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The Princeton Festival is Not Just Dreaming of Man of La Mancha

June 14, 2017 By R Birkel

Sandra Marante and Jesse Malgieri in The Princeton Festival Man of La Mancha

To dream the impossible dream, the first line in the main song of Man of La Mancha is something in which many of us are guilty. When we reach too high for the stars, we set ourselves up for disappointment. It’s inspiring and devastating. The Princeton Festival brings Man of La Mancha to the Lewis […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Review Tagged With: Lewis Center for the Arts, Man of La Mancha, Matthews Acting Studio, The Princeton Festival

Intimate Apparel Reveals Itself at McCarter Theatre

May 15, 2017 By R Birkel

Intimate Apparel at McCarter Theatre featuring Galen Kane, Jessica Frances Dukes, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, and Kate MacCluggage - Photo by T. Charles Erikson

Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage shares a story influenced by her great-grandmother in her latest play Intimate Apparel to close the McCarter‘ 2016-2017 Theater Series. Nottage weaves a tale of the unchronicled history of African-Americans in the early 1900s that is rarely told. Jade King Carroll, director of last year’s The Piano, brings Nottage’s story to life on […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Review Tagged With: McCarter Theatre Center, Plays in Princeton NJ, T. Charles Erickson

Oh-la-la! Ephemeral Boutique – French Pop-Up Store

May 5, 2017 By R Birkel

Oh-la-la Ephemeral Boutique French Pop-Up Store

  Oh-la-la! invites you to its 10th edition dedicated to the French Art de Vivre with a special taste and smell of Provence Friday, May 5, 2017  — Saturday, May 6, 2017 (see operating hours below). You will have the opportunity to meet local French artists, artisans, and designers. Lots of gift ideas and authentic products […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle Tagged With: French Pop-Up Store in Princeton NJ, Oh-la-la! Ephemeral Boutique

The Princeton Festival Seeks Host Families for Artists and Staff

April 21, 2017 By R Birkel

The Princeton Festival - Le Nozzi di Figaro - The Marriage of Figaro with Ricardo Lugo as Bartolo, Kathryn Krasovec as Marcellina, Jonathan Lasch as Figaro, Haeran Hong as Susanna

For the last 12 years, there has been a festival of the arts in town held in June called The Princeton Festival. It offers fully-staged operas performed at McCarter Theatre on the Matthews stage, musical theater in the intimate Matthews Acting Studio in the Lewis Center for the Arts on campus,  a jazz concert, chamber music, symphonic […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment Tagged With: The Princeton Festival

Murder on the Orient Express at McCarter Kills!

March 21, 2017 By R Birkel

Allan Corduner as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express and McCarter Theatre

All aboard! McCarter Theatre‘s Artistic Director and Resident Playwright, Emily Mann, directs Ken Ludwig‘s (A Comedy of Tenors and The Mousetrap) adaptation of Agatha Christie’s iconic murder mystery Murder on the Orient Express. This is a classic whodunit with a twist. Ludwig tastefully sprinkles in some humor, so even if you have read the book or seen a movie […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment Tagged With: Agatha Christie at McCarter, Ken Ludwig at McCarter, Murder Mystery, Whodunit

Local JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Award Winners for 2017

March 10, 2017 By R Birkel

Disgraced playing at McCarter Theatre - Maboud Ebrahimzadeh, Caroline Kaplan, Kevin Isola, and Austene Van - T. Charles Erickson

  For the third year in a row, Princeton has captured four out of 16 slots for favorite arts entertainment in New Jersey. JerseyArts.com received almost 18,000 ballots from New Jersey residents and Princeton got honors in the following: Favorite Dance Company – American Repertory Ballet Favorite Opera – Opera at Princeton Festival Favorite Theater to See […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle Tagged With: The Arts in Princeton NJ

7 Ways to Combat the Winter Blues

January 14, 2017 By R Birkel

Nassau Inn Lobby Two Lounge in Princeton, NJ

Longer nights and lower temperatures can affect your mood. Coldness and darkness trigger the desire to hibernate because the lack of sun increases our melatonin, the hormone that makes us feel sleepy. A lack of sunlight can also cause Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which basically makes you sad. Hence the idiom “winter blues”.  Here are […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle, Things to Do, Travel Tagged With: Atlantic City in Winter, Hygge, Indoor Winter Activities Near Princeton NJ, Outdoor Winter Activities Near Princeton NJ

A Christmas Carol at McCarter Theatre Gets a Makeover

December 17, 2016 By R Birkel

Liam McKernan and Greg Wood in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by David Thompson, directed by Adam Immerwahr at McCarter Theatre Center Photo Credit: T. Charles Erickson

McCarter Theatre‘s A Christmas Carol has been a Princeton area holiday tradition for decades. It’s a wonderful form of family entertainment, and for some kids, it’s their introduction to the theater. This year, McCarter offers us a reimagined production. Adam Immerwahr is at the helm as the new director and he worked with a clean […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Review Tagged With: A Christmas Carol at McCarter Theatre Center, A Christmas Carol Review, Holiday Entertainment in Princeton

The Talented Jannick Wildberg

December 15, 2016 By R Birkel

“Ananeosis”, oils. mixed media, resin, 18” x 24” by Jannick Wildberg

Jannick Wildberg is an extremely talented artist who came to Princeton 20 years ago from Europe. Born in France, she taught French in Germany before arriving here, where she continued teaching. After her children were born, she experienced life’s precious moments, and an inner transformation took place. Jannick’s priorities shifted towards the creation of art to […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle Tagged With: Abstract Oil Paintings, Jannick Wildberg, Portrait Oil Paintings, Princeton NJ Artist

Disgraced at McCarter

October 21, 2016 By R Birkel

Disgraced playing at McCarter Theatre - Maboud Ebrahimzadeh, Caroline Kaplan, Kevin Isola, and Austene Van - T. Charles Erickson

In 1883, Emma Lazarus wrote The New Colossus, which is engraved on a tablet within the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” Yet, after the world has been invited to join our “melting pot”, it is apparent that the invitation isn’t, equally sincere to all […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Review Tagged With: McCarter Theatre Center

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