Arts & Entertainment

LAST CHANCE: R-FH Stars at Axelrod

Austin Ryan, Patty McCarron and Devin Stypa, all 2011 R-FH grads appear in '42nd Street'

If you’re looking to cap your Fourth of July week with some all-American entertainment by some hometown talent, get to the Axelrod Performing Arts Center in Deal to see a very familiar team of Rumson-Fair Haven alumni stars shine in the theater's production of 42nd Street.

Tonight and Sunday, and , both of Rumson, can be seen together again on the stage at the theater where they appeared in South Pacific last year. Also in the musical is R-FH graduate Devin Stypa, of Rumson as well. All three are members of the R-FH Class of 2011.

Ryan and McCarron, who play Billy Lawlor and Peggy Sawyer, respectively, played opposite one another in the R-FH production of Fiddler on the Roof as Tevye and Golde. Stypa, who danced in many R-FH productions, is in the chorus of this show.

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McCarron has also played Hunyak in Chicago, Minnie Fay in Hello Dolly! and the Scarecrow in The Wiz. She also appeared in Oklahoma.

Ryan was also seen as Curly in Oklahoma, won the Basie Award for his performance as Tevye in Fiddler; and, in 2011, was nominated for the award for his performance for playing the title role in the R-FH production of Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

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Curtain time for Axelrod’s production of 42nd Street is 8 p.m. tonight and 3 p.m. on Sunday at the theater at 100 Grant Avenue, Deal. Tickets are $28. Seniors and students receive a $5 discount.

The show is directed by Jose de la Cuesta, with musical direction by Jeff Unger.


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