Check out this hot list of upcoming show dates and auditions that's sure to sizzle through the fall!
Rutgers Theater Company
There's really no underestimating the talents of University students.
While we were all catching up on some sun down at the beach or seeing the latest Harry Potter movie, all of the University's theater companies were taking a vacation, too.
Just a hop, skip and train ride to Penn Station and a few blocks downtown in New York City lies the established Upright Citizens Brigade.
The underdogs in this College Ave theater group bring a little something special to the University's theater life.
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State Theatre
In the world of the performing arts, Remember Me is a novel fusion of dance and modernized classical opera arias.
State Theatre
This highly controversial play will send the blood rushing to the cheeks of even the most high-collared matron.
George Street Playhouse
Who knew (other than fashion stylists) that golf could be so comical?
Neil Simon Theatre
Catch Me If You Can tells the often funny and exciting story of con artist Abagnale, Jr. who manages to steal millions of dollars.
Al Hirschfeld Theatre
It should be called something more like "How to Succeed on Broadway."
Irondale Center
Although the majority of people may flock to the island of Manhattan to see new works both on and off-Broadway, great theater can be found on yet another borough.
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Do you have it in you to twist and shout?
Trinity Theater
Painting the roses red...
"I've never been good at making smart career decisions or doing the right strategic thing..."
"Musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple pie, jazz and musical theater. I want to do this my whole life."
Golden Theatre
When the word "Broadway" is mentioned, most people's minds tend to conjure images of grandiose sets, dazzling production numbers and show-stopping songs.
George Street Playhouse
The Subject Was Roses is about more than just a bouquet of flowers.
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Westside Theatre
Celebrate your Valentines Day with a saucy play!
Circle in the Square
Lombardi explores more than just football.
From silver screen to stage and spotlight, see these stars in the flesh!
With the amount of closures this month, the scene on the Great White Way is anything but normal.
Poor Spidey...
"I was always the goofy kid, who was too tall or too skinny with bad permed hair and braces, so I think I had to develop of sense of humor."
Fela! is not a typical musical. Theater people like to say things like that, and sometimes they're right.
"Actors are not made, they are born."
Need a good laugh before finals start?
George Street Playhouse
"An Original Musical" comes to New Brunswick.
Check out works being staged in New Brunswick theaters.
Walter Kerr Theatre
Hold on to your playbills, folks!
Idina Menzel
"Things happen for a reason and in their own time."
Shubert Theater
Compared to the plethora of crowd-commercializing plays, Memphis, the Tony Award-winning rock and roll musical, is a joyous breath of fresh air.
At the 64th Annual Tony Awards this past summer, it was difficult not to notice how many Hollywood stars were not only attending the award ceremony, but nominated for a Tony as well.
George Street Playhouse
The George Street Playhouse kicked off its 37th season with the perfect opener: Circle Mirror Transformation, a comedy by Annie Baker.
You know him. You love him. And now he's back in action, starring in The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway this fall.
If It's a New Musical, It was Probably a Movie First
Has Broadway gone too far in its adaption of movies into musicals?
Joe's Pub
Fans of the dark comedy, Heathers, starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, will be excited to hear about the concert presentation based on the classic high-school thriller.
Mason Gross graduate and University instructor Samuel Brett Williams sees his play produced Off-Broadway
Rutgers Theater Company
The best way to experience Shakespeare is not in a seminar, but on a stage.
As time progresses, style, technology and casting make or break a production's ability to break through the decades.
Longacre Theatre
Based on Jean Poiret's 1973 French play of the same name, Harvey Fierstein's book and Jerry Herman's music and lyrics promise La Cage Aux Folles to be a flashy, fun-filled evening.
As the fall approaches, Broadway's stages are preparing to sweep in a fresh lineup of musicals.
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Livingston Theatre Company
The Livingston Theatre Company is an extraordinarily talented group of actors and producers, which is why their unmoving performance of The Who's Tommy was such a disappointment.
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Should we reserve a seat in a Broadway Theater or curl up on a sofa and crack open a book? Find out in this showdown between production and play!
Cabaret Theater | B+
Last weekend, Cabaret Theater wrapped up its production of Godspell to a sold-out house. Packed with energy and excitement, the production sets the bar high for student-run shows.
If the Broadway standards are simply unpalatable or too mainstream for your taste, fear not! There are many Off-Broadway oddities that fulfill an appetite for an atypical night of theater.
Green Day's Grammy-award winning album American Idiot topped charts after its release in 2004, ranking number one in the United States, United Kingdom and numerous other countries. Originally written as The Who's Tommy-like rock opera, the concept album finally takes the stage at the St. James Theater.
In times of such an economic turndown, why are so many people willing to shell out their hard-earned dollars?
Theater Review
Calvin Berger, a new musical by Barry Wyner, premiered in February at the George Street Playhouse. Under the direction of Tony-award winner Kathleen Marshall, the production has drummed up much excitement in the theater community. As expected, the show lives up to its expectations.
Theater Review
Steady Rain is absolutely an underrated, captivating and brilliant two-man play about two Chicago cops who are lifelong best friends and whose lives overlap to make one complete man. Based on similar real-life events, the two characters, Joey and Denny, go through a few days that test their friendship, relationships, morality and righteousness.
Theater Review
Homosexuals and the homeless, AIDS and alcohol, drugs and drag queens — combine all that is socially taboo and you get something absolutely breathtaking: Rent, an electrically explosive play about friendship, love and life.
Let's break down The Toxic Avenger. Nerd goes on a berserk killing spree after being horribly mutated? Check. Blind girl who falls in love with the horribly mutated nerd? Check.A good amount of sexual and New Jersey jokes? Check. Cross dressers? Check. Rock musical?! Check.
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Best known for his work on musicals Gypsy and West Side Story, Arthur Laurents brings his newest creation, Come Back, Come Back, Wherever You Are, to the George Street Playhouse. Though he has shown mastery in some of his earlier works, his newest drama is, unfortunately, not a diamond in the rough.
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Last weekend, Cabaret Theatre housed contemporary playwright Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice, a fresh and vibrant take on the famous Greek mythological tale. Though Eurydice is a tragedy, the performance itself was just about the opposite.
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Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is exactly what its title promises. There's a tribe, there's love, there's rock, it's a musical, and there's so much hair. Beyond the basics, though, there's more to be told from this cultural phenomenon of a show.