Joan Rivers: My Afternoon At Her Manhattan Manse by Frank Rizzo

New Tourism Campaign Touts Connecticut's Theaters, Shows by Frank Rizzo

Call it "A Gentleman's Guide To Theater and Tourism."

'Shakespeare In Love''s Tom Stoppard To Give Free Yale Lecture by Frank Rizzo

Cast Set For His Play 'Arcadia' At Yale RepHis intelligence and wit are legendary. Now you can witness both for yourself when playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard presents a free lecture…

Indian Play 'Thook' In Hartford, New Haven by Frank Rizzo

How about some international theater? The Indian Ensemble of Bangalore is coming to Hartford and New Haven with the U.S. premiere of "Thook" ("Spit"). First stop is the HartBeat Ensemble's C…

Alan Ayckbourn's 'Things We Do For Love:' And Not Always So Gloriously by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Things We Do For Love" at Westport Country Playhouse

Hartford Stage Has Its Hamlet by Frank Rizzo

Ed Asner 'In Conversation' At Sacred Heart University Yale School of Drama grad Zach Appelman (Broadway's "War Horse," Julie Taymor's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and the title …

If The Show's Not Ready For Critics, Should Tickets Be Cheaper? by Frank Rizzo

What Ever Happened To The Concept Of Previews?When I was a kid growing up outside Boston, I would make it a point to see "preview" performances of Broadway-bound shows, in part because the t…

Retired UConn Drama Director, Benefactor Nafe Katter Dies by Frank Rizzo

Nafe Katter, longtime Connecticut actor, retired director of the University of Connecticut's acting program died Wednesday at a hospice facility in Summerfield, Fla., following a stroke Aug.…

Hootenannies Follow Sunday 'Woody Sez' Performances by Frank Rizzo

I haven't heard the word "hootenanny" used since Lyndon Johnson was President, but there's some free-wheeling '60s-style jamming going on after Sunday matinee performances of "Woody Sez: The…

TheaterWorks' 'Woody Sez' An Uplifting Musical Tribute by Frank Rizzo

Bio-Musical of Folk Legend Woody GuthrieThe show: "Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie" at Hartford's TheaterWorks.

A Fantastic Voyage With 'Pericles' At The Park by Frank Rizzo

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…

1998 Interview With Robin Williams Before Release Of 'Patch Adams' by Frank Rizzo

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 …

Hootenannies, 'Woody Sez' At TheaterWorks by Frank Rizzo

"Life's pretty tough," once said Woody Guthrie. "You're lucky if you live through it."

Greed, Vengeance And Chita Rivera In 'Visit' At Williamstown by Frank Rizzo

The show: The musical "The Visit" at Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Actress Elizabeth Wilson Has Many Film Credits (And Many Fans Who Can't Recall Her Name) by Frank Rizzo

There are actors whose name you instantly recognize, the stars you know by a single monicker: Meryl, Julia, Debbie. Liza, Shirley.

Theater A Family Business For The Naughton Clan by Frank Rizzo

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…

'Fiddler On The Roof' At Goodspeed: An Intimate, Miraculous Classic by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Fiddler on the Roof" at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.

Broadway's Elaine Stritch Dies; Frank Rizzo Interview From 2008 by Frank Rizzo

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…

Linda Lavin Brings Her Cabaret Act To The Kate by Frank Rizzo

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…

Leslie Uggams's Brings Wide-Eyed Madness in Summer Stock 'Gypsy' by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Gypsy" at the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre on the UConn campus in Storrs

Questions In The Goodspeed Search For A New Exec by Frank Rizzo

Tevye may not be the only person talking to God in East Haddam.

'Fiddler On Roof' Lyricist Talks About The Show's Beginnings by Frank Rizzo

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 …

Leslie Uggams Tackles Role Of Gypsy Rose Lee At Jorgensen by Frank Rizzo

There's a new Mama Rose in town.

Comedy 'June Moon' Just Swell At Williamstown Theatre Festival by Frank Rizzo

Summer Theater In Massachusetts Berkshires In Full SwingThe show: "June Moon" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Mass.

Leslie Uggams Starring As Mama Rose In Connecticut Repertory Theatre's 'Gypsy' by Frank Rizzo

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.

A Girl-Group Musical At Long Wharf by Frank Rizzo

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 …

My Interview With Composer-Writer Mary Rodgers by Frank Rizzo

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…

'Traces:' The Joy Of Play From The New Kids On The Block by Frank Rizzo

The show:  "Traces," part of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, at University Theatre in New Haven.

O'Neill Presenting New Musicals by Frank Rizzo

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, …

'The Events': When Tragedy Occurs, It Takes A Choir by Frank Rizzo

Receives 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…

'Endurance:' Icebergs, Actuaries and Leadership Vividly Depicted By Dynamic Troupe by Frank Rizzo

Split Knuckle Theater Makes New Haven Bow At Long WharfThe show:  "Endurance" at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven.