by Stephen Kreal On Sunday, December 7th, I attended an opening weekend matinee performance of the musical version of Little Women at Masquerade Theater in Riverside NJ. The musical is based on the story by Louisa May Alcott, originally published in 1868. The story is well-known, and remains popular, as evidenced by the well-loved 1994 movie version, and the critically-acclaimed 2019 movie version. There was also a 1978 made-for-TV miniseries with a star-studded cast. The m

by Ash Kotter Until its opening night at Haddonfield Plays & Players, I had somehow gone my whole life to date without ever seeing Fiddler on the Roof. By that point, I had somewhat absorbed Fiddler by a sort of cultural osmosis. So much so that I probably could have sketched the show from a memory that wasn’t even mine. I knew the general plot synopsis. “Matchmaker” and the playful ya ba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dibba dum of “If I Were a Rich Man” were common earworms

by Aidan Rowe Gateway Playhouse brings to life a classic story that remains as relevant as it was when the novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was first published in 1843. Scrooge: The Musical is the brilliant 1992 stage musical with book, music, and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. It follows Father Christmas himself, Ebenezer Scrooge, as we watch him unravel his painful past and make a clear path forward towards redemption. Our story takes place on an intricate set, fe