Is there such a thing as the perfect murder? Planning one might be possible, but pulling it off… that’s another matter. Having discovered his beautiful — and very wealthy — wife Margot’s infidelity, Tony has plotted his revenge. But the execution of her execution might not go according to design.
Two River Theater (21 Bridge Ave., Red Bank)
2/15 - 3/9
Opening Night 2/21
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit tworivertheater.org/
2) Make Believe
Make Believe is a nostalgic, haunting look back at the world of 1930's Hollywood, where larger-than-life movie stars went to great lengths to keep their secrets from coming to light. Starring Quentin Chisholm (NJRep’s The Bookstore. Film: BORN2LOSE, West) and Éilis Cahill (The Road to Jerusalem. British indie film Mind-set) as Eleanor and Bailey as two lost souls who are thrown together to create a fantastical scenario that could only be dreamed up in Hollywood, the land of dreams.
NJ Rep (179 Broadway, Long Branch)
2/13 - 3/9
Opening 2/15
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.NJRep.org
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Godzilla’s Prince is a heartbreaking yet hilarious true story about a survivor of unspeakable domestic violence. Over the course of an hour, we follow the journey of a sweet, loving child as he transforms into a toxic, self-loathing man, making epically bad choices in a desperate attempt to escape his home, his history, and himself. While he loses everything, he never loses his sense of humor, navigating his pain with wit.
Set in a tough Queens neighborhood during the 1970s, Godzilla’s Prince takes audiences on a raw and emotional journey at a time when men rarely addressed issues of abuse, toxic masculinity, self-improvement, or mental health – not even with those closest to them.
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In the beginning, two people got kicked out of a garden for eating fruit. Many years later, Adam—a transgender man expecting a child—meets with his twin sister, Eve, a pioneering scientist. She offers her brother prenatal services from her cutting-edge practice. But what exactly does that entail? And does Adam even want Eve’s help?
Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center
(480 West 42nd St.)
Beginning Performances 2/12
Opening Night 2/26
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.2ST.com
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8) Operation Mincemeat
In Operation Mincemeat, it’s 1943, and the Allied Forces are on the ropes. Luckily, they’ve got a trick up their sleeve. Well, not up their sleeve, per se, but rather inside the pocket of a stolen corpse. Equal parts farce, thriller, and Ian Fleming-style spy caper (with an assist from Mr. Fleming himself), Operation Mincemeat tells the wildly improbable and hilarious true story of the covert operation that turned the tide of WWII.
Golden Theatre (252 W. 45th St.)
Beginning Performances 2/15
Opening Night 3/20
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit operationbroadway.com.
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| Courtesy of Michelle Tabnick PR 12) CUNY Dance Initiative and IMGE Dance present (no)man Friday & Saturday, February 14-15, 2025 at 7:30pm BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center |
Adapted from the film LES ÉMOTIFS ANONYMES, the musical features direction and book by Emma Rice, with music and lyrics by Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond.
Funny, tender, and delightfully awkward, ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS is a delicious love story about breaking the mold and finding the courage to be happy. When Angelique, a gifted chocolate maker inhibited by social anxiety, takes a job in Jean-Rene’s struggling chocolate factory, a fragile love affair unfolds.
The album features Marc Antolin as Jean-René, Carly Bawden as Angélique, Brett Brown as Salesman/Fred, Me’sha Bryan as Suzanne/Mimi, Harry Hepple as Ludo/Remi, Laura Jane Matthewson as Young Woman, Sandra Marvin as Magda/Brigitte/Dr. Maxim, Craig Pinder as Father/Pierre/Receptionist, and Gareth Snook as Mercier/Mumbler/Marini.
The orchestra includes Tom Brady (musical direction & piano), Sarah Bowler (cello), Sophie Creaner (woodwind), and Mike Parkin (percussion), with musical supervision by Nigel Lilley.
Orchestrations are by Simon Hale, mixing by Simon Baker, and mastering by Fritz Meyers.
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14) GALENTINE’S NIGHT OF LOVE!
FANTASIA, TREY SONGZ + TAMAR BRAXTON
SET TO PERFORM AT PRUDENTIAL CENTER IN NEWARK, N.J.
Friday, February 14, 2025 at 8PM
Prudential Center
25 Lafayette Street
Newark, N.J.
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Calling All the single ladies!!! Get ready for a "A Night of Love" on Friday, February 14 at 8PM at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Gather the girlfriends and see the sensational powerhouse singer-actress Fantasia Barrino as she graces the stage. Known as a Girl's Girl, and her electrifying performances, Fantasia, who made her mark in "American Idol," Broadway and film will perform all of her hit songs. The cancer also features the incomparable Trey Songz who lights up the stage with his dynamic performance. Reality star and Braxton sister singer, Tamar Braxton is also performing for the unforgettable anthem of songs dedicated to the ladies!!
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15) MAYBE HAPPY ENDING
WELCOMES ITS UNDERSTUDIES TO THE STAGE AS“OLIVER” AND “CLAIRE” DURING SELECT PERFORMANCES IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH
MAYBE HAPPY ENDING, the critically and widely-acclaimed new musical playing at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street) announces its incredible and hardworking understudies will perform at select performances this winter while the show’s leads Darren Criss and Helen J Shen are each out separately for a limited number of shows.
Hannah Kevitt will play the role of “Claire” from February 18-23 and Steven Huynh and Christopher James Tamayo will fill in to play the role of “Oliver” for performances between March 22-29.
Additionally, Maybe Happy Ending announces a slightly revised playing schedule the weeks of March 17 and March 24, 2025:
Monday, March 17 at 7 pm
Tuesday, March 18 at 7 pm
Wednesday, March 19 at 2 pm & 7 pm
Thursday, March 20 at 7 pm
Friday, March 21 at 7 pm
Saturday, March 22 at 2 pm & 7 pm
Sunday, March 23 DARK
Monday, March 24 DARK
Tuesday, March 25 at 7 pm
Wednesday, March 26 at 2 pm
Thursday, March 27 at 7 pm
Friday, March 28 at 7 pm
Saturday, March 29 at 2 pm & 7 pm
Sunday, March 30 at 2 pm & 7 pm
Ticket buyers are encouraged to check the show website for the schedule before purchasing.
Maybe Happy Ending also recently welcomed Claire Kwon (Almost Famous) to the company as a “Claire” understudy.
For more information about Maybe Happy Ending or to purchase tickets, visit www.maybehappyending.com
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16) Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
to perform at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture February 11 & 16, 2025 Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will perform Lunar New Year Celebration: Year of the Snake on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 11am and Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 3pm at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, 450 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451. Ticket prices for the February 16 performance are $12 for General Admission, $10 Seniors and $5 Student/Child Under 18. For more information and to purchase tickets visit, https://mpv.tickets.com/? Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will perform Lunar New Year Celebration: Year of the Snake on Thursday, February 11, 2025 at 11am as a Student MatinéeN for schools and day-time groups at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture. Admission is free and the shortened performance will run approximately 50 minutes. To register visit, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ Celebrate a spectacular Lunar New Year with Hostos Center and the acclaimed Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company in this special daytime performance perfect for schools and daytime groups. In 2025, we welcome the Year of the Snake, symbolizing wisdom, transformation and resilience. The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, known for their stunning acrobatics, skilled dancers and live musicians, will present a captivating program for audiences of all ages. Adorned in dazzling costumes of majestic dragons, elegant peacocks, and lively lions, they will perform a mix of traditional and contemporary Chinese dances. Bring your students and daytime groups to experience the magic and wonder of the Lunar New Year at Hostos Center – in celebration of the Year of the Snake! For all ages and cultural backgrounds. |
