Barbara Basel News Today

During my adolescence, the annual one-act play festival held at my high school was the highlight of my academic year. So, whenever I hear that a one-play festival is being staged, I am filled with excitement and nostalgia. For the first time, the Masque Theatre has introduced what will become its annual one-act play festival, providing local playwrights with an opportunity to stage their original works. I was delighted to attend two such plays.

TWELFTH NIGHT is, without a doubt, my favourite of all Shakespeare’s plays. It is, probably for this reason, also the Shakespeare play I have had the honour of watching the most times. Despite this, I have never emerged from this play feeling like I have seen a repeat of the same production.

Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is at last going to hit the stage at the Masque Theatre this July. Performances run 5-15 July.  

MADISON - Philip V. Malone Jr., age 92, of Madison, passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2023, at Oak Park Place. He was born on June 8, 1930, in Syracuse,

Dr. Jianping Wang and the school have had a tumultuous relationship the past few years including a vote of no confidence from the faculty.

Dr. Deborah Preston has been named the seventh president of Mercer County Community College (MCCC) in West Windsor, NJ.