Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Shakespeare Classic At Edgerton Park In New Haven The 19-year-old Elm Shakespeare Company of New Haven goes off the greatest-hits grid to present a work by the Bard that is beguiling, charmi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:13AMTuesday, August 12, 2014
Original Headline: Dr. Williams' Little Black Bag Holds Laughs Instead Of ProzacEditor's note : This interview with Robin Williams by arts writer Frank Rizzo ran Dec. 20, 1998. Williams was …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:50AMTuesday, August 5, 2014
"Life's pretty tough," once said Woody Guthrie. "You're lucky if you live through it."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:49AMMonday, August 4, 2014
The show: The musical "The Visit" at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:28PMSunday, July 27, 2014
There are actors whose name you instantly recognize, the stars you know by a single monicker: Meryl, Julia, Debbie. Liza, Shirley.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMSunday, July 20, 2014
Daughter Directs Dad In 'Cedars' At Berkshire FestYou might be tempted to call the arts as the Naughton family business, but to this group of — relatively speaking — well-adjuste…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMFriday, July 18, 2014
The show: "Fiddler on the Roof" at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThursday, July 17, 2014
Editor's note : Broadway actress and singer Elaine Stritch, 89, died on Thursday, July 17, at her home in Birmingham, Mich. Following is an interview by Hartford Courant theater critic Frank…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:05PMWednesday, July 16, 2014
Linda Lavin, best known for the popular TV series "Alice" of the '70s and '80s — but a terrific Tony Award-winning Broadway and film actress, too — will be presenting her life an…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:52AMTuesday, July 15, 2014
The show: "Gypsy" at the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre on the UConn campus in Storrs
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMSunday, July 13, 2014
Tevye may not be the only person talking to God in East Haddam.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThursday, July 10, 2014
Goodspeed Celebrates 50 Years Of Sheldon Harnick's Musical, Which Runs Through Sept. 12A Broadway musical about a Jewish shtetl, a Russian pogrom and a poor milkman who talks to God? Sounds …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:42PMWednesday, July 9, 2014
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Summer Theater In Massachusetts Berkshires In Full SwingThe show: "June Moon" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Mass.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:15PMSunday, July 6, 2014
First African-American To Play Iconic Role In 'Gypsy'Leslie Uggams is used to taking on roles that, in a different era, no one would expect an African-American actress to take on.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMMonday, June 30, 2014
A Girl-Group Musical, The Bikinis," Returns To ConnecticutThe Bikinis are back. The jukebox musical, which had a workshop production at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theatre last year in …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:13PMFriday, June 27, 2014
I love interviewing independent women in show business of a certain age who speak their minds. One of my favorite interviews was in 2002 was with composer-writer Mary Rodgers from his Centra…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:33PMThe show: "Traces," part of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, at University Theatre in New Haven.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThursday, June 26, 2014
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford puts its 50th anniversay into high gear this week with the beginning of its National Music Theater Conference, running June 28 through to July 11, …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMReceives U.S. Premiere At New Haven's International Festival Of Arts & IdeasThe show: "The Events," part of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Have…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMSaturday, June 21, 2014
Split Knuckle Theater Makes New Haven Bow At Long WharfThe show: "Endurance" at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMFriday, June 20, 2014
Part Of New Haven's International Festival Of Arts & IdeasThe show: "Arguendo" at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMTuesday, June 17, 2014
They jump, they tumble, they climb on poles like monkeys on crack. They're the young, athletic and sexy performers in "Traces," from the hip Canadian cirque group Les 7 Doigts de la Main (Se…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:04PMSunday, June 15, 2014
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Physical Company's Latest Exuberant Play Plays Long WharfFive years ago Greg Webster had a dream in which a man in a business suit stood atop a copier machine as he was being attacked by pap…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:33PMThe show: "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:17PMThe show: "Ghost: The Musical" at Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMWednesday, June 11, 2014
'Anastasia,' "Campaign of the Century,' "Hamlet' -- And Partti LuPoneSo Darko Tresnjak, you’ve just won a Tony Award for outstanding director of a musical, what are you going to do n…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:02PMTuesday, June 10, 2014
The show: 'Fingers and Toes' at Ivoryton Playhouse
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThe show: 'Sing For Your Shakespeare' at Westport Country Playhouse
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMMonday, June 9, 2014
Powerful Play At Yale Rep Explores "The Idea Of Evil And The Limits Of Forgiveness'David Greig remembers walking with his 12-year-old son in the Scottish Highlands in July 2011 when they sto…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:35AM 