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17) NJPAC Upcoming Event:
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| Courtesy of Buzzword PR 17) FAN FAVORITE ITALIAN CROONER PATRIZIO BUANNE RETURNS TO NJPAC IN NEWARK, N.J. FOR A SPECIAL VALENTINE’S PERFORMANCE Friday, February 14 at 8:00 PM Tickets: $53.50 NJPAC Victoria Theater Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch Stage One Center Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 www.njpac.org |
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The Orchestra Now (TŌN) launches its winter/spring, 10th anniversary season in New York City with two concerts. Music Director Leon Botstein leads the first at Carnegie Hall, with a selection of orchestral transcriptions by Beethoven, Chopin, and Smetana (February 11). Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at 7 PM Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage The Orchestra Now Leon Botstein, conductor Mily Balakirev: Chopin Suite Bedřich Smetana (orch. Szell): From My Life (String Quartet in E Minor) Beethoven (orch. Weingartner): Hammerklavier (Piano Sonata No. 29) TŌN performs three orchestral transcriptions of works by master composers Beethoven, Chopin, and Smetana. In 1910, the last year of his life, Russian composer and pianist Mily Balakirev transcribed four pieces into an orchestral suite to celebrate the centenary of Chopin’s birth. To honor another centenary in 1927, that of Beethoven’s death, Austrian conductor and composer Felix Weingartner crafted a full orchestration of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 29, the Hammerklavier. While teaching composition at Mannes College of Music in 1940, acclaimed Hungarian-born American conductor George Szell created an orchestral transcription of Smetana’s E-minor String Quartet, From My Life.
Tickets, priced at $25–$50, are available online at carnegiehall.org, by calling CarnegieCharge at 212.247.7800, or at the Carnegie Hall box office at 57th & Seventh Avenue. |
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19) Abingdon Theatre Company Announces the Selections for Raise the Page, Uplift the Word:
A BIPOC Festival of Short Plays
Abingdon Theatre Company (Chad Austin, Producing Artistic Director) is thrilled to announce the lineup for Raise the Page, Uplift the Word: A BIPOC Festival of Short Plays in collaboration with AMT Theater, taking place on February 15 at 7PM and February 16 at 3PM, 2025 at AMT Theater (354 West 45th Street, New York, NY).
Raise the Page, Uplift the Word: A BIPOC Festival of Short Plays, in partnership with AMT Theater, will be held in person for the first time in the festival's five-year history. The festival spotlights stories written by BIPOC playwrights, with a mission to continue creating opportunities for all voices to be heard. In efforts to make theatre more accessible, tickets to the festival will be free to the public, now available at www.abingdontheatre.org/fsp-
The schedule for Raise the Page, Uplift the Word: A BIPOC Festival of Short Plays will be as follows:
Day 1: February 15, 2025 at 7PM will feature Uncut by Gloria Majule and Re: Writing by Caitlin Frazier.
Day 2: February 16, 2025 at 3PM will feature Flame White by Maximillian Gill, What I Owe Myself by Michael Mobley, and Mouthwater Lozenges by Cori Diaz.
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20) Viktor's Valentine at
Lincoln Mill Haunted House
Lincoln Mill Haunted House is reopening its doors on Main Street in Manayunk for a special two-night only pop-up event on Friday, February 14, 2025 and Saturday, February 15, 2025.
Viktor's Valentine: A Dark Love Story is the only Valentine's themed haunted house in the city of Philadelphia. With just a flickering candle, explore the dark, hidden chamber in this Valentine’s-themed horror experience.
Follow the trail of hearts to uncover the tragic tale of Viktor and his Valentine, whose twisted love story ended in betrayal. Will you escape before the ghost of Viktor’s Valentine claims your heart? Be prepared to come up close and personal with the inhabitants of the mill - and keep close watch for the ghost of Viktor's Valentine.
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21) WHITE WAVE DANCE
presents 9th Annual SoloDuo Dance Festival February 13 & 14, 2025 at Dixon Place |
WHITE WAVE DANCE presents the 9th Annual SoloDuo Dance Festival on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 7:30PM and Friday, February 14, 2025 at 7PM & 9PM at Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie St., New York, NY. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door, and $25 for students and seniors for each program, with tickets available for all three programs for $70. Tickets can be purchased online at https://whitewavedance.
22) THE YORK THEATRE
ANNOUNCES
“THE MICKI GRANT ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM”
PAID OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARLY-CAREER BIPOC THEATRE MAKERS
SPRING 2025 APPLICATIONS OPEN TODAY
In celebration of Black History Month, The York Theatre (Joseph Hayward, Interim Artistic Director; Marie Grace LaFerrara, Executive Director) is pleased to announce The Micki Grant Artist-in-Residence Program which honors the legacy of Micki Grant, a York Honorary Board Member Emerita, trailblazing artist, and champion of BIPOC representation in theatre. This program will support early-career BIPOC theater makers from communities historically underrepresented in American theatre. In Spring 2025, the program will be open to lyricists, composers, and playwrights. Future residencies will be open to artists of other disciplines. Through this initiative, The York Theatre will amplify voices that reflect the full richness of our society and support artists whose perspectives often go unheard.
The Program
Each resident is partnered with a mentor in their discipline to provide hands-on experience, meaningful connections, and opportunities to refine their voice and vision. The program is carefully curated to match each artist’s unique skills and ambitions, supporting them in their journey to become the artistic leaders of tomorrow.
Mentorship and Artistic Development: Each resident works closely with a dedicated mentor, aligned with their primary discipline, for guidance, collaboration, and artistic opportunities.
Professional Projects and Workshops: Resident artists work on current productions or new works under development, gaining hands-on experience. They participate in workshops, design sessions, and production meetings to learn all aspects of theatrical creation and production.
Networking and Career Development: Throughout the program, residents have opportunities to network with industry professionals and receive guidance on building a sustainable career in theatre.
Stipend: Each resident receives a stipend of $3,500 to support their time in the program.
Residents also receive:
. • Assignments to York productions, readings, and workshops that fit their artistic and professional development needs
• Access to workshops on grant-writing, fundraising, navigating theatrical unions, and more
• Meet-and-greets with York artists in their chosen discipline
• Access to free rehearsal space
• Invitations to the York’s Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala
The Spring 2025 residency, open to lyricists, composers, and playwrights, concludes with an opportunity for each artist to showcase their work in a final presentation with The York’s Interim Artistic Director Joseph Hayward, Interim Associate Artistic Director Debra Walton, Broadway Producer Jim Kierstead, a representative from the Micki Grant estate, and other industry guests.
Structure, Timing, and Application Process
Each residency cycle lasts three months, aligning with The York Theatre’s production schedule. Resident artists will become integral members of The York Theatre’s creative and administrative community during this time.
Please note, this program is currently only available to artists in the tri-state area. We are not able to offer housing or transportation at this time.
Spring 2025:
Applications are now open.
Applications close on March 3, 2025
Chosen candidate will be notified in early March
Residency cycle runs March 17, 2025 to June 17, 2025
Applications for Fall 2025 will open on June 1
To Apply:
Please send all application materials to residency@yorktheatre.org.
Submission Requirements:
• Resume
• Personal Statement (500-700 words or 2-3-minute video)
• Work samples
• Playwrights: 10–15 pages of a script
• Composers/Lyricists: Demo of songwriting
Reference Letter: One letter, with contact information, from an educator, mentor, or colleague.
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Legendary comedy institution The Second City (64 N 9th Street, Brooklyn) will celebrate their first Valentine’s Day in New York City by presenting a one-night-only performance of the award-winning musical improv comedy show, Your Love, Our Musical on February 14 at 10PM, it was announced today. This long-running, smash hit Off-Broadway show is celebrating its 10th Valentine’s Day.
The Second City is located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Doors open at 9:00PM and the performance begins at 10:00PM. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit HERE.
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