by Lisa Palena Based on the novel My Love, My Love, by Rosa Guy, Once on This Island is a fantastical tale alluding, in a time-honored tradition, to some pretty well-known storylines, namely The Little Mermaid and Romeo and Juliet. The story follows Ti Moune (Rayna Allen), a young girl who gets swept away during a storm to an island in the French Antilles where the peasants live on one side and the wealthy grand hommes (lighter skinned descendants of the original French p

by Aimee Ferenze The Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan sensation, “The Producers”, is a comedic musical following Max Bialystock (a washed up Broadway Producer) and Leo Bloom (an accountant/ wannabe Producer), based off of Brooks’ 1967 film of the same name. The story follows the two producers as they fraudulently oversell a flop Broadway musical with the intent of pocketing the funds for themselves. They buy the rights to the worst musical, hire the worst director, and cast th

by April Johnson On Friday, January 26th, I had the opportunity to view Masquerade Theatre’s presentation of “Picasso At the Lapin Agile” written by Steve Martin…yes, that wild and crazy guy. Masquerade Theater is definitely a hidden treasure that I experienced for the first time and I am looking forward to seeing more of their projects in real time. Located in Riverside, NJ, Masquerade Theatre believes in Exploring the Humanity Beneath the Masque. And indeed it did with