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Poverty, grotesque comedy and violence characterize the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey's production of "Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist."
The play "Farragut North," better known by its screen adaptation, "The Ides of March," involving a spin doctor for a major presidential candidate, is at the Zella Fry Theater in Union.
World premieres, audience favorites, fresh Off Broadway hits and a Shakespearean drama are among the mix of works arriving this fall at New Jersey's professional theaters.
"I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change," at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport through Aug. 19, takes a humorous look at the Manhattan dating scene and suburban married life.
"Handicapped People in Their Formal Attire," a new play by Kathryn Grant, is having its world premiere by Premiere Stages, at Kean University's Zella Fry Theater in Union.
"The Liar," now onstage at the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey in Madison, is an effervescent comedy based on a 1643 play by the French dramatist Pierre Corneille.
A quartet of impersonators evoke a performance by Frank Sinatra and friends in 1960 Las Vegas in "The Rat Pack is Back!" at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport.
"American Stare," a new play by Tony Glazer at the New Jersey Repertory Company, pits a bright teenager against a slick corporate executive in a struggle over a debt-ridden neighbor's lawsui…
The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey presents "Henry IV, Part 1," which centers less on the king than on his son, Prince Hal.
A revival of "Cats," by Andrew Lloyd Webber and T. S. Eliot, is at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport.
Two British authors adapt "The Hound of the Baskervilles," Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's popular 1902 novel, expressly for laughs at the New Jersey Repertory Company.
"The Last Five Years," at Crossroads Theater Company, is a virtually dialogue-free, melancholy survey of the life of a youthful romance.
"100 Years: Titanic Survivors and Their Stories" will be staged on April 15, the anniversary of the disaster, at the Arts and Community Center on the campus of Ocean County College.
George Street Playhouse presents "Twelve Angry Men," Reginald Rose's 1950s work about the deliberations of jurors in a capital-murder trial.
"Reparation," a new drama by Gino DiIorio having its world premiere at Luna Stage, pits history against profits.
Steven Dietz's wistful comedy "Shooting Star" is onstage at Dreamcatcher Repertory Theater in South Orange.
Sexy classic pops up as a breezy musical about babes and basketball
"The Nutcracker and I" at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick is a musical that strips the ballet from the holiday classic and replaces it with farce.
Ben Clawson's "The Dangers of Electric Lighting" details the marketing battle between Thomas Edison and his former employee Nikola Tesla.
Stars of the Broadway of yesteryear are wickedly caricatured in "Light Up the Sky" at the Lackland Center in Hackettstown.
Richard Dresser's latest play, "The Last Days of Mickey and Jean," is having its New Jersey premiere at the Bickford Theater in Morris Township.
"Hannah," by John Wooten, at the Zella Fry Theater, tells the true story of Hannah Senesh, a Jewish freedom fighter who was executed as a spy.
Professional theaters light up this week as two new musicals, "Ten Cents a Dance" and "The Break Up Notebook," begin previews and other companies present revivals and new plays.
"Sunset Boulevard," the musical based on the classic film, is at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport through Aug. 20.
"Follow Me to Nellie's," a new play by Dominique Morisseau, is at the Zella Fry Theater at Kean University in Union.
