Playwright Sarah Ruhl is pretty white hot these days, in the world of theater. The MacArthur Fellowship (or so-called 'genius grant') recipient was last year nominated for three Tony Awards, including best play, and was a finalist for the the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The recent praise has been over In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), which premiered in February 2009, and is set to run at ACT July 29th through August 28th. Mrs. Ruhl is more immediately accessible, however, at Freehold, where STAGEright Theatre is running the playwright's early (2001) Melancholy Play, through July 31st. more ›

--Shaun Alexander won't play next week in a key divisional game against the Rams. more ›

We are thoroughly unimpressed with the shows in town this week. We will let you decide if that's because there are no good shows or that we are a little dead inside. Despite the lack of good shows, there are some pretty hot new CDs out to satisfy your music fix. more ›