With funding for the arts cut to the bone, I am always glad to post notices about a gala to benefit our local theaters. They need our help, financially and supportively. Here’s one for the terrific professional theater in Hoboken, Hudson Theatre Works:
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| Contact | Hudson Theatre Works 54 Sterling Avenue Weehawken, New Jersey 07086 201.401.3337 
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| About Hudson Theatre Works: Hudson Theatre Works is committed to an ensemble collaboration as well as artistic risk through its work with its permanent company, guest artists, partner institutions and the surrounding community. It will be dedicated to a "rugged" aesthetic and will seek to tell stories, both new and old, classic and contemporary, which reflect our lives, relationships and world today.
Hudson Theatre Works’ primary focus is in bringing a living theatre community to the area of Hudson and North Jersey through performance, outreach and theatre arts instruction. | | | | |