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  • ‘Hocus-Pocus’

    Off-Broadstreet Theatre goes for gentle chuckles with this play by Brit Jack Popplewell. By: Stuart Duncan Danny Siegel and Marilyn Mangone Stoddard star in Hocus Pocus at Off-Broadstreet Theatre.    Not every show needs to be slam-bang. Not all comedies need to strive for Neil Simon guffaws; sometimes gentle chuckles are enough. British playwright Jack Popplewell…

  • Monday, Oct. 28, 2002

    Lucy P. DiBiase    Lucy P. DiBiase, 88, died Sunday at Compassionate Care Center at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. Born in New York City, she moved to Pennington six months ago.    Mrs. DiBiase received a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in New York City in 1935. She was a member of Our Lady of the…

  • ‘An Evening of Comedy with Moms Mabley’

    Crossroads return with this show about a pioneering African-American comedienne. By: Stuart Duncan    Crossroads is open again. The Tony Award-winning theater in New Brunswick has been shuttered for the past several years, a victim of dwindling audiences and swollen expenses. The theater is gently dipping its theatrical toes back into the local waters and offering…

  • ‘Crowns’

    McCarter Theatre stages Regina Taylor’s new play, based on a book about ‘Black Women in Church Hats.’ By: Stuart Duncan Janet Hubert stars in Crowns, running through Nov. 3 at McCarter Theatre in Princeton.    Writers will admit to you that it is exceedingly difficult to adapt a book to the stage. To the screen, perhaps,…

  • Creating a Monster

    John Balderston’s original stage version of Frankenstein comes to Newtown, Pa. By: Amy Brummer    In Hollywood, when a formula works, the best bet is to stick with it. This was the case as far back as the 1930s, the heyday of classic horror films such as Dracula, Frankenstein and The Mummy. Studios and producers were…

  • Women of a Certain Age

    After her mother’s death, Katherine Klotzburger found she wanted to continue her exploration into aging by underwriting a film series. By: Jillian Kalonick    As an independent film and television producer, Katherine Klotzburger knows it’s the editing process that makes a compelling movie. Ironically, when her aging mother became unable to take care of herself, Ms.…

  • OBITUARIES, Oct. 29, 2002

    Jeanne R. Graves, Dorothea E. Nielsen, Beatrice Karstad, Rose S. Roselli, the Rev. M. Richard Shaull, William A. Smith. Jeanne R. Graves Former SAVE director     CHERRY HILL — Jeanne R. Graves died Saturday at Manor Care Nursing Home.    A resident of Cherry Hill for the past seven years, she was a former resident of…

  • PU suffers first Ivy football loss

    Tigers’ final rally falls into arms of Harvard By: Justin Feil In winning its last four games before hosting Harvard on Saturday, the Princeton University football team had made a habit of coming up with all the big plays.     Turnovers enabled the Crimson to build a 24-10 lead, and for the first time in…

  • Making history

    Monroe advances three cheer teams to state Pop Warner competition By: Rich Fisher    Three cheers for Monroe!    Make that, three cheerleading teams who deserve plenty of cheers.    After sending two teams the New Jersey State Cheer competition last year, the Monroe Pop Warner cheerleading program did one better this season as all three teams will…