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The New Jersey Repertory Company, located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch, is proud to present the National New Play Network world premiere of Zayd Dohrn's SICK, February 12 through March 15. SICK is an off-beat comedy about one family's attempts to keep out the sickness of the world by isolating themselves in a house where all the windows are covered with plastic, where air-purifiers hum constantly, and where visitors are unwelcome. Directed by Benjamin Endsley Klein, SICK stars Meredith Napolitano, Rusty Ross, Kevin Sebastian, Jim Shankman, Liz Zazzi. Performances are Thursdays and Fridays at 8:00 p.m.; Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.; Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Special reduced price previews are on Thursday Feb 12 and Friday Feb 13 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Opening night with reception is Valentine's Day, Saturday Feb 14 at 8:00 p.m.

To prep for her role as a widowed member of a Hasidic community in CBS' movie 'Loving Leah,' former 'Six Feet Under' star Lauren Ambrose spent time with women of the devout faith.

terraNOVA Collective is proud to present the second SUBTERRANEAN, a new monthly party at the D-Lounge, a cabaret-style venue at 101 East 15th Street at Union Square. terraNOVA Collective strives to create a creative home for artists from a variety of different genre's. As the newest addition to terraNOVA's residency at the DR2 Theatre & D-Lounge, SUBTERRANEAN presents a variety of monthly performances including spoken word, music, burlesque, magic, storytelling, short play readings, vaudeville acts, and DJ's.'The line up for Thursday, February 5 will include slam poet, Roger Bonair-Agard, Maya Azucena & Vanessa Hidary performing excerpts from their show, Culture Bandit Soul, and DJ Popcorn spinning tunes for you.SUBTERRANEAN curator, James Carter says, 'We are happy to have Maya Azucena and Vanessa Hidary perform excerpts form their show Culture Bandit Soul, whose full performance was canceled due to the shuttering of The Zipper Factory's doors. These fierce women, along with Natio

The Roundtable Ensemble (Kelly Ann Moore, Artistic Director and Joshua P. Weiss, Managing Director), now in its 10th season, will present the New York premiere of Linda Escalera Baggs' award-winning play 'SILENT HEROES,' inspired by a true story, and directed by Rosemary Andress. 'SILENT HEROES' will be presented at Theatre 54 at Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th Street, 12th floor (bet. 8th and 9th Aves). Performances will begin on January 8, and the official opening performance was Sunday, January 11 at 3:00 p.m. Performances will run through Saturday, January 24.Set shortly after the end of the Vietnam War, the wives of six Marine Corps aviators have gathered in the night after hearing that one of the base's jet fighters has crashed. The Corps has offered no comfort or information, but the women know that one of their husbands isn't coming home. 'SILENT HEROES' deals with women's rights, race relations, family, war and peace, and the tenuous social structure that enables military wiv

Inauguration Day was so cold, musician Yo-Yo Ma and others recorded their performance two days earlier and played along during Tuesday's ceremony. It was feared the frigid temperatures would crack instruments and break strings. Ma discusses what happened.

Inauguration Day was so cold, musician Yo-Yo Ma and others recorded their performance two days earlier and played along during Tuesday's ceremony. It was feared the frigid temperatures would crack instruments and break strings. Ma discusses what happened.

Award-winning theatrical magician and illusionist Christian Cagigal will preview his latest show - the all-new Now and at the Hour - for four performances only: February 6-7, and 13-14 at EXIT Caf?, 156 Eddy Street in downtown San Francisco. All performances are at 8:30 pm; tickets $10. The show moves to the 3rd Annual FRIGID Fest in New York, February 25 through March 8, 2009.In addition, FRIGID Fest-bound Ron Coulter and his wooden-headed partner Sid Star preview their Jihad for Vent and Dummy at EXIT Caf? for two Thursday performances, February 5 and 12, both at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.Theatrical magician Christian Cagigal previews his new show, Now and at the Hour at EXIT Theatre in SF, Feb. 6, 7, 13 & 14, prior to its New York run.Cagigal's previous show at the EXIT, The Pandora Experiment, played four separate runs in 2007-8 to full houses and enthusiastic critical reception.Now and at the Hour, produced by EXIT Theatre invites audiences to join Christian Cagigal as he

The Actors Company Theatre/TACT (Scott Alan Evans, Cynthia Harris and Simon Jones, C0-Artistic Directors), the critically-acclaimed company dedicated to presenting neglected or rarely produced plays of literary merit, has announced the complete cast for Incident at Vichy, Arthur Miller's searing examination of the Holocaust. Originally produced in 1964 as a commission for the new Lincoln Center Theatre Company (directed by Harold Clurman, starring Joseph Wiseman, David Wayne and Hal Holbrook), it was last seen in New York over 25 years ago in a 1981 production by The Jewish Repertory Theatre. Performances of Incident at Vichy begin at The Beckett Theatre (410 West 42nd Street - between 9th & 10th Avenues) on Sunday March 8th, 2009. Opening night is Monday, March 16th at 7:30 pm. Performances will continue through Sunday, April 11th.Joining the previously announced TACT company members: Jamie Bennett, Richard Ferrone, Todd Gearhart, Jack Koenig, Ron McClary, James Prendergast and Greg

La Jolla Playhouse welcomes back Rick Elice, co-writer of the Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys, as the playwright of Peter and the Starcatchers. Alex Timbers and Roger Rees are set to direct with choreography by Kelly Devine and music by Wayne Barker. Peter and the Starcatchers will be playing at the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre at La Jolla Playhouse February 13 -March 8, 2009.Based on the best-selling novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers dares to tell the real story of precisely how a desperate orphan in Victorian England became The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up. It's a tale that travels halfway round the world and straight up to the stars. It's a comedy that takes aim at social injustice. It's a romance of young heroes who risk everything for the sake of doing right. It's an expos? of extravagant villains possessed of a single-minded ferocity from which no good shall ever spring. In short, it's an awfully big adventure. La Jolla Playhouse will present P

PARK CITY, Utah - It has been a Sundance tradition for a quarter century now: Take unpleasant memories from one's formative years, mulch them into a feature film, and watch audiences applaud and Hollywood take notice. For Boston-area native and rising director Tze Chun, it's playing out as scripted.