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The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra Knows How to Turn Something Old Into Something New

July 2, 2019 By R Birkel

The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra

The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra continues to play music written before and during the 18th century on period instruments to sold out crowds. The orchestra’s string instruments are strung with catgut, which gives them a lighter texture. In addition to violins and violas, other instruments included a harpsichord, violincello, violone (an early form of the […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Barouque Music, The Princeton Festival, The Princeton Festival Baroque Orchestra

“Nixon in China” in Princeton, NJ

June 27, 2019 By R Birkel

I was amazed that The Princeton Festival brought Nixon in China to town. There haven’t been many productions of this opera, so I applaud Artistic Director, Richard Tang Yuk for making this wise decision. Steven LaCosse’s regulates the fluidity of the stage nicely. There is a lot of action and a large chorus to navigate, […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Nixon in China, Opera, The Princeton Festival

Falling For The Princeton Festival’s “She Loves Me”

June 14, 2019 By R Birkel

James Conrad Smith, She Loves Me cast Shannon Rakow, Amy Weintraub, Tommy MacDonell, Aaron Gooden

She Loves Me is a musical romantic comedy that takes place in a fragrance shop in Budapest, which is an adaptation of the 1937 play Parfumerie by Hungarian playwright Miklós László. The Maraczek’s Parfumerie shop employees arrive every morning, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, singing Good Morning, Good Day. They set up shop and then eagerly try […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Musical, She Loves Me, The Matthews Acting Studio, The Princeton Festival

The Princeton Festival Presents Their 15th Anniversary Season

May 14, 2019 By R Birkel

The Princeton Festival is an amazing extension of the cultural arts season. It brings musical theater, opera, Baroque and choral music, jazz, and a piano competition to town. The best part is we get city caliber performances right here in Princeton. What sets The Princeton Festival’s season apart from the other local performing arts centers […]

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Will Ken Ludwig’s ‘The Gods of Comedy’ Make You Laugh?

March 23, 2019 By R Birkel

The Company of Ken Ludwig's The Gods of Comedy. Photo by T. Charles Erickson, Jessie Cannizzaro, Steffanie Leigh, Jevon McFerrin, Keira Naughton, Brad Oscar, George Psomas, Shay Vawn

Ken Ludwig, the two-time Olivier Award-winning playwright, returns with his fourth world premiere at McCarter Theatre, The God’s of Comedy. It has big shoes to fill riding on the coattails of Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, A Comedy of Tenors, and his adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Amanda Dehnert (Baskerville: A Sherlock […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: Ken Ludwig, McCarter Theatre, The Gods of Comedy

The Niceties at McCarter Theatre Takes Off the Kid Gloves

January 24, 2019 By R Birkel

Eleanor Burgess’s confrontational play gets people talking about difficult issues. McCarter Theatre is handing us a bowl of etiquette, conflict, and history (or some version of it) courtesy of Eleanor Burgess. Some of you might recall reading back in 2015 about a campus-wide email that was circulated throughout Yale University by the assistant master of […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle, Review Tagged With: McCarter Theatre, The Niceties, Theater Series

‘A Christmas Carol’ at McCarter Welcomes You Like Family

December 13, 2018 By R Birkel

A Christmas Carol at McCarter Theatre - Shown l-r: Alexander Perez, Jon Norman Schneider, Ethan Chang, Romy Johnson, Sharin Martin, Alicianna Rodriguez - Photo Credit: Mark Garvin

McCarter Theatre Center has been presenting A Christmas Carol to Princeton, NJ for decades. It has not only become a tradition for families in town, but also for the greater community. McCarter’s programs for the production even expanded beyond the walls of the theater, including previous events at Princeton Public Library and Morven Museum and […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle Tagged With: A Christmas Carol Review, Christmas in Princeton NJ, McCarter Theatre

Family Spring Break Staycation Ideas

March 29, 2018 By R Birkel

Baltimore Inner Harbor

Spring break is just around the corner for the Princeton Public Schools and those in surrounding towns. If you and your family are staying home for the break, there are plenty of things to see and do in the tri-state area (and beyond). You can take a staycation by staying in town and visiting local places, taking […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle, Things to Do, Travel Tagged With: Princeton Area Spring Break, Staycations in New Jesrsey Tri-State, Things nto Do During Spring Break

A Revisited Production of Crowns Returns to McCarter After 15 Years

March 22, 2018 By R Birkel

Gabrielle Beckford and Company of Crowns at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ by Regina Taylor and book by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry

Returning to McCarter Theatre after 15 years, Regina Taylor’s musical Crowns has been revisited. This adapted production from Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry’s book of the same title allows us to witness “hat queens” and their obsession through the eyes of a high school teenaged girl. Hats are part of a treasured custom for African American women […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle, Review Tagged With: Crowns Play, Hattitude, McCarter Theatre, Regina Taylor

Stones in His Pockets at McCarter Theatre

January 25, 2018 By R Birkel

Aaron Monaghan and Garrett Lombard in Stones in His Pocket at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ Photo by T. Charles Erickson

County Kerry, Ireland is known for its picturesque rolling hills, luscious grassy landscape, and cows. So it’s no surprise when Hollywood filmmakers choose this corner of the world to film. Marie Jones’ Olivier Award-winning Stones in His Pockets directed by Lindsay Posner, is a comedy playing at McCarter Theatre telling the story of how filming a […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle, Review Tagged With: Aaron Monaghan, Garrett Lombard, Lindsay Posner, Marie Jones, McCarter Theatre, Stones in His Pockets

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