"Romeo and Juliet" Cast for Shakespeare On The Sound by Frank Rizzo

David Cale As The Friar The outdoor theater company  Shakespeare on the Sound  will present a newly conceived production of  Shakespeare’s  Romeo and Juliet,  under the directio…

The Art Of Making 'The Tempest' by Frank Rizzo

Darko Tresnjak's First Shakespeare Production At Hartford Stage   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageDarko Tresnjak is hanging upsid…

Great Old Broad Series: Debbie Reynolds by Frank Rizzo

"I'm very stubborn. Still am. But I always worked hard but I do think I work harder now because of h[Gene Kelly's] and Fred Astaire's teaching." Last Sunday's screening at New Haven's Lyric…

First Impressions: "Mame" at Goodspeed Opera House by Frank Rizzo

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Great Old Broad Series: Estelle Parsons by Frank Rizzo

"Don't say anything about what an awful witch I am. Just say I'm such a semi-fun person and I love Hartford and I'm so excited about the play.'' Last Sunday's screening at New Haven's Lyric…

"Flagship Theaters" Get Special Designation In State Budget by Frank Rizzo

$500,000 to Six Regional Theaters; $250,000 to Bushnell Will Come From Existing Grant Pool   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageSeve…

My Interview With Maurice Sendak In His Connecticut Home by Frank Rizzo

Talked about "Brundibar," Family And CareerSad new: Children's author Maurice Sendak is dead at the age of 83.

Long Wharf Theatre Gets $10,000 Grant For Arts Education Video by Frank Rizzo

A video created by Long Wharf Theatre ’s education illustrating the importance of arts education won a $10,000 award from the National Corporate Theatre Fund.

Great Old Broad Series: Olympia Dukakis by Frank Rizzo

"I identify with the fact that god is a never-ending question.'' Last Sunday's screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentaruy "Broads," that features salty, outspoken interviews …

First Impressions: An "Into the Woods" That Casts It Spell in the Storytelling by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: "Into the Woods" at the Westport Country Playhouse

Satchmo Play, Judith Ivey, World Premieres Highlight Long Wharf Theatre Season by Frank Rizzo

"Clybourne Park," "God of Carnage," TooThe return of Judith Ivey , a "world premiere" work about Louis Armstrong and the Puliutzer Prize-winning play "Clybourne Park" are among the shows …

Judith Ivey To Star In Sam Shepard Play At Long Wharf by Frank Rizzo

"Curse of the Starving Class," Directed By Gordon EdelsteinMultiple Tony Award-winner Judith Ivey will star in Sam Shepard's "Cirse of the Starving Class" in early 2013 at New Haven's L…

Louise Pitre Opens a New Window in 'Mame' At Goodspeed by Frank Rizzo

Broadway Actress Steps Into Iconic Role in Goodspeed Revival   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageLouise Pitre is getting verklempt …

Danielle Ferland's Second Journey 'Into the Woods,' Now At Westport Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

From The Part OF Red Riding Hood To The Baker's Wife, She Knows Things Now

Great Old Broad Series: Cloris Leachman by Frank Rizzo

``People think you're crazy anyway, and I'm just barely under the radar to get away with murder.''  This Sunday's 2 p.m. screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentaruy "Broads,"…

Pat Sajak To Star In "The Odd Couple" At Connecticut Rep's Nutmeg Summer Series by Frank Rizzo

Terrence Mann Re-Joins "Lady" Stars In "Man of La Mancha"Pat Sajak, the host of TV's long-running game show "Wheel of Fortune," will star in the Neil Simon comedy , "The Odd Couple" at…

Making Economic Case, Theaters Rally For Support From Legislature by Frank Rizzo

Landmark Theaters Key In Making Connecticut The State "Where Great Things Begin"You don't have to convince me about the power of the arts -- specifically in the flagship producing theaters i…

Celeste Holm, Elizabeth Wilson To Be Celebrated At New Haven Event by Frank Rizzo

There will be a birthday celeberation for stage and film actresses Celeste Holm and Elizabeth Wilson (who lives in Branford) at the Historic Lyric Hall in New Haven's Westville neighbo…

"Ragtime" To Play At Greater Hartford Arts Academy by Frank Rizzo

Students from the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts , representing Hartford and 20 surrounding towns, will present Ragtime The Musical on Frday, May 4 as well as May 5, 10, 11 and 12…

Young Playwrights Selected for The O'Neill, Too by Frank Rizzo

Goodspeed's "Mame" Extends Run by Frank Rizzo

The run of the revival of the Jerry Herman musical “Mame”   at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, has been extended from July 1 to July 7.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning "Water By The Spoonful" and Other Hudes Plays To Be Published by Frank Rizzo

Quiara Alegría Hudes’s “Water by the Spoonful,” the 2012 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Which was commissioned, developed and produced by Hartford Stage , wil…

Film Version of Christopher Shinn's "Four" To Premiere At L.A. Film Fest by Frank Rizzo

The indie film based on Christopher Shinn ’s Hartford-inspired play  “Four” will get its premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Recent Yale Grad, Gets Tony Award Nomination by Frank Rizzo

Hartford Stage-Connected "The Best Man" Gets Best Revival Nod; James Earl Jones, TooLast May, Da'Vine Joy Randolph graduated from the Yale School of Drama , unclear what her future as an …

Fearless Predictions For Tony Award Nominations by Frank Rizzo

Isn't half the fun of competitive arts awards the chance to guess who will be nominated, then win?

Four New Musicals Named For National Music Theater Conference by Frank Rizzo

Presented At Eugene O'Neill Theater Center In WaterfordFour new musicals -- "When We Met," "String," "A Good Man" and "The ToyMaker" -- have been selected for the 2012   National Music The…

Mikhail Baryshnikov Premieres Play At Hartford Stage In February by Frank Rizzo

Mikhail Baryshnikov, the legendary dancer who has also taken on acting roles, will star in the world premiere of the dance-theater work "The Man in a Case," a stage adaptation of an Anton Ch…

First Impressions: Will Eno's "The Realistic Joneses" Opens At Yale Rep by Frank Rizzo

Full Review Friday AfternoonThe show: The world premiere of “The Realistic Jones” by Will Eno at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, opening Thursday night.

Can Theaters Parlay Yale's Fortunes To Make State Premiere "Placemaker" For New Works? by Frank Rizzo

O'Neill Center, Other Tony Award-Winning Theaters On "Here-First" Bandwagon?American Theater just got an historic gift.

Yale Receives $18 Million Gift For New Play, Musical Development by Frank Rizzo

Believed To Be Largest U.S. Gift for New Works For American Stage   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageYale Repertory Theatre and th…

New Musical "The Bikinis" Gets Workshop at Goodspeed in August by Frank Rizzo

Snooki, watch out. Here come The Bikinis.