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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Obama Nominates Jane Chu As Head Of National Endowment For The Arts by Frank Rizzo

Saints be praised. Prez Obama finally got around to nominating a candidate to head the National Endowment for the Arts.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:40PM

'American Idiot' At The Palace One Night Only by Frank Rizzo

The Broadway musical "American Idiot," based on the Green Day Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum album, was a rock sensation when it opened in 2010, even winning a few Tony Awards. The non…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Playful Spirit Created 'Peter and the Starcatcher' by Frank Rizzo

Alex Timbers Is A 'Starcatcher,' With Touring Show, New Film And Broadway Musical 'Rocky'The kid spirit in putting together "Peter and the Starcatcher" was not unlike the gang of Lost Boys t…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Friday, February 7, 2014

Girl Power Rules In Hip, Funny 'Fairytale Lives' At Yale Rep by Frank Rizzo

New Play At Yale Rep Takes On Russian Tales With A Modern TwistThe show: "The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls" at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:54PM
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

In Over-Stimulated 'Freud's Last Session': The Doctor Is In -- And So's The Author by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Freud's Last Session" at Hartford's TheaterWorks

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:54PM

'War Horse' A Theatrical Marvel At Bushnell by Frank Rizzo

The show: "War Horse" at Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:03AM
Sunday, January 26, 2014

'War Horse' Puppet Masters Tell Their Secrets by Frank Rizzo

The Story Of A Poor Irish Man And His Horse Comes To The Bushnell What's it like to play the title character in one of London and Broadway's biggest hits — and be anonymous at the same…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Friday, January 24, 2014

Rock 'N' Roll, Race And Russian Girls by Frank Rizzo

Tony-Winning 'Memphis' At Garde; 'Fairytale' At Yale RepRace and rock combine with incendiary results in "Memphis," the four-time Tony Award-winning musical, co-produced on Broadway by Old L…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:03PM

Actress Didi Conn Explains Her Voice And Attraction To 'Underpants' by Frank Rizzo

Comedy Runs Through Feb. 9 At Hartford Stage An agent once asked actress Didi Conn, "Do you really talk that way?"

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Friday, January 17, 2014

Premiere Of 'The Consultant:' Pile-Up Of Office Culture Clashes by Frank Rizzo

The show: "The Consultant" at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Cheshire's Jonny Orsini Wins Barnes Prize by Frank Rizzo

Cheshire’s Jonny Orsini is the winner of the fouth annual Clive Barnes Award in New York recently, presented by Tony Award winning director-choreographer Susan Stroman. He won…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:31PM
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Thursday, January 9, 2014

Michael Price Retiring From Goodspeed Opera House by Frank Rizzo

After 46 years as executive director of the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Michael Price will end one of the longest runs in American theater.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:27PM
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Review: Girl Power Rules Mightily, Magically In 'Fairytale Lives' by Frank Rizzo

The show: "The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls" at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:48PM

'War Horse' Gallops Into Hartford's Bushnell In An Astounding Production by Frank Rizzo

The show: "War Horse" at Hartford's Bushnell Centrer for the Performing Arts

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:27PM
Friday, January 3, 2014

Steve Martin's 'Underpants' At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

In Dusseldorf in 1910 during the king's parade, a wife's bloomers accidentally fall down, scandalizing her government-clerk husband. But to the wife, Louise, it was just an innocent slip. To…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:06PM
Thursday, January 2, 2014

'Stage Designs By Ming Cho Lee' At Yale by Frank Rizzo

Watching legendary theatrical set designer Ming Cho Lee lead a group of students through the exhibit "Stage Designs By Ming Cho Lee" recently was like watching Yoda gently guiding the next g…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Monday, December 30, 2013

What Was The Best Of Connecticut Theater In 2013? by Frank Rizzo

Show Of The Year Was UnexpectedA red-hot rocking musical as well as a heart-felt one. Two ensemble dramas that looked at the way we live with humor and rue. A pair of outstanding shows from …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:52AM
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

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