Rick Mellerup

Surflight Theatre’s popular Comedy Nights series will return on Friday night, June 26 at 8:30 p.m. Promoter and comic Joe Bublewicz will serve as emcee. Dena Blizzard will be the featured comedian and Joe DeVito will be the headliner. Tickets are $27.50 and may be purchased online at surflight.org, by phone at 609-492-9477, or at the box office in Beach […]

Jerry Zaks, the director of the 1992 Broadway revival of “Guys and Dolls,” attended the opening night of the Surflight production of the musical last Thursday evening. Zaks’ production was the most successful revival of the original 1950 show, which ran for 1,200 performances and won five Tony Awards including Best Musical. The revival ran for 1,143 performances and was […]

So many tribute acts focus on re-creating a single band or performer. It helps if some of the members look at least a little bit like the musicians they’re imitating, but the tribute band “Just Sixties” doesn’t have that problem. It doesn’t focus on just one act, but on 1960s musical acts of all sorts. Just Sixties is the longest-running ’60s […]

The Little Egg Harbor Board of Education certainly had a busy month of June. The board typically has two meetings a month, a board work session and a regular meeting. But that month it held two special meetings as well, perhaps serving as a warning for people thinking about running for election to any school board, an unpaid position. Especially […]

The third time was the charm for Beach Haven native Christa Steiner. She’s on the way to this September’s Miss America competition. She had long been intrigued by the Miss America Organization. She was involved for a total of four years in New Jersey, first for two years in the Miss America’s Teen competition for 14- to 18-year-olds and then twice […]

When Spirit Airlines went belly up in May, it was a major blow to the Atlantic City International Airport because Spirit accounted for 75% of the flights departing from and arriving to ACY. But Breeze Airways quickly stepped up, promising it would eventually replace and possibly exceed the Spirit schedule. Breeze is well on its way to keeping its promise. […]

If you take in the next musical at Surflight Theatre, this summer make sure to “walk this way” when entering the theater – because it’s Mel Brooks’ “Young

This summer, young performers will have the opportunity to step into the magical world of Arendelle, thanks to the Stafford Township Arts Center. The center is launching its STAC Young Playmakers program. It’s designed for students entering grades K-6 and will culminate in a fully staged production of “Disney’s Frozen Kids” on Aug. 12. The cost for the program is […]

Surflight Theatre’s popular Comedy Night will return at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, July 17. Tickets are $27.50. They may be purchased online at surflight.org, by phone at 609-492-9477, or at the Surflight box office, located at 201 Engleside Avenue in Beach Haven. What do you get for your $27.50? Three comics – emcee/promoter Joe Bublewicz (he says that with a […]

The Bellarine Theatre Co. will perform the show “Matilda the Musical Jr.” at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, July 17 and 18 and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 19 at Barnegat High School. Tickets are $25 plus a $2.10 fee for adults, $22 plus a $1.95 fee for students and seniors, and $20 plus a $1.85 fee for […]