Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Tuesday, May 06, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Wednesday, May 07, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Location: State Theatre
Tickets: P $60.00; A $50.00; B $40.00; C $35.00

This group of young African-American modern dancers, led by artistic director Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey has performed for an estimated 21 million people in 48 states and in 71 countries on six continents. The company is one of the most acclaimed international ambassadors of American culture, promoting the uniqueness of the African-American cultural experience and the preservation and enrichment of American modern dance.

The company will perform Revelations at both performances. The remaining program information is yet to be announced.

Roger is Dead

written and directed by Elaine May

with Tom Bloom, Mark Blum, Julia Brothers, Carman Lacivita, Patricia O'Connell, Marlo Thomas

In Roger is Dead, Marlo Thomas plays Doreen, the socialite wife of a right-wing Republican. On her way to a fundraiser, driven by a possibly illegal immigrant, she ends up at the home of a former employee and her left-wing husband. How? Why? Do they kill her? Reject her? Adopt her? See it to find out.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director David Saint and Managing Director Mitchell Krieger, George Street Playhouse is a nationally recognized theatre, presenting an acclaimed mainstage season while providing an artistic home for established and emerging theatre artists. Founded in 1974, the Playhouse has been represented by numerous productions both on and Off Broadway – recent productions include Anne Meara's Down the Garden Paths, the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League nominated production of The Spitfire Grill and the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning play Proof by David Auburn which was developed at GSP during the 1999 Next Stage Series of new plays. In addition to its mainstage season, GSP's Touring Theatre features five issue-oriented productions that tours to more than 250 schools in the tri-state area, and are seen by more than 80,000 students annually.

George Street Playhouse programming is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.