Tag: McCarter Theatre
-
Princeton-based actress featured in upcoming Manhattan rom-com
Vivia Font, on and off longtime Princeton resident and lecturer at Princeton University, will be featured in the Manhattan set romantic family comedy “Love, Repeat” to be released on Dec. 22 on Apple TV. The movie revolves around a New Yorker, played by Bill Connington, who sets out to win the heart of his ex-wife…
-
LOOSE ENDS 11/27: Outdoor Dance Performance
By Pam Hersh The Nutcracker, the thrilling ballet set to Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score, has been a joyful element of my Christmas season for nearly every Christmas since 1964, when the American Repertory Ballet (ARB), formerly Princeton Ballet, made the ballet an annual holiday tradition. I have seen the production an estimated 150 times at McCarter…
-
Fly Eyes Playwrights to stage ‘Summer 2020: Eons at the Time’ on Facebook Live on Sept. 12
Fly Eyes Playwrights will stage their first production, “Summer 2020: Eons at the Time,” to be streamed on Facebook Live at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12. The play is a collection of documentary-style monologues curated from interviews with people speaking about the COVID-19 lockdown, Black Lives Matter and more of today’s issues. The project began as…
-
LOOSE ENDS 6/5: Women who embody the YWCA mission honored
By Pam Hersh On Friday, May 22, McCarter Theatre ’s retiring Artistic Director Emily Mann, also renowned as a playwright, asked me – and dozens of others – “How does the story we just told resonate with your story?” I had nothing to say. I was one of many who had witnessed by Zoom an…
-
LOOSE ENDS 5/8: The upsides of a virtual gala
By Pam Hersh My friends are worried that the COVID-19 social distancing has made me go off the deep end – into a pool of Cheetos dust. I have proclaimed to them and to anyone who will listen that this social isolation thing is just my cup of tea – and cup of coffee, glass…
-
McCarter Theatre to lay off majority of full-time and seasonal staff in May
The coronavirus pandemic has forced layoffs at several not-for-profit organizations in Princeton, which includes the McCarter Theatre Center. The theater’s Board of Trustees and management announced on April 17 that they were laying off a majority of full time and seasonal staff as of May 15. “We will continue to provide health insurance for those…
-
Costume makers aid those in need of face masks
Members of the McCarter Theatre Center Costume Shop are still utilizing their skills, as the group creates face masks for those on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. Sarah Romagnoli, a former Princeton area resident who has worked at the theater for about five years, has been making masks at her home in Bucks County,…
-
Princeton art and music organizations turn to virtual interactions with community residents
Art and music organizations in Princeton are navigating the landscape of closed galleries and cancelled performances during the coronavirus outbreak. Some of those organizations are the McCarter Theatre, Princeton Symphony Orchestra and Princeton University’s Art Museum and Concerts, which are now interacting with the community virtually. McCarter Theatre has canceled events through June 30 with…
-
McCarter Theatre suspends performances through March 31
McCarter Theatre officials have suspended all performances, classes and events through March 31. Officials made the announcement on March 12. The decision went into effect immediately after being announced. Suspension of performances include the production run of Sleuth, Miloš, The Hot Sardines, and The Peking Acrobats. “McCarter has been monitoring the developing situation with regards…