Tickets To Go On Sale For Bushnell Broadway Series in Hartford by Frank Rizzo

New subscriptions go on sale Monday, July 16 for the 2012-13 Broadway series at the Bushnell Center for the Perforning arts in Hartford which opens its new season  with the national tour of…

"The Devil's Carnival" Film-Performance Tour Hits Manchester by Frank Rizzo

Film director Darren Bousman ("Saw" films) in collaboration with writer/performer Terrance Zdunich will bring their touring musical film fusion event “The Devil’s Carnival&r…

Casting For "The North Pool" Set For Barrington Stage by Frank Rizzo

Yale grad Babak Tafki and Remi Sandri star in the East Coast premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s “The North Pool,” directed by Giovanna Sardelli at Barrington Stage Company…

Tickets for Baryshnikov Show At Hartford Stage -- And Others -- On Sale Monday by Frank Rizzo

Three World Premieres, Including Musical Starring Jefferson MaysIf you’re not a subscriber to Hartford Stage and you want those tickets for the world premiere of the show featuring Mik…

David Hyde Pierce Tries Directing by Frank Rizzo

'Frasier' Star Puts Gangsters In Wilde Comedy At Williamstown   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageDavid Hyde Pierce says there wasn…

Debra Jo Rupp Works Hard As Dr. Ruth by Frank Rizzo

Biography Script Needs Polishing   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: The world premiere of Mark St. Germain's "Dr. Ruth,…

'The Blue Deep' Is Shallow by Frank Rizzo

Blythe Danner Looks Smashing In Uneven Play   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: The world premiere of Lucy Boyle's "The …

One More Bowl of "Spaghetti" at TheaterWorks by Frank Rizzo

There's going to be one more theatrical meal before the run of TheaterWorks' world premiere of "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti" closes on July 14.

Charles S. "Roc" Dutton To Perform Solo Piece at O'Neill Theater Center Summer Gala by Frank Rizzo

Stage and film actor Charles S. “Roc” Dutton will be a featured guest at the  Eugene O’Neill Theater Center 's   6th Annual Summer Gala on Saturday, July 21, in the …

Jeff Harnar, Sally Mayes Kick Off Yale Cabaret Conference by Frank Rizzo

Singers Jeff Harnar and Sally Mayes will be among the performers at the 10th annual International Cabaret Conference at Yale from July 28 to Aug. 4.

Robert Reader Receives Barry Award At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Robert Reader , education programs manager at Hartford Stage is the 2012 recipient of the theater's annual Barry Award at which honors excellence in service to the institution.

Maxwell Williams Named Associate Artistic Director At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Maxwell Williams , resident director at Hartford Stage, is now the new associate artstic director at the theater.

Stage Review: 'Earnest' Done Gangster Style At Williamstown by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" at Williamstown Theatre Festival in Willia…

East Meets West in Mesmerizing "Lear" by Frank Rizzo

Contemporary Legend Theater Of Taiwan Merges Chinese Opera And Shakespeare At Festival Stop   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe…

"Metamorphoses": Playhouse on Park Dives Into The Deep End Of The Pool by Frank Rizzo

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'Dr. Ruth, All The Way' Much More Than Sex Talk by Frank Rizzo

Solo Show In Berkshires Stars Debra Jo Rupp   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe first thing actress Debra Jo Rupp wants you to…

'The Odd Couple' With Pat Sajak A Respectable Production by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: "The Odd Couple," a presentation of Connecticut Repertory Theatre's Nutmeg Summer Series a…

Producer-Director Burry Fredrik Memorial Set For Sunday At Westport Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

Sad news: Burry Fredrik , a Tony Award--winning producer and director over five decades died in her home in Weston May 22. Cause of death was complications from a stroke she suffered two ye…

Kate MacCluggage To Star In "Twelfth Night" At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Kate MacCluggage , who charmed as the conflicted witch in “Bell, Book and Candle” at Long Wharf Theatre and Hartford Stage , will be returning to Hartford Stage in William …

Vivian Nabeta Named New Haven Director of Arts, Culture, Tourism by Frank Rizzo

Vivian Nabeta is the new director of arts, culture, and tourism for New Haven. Nabeta succeeds Barbara Lamb, who retired last fall. Nabeta’s position is within the city’s Econ…

Elaine Calder, Former Hartford Stage Exec, Gets Shaw Gig by Frank Rizzo

Elaine Calder, who was managing director of Hartford Stage during Michael Wilson ’s first few years as artistic director, is the new executive director of the Shaw Festival in Ni…

National Playwrights Conference Kicks Off At O'Neill Theater Center by Frank Rizzo

The National Playwrights Conference kicks off Wednesday, July 4 at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford and continues through July 28.

National High School Musical Competition Headed To PBS by Frank Rizzo

Winners Announced This WeekThere’s something incredibly moving watching talented high school students perform in their annual musical theater shows. I was knocked out seeing these youn…

My Interview With Nora Ephron by Frank Rizzo

Sad news  about the death of Nora Ephron at 71.

Tina Fabrique Joins Cast at O'Neill Music Theater Confeerence by Frank Rizzo

Tina Fabrique, who starred in multiple productions of “Ella,” is featured in the cast of “A Good Man,” which will receive a staged reading Saturday, June 30; Sun…

Louis C.K. Skips Bushnell Box Office; Sells Tickets Directly To Fans by Frank Rizzo

Emmy Award and Grammy Award winning comedian Louis C.K. is cutting out the middle man — in this case Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts box office and its fees &mda…

Maureen Anderman Brilliant In Didion Play by Frank Rizzo

'The Year Of Magical Thinking' At Westport   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinki…

Blythe Danner Returns To Williamstown For 'The Blue Deep' by Frank Rizzo

After 12-Year Absence, Veteran Actress Returns To Festival   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageBlythe Danner feels right at home on…

Scottish Folk Tales Go To Hell In "Prudencia Hart" at International Festival by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: The National Theatre of Scotland's production of "The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart" a…

Michael Yeargan To Co-Lead Design At Yale School of Drama by Frank Rizzo

"Loved/Lost/Spaghetti" Extends TheaterWorks Run by Frank Rizzo

The run of TheaterWorks' world premiere of "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti" is extended a week. The Hartford show, orioginally slated to end July 7, will now end on July 14.