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RED BANK: THE PLAYWRIGHT’S THE THING
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Two River Theater welcomes five playwrights to the stage — including, from left, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Tony Meneses and Madeleine George — to discuss what it takes to bring a scriptContinue reading "RED BANK: THE PLAYWRIGHT’S THE THING"
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March 31st, 2015 @ 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: ‘ROOM’ FOR SOMETHING NEW @TRTC
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Playwright Tony Meneses is the author of GUADALUPE IN THE GUEST ROOM, the comedy-drama that makes its world premiere on the stage of Two River Theater, beginning in previews thisContinue reading "RED BANK: ‘ROOM’ FOR SOMETHING NEW @TRTC"
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February 9th, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TRTC SHOW HONORED WITH GRANT
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Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz, creators of the new musical BE MORE CHILL, have been honored along with Two River Theater by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.Continue reading "RED BANK: TRTC SHOW HONORED WITH GRANT"
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February 3rd, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: SHARING A COMMUNITY’S STORIES
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A special performance of CAMELOT on December 13, captioned for Spanish-speaking audience members, is among a slate of free events designed for Monmouth County’s Latino community at Two River Theater.Continue reading "RED BANK: SHARING A COMMUNITY’S STORIES"
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December 9th, 2014 @ 8am
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
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
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: PUTTING TEDx INTO PLAY AGAIN
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The wisdom of the late Red Bank physician and international running philosopher Dr. George Sheehan is channeled by his son Timothy Sheehan (inset), in a TEDx Navesink presentation Saturday atContinue reading "RED BANK: PUTTING TEDx INTO PLAY AGAIN"
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May 7th, 2014 @ 10am
TRTC NAMES SEASON OF PREMIERES, CLASSICS
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Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, FRASIER creator David Lee, and Jessica Stone are among the star-quality directors working with Two River Theater Company in the just-announced 2014-2015 season. “Didn’t we justContinue reading "TRTC NAMES SEASON OF PREMIERES, CLASSICS"
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April 29th, 2014 @ 11am
RED BANK: TWO RIVER TAKES A LOOK AHEAD
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Two River Theater Company artistic director John Dias takes the podium once more for the annual new season announcement, with the public invited to hear the details of the upcomingContinue reading "RED BANK: TWO RIVER TAKES A LOOK AHEAD"
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April 27th, 2014 @ 12pm
LATINO COMMUNITY URGED TO SHARE STORIES
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(L-R): Director Jerry Ruiz and playwright Tanya Saracho (pictured with actor Carlo Albán during a past edition of the annual CROSSING BORDERS festival at Two River Theater) invite Red Bank’sContinue reading "LATINO COMMUNITY URGED TO SHARE STORIES"
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March 31st, 2014 @ 6am
A LAND OF PURE IMAGINATION, AT TWO RIVER
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Gaby (Andrea Morales) encounters an inhabitant of PINKOLANDIA in the play of the same name by Andrea Thome at Two River Theater.  (Photo by T.C. Erickson) By TOM CHESEK JustContinue reading "A LAND OF PURE IMAGINATION, AT TWO RIVER"
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February 26th, 2014 @ 6am
MUCH ADO ABOUT TRTC’S ‘AS YOU LIKE IT’
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Tonight’s free screening of director Joss Whedon’s 2012 film of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING kicks off a series of special events, keyed to Two River Theater Company’s upcoming production ofContinue reading "MUCH ADO ABOUT TRTC’S ‘AS YOU LIKE IT’"
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January 13th, 2014 @ 6am
A SECOND ‘WIND’ FOR A NEW TRTC TRADITION
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Becca Ayers (Mrs. Otter), William Thomas Evans (Dr. Badger) and Mike Faist (Mole) co-star in A WIND IN THE WILLOWS CHRISTMAS, the original family musical now onstage in a new encoreContinue reading "A SECOND ‘WIND’ FOR A NEW TRTC TRADITION"
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December 17th, 2013 @ 8am
RAISE YOUR VOICES, AT RED BANK LIBRARY
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Actress Lorraine Stone, Two River Theater artistic director John Dias and Councilman Ed Zipprich are among the Red Bank area notables giving voice to historic American figures in “The PeopleContinue reading "RAISE YOUR VOICES, AT RED BANK LIBRARY"
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December 10th, 2013 @ 6am
TRTC’s 20th SEASON: AS YOU LIKE IT
Tony nominee Michael Cumpsty, Tony and Oscar winner Joel Grey, and Jade King Carroll make their Two River Theater directorial debuts during the just-announced 2013-2014 season. By TOM CHESEK AsContinue reading "TRTC’s 20th SEASON: AS YOU LIKE IT"
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June 3rd, 2013 @ 12pm
RED BANK: CUMPSTY DONS COWARD’S ROBE
Tony nominee Michael Cumpsty, left is at the center of a “vortex of neurosis,” as Nöel Coward’s “Present Laughter” comes to Two River Theater in a production directed by “Frasier”Continue reading "RED BANK: CUMPSTY DONS COWARD’S ROBE"
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May 29th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: A RIDE FROM OHIO TO AUSCHWITZ
Playwright Lisa Kron performs her one-woman show 2.5 MINUTE RIDE, opening this weekend at Two River Theater. (Photo by T. Charles Erickson. Click to enlarge) By TOM CHESEK In theContinue reading "RED BANK: A RIDE FROM OHIO TO AUSCHWITZ"
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April 24th, 2013 @ 7am
RED BANK: AN ELECTRIC RIDE AT TWO RIVER
Antoinette LaVecchia, Nick Lehane, Lizbeth Mackay, Lucy DeVito and Steven Skybell in THE ELECTRIC BABY, the ensemble drama by Stefanie Zadravec now onstage at Two River Theater. (Photos by T.Continue reading "RED BANK: AN ELECTRIC RIDE AT TWO RIVER"
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April 17th, 2013 @ 7am
TALKING TOADS AND KID LIT, AT TWO RIVER
 Tituss Burgess as Mr. Toad (center) with Tom Deckman as Mole (left) and Nick Choksi as Water Rat (right, in car) in A WIND IN THE WILLOWS CHRISTMAS at TwoContinue reading "TALKING TOADS AND KID LIT, AT TWO RIVER"
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December 12th, 2012 @ 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.