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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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

Snooki, watch out. Here come The Bikinis.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00PM

Connecticut Arts Groups gets $1.15 Million From NEA Grants by Frank Rizzo

14 Groups Receive Funding National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced today that the NEA plans to award 928 grants totaling $77.17 million to not-for-profit…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:36PM

Cirque du Soleil Channels Michael Jackson In Energetic Arena Show by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageHow do you merge the music and dancing of Michael Jackson with the performers of Cirque du Soleil?

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:10PM

NEA, Brookings Institute To Pow-Wow on Arts and Economic Development by Frank Rizzo

Arts as an economic dfevelopment tool will get a national spotlight when the Brookings Institution and the National Endowment for the Arts co-host “The Arts, New Growth Theory, an…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:55AM
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Solo Show About Sicilian Shoemaker To Play Wesleyan In July by Frank Rizzo

 “Hear What's In The Heart: A Shoemaker’s Tale,” is a new work that will play this summer at Center for the Arts at Wesleyan University in Middletown, July 26 and 27.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:04PM

Jim Dale To Bring Solo Show With Music To Long Wharf Theatre's Stage II by Frank Rizzo

Tony Award-winner Jim Dale will bring his new one man show with music to Long Wharf Theatre's Stage II this June.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:56PM
Monday, April 23, 2012

Paula Vogel's "Civil War Christmas" Headed For New York by Frank Rizzo

Had World Premiere At Long Wharf TheatrePaula Vogel's "A Civil War Christmas," which had its world premiere at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre in 2008, will have its New York bow next seas…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:43PM
Friday, April 20, 2012

"Pride and Prejudice" To Get Hartford Stage Reading by Frank Rizzo

Michael Wilson DirectsThere will be a staged reading of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice ,” adapted by Hartford Stage senior dramaturg Christopher Baker , with direct…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:07AM

"Into the Woods" Reunion At Westport Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

There will be an "Into the Woods" reunion of sorts at the Westport Country Playhouse on Sunday, May 6, following the 3 p.m. performance of the revival of the play at the theater, directe…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:38AM
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Parker Posey, Queen Of Indies, At Yale Rep by Frank Rizzo

Actress Featured In Premiere Of Will Eno's 'The Realistic Joneses'   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageParker Posey has me dazed a…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:10PM
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Michael Douglas: When He Was at Choate by Frank Rizzo

I just came across this picture of actor Michael Douglas , which didn't make my story on him in last Sunday's Arts Section of The Hartford Courant.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:15PM

Theresa Rebeck's New Play "Fools" To Be Developed at The O'Neill by Frank Rizzo

Among Nine Writers At National Playwrights ConferenceThere will be a mixture of nine veteran, mid-career and new writers working this July at the National Playwrights Conference at the Eu…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:01AM

Oh, Mrs. Robinson: "The Graduate" Plays Ivoryton by Frank Rizzo

Ivoryton Playhouse gets a bit adult in its presentation of the stage adaptation of "The Graduate" which opens Wednesday, April 18 and runs through May 6.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:55AM

Michael Douglas Gets Monte Cristo Award At O'Neill Theater Fund-Raiser by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page"Tonight brings back a lot of memories," said Michael Douglas as his wife, Oscar and Tony Award-win…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Monday, April 16, 2012

'Water By the Spoonful' Wins Pulitzer For Drama by Frank Rizzo

 Quiara Alegría Hudes became the first Latina to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play “Water by the Spoonful,” which was commissioned, developed and had its world prem…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:22PM

John Guare Selects "Beautiful Province" Best New Play by Frank Rizzo

A play about a 15 year old boy who travels across Canada with his French high school teacher won the 2012 Yale Drama Series Award.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:50AM

Bradley Cooper To Star in "Elephant Man" at Williamstown by Frank Rizzo

"Sexiest Man" in Different RoleConnecticut theater-goers may be temported to drive to the Berkshires this summer to see "the sexiest man alive" -- even in not so sexy a role.Bradley Cooper (…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:48AM
Saturday, April 14, 2012

Premiere for New Haven's Donald Margulies' Play At the Geffen by Frank Rizzo

Pulitzer Prize winning playwright -- and New Haven resident -- Donald Margulies will premiere his latest, "Coney Island Christmas" at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles Nov. 20 to Dec…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:36AM
Friday, April 13, 2012

Rachel Jett To Head National Theatre Institute at Waterford's O'Neill Center by Frank Rizzo

Rachel Jett to lead the National Theater Institute (NTI), the accredited program for college students at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center at Waterford as its new artistic director.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:59AM
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Christopher Shinn's "Now Or Later" Gets U.S. Premiere At Huntington by Frank Rizzo

David Cromer Stars, Directs Celebrated "Our Town"Christopher Shinn 's political drama, "Now or Later," will have its U.S. premiere at Boston's Huntington Theatre Company this fall. Mich…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:55AM
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Long Wharf Theatre Gets Education Grant by Frank Rizzo

And Other Theater News BriefsNew Haven’s Long Wharf Theatre will receive a grant of $224,5000 over four years by The Werth Family Foundation for its in-school residency program. Th…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:40AM

"My Name Is Asher Lev" Cast Gets Its Rabbinical Study by Frank Rizzo

William Mastrosimone's "Ride the Tiger" Being Eyed At Long WharfThe cast of Long Wharf Theatre’s “My Name Is Asher Lev” is doing its rabbinical research.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:55AM
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

My Interview With Ernest Borgnine, Recalling Career, His Connecticut Roots by Frank Rizzo

Oscar-Winning Actor Dead at 95. Ernest Borginine died Sunday at the age of 95. Here is my interview with the Hamden-born, Connecticut-raised actor in 2010.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:51PM

David Henderson New Marketing, Sales, Communications Director At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

David Henderson is the new director of marketing, sales and communications at Hartford Stage . He takes over his new duties immediately.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:57PM

Prison Mash-Up With Dante's "Inferno" Set For Hartford's Charter Oak by Frank Rizzo

By Three Former Women Inmates from Niantic's York Correctional InstituteA mash-up of Dante’s Inferno and life behind bars in a maximum-security women’s prison in Connecticut, the…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:39PM
Monday, April 9, 2012

Two New Musicals Named For Yale Workshop by Frank Rizzo

"Mighty Five's Infinite Funk Odyssey" and "Morality Play" are the two musicals selected to be developed in workshop at the Yale Institute of Music Theatre.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:09PM

Bryce Pinkham Plays The Bad Guy by Frank Rizzo

Yale Grad Cast in 'Ghost The Musical'   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageDa'Vine Joy Randolph isn't the only recent Yale School of…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:17PM

Bell, Book And Candle': 'Making '50s Fashion Bewitching by Frank Rizzo

Fabio Toblini Dresses Up "Bell, Book and Candle" at Hartford Stage   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageHow do you dress a witch?

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:41AM

Yale Grad Gets 'Whoopi' Role In Broadway's Musical 'Ghost' by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageDa'Vine Joy Randolph says she's been guided by good and powerful spirits.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:03AM
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Yale Selects Three Plays For Carlotta Festival by Frank Rizzo

Three graduate student plays from the Yale School of Drama are selected for the seventh annual Carlotta Festival of New Plays , May 4 to 12 at the Iseman Theater ,1156 Chapel St,, …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:16PM

Sarah Topham, Ben Cole Added To "Tempest" Cast at Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Daniel Davis Stars As ProsperoSara Topham , who recently Gwendlyn in Broadway’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” with Brian Bedford, plays Miranda in the upcoming Hartfor…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:44AM

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