Photo Flash: Bergen County Players' AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Opens This Weekend
Hilarious, provocative and moving are three words often used to describe a theater piece. What's unusual is to find a show that easily warrants all three. 'August: Osage County', to be presented by the Bergen County Players, is that rare play, a true American masterpiece. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast!
Gene Cornish & More Set for Annual Family Festival in Teaneck, 5/26
Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame member Gene Cornish (The Rascals), NJ Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, retired US Marshals Commander Lenny DePaul, Heroes to Heroes Foundation President Judy I. Schaffer, The Teaneck Police Department (and Teaneck PD's Acting Chief Robert A. Carney), FDU's Director of Veteran Services Ariel J. Luna, The Salvation Army's New Jersey State Director of Human Services Brenda A. Beavers, tenor Ernest Revell and Champion Ballroom Dance Team Travis and Jaimee Tuft, will be honored at this year's Cedar Lane Management Group's annual Family Festival on Memorial Day, May 26, from 11 AM to 6 PM, on Cedar Lane between American Legion Drive and Elm Avenue in Teaneck, NJ. Prior to the Opening Ceremony, at 11 AM, Teaneck's local veterans' organizations will hold their Annual Memorial Day Remembrance Service in honor of their fallen comrades at Teaneck's Municipal Green.
MEESTER AMERIKA Brings Yiddish Theater Back To Life
New York's Yiddish Theater of the 1920s returns to riotous life in the Garage Theatre Group's World Premiere of Meester Amerika in Teaneck this February. Meester Amerika revives the comedy and the music of New York's Lower East Side in a toe-tapping new musical for the whole family. The show opens February 12 at the Becton Theatre, 960 River Road in Teaneck.
Meester Amerika is the story of the Rose family, popular entertainers in the Yiddish Theater as they try to succeed in the strange country of America. In particular, it's the story of Joey, the handsome young headliner who 'against his family's wishes' wants to become a Cantor. When Joey meets a girl from the right side of the tracks, chaos follows. Through a maelstrom of cross-dressing relatives, mistaken identities, and shattered illusions, Joey learns what it really means to be 'Mister America.'
