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Thursday, October 31, 2013

50 Years At Hartford Stage: The Highs And Lows Via Its Artistic Directors by Frank Rizzo

Among themselves, they call each other by the order in which they led Hartford Stage with Jacques Cartier, who founded the theater in 1963 being "One."

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:05PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

'Mrs. Mannerly' At TheaterWorks: Etiquette Run Amok by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Mrs. Mannerly" at Hartfoird's TheaterWorks

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Connecticut Composer's Tunes Get New Run In 'Scrapbook' At Goodspeed by Frank Rizzo

Show Featuring Work Of Stephen Schwartz Runs Through Nov. 7 It's not as if Stephen Schwartz was just hanging out at his Ridgefield home this fall.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]
Friday, October 18, 2013

Will Eno's 'The Realistic Joneses' To Broadway by Frank Rizzo

Premiered At Yale Repertory TheatreWill Eno’s "The Realistic Joneses" which had its world premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre last year is heading to Broadway in the spring, but with…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:06PM[SHARE]

Could A Connecticut Theater Revive Orson Welles' 'Too Much Johnson' by Frank Rizzo

Now That The Original Film To Go With It Has Been Found, RestoredNow that the lost 40-minute film footage Orson Welles created for his production of the William Gillette farce , "Too Mu…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:28AM[SHARE]
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Long Wharf Honors John DeStefano, Yale's Richard Levin by Frank Rizzo

'The Stickiness' Of Dedicated Arts AdvocatesThings are getting pretty nostalgic lately, what with the 50 th anniversary celebrations first at Goodspeed Musicals and now at Hartford St…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Meryl Streep To Receive O'Neill Center's Monte Cristo Award by Frank Rizzo

Ceremony To Be Held Next Spring In New YorkThe award-laden Meryl Streep is going to have to make room on the mantle for another honor — this one from a theater center that helped shape…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:28PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

The Five Hartford Stage Artistic Directors Gather For 50th Anniversary Celebration by Frank Rizzo

Special Performance Slated Featuring Actors From Throughout The Decades

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:38PM[SHARE]

'Room Service' At Westport: Door Slamming Fun by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Room Service" at Westport Country Playhouse

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]
Friday, October 11, 2013

'The Cider House Rules' Rules Hartt by Frank Rizzo

The Hartt School at the University of Hartford presents “ The Cider House Rules,” Peter Parnell ’s stage adaptation of the John Irving novel on Thursday, Oct. 1…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:30AM[SHARE]

Stephen Lang In Solo Show Of Soldiers' Tales by Frank Rizzo

Stephen Lang (“Avatar,” “Terra Nova”) brings his one-man show, “Beyond Glory,” to the City Stage and Symphony Hal l in Springfield on Sunday, O…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:29AM[SHARE]

Cast for 'Big Love' Set For Connecticut Rep by Frank Rizzo

Equity actors Libby George (national tour of “August: Osage County”) and Mark Elliot Wilson (film “We Need to Talk About Kevin”) head the cast of the Connec…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:29AM[SHARE]

'Dear Prudence' Gets New York Bow by Frank Rizzo

"Dear Prudence” by Milford playwright Cindy Wolfe Boynton , about Connecticut civil rights advocate Prudence Crandall , will premiere Friday, Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. as part of the…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:28AM[SHARE]

Broadway's Debbie Gravitte In New Haven Concert by Frank Rizzo

Tony-Award winner Debbie Gravitte (“Jerome Robbins Broadway”) and Broadway conductor Todd Ellison (“Annie” revival, “Spamalot”) are featured in …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:26AM[SHARE]

TheaterWorks Presents 'Mrs. Mannerly': A Reminder About Your Theater Manners by Frank Rizzo

TheaterWorks' "Mrs. Mannerly" Is About The Elegance Of EtiquetteAh, if only Mrs. Mannerly were around today — and stationed at every theater lobby in America.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:18AM[SHARE]

'The Most Happy Fella' At Goodspeed: Salute! by Frank Rizzo

'Glorious' Revival Of Frank Loesser MusicalThe Show: "The Most Happy Fella" at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Cast Set For Caryl Churchill's 'Owners' At Yale Rep by Frank Rizzo

Anthony Cochrane , Joby Earle , Sarah Manton , Brenda Meaney , Tommy Schrider , and Alex Trow  are featured in the cast of Caryl Churchill 's "Owners" at Yale Repertory Theatre …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:07AM[SHARE]

Baryshnikov Hits Road With Show That Premiered In Hartford by Frank Rizzo

'Man in a Case' Starts National TourMikhail Baryshnikov will be continuing  his role in the stage adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s  "Man in a Case,"   which had its world p…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:08AM[SHARE]

Magic's Bad Boy Penn Jillette Set For Mark Twain House by Frank Rizzo

Halloween Night EventMagic's bad boy, Penn Jillette, will be "in conversation" with WNPR personality  Colin McEnroe  at the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford on Halloween ni…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:50AM[SHARE]
Sunday, October 6, 2013

Love, Passion Of 'Most Happy Fella' Returns To Goodspeed by Frank Rizzo

In the musical "The Most Happy Fella," an older, far-from-handsome man — an Italian immigrant who owns a Napa Valley vineyard — falls in love with a much younger and beautiful wo…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Monday, September 30, 2013

World Premiere Of 'Holiday Inn' Part Of New Goodspeed Season by Frank Rizzo

Goodspeed Opera House will feature its first world premiere in years as part of its main stage season with a stage adaptation of the 1942 film "Holiday Inn."

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:11AM[SHARE]
Saturday, September 28, 2013

'A Streetcar Named Desire:' Next Stop, Comedy Central by Frank Rizzo

The show:   Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]
Friday, September 27, 2013

Hartford Stage's Powerful 'Macbeth:' 'Breaking Bard' by Frank Rizzo

The show: William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" at Hartford Stage

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]

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