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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Marina Keegan Musical Headed To NYC Festival by Frank Rizzo

"Independents" Written By Yale Grad Who Died In Crash   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page"Independents," a folk rock musical writt…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

'Come Fly Away': Sinatra and Tharp Their Way by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe Show: "Come Fly Away" at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford/

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Sean Martin Hingston Stars in "Pirates" at Nutmeg Summer Series by Frank Rizzo

Sean Martin Hingston  who was in Broadway's "Pormises, Promises," "Curtains," "Contact" and "Crazy for You" will star as the Pirate King in the Gilbert and Sulliven operetta "The Pirates o…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:43PM

Teal Wicks, James Snyder To Star In "Carousel" At Goodspeed by Frank Rizzo

Teal Wicks and James Snyder will stars as Julie Jordan and Billy Bigelow in Goodspeed Opera House ’s production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Carousel.”

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:42PM

Lamarre's "Pierce" To Receive Reading In Hartford by Frank Rizzo

Drama Based On Reclusive First Lady Jacques Lamarre is a pretty busy man these days.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:01PM

Katie Finneran Is "Miss Hannigan" in B'way Revival Of "Annie" by Frank Rizzo

There's a great amount of affection among Connecticut theater-goers and the musical "Annie."

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:27AM
Monday, May 28, 2012

Connecticut's Tony Adams Play To Receive Reading In New York by Frank Rizzo

Former CFO of State DECD And Priest Writes On Conflict Among Gay ClergyAnthony Adams, CFO with the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development  before his retirement four…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:24PM
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Sinatra-Inspired 'Come Fly Away' At Bushnell by Frank Rizzo

Tina Sinatra Talks About Her Dad, Dancing And Twyla Tharp   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageFrank Sinatra had some cool moves. Th…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:46PM
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Connecticut High School Musical Theater Award Nominations Announced by Frank Rizzo

 The Fourth Annual Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards ceremony will be held June 4 starting at 6 p.m. at the Palace Theatre in Waterbury.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:49PM

Brad Oscar, Joanna Glushak in Barrington's "Fiddler" by Frank Rizzo

Brad Oscar ( Broadway’s “The Producers”) will be Tevye and Joanna Glushak (Broadway's "Sweet Smell of Success," tour of "Young Frankenstein") will be Golde in “Fi…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:26PM

Music Director Don Pippin To Speak To Goodspeed Members by Frank Rizzo

Donald Pippin , the original music director for the Broadway production of "Mame" will offer his multi-media memoirs presentation for Goodspeed Musical members on Friday, June 8.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:26AM

Tyne Daly Leads Acting Roster At Williamstown Theatre Festival by Frank Rizzo

Tyne Daly, Lili Taylor, Alison Fraser are among the actors featured this summer in the plays and musicals at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in the Massachusetts Berkshires.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:55AM
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Noah Racey, Jayne Atkinson, Dan Butler In Berkshire Theatre Group Casts by Frank Rizzo

