by Lisa Palena Alabama Story, penned by Kenneth Jones, is a play inspired by true events which occurred at the height of the Civil Rights movement. Set in Montgomery, Alabama in 1959, the drama follows a dual storyline: first, of librarian Emily Wheelock Reed, whose support of the book The Rabbits’ Wedding (a controversial children’s story of a black rabbit marrying a white rabbit) angers state senator E.W. Higgins and second, of the reunion of childhood friends Lily Whitf

by Lori Clark Hey there, fellow rockers, and theater enthusiasts! It was a thrilling night for those of us who have a deep love for the 1980s, as the stage of the Ritz Theatre in Oaklyn, NJ, was transformed into the Bourbon Room, the quintessential, smoke-filled, rock and roll club, and transported us back in time with an electrifying production of "Rock of Ages." "Rock of Ages" is a jukebox musical set in the 1980s on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. The story revolves aro

by Alex Davis You know SpongeBob SquarePants. It’s near impossible not to. Even if you’ve never seen a single episode of the Nickelodeon cartoon, you’ve heard the iconic laugh of the lovable sponge. He is inescapable. So inescapable that my spell check feature accepts his name without a little red squiggly line. And in 2016, SpongeBob SquarePants took to the stage in a joyous show about a potentially Bikini-Bottom-ending event, set to the music of a vast array of artists and