PLAYWRIGHT’S WORKSHOP III

will present workshop performances of short works by Polaris North member playwrights, directed by PN members, and performed by PN member actors and special guest.

Polaris North is located at 245 W. 29th Street, 4th Floor, between 7th and 8th  Avenues, NYC.  

This evening of One-Acts runs one weekend only:  March 11, 12, at 8:00pm and March 13 at 7:00pm. 

There will be a reception after each show. This is a free event but donations will be happily received at the door.

 The program will be: 

       The Sole Connection  by Walter Thinnes 

 Directed by Pamela Wilson

                 Featuring Carla Torgrimson and Bruce Barton

 

Darcey and Duke

by Gabriella Fox

Directed by Phillip Filiato

Featuring

                                 Donna Bostany and Thomas Moran                               

Frisky

By Walter Thinnes

Directed by Pamela Wilson

Featuring

Kaitlin Monte   Greg Cohan   Lena Gilbert

 

The Garden Club

by Philip Filiato

Directed by Pamela Wilson

Featuring

Nina Rochelle   Greg Cohan   Thomas Moran

 

 All about Evelyn

by Laurel Lockhart

Directed by Leslie Lynn Meeker

Featuring

Diane Tyler and Eve Sorel

 

For reservations please call 646.938.4538  Bring a friend!!!!

www.polarisnorth.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Broadway actress Tammy Blanchard starts performances on February 26th at the Al Hirshfield Theater, 302 West 45th Street, New York, (212 239-6200) in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying starring Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe, and actor John Laroquette. Opening night is set for March 27th, 2011.

Ms.Blanchard, a Hudson County resident will star as seductive secretary Hedy La Rue.

This is Ms. Blanchard’s second trip to Broadway having appeared as Louise in Gypsy in 2003 starring Bernadette Peters. Ms. Blanchard, a 2003 Tony Nominee for her performance also won a Theater World Award for her role.

Ms. Blanchard also won an Emmy playing a young Judy Garland in Me and My Shadows.

Currently she can be seen in the film Rabbit Hole as “Izzy” Nicole Kidman’s troubled sister.

In 2011 expect to see Ms.Blanchard in Moneyball starring Brad Pitt and in Union Square, The Music Never Stopped and Certainty.

Ms. Blanchard’s other film and televison credits include: The Good Shepherd, Cadillac Records, Amish, Grace, Sybil, Deadline, Ramen Girl and Bella.

For more information visit Broadway.com

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Local Theater Performance

April 23-May 9

  FEATURIN:
LY BEATTY / JENNY FERSCH / MARK DUNN
ERIN FLANAGAN ES E. SPLOND

 Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm;  Thursdays, April 29 and May 6 at 7pm. ms, joys and concerns of the average working American are the focus of this unique, extraordinary musical. That the everyday lives of “common” men and women should be so compelling and moving will  surprise and inspire anyone who has ever punched a time clock.  Based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with American  workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the men and women the world  so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the parking lot attendant, the  waitress, the millworker, the mason, the trucker, the fireman, the  housewife, just to name a few. It’s a highly original look at the American landscape that’s simply impossible to forget.
 
Charge tickets Online. Cash and checks are accepted at the box office.  NJ Arts Cards are accepted for discounted ticket pricing.     The Barrow Mansion is handicapped accessible and barrier free. Large print program available upon request; please call one week in advance to arrange for a large print program. Assisted listening devices will be available for the Thursday May 6th 7 p.m. performance. Please call one week in advance to reserve a device.

 

 

  A classic, comic,”who-done-it” with a twist. The first few minutes are Mad-Libs® style, where the audience provides key nouns, verbs and adjectives – all of which the cast then incorporates in the telling of the tale.     The Suspects:  ORSON BUGGY,movie producer on the brink of ruin RHODA PONY, Orson’s former leading lady FONDA JEWELS,fidgety heiress & diamond collector AARON MATIRES, Philip DeBlanks’ chauffeur LYNN O’LIAM, ice sculptress, casino investor BOB FRAPPLES,fortune cookie writer, Philip’s cousinÂ

The Attic Ensemble is located just two blocks from the Grove Street PATH Station, in the Historic Barrow Mansion, 83 Wayne Street, Jersey City. There is free parking after 7 p.m. in the parking lot 1 ½ blocks away on Christopher Columbus Drive.  For directions and further information:  www.atticensemble.org or phone (201) 413-9200, e-mail: info@atticensemble.org

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Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Hudson Pride Connections

The Theater Company (TTC) opens with the Broadway musical RENT on February 3, 2010, but instead of just telling the story of seven friends dealing with love, loss and AIDS, the company is also helping to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Hudson Pride Connections – two organizations whose mission is to assist in the fights against HIV/AIDS and bridge gaps for gay communities.

TTC will be collecting donations for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) during the first week of performances (February 3-7, 2010). BC/EFA is the nation’s leading industry based HIV/AIDS fundraising and grant-making organization who was kind enough to send one of their directors to meet with the cast of RENT to help them understand what it means to be living with HIV/AIDS. For more information on this organization, please visit their website: www.broadwaycares.org

During the second week of performances (February 10-14, 2010), TTC will be collecting donations for Hudson(HPC). Based in Jersey City, HPC works with people living with AIDS and the lesbian, gay,Pride Connections bisexual and transgender community in Hudson County. In addition to helping to raise money for their cause, TTC will be bringing area-residents living with AIDS in to see the performances. For more information on HPC, please visit their website: www.hudsonpride.org

RENT is a powerfully moving production, but to TTC, continuing to get its message out isn’t enough. Please join the cast and crew of RENT in helping these two amazing charities, by making a monetary donation.

Tickets are $25 general admission/$20 students & seniors and are currently available for purchase at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/87678 (cash/checks at the door). The Monroe Theatrespace

(http://monroecenter.com) is located at 720 Monroe St., Hoboken, NJ. A link to directions and parking as well event details can all be found on TTC’s website at www.thetheatercompany.org/Rent.html

Originally named the DeBaun Players, The Theater Company is based in Hoboken, NJ, and has been presenting plays since 2000. In June 2007, TTC was awarded Associate Membership with the New Jersey Theatre Alliance and is also a founding member of the Hudson County Theatre Alliance. TTC’s mission is to produce theatrical productions that are accessible to people of every age, involving a diverse group of people on stage and off.

Contact:

David Zimmerman

Phone: 201.248.2788

the.theater.company@gmail.com

268 4th St., 2nd Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07302

www.thetheatercompany.org

For more information about RENT or TTC, please visit

or emailthe.theater.company@gmail.com

About TTC:

Originally named the DeBaun Players, The Theater Company is based in Hoboken, NJ, and has been presenting plays since 2000. In June 2007, TTC was awarded Associate Membership with the New Jersey Theatre Alliance and is also a founding member of the Hudson County Theatre Alliance. TTC’s mission is to produce theatrical productions that are accessible to people of every age, involving a diverse group of people on stage and off.

 

 

Contact:

David Zimmerman

Phone: 201.248.2788

the.theater.company@gmail.com

268 4th St., 2nd Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07302

www.thetheatercompany.org

RENT or TTC, please visit

www.thetheatercompany.org

or email the.theater.company@gmail.com.

Phone: 201.248.2788

 

 

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Tammy Blanchard co-stars with Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Ms. Blanchard’s role is that of Marie Roberts; widow of Charles Carl Roberts the shooter of the Pennsylvania schoolhouse.

The Nickle Mine, Pennsylvania schoolhouse shootings received world wide  attention not only for the depth of the tragedy but because of the reaction of the Amish leaders’ who forgave the shooter and his widow wife.

Ms. Blanchards acting roles include: In 2009 co- starred in  “Rabbit Hole” about a  happy couple who’s life is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident. Co-starring with Nicole Kidman as Ms. Kidman’s sister in David Lindsay-Abaire Pulitizer Prize winning play brought to the big screen. Also appearng in the film is Aaron Echhart, Diane Wiest and Giancarlo Esposito. A 2010 release of the film is in the works.

Ms. Blanchard co-starred as Laura a young hearing and speach impaired girl who becomes Matt Damon’s love interest  in Robert De Niro’s  2006 CIA movie blockbuster The Good Shepherd.”

In 2006 she also starred in “Sybil”  with Jessica Lange in the television remake  about Sybil Dorsett who suffered from multiple personality disorder for CBS which aired in June of  2009.

In the 2006  she also co – starred in “Bella” playing Nina” a waitress , struggling to make it in New York City, who  discovers something about herself that she’s unprepared for. Bella went on to win the 2007 People Choice Award  at the Toronto Film Festival.

In 2004 she played Gypsy Rose Lee in Sam Mendes adaption of Gypsy Rose Lee on Broadway co-starring with Bernadette Peters.

The talented Ms. Blanchard won an Emmy in 2001 for her performance as a young Judy Garland in CBS’s movie Me and My Shadows “Life With Judy Garland” based on the book by Judy Garland’s daughter Lorna Luft.

Video of Blanchards “SYBIL” Performance

Blanchard in Living Proof

Read about Tammy Blanchard in “Bella”

 Read about Blanchard’s Emmy

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 (Bayonne/Jersey City/Hoboken, NJ) – RE/MAX of New Jersey is proud to announce that RE/MAX Waterfront has opened its newest office to serve clients in the Bayonne, Jersey City, and Hoboken area. Taking a unique approach to real estate, RE/MAX Waterfront is a small boutique office that specializes in Port Liberte, Society Hill, Droyers Point, Boatworks, and Westside Station.

            RE/MAX Waterfront is owned by David Bartz, a Broker-Associate who has nearly a decade of experience in the Jersey City and Hoboken area. One of the top RE/MAX Associates in the state, Bartz has sold over 200 million dollars worth of real estate since 2001.

            The Associates at RE/MAX Waterfront are technologically advanced and take a very modern approach to real estate. They cater to the New York buyer and take pride in the communities in which they work. RE/MAX Waterfront employs a full time Commercial Real Estate Expert to assist the commercial buyer and seller. They have also dedicated half of their office space to create a Design Center where clients can come for free to gather ideas as to how to remodel their homes.

            RE/MAX Waterfront is located at 1040 Broadway in Bayonne. To reach David Bartz or any of the Sales Associates call 201-300-4777 or visit forsalejerseycity.com.

www.remax-nj.com for more information.

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 Taylor Purzycki, Horace Mann and Marc Wright, School 14 students have had the chance to personally experience and perform Johnny Mercer’s music this week at Carnegie Hall. The Mercer concert is the latest event celebrating the late, great lyricist and composer.

     Conductor Steven Reineke of The New York Pops Orchestra led the concert with guest artists Ann Hampton Calloway, James T. Lane, N’ Kenge and the Camp Broadway Kids. The Camp Broadway Kids opened the show with Just too Marvelous For Words and also performed several of Mercer’s treasured compositions including Moon River, Dream, Accentuate the positive, and The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe. All in all, what a terrific program!

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