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 […]
The Niceties at McCarter Theatre Takes Off the Kid Gloves
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 […]
‘A Christmas Carol’ at McCarter Welcomes You Like Family
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 […]
A Revisited Production of Crowns Returns to McCarter After 15 Years
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 […]
Stones in His Pockets at McCarter Theatre
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 […]
A Christmas Carol at McCarter Theatre Makes Princeton Magical
It’s been a year since McCarter Theatre debuted its reimagined production of David Thompson’s adaption of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. It cleaned the slate and gave us a new set, new actors, and a new experience. This year, director Adam Immerwahr tweaked it to further enhance the staging. Ebenezer Scrooge (Greg Wood) believes Christmas is a day for employees to […]
Joplin Sings the Blues at McCarter
Currently, McCarter Theatre is like Woodstock meets The Cotton Club thanks to A Night With Janis Joplin written and directed by Randy Johnson. This Tony-nominated Broadway musical has opened in Princeton to the delight of many baby boomers, but there’s something for all generations to appreciate. First of all, towards the beginning of the musical, we hear a teaser of […]
The Princeton Festival Marches Fidelio Into Town
U.S. protests have increased this year, making Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio very relevant in 2017 since it begins with a protest against injustice. Ultimately, it’s a story of love, freedom, hope, and justice. This opera goes beyond amusement. It makes a statement. Fidelio was part of a trend in the early 1800s to pen operas about women […]
Five Mile Lake at McCarter Theatre Center
McCarter Theatre Center presents Five Mile Lake by playwright Rachel Bonds and directed by Emily Mann, which concludes the 2014-2015 Theater Series. The play takes place in a small, economically hard hit, fictitious town near Scranton, PA in winter. It revolves around a small group of 20 somethings, including two sets of siblings, who find themselves at […]
Don’t be a Scrooge – Go See A Christmas Carol at McCarter
Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol at McCarter Theatre is a Princeton tradition. David Thompson’s adaptation directed by Michael Unger is full of emotions. Ebeneezer Scrooge’s life is shown from a young boy to an older man, but not in chronological order. The audience discovers how he developed into a bitter man, and after seeing his past, present, and future, […]