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1. REVIEW: 1950s ‘Bells Are Ringing’ chimes this weekend
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the ensemble's solo and choral musicianship. Bobby Cannavale contributes a funny cameo as a Brando-esque actor, Judy Kaye forthrightly depicts Ella's employer and Brad Oscar is briefly hilarious as a ...

2. REVIEW: Al Pacino and Lily Rabe illuminate a dark ‘Merchant of Venice’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... city drama concerning Shylock's attempt to destroy Antonio, the director depicts a forbidding world where Jews are excluded — except when their money is needed — and in the end justice proves much trickier ...

3. REVIEW: Hear how ‘Mistakes Were Made’
(Entertainment/Movies)

Michael Shannon depicts a desperate producer in a voluble comedy BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW Michael Shannon delivered a memorable performance as a seedy guy who ...

4. REVIEW: ‘Elf’ musical tunes up a Christmas comedy
(Entertainment/Movies)

... performance as Buddy certainly is appealing. Among the featured players, seasoned pros light up the musical like ornaments on a holiday tree. Craggy Mark Jacoby smoothly depicts the grumpy dad. His neglected ...

5. REVIEW: Radio City ‘Christmas Spectacular’ dazzles
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Nativity, if not so grandly realized as yesteryear versions, still reverently depicts the miracle at Bethlehem. A double-decker Grey Line bus, glowing background visuals and a full orchestra that rises ...

6. REVIEW: Existential ‘Middletown’ regards life
(Entertainment/Movies)

... welcome, the modern-day play episodically depicts short scenes of small town American life during the uneventful course of a year. Nice newcomer Mary (Heather Burns) has a baby. Nice local guy John (Linus ...

7. REVIEW: ‘The Scottsboro Boys’ thrills with Broadway expertise
(Entertainment/Movies)

... episodes, Thompson's contrasting realistic scenes are enacted with force. The company is terrific. Ever-great John Cullum spryly presides as the Interlocutor who grandly depicts paternalistic figures ...

8. Review: Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones propel ‘Driving Miss Daisy’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the lady's feisty nature intact to the end. A burly figure in a black suit, Jones genially depicts Hoke with a neat mustache and as a shrewd master of nearly every situation. Lending extra pleasure to ...

9. ‘Lombardi’ drama evinces a football legend
(Entertainment/Movies)

Dan Lauria depicts Green Bay Packers coach during his wonder years BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM BROADWAY REVIEW Not so much a fumble as an incomplete pass, "Lombardi" is a new play ...

10. Populist and elitist views clash in ‘La Bete’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... harpsichord music by Claire van Kampen are wisely restrained. Contrasting with Rylance's extravagance, Pierce depicts Elomire with outraged dignity. Making her overdue Broadway debut in a blizzard of ...

11. Stripped ‘Little Foxes’ reveals no secrets
(Entertainment/Movies)

... a terrible wheeze and a haunted air. Tina Benko depicts Birdie with considerable delicacy despite her rambunctious surroundings. "The Little Foxes" continues through Oct. 31 at New York Theatre Workshop, ...

12. Patti LuPone dishes out a dramatic career
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Arthur Laurents are among the legends making cameo appearances. Admitting to smashing up two dressing rooms in Sicilian rages over the years as well as other bad habits, the actress earnestly depicts ...

13. Hurricane Earl expected to brush New Jersey Thursday night into Friday
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... southeastern Virginia to Maryland, New Jersey and Long Island are in for the brunt of Earl's winds and seas Thursday night into Friday. An AccuWeather chart depicts the hurricane brushing the New Jersey ...

14. N.Y. Fringe Festival reveals a Jersey side
(Entertainment/Movies)

...  Another Teaneck resident, Claire Porter, is a performer-choreographer-writer whose Ruth Draper-esque hour-long solo piece "Namely, Muscles" humorously depicts an anatomical expert giving a lecture-demonstration ...

15. Elaine Stritch and Bernadette Peters make beautiful ‘Night Music’ together
(Entertainment/Movies)

...  Ever a scene-stealer, Stritch presents a more flamboyant Madame Armfeldt than Lansbury. Alternately grimacing in a puckered scowl or blazing with a brilliant smile, Stritch depicts the crusty old dragon ...

16. ‘Freud’s Last Session’ talks of God
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Rayner depicts a gravely ailing yet feisty Freud with guttural accents and a grim sense of humor. Looking spruce in his sharp flannels, Mark H. Dold gives his middle-aged Lewis a fine sense of urgency. ...

17. Let's change the name to Jerseyrediculous!
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... at least people have class here when they stab you in the back....LOL! Kidding aside and for the record....NJites are not ignorant, classless, uneducated and totally bitchy like this show depicts. Keep ...

18. ‘I’ll Be Damned’ looks no darned good
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Meanwhile Testa depicts Louis' cheerfully smothering mom. There's lots more plot, but let's spare you the details of this relentlessly trivial piece that visits both heaven and hell yet remains stuck ...

19. ‘The Winter’s Tale’ warms up eventually in Central Park
(Entertainment/Movies)

...  Linda Emond sweetly gives voice to Leontes' increasingly haggard queen Hermione. Smacking soldiers in her fury, Marianne Jean-Baptiste vigorously depicts the queen's sharp-tongued defender Paulina. A ...

20. Statue of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. to be unveiled in Newark
(N.J./State)

... 2009. At that time, he announced plans to develop the bronze statue, which is eight feet tall and depicts Justice Brennan wearing his judge's robe and holding a law book. Over $100,000 was raised through ...