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Previews begin May 21 and the production opens Friday, May 24 and runs through Sunday, June 16

All the Broadway “types” are satirized in this no-holds barred comedy that lifts up the theatre industry and the crazy cast of characters who make it all possible.

It’s all about versatility, strength, and the beauty of performance to show how we relate to and with the meaning, spirituality, and physicality of love. Three different works showcase the

Set across three different years in the 1960s and ‘70s, “Tea For Three” invites audiences to share a cup of tea and a private word with three First Ladies of the United States: Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon and Betty Ford.

Directing to experience upward and outward, in constant reconfiguration of who is in what spot interacting with whom, Tchaikovsky’s tempo is pushing the speed and his glance at ’brillante’ is

Victoria Lyras’ one-hour balletic rendition of Shakespeare’s endearing A Midsummer Night’s Dream takes us into the realm of fairyland existing alongside the ‘real world’ of humans, with all the layers

Lighting pointedly sparks Indianapolis Ballet’s newest iteration of “Love Springs Eternal” at Newfield’s Toby Theatre. James Leitner hasn’t been seeking the spotlight on himself during his 45-year awarding career as

Joyfulness lifts this program beyond any other that I’ve experienced in sharing two works I know well and one that reintroduces a Pas de Deux that got lost and found

The Montclair Art Museum (MAM) will honor the artistry and contributions of Indigenous peoples with a series of workshops, performances and art-making activities with an Indigenous Peoples Weekend Oct. 7 – 10. The Lenape are the Indigenous people of New Jersey and MAM is inviting adults, children and families across the state to join them in recognizing Native American history and heritage here in Lenapehoking (homelands of the Lenape).

Music, lighting, setting, together, forewarning something is amiss. A princess seemingly is gliding across the apron of the stage, gathering white-topped stalks. Wrapped around each orchestral section, representing an aspect