Theater critic Michael Bourne reviews the off-Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House . Click above to hear the review.

The John Lennon Educational Bus Tour was created by Brian Rothschild and Lennon’s life partner Yoko Ono. Rothschild says it’s a non-profit mobile recording studio that provides young people with free hands on opportunities to record. “Original music, songs, videos, short films, documentaries, and live stream events. This our twenty-first year in the United States. There’s another Lennon Bus in Europe that we started in 2013 with Yoko as well. It’s out about ten and a half months a year. There

A big fundraiser for UNCF on Saturday, September 22nd at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield. It’s the first annual UNCF New Jersey 5K Walk/Run for Education in partnership with the KAT Team foundation. Joining WBGO Journa l host Doug Doyle in the studio was UNCF Development Director Ngozi Emenyeonu and Karl Towns, long-time educator and coach who runs the KAT Team Foundation. Karl is the father of NBA star Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves who will be attending the event. KAT Team's

It has been seventeen years since the September 11th attack and from all outward signs it appears that lower Manhattan, the physical place, has fully rebounded and that history has moved on. But thousands of 9-11 first responders and survivors are battling WTC related diseases in a daily struggle that all too often is fought in isolation. On the outdoor plaza of the fully re-constructed One World Trade Center tourists from all over the world stroll through a festive green market stopping to take

Before the non-profit Sea Turtle Recovery hospital opened at the Turtle Back Zoo, there was no long-term care available for sick and injured sea turtles in New Jersey. Bill Deerr and Brandi Biehl are the dynamic duo that run the operation. “All sea turtles in the world are either threatened or endangered. That means there’s not many left and we have to do everything we can to save them,” Deerr said. Taking a tour of the treatment facility with Deerr and Biehl, they talk about the rehab tanks and

2004 Olympic Boxing Gold Medalist and former super middleweight and light heavyweight champion of the world Andre Ward is the new host the reality boxing series The Contender which started its first episode last week on EPIX. Andre “Son of God” Ward retired in 2017 after a professional boxing career record of 32-and-0, that’s right he never lost a pro bout. He's joined on this edition of SportsJam with Doug Doyle by one of the 16 contestants on the show, Newark boxer and artist John Thompson IV.

Another new musical on Broadway comes from screen to stage. Theater Critic Michael Bourne reviews Pretty Woman. The musical is based on the 1990 film of the same name written by J. F. Lawton and starred Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. The film captured in many people's opinion one of the most beloved romances of all time . Broadway's Pretty Woman stars Samantha Barks and Andy Karl. The musical features direction and choreography by two-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell ( Kinky Boots, Legally

Kurt Kleinmann lives in Pompton Plains, New Jersey and has been married for 61 years. The military veteran had a very successful career in pharmacy and was a long-time ski instructor. But how Kurt got to the United States and what his family went through is the subject of the new book from Jeremy Dronfield, The Stone Crusher: The True Story of a Father and Son's Fight for Survival in Auschwitz. Now 88, Kurt Kleinmann is reading about his family in The Stone Crusher. I visited Kurt and his wife

The bodega, where 15 year-old Lesandro Guzman-Feliz was killed, has been sold. The new owners opened earlier this month and although they received pushback from some local residents, business continues as usual. People come in to buy their leche evaporada, platanitos, macarrones. Like nothing ever happened. The video of Lesandro’s death by machete went global. And in order to get a better understanding of what happened, I watched the video and honestly, it made me sick to my stomach. The blatent

Just when we’re getting used to the noir-like crime stories from Sweden that started with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by writer Stieg Larsson about his alter ego Michael Blomqvist, the hard-bitten reporter swept up in murder, along comes a new film, The Wife , from Sweden also about a writer. You’re trying to sleep. Next to your wife. (Or, just to cover our bases, whomever.) It’s the middle of the night. And you get a phone call. It’s the phone call of your life. This is no neo-noir crime