft.
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October 11th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: GRANT $, GALA FOR TWO RIVER
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RED BANK: Two River Theater announces a set of major grants and awards, along with a fun Halloween fundraiser on October 22.
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October 4th, 2016 @ 5am
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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.
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.