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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

'Billy Elliot,' 'American Idiot,' 'Sister Act,' 'Million Dollar Quartet' Highlight Bushnell Broadway Season by Frank Rizzo

'Grinch' Coming for the HolidaysTouring companies of Broadway's "Billy Elliot," "American Idiot," "Sister Act," and "Million Dollar Quartet" will make up much of the 2012-13 Broadway ser…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00PM

"King Lear" Kicks Off Trinity Rep's 2012-13 Season by Frank Rizzo

Ayckbourn's "House & Garden" To Be Presented Simultaneously In 2 TheatersWilliam Shakespeare's "King Lear" will kick off the 2012-13 season at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, R.I…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:52AM

Jonathan Epstein To Star in "Red" At Hartford's TheaterWorks by Frank Rizzo

Also Cast Is Thomas LevertonJonathan Epstein, a frequent actor in the Massachusetts Berkshires, stars as abstract artist Mark Rothko in John Logan 's Tony Award-winning play "Red." The…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:26AM
Sunday, February 5, 2012

"Smash:" It's Not a Documentary But Still... by Frank Rizzo

A look at the NBC primetime soap about the making of a Broadway musicalWatching the first four episodes of the much-hyped TV series “Smash,” one may ask, “Whose Broadway …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:35AM

'Smash' Is Look at Broadway Musical by Frank Rizzo

Star Power on and off Screen in NBC Series   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageDavid Marshall Grant sits at his desk in a nondescri…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Friday, February 3, 2012

"Michael Feinstein's American Songbook" Returns for More Musical Hunting by Frank Rizzo

Visits Hugh Hefner's Mansion in Search of Tunes and Devices"Michael Feinstein's American Songbook" kicks off its second season on PBS tonighjt with a visit to Hugh Hefner 's pad in search …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:56PM

Malcolm Morrison To Direct "Hamlet" at Hartt by Frank Rizzo

Mark Ford Stars as Great DaneAnd what did you do your final year at college? Oh, I played “Hamlet”.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:23PM

Lauren Kennedy, Erik Liberman Cast In 'Into the Woods' at Westport Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

Danielle Ferland -- the Original Red Riding Hood -- Returns As Baker's WifeLauren Kennedy, Erik Liberman and Danielle Ferland will be featured in the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine music…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:39PM
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Hall of Famer Ben Vereen To Be "In Conversation" in Fairfield by Frank Rizzo

Did you miss Ben Vereen when he performed as part of the "Legends" series in 2010 as part of Hartford Stage's SummerStage ?

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:17PM

Kate MacCluggage To Bewitch in "Bell, Book and Candle" by Frank Rizzo

Kate MacCluggage , who was last featured in the ensemble cast of Long Wharf Theatre's "It's a Wonderful Life," will play Gillian, the bewitching witch, in the the romantic comedy "Bell, Bo…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:23PM

Shirley MacLaine Show In Torrington Still On Despite 'Downton Abbey' by Frank Rizzo

There were a few shock waves set off in Torrington yesterday when the folks at the Warner Theatre read that actress Shirley MacLaine , 77, was added to the cast of the popular PBS series,…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:26PM

O'Neill Center's George White Honored at Theater Hall of Fame by Frank Rizzo

Meryl Streep, Liza, Brian Dennehy, Phylicia Rashad Pay TributeGeorge C. White, founder and former executive director of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford called it a &l…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:34AM
Monday, January 30, 2012

Casey Hushion To Stage Goodspeed Revival of "Something's Afoot" by Frank Rizzo

Several "associates" get their big chance at GoopdspeedCasey Hushion (associate director of Broadway’s "Elf," "In the Heights" and "The Drowsy Chaperone") is tapped to stage the reviv…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:35PM
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Cultural Shock: The Arts' New Role in State Branding by Frank Rizzo

The Arts Now Seen As a Major Player in Economic Development's "Place-Making" Strategy

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Friday, January 27, 2012

Moscow Times Theater Critic to Speak at Yale by Frank Rizzo

Public Talk at Yale Rep LoungeJohn Freedman , theater critic of The Moscow Times , and an expert on contemporary Russian theater, will be visiting Yale School of Drama next Thursday and F…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:40PM
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Ronnie Burkett, Wakka Wakka To Be Guests at O'Neill Puppet Arts Conference by Frank Rizzo

At the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in JuneRonnie Burkett and Wakka Wakka Productions will be the guest artists at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center 's 22nd Annual National Puppe…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:40PM

Dr. Ruth Subject of Solo Summer Show at Barrington Stage by Frank Rizzo

New Garage Band Musical Workshop By Joe Iconis, TooFeel like a little sex?

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:00PM
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Yale's James Bundy Pays Tribute to Earle R. Gister by Frank Rizzo

Famed Acting Teacher at Yale School of Drama Earle R. Gister , who served as Associate Dean, Chair of the Acting Department at the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, and the first Lloyd R…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:30PM

Rita Moreno Gives Students in "West Side Story" a Ring by Frank Rizzo

Oscar-Winning Actress Calls Simsbury High SchoolThe phone rang Monday night to a group of more than 65 high school students who were rehearsing "West Side Story" at Simsbury High School -- a…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:20PM

Cast Set for Connecticut Rep's "Odysseus D.O.A." by Frank Rizzo

Joins "Guiding Light"'s Kim ZimmerJohn Bixler (CRT's "Guys and Dolls") and Jan Radcliff (numerous roles at Michigan's Purple Ropse Theatre ) are the Equity actors joining  "Guiding Lig…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:05PM
Monday, January 23, 2012

"Mamma Mia"s Louise Pitre Is Goodspeed's "Mame" by Frank Rizzo

Mamma, mia! Goodspeed Musicals got its Mame.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:55PM

Jeanie O'Hare To Head Yale Playwriting Dept. by Frank Rizzo

Dramaturg of Royal Shakespeare Company To Work in New HavenJeanie O’Hare , company dramaturg since 2005 of the Royal Shakespeare Company , is the new chairwoman of the Department of …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:05AM
Sunday, January 22, 2012

"Memphis" Reports Good Run in Hartford by Frank Rizzo

How did "Memphis" do in Hartford?

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:55AM

'Macbeth' Reset as Vietnam Soldiers' Story by Frank Rizzo

Eric Tang Stages Long Wharf Production   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageEric Ting respects superstitions, especially the one tha…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Saturday, January 21, 2012

Governor Malloy Launches "City Canvas" Project for CT Cities by Frank Rizzo

Mayors invited to submit plans to spur urban centers with artConnecticut cities will be getting a bit of an artistic face -- and spirit--  lift.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:20PM

New Musical Based on Film "Far from Heaven" Set for Williamstown by Frank Rizzo

Also New Play, "The Blue Deep," Starring Blythe DannerA new musical based on the 2002 Todd Haynes ' film "Far from Heaven" gets a bow at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in the Massach…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:50PM
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Arts Input Sought for New State "Arts Office" by Frank Rizzo

Want to put your two cents in about the Connecticut Office of the Arts , formerly the state’s Commission on Culture and Tourism — but down-classified when it became part of th…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:40AM
Saturday, January 14, 2012

New Musical Based on Julie Andrews-Daughter's Book Set For Goodspeed by Frank Rizzo

Andrews Will Direct Workshop in Chester of "The Great American Mousical,"Jul ie Andrews will direct a new musical, "The Great American Mousical," based on a children's book the award-win…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:30PM
Friday, January 13, 2012

"Morning's at Seven," "Stage Struck" Set for Play Readings at Westport Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

Paul Osborn's “Morning’s at Seven” will be the next show in Westport Country Playhouse's Script in Hand series  Monday, February 13, 7 p.m. 

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:55AM
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Long Wharf Cancels "Sophie's Choice" Run in Spring by Frank Rizzo

Script Not Ready; "My Name Is Asher Lev" Fills InGordon Edelstein had a tough choice to make but the artistic director of New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre decided to pull the plug of the up…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:55PM

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