NJ Rep

January 17, 2019

Theater Review: Crisp acting makes Apple Season delicious play to watch

By Madeline Schulman Long Branch — A tree grows in Long Branch. Actually, two trees, with the suggestion of many more, grow in Jessica Parks’s clever […]
January 17, 2019

Zoya takes a bite of directing ‘Apple Season’ at NJ Rep

By Neil Schulman Long Branch — Zoya Kacha­durian got her start in the world of theater in school at Newark. Now she’s back in the state, […]
October 26, 2018

Theater Review: Wolf at the Door is a gripping, fantastic tale

By Madeline Schulman Long Branch — Wolf at the Door, by Marisela Treviño Orta, is a strong, poetic play, and different from anything else I’ve seen. […]
October 17, 2018

How the ‘Wolf at the Door’ came to NJ Rep

By Neil Schulman Long Branch — New Jersey Repertory Company is known for producing first run plays such as Wolf At The Door, which premieres this […]
June 25, 2018

Theater Review: Dramatic marathon of suspense and sorrow fills Mercy

By Madeline Schulman Long Branch The late comedian Richard Jeni had a comment about the band America’s song, “A Horse with No Name.” “You’re in a desert. […]
April 26, 2018

Theater Review: Warm, human and marvelous: we say see ‘Issei, He Say’

By Madeline Schulman Long Branch — The world premiere of Issei, He Say (Or the Myth of the First), by Chloe Hung, is playing at NJ […]
March 1, 2018

Theater Review: We’re wild about Wild Horses

By Madeline Schulman Long Branch — Estelle Bajou is phenomenal. In Wild Horses, a one woman play (with a twist) by Allison Gregory, now at NJ […]
January 12, 2018

Theater Review: Powerful, suspenseful crisis of faith in The Calling at NJ Rep

By Madeline Schulman Long Branch — “Ah, look at all the lonely people.” I could not resist opening with a quote from Eleanor Rigby after viewing […]
August 25, 2017

Theater review: Fabulous F Theory friendship focus forges fantastic fun

By Madeline Schulman Long Branch — The first mention of “F” during F Theory is as part of a logic problem Ellie (Megan Loughran) and Marianne […]