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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

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…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:12AM

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…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:13AM

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…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:55AM
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

'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

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:17PM

"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.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:44PM

"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…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:33PM

'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…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:02PM

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").

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:48AM
Thursday, March 1, 2012

'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"

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:31PM

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 .

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:08PM

'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 …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:46AM
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

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…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:57AM

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…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:57AM

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?

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:55AM
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

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…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:13PM

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…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:39PM

Jan Neuberger's Solo Show "Bloomer Girl" At West Hartford's Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

Broadway veteran, Jan Neuberger will present with her one-woman show, "Boomer Girl!" at West Hartford's Playhouse on Park March 22 to 25 for four performances.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:31PM

Mark Nelson To Star In "My Name Is Asher Lev" At Long Wharf by Frank Rizzo

Mark Nelson will be featured in the final show of the 2011-12 season at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre: "My Name Is Asher Lev."

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:41AM

Judith Blazer to Be Vera In Goodspeed's "Mame" by Frank Rizzo

Joins Louise Pitre in CastGoodspeed's "Mame" has got its Vera.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:43AM

Christopher Shinn's New Play Headed To Chicago's Goodman Theatre by Frank Rizzo

Also New Works By Dael Orlandersmith and Quiara Alegria HudesChristopher Shinn 's new play "Teddy Ferrrara" will receive its world premiere in early 2013 at Chicago's Goodman Theatre.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:31AM
Thursday, February 23, 2012

"February House": Sunday In The Parlor With George by Frank Rizzo

Premiere Of Gabriel Kahane-Seth Bockley NYC-Bound Musical At Long Wharf Theatre

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:31PM
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Eve Ensler to Speak at Manchester's Cheney Hall by Frank Rizzo

"I'm an Emotional Creature" Deals with Teenage Girls Around the GlobeEve Ensler , playwrioght, author and activist, will speak at Cheney Hall, Manchester on May 6, in as collaborative prese…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:57PM

Recipients Named for Arts Job Grants In Hartford by Frank Rizzo

16 Projects Funded By CityThe City of Hartford and the Greater Hartford Arts Council named the 16 recipients of the 2012 Arts & Heritage Jobs Grant Program, Phase 1.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:00PM

Rob Campbell, Susannah Schulman Head Cast In Yale Rep's "Winter's Tale" by Frank Rizzo

UConn Also To Produce "Winter's Tale" at the Same TimeRob Campbell and Susannah Schulman head the cast in the Yale Repertory Theatre production of William Shakespeare’s "The Wint…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:18PM
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Arts Jobs Grants Recipients To Be Announced by Segarra, Malloy by Frank Rizzo

The City of Hartford and the Greater Hartford Arts Council will announce the recipients of the 2012 Arts & Heritage Jobs Grant Program, Phase 1, at the Isham-Terry House, a Connecticut L…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:29PM

My Afternoon With Mother Dolores Hart by Frank Rizzo

Connecticut Nun Returns To Hollywood For Oscars The news that Mother Dolores Hart will be attending Sunday's Oscars prompted me to dust off the story I wrote about the former Hollywood ac…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:35PM

"5-50-500: "New Proposal for Connecticut's Tony Award-Winning Regional Theaters by Frank Rizzo

Celebrate Their 50th Anniversaries With A Gift that Keeps on GivingIn the midst of new plans and strategies for arts funding in the state, I'd like to suggest still another -- and it's offer…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:01AM
Thursday, February 16, 2012

OPM's Ben Bares Responds to Arts Funding Push-Back by Frank Rizzo

Phase-In Of the Elimination of Earmarks Now ProposedFile this under: "The Devil Is in the Deatils"

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:19PM

New 'Addams Family' Adds Some Heart (And Some Snap, Snap) by Frank Rizzo

It's been a long and hard — not to mention spooky and ooky — road to get "The Addams Family"musical first to Broadway and then on tour. The national road company opens its one-we…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:13PM

Making the Arts Sing For Its Supper by Frank Rizzo

Malloy Plan Giveth Modestly And Taketh Big TimeI attended two events Wednesday in Hartford about arts funding in Connecticut and taken together they speak of new -- and troubling -- ways the…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:12PM