Great Old Broad Series: Maureen Stapleton by Frank Rizzo

 This Sunday's 2 p.m. screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentaruy "Broads," that features salty, outspoken interviews with actresses of a certain age remind me of some of my o…

Three World Premieres Highlight New Yale Rep Season by Frank Rizzo

Paul Giamatti as "Hamlet," TooThe 2012-13 Yale Repertory Theatre season will feature three world premieres by Sarah Ruhl, David Adjmi and a collaboration by Bill Camp and Robert Woodruff, …

Great Old Broad Series: Elizabeth Ashley by Frank Rizzo

``My life careens from apocalypse to catastrophe and back."Today's 2 p.m. screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentaruy "Broads," that features salty, outspoken interviews with …

Building Audiences, Not Edifices New Trend? by Frank Rizzo

With the news Long Wharf Theatre is foregoing a new facility for at least another 10 years or so in favor of making its present building -- albeit a leased one-- more appealing for audie…

Long Wharf Theatre Plans $3.8 Million Face-Lift by Frank Rizzo

Focus Will Be On A More Comfortable Theater-Going Experience   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page"Charm can only go so far," says J…

TheaterWorks' Deficit Means Changes Onstage And Off by Frank Rizzo

A large, yet-to-be-determined six-figure deficit, a low cash flow and bills that are in arrears — which caused actors in the recent "The Sty of the Blind Pig" to receive eviction notices a…

Goodspeed's "Mame" Cast Announced by Frank Rizzo

Kirsten Wyatt Is Agnes GoochKirsten Wyatt (Broadway's "Elf," "Grease," "High Fidelity" and "Urinetown") will play Agnes Gooch in the musical "Mame" at the Goodspeed Opera House in East …

'Bell, Book And Candle:" Watch Out Or She'll Put A Spell On You by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: "Bell, Book and Candle" at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven

Mickey Rooney, 91, To Talk About His Career by Frank Rizzo

In "Conversation" In Fairfield, March 24 is going to be quite a look-back at Hollywood.

Who Made It -- And Who Didn't -- In State's "City Canvases" Grants by Frank Rizzo

New Haven Is One of Five Shut OutA total of 12 communities were invited to submit proposals to the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) and the Connecticut Office of the A…

3 World Premieres Highlight Berkshire Theatre Festival Season by Frank Rizzo

"A Chorus Line" Opens Line-up At Colonial Theater This SummerThree world premiere plays and a revival of the musical "A Chorus Line" will be produced by Berkshire Theater Group in the Mass…

The Bewitching Kate MacCluggage Returns For 'Bell, Book And Candle' by Frank Rizzo

Connecticut Native Plays Enchantress In Long Wharf, Hartford Stage Productions   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageWhen Kate MacClu…

Projects Named For Connecticut's" City Canvases" Grants by Frank Rizzo

Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) and the Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA), announced the following cities and their projects as recipients of the "City Canvases In…

Young Talent Gets 10-Minute Shot in Launch of New Musical Contest by Frank Rizzo

Darren Criss Explains It All To YouOk, young composers, get cracking. Especially, you Connecticut kids.

Schools Named for Connecticut High School Musical Award Competition by Frank Rizzo

The 4th Annual Connecticut High School Music Theater Awards will be June 4 at the Palace Theater in Waterbury. Tickets for the event go on sale mid-May at the Palace box office and webs…

Chinese Shadow Puppetry Exhibit To Open At UConn by Frank Rizzo

A new puppetry art exhibition — “Red Gate: Pauline Benton and Chinese Shadow Theater,” curated by Stephen Kaplin and Kuang-Yu Fong of New York City’s Chinese Theat…

Gays And The Holocaust Explored In Jason Mitchell's "The Red Box" by Frank Rizzo

Free reading at Fairfield UniversityFairfield University’s Bennett Center for Judaic Studies presents a staged reading of  “The Red Box,” a play exploring homosexual per…

'The Yiddish King Lear' Set For Yale Cabaret by Frank Rizzo

"The Yiddish King Lear ," adapted, assembled, and created with Martha Kaufman and Lauren Dubowski

"Always...Patsy Cline" Plays Ivoryton Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

Jacqueline Petroccia plays country singer Patsy Cline in the Ivoryton Playhouse production of "Always...Patsy Cline" March 14 to April 1.

"The Brothers Grimm and a Showgirl" Musical To Play New Haven by Frank Rizzo

Pantochino Productions Inc. presents its new family musical, “The Brothers Grimm and a Showgirl,” for a limited run of five performances March 16 to 18 at The Off-Broadway Th…

'Les Miserables' At Hartford's Bushnell: Oh, Cosette, How You've Grown by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageIt's been 25 years since "Les Miserables"opened on Broadway with its pop opera grandeur taking New Yo…

Kristin Chenoweth To Be Honored At Goodspeed Gala by Frank Rizzo

TV's "G.C.B.," "Glee," "Wicked," and Goodspeed Credits Goodspeed Musicals will be honoring the star of Broadway, film and the new TV series, "GCB" ("Good Christian Bitches").

'The Whipping Man' Compelling, But Lacks Intimacy by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: "The Whipping Man"

Tyler Perry As Madea To Play XL Center In Hartford by Frank Rizzo

Touring Show "Madea Get A Job"The Great Recession has even hit the great Madea .

'Whipping Man' Playwright Ventures From What He Knows by Frank Rizzo

Matthew Lopez's Post-Civil War Tale At Hartford Stage   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageIf Matthew Lopez were teaching a class …

Quiara Alegria Hudes' "Water By Spoonful" Finalist For Best New Play Award by Frank Rizzo

Jefferson Mays In Simon Gray's "Stage Struck" At Westport by Frank Rizzo

Tony Award winner Jefferson Mays , currently playing on Broadway iin "The Best Man", will head the cast of the inventive comedy/thriller, "Stage Struck"   by Simon Gray , a Script in…

Ted Hershey Dance & Music Marathon Features Early Piece by Frank Rizzo

The varied world of Connecticut dance comes together Saturday, March 3, beginning at 7 p,.m,  at Hartford’s Charter Oak Cultural Center , for the anual Ted Hershey Dance and Music M…

Playwrights A.R. Gurney, Alfred Uhry To Speak at Mark Twain House by Frank Rizzo

Part of First Writers' Weekend EventWonder what playwrights talk about when they get together?

Cuqui Jerez' "The Rehearsal" Plays New Haven by Frank Rizzo

"No Boundaries" Show From Spanish ChoreographerSpanish choreographer and performer Cuqui Jerez presents "The Rehearsal" as part of Yale's "No Boundaries" performances March 23 at 8 p.m…

David Hyde Pierce To Direct "Earnest" At Wiliamstown Theatre Festival by Frank Rizzo

Premieres of "Whaddabloodclot," "Far From Heaven," "The Blue Deep" David Hyde Pierce will direct Oscar Wilde 's "The Importance of Being Earnest," which opens the main stage at William…