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Don’t be fooled by the title. THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, now at Haddon Township’s Ritz Theatre, could suggest a Restoration comedy, a Victorian melodrama, or any number of things. It’s actually a fictional musical within a comedy, and it’s great fun. At the opening, a man, superbly played by Ritz regular [...]

The most performed play of French origin in the world, BOEING BOEING, is now flying high at the Ritz Theatre in HaddonTownship. With its hilarious plot and madcap humor, it’s a great audience pleaser. Bernard (Ian Kimble), a 1960s Parisian playboy, really believes that variety is the spice of life. [...]

After a year’s absence, SCROOGE, THE MUSICAL has been brought back to the Ritz Theatre in Haddon Township by popular demand. Although it is listed as “in concert,” it is a handsome full-scale production with costumes and movement. The premise is that it is being presented as an entertainment for [...]

Many theatregoers have seen Rodgers and Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC, perhaps more than once. But you’ve never really seen it until you’ve seen the production at Haddon Township’s Ritz Theatre. This is SOUTH PACIFIC as it should be—as entertaining as ever, but gutsy, lusty, real. From the very beginning, while the [...]

Murray Schisgal’s LUV, now at the Ritz Theatre in Haddon Township, has been described as a combination of typical Broadway comedy and theatre of the absurd at its best. The original Broadway production was nominated for five Tony awards, won three of them, and ran for 901 performances. There was a [...]

Ritz patrons may have wondered why any theatre group would want to stage Lillian Hellman’s 1934 play THE CHILDREN’S HOUR in this day and age, when alternate lifestyles and same-sex marriage are becoming commonplace and accepted. However, considering the attitudes of some of today’s politicians toward people who are “different,” [...]

Experiencing The Collaborative Act Studio’s production of MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS may have filled only one evening of laughter and fun at The Ritz Theatre in Oaklyn tonight, but I loved every zany minute of it. If I wasn’t fascinated by the film back story, I was smiling often and tearing up with laughter. [...]

The Ritz Theatre Company in Haddon Township, NJ opened its 2010 Summer Artist Festival with THE EXONERATED, a play by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen.   THE EXONERATED tells the story of 6 men and women who were convicted of crimes they did not commit and given the death sentence. After [...]