LATEST REVIEWS

by Aidan Rowe Cumberland Players’ 80th season is in full bloom with Oscar Wilde’s witty satire The Importance of Being Earnest . Admittedly, this was a play I was excited for since seeing the initial announcement and somehow, this cast and crew blew away my own expectations. You are met with a beautifully constructed and decorated set, curtains and drapes of teal and pink, with antique furniture that transports you straight to the heart of Victorian society. It is not up for

by Deitra Oliver Growing up, the ever-unlucky Charlie Brown and his motley crew of friends were a fixture in our home every holiday with the classics A Charlie Brown Christmas , It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown , and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving . As a lifelong fan, I was really looking forward to this production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown  by Gateway Playhouse. Despite my love of the Peanuts and the hilariously real world created by Charles M. Schulz, this was

by Ash Kotter We’ve now since closed the door on the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, but Haddonfield Plays & Players has opened seven new ones for us and launched into its own team precision sport: Olympic-level comedy. I’m truthfully more of a casual Olympics observer than an avid follower. It’s not that I don’t marvel at the athleticism that defies gravity and common sense. I just never made a tradition of watching the games with any regularity… … except for curling. Good God

by Aimee Ferenz The lights have come up on another fantastic production at the Levoy theater in Millville, NJ. Shrek the Musical  is a full musical adaptation of the hugely successful Dreamwork franchise of the same name, originally hitting Broadway in 2008. Since then, there have been thousands of productions at local theaters and high schools across America making it one of the most produced musicals in history. With so many different casts and performances, it can be diff

by Don Toal Jr. We all carry a lot around with us. We carry regrets, mistakes, insecurities, fears.  We carry around masks and walls we put up to protect ourselves from those same sources of fear and loneliness.  Which is why having a space to let those walls down and be the most authentic versions of ourselves is so important.  To feel emotions honestly and without judgment.  For me (and I would imagine, a lot of folks reading these words), the theatre is definitely that s

by April Johnson Before the Bad Bunny concert, I mean, Super Bowl LX, I was fully entertained at Village Playbox production A Midsummer Night’s Dream  directed by Natasha Thompson .  This comedic story was written by William Shakespeare in 1595.  Set in Athens Greece, betrothed and star-crossed lovers become entangled, maybe past the point of untying; among other subplots including nymphs, humans and beasts.  In the opening of the story, Egeus brings his rebellious daughter

by Donald Toal We tell stories for so many reasons. We tell them to gain a deeper understanding of the world around us and the people who inhabit it. We tell them to explore ideas and events from a new perspective. And, perhaps more than any other reason, we tell them for entertainment, for adventure, for an escape from the mundane horrors that plague our short little lives.   All these reasons are at the core of Qui Nguyen’s She Kills Monsters , a clever, silly, but ultima

by Laura Duffy On Friday evening, I was privileged to witness the opening night performance of American Son  at Masquerade Theatre. Written by Christopher Demos-Brown, and directed in this case by Connor Twigg , the play tells the story of a separated biracial couple trapped in the lobby of a police station as they await news of their son, who has gone missing following a traffic stop incident.    To say that this production is timely would be a vast understatement. Since t

by Angela Robb There’s something about a good mystery that never seems to go out of style. Clue has proven just how flexible and beloved a good mystery can be, enduring as a game night staple, a cult-classic film, and a theatrical crowd-pleaser. Over the last couple of years the genre has been reinvented through the Knives Out films, the popularity of which proves that we keep coming back to stories that invite us to lean forward, connect the dots, and suspect everyone. Agat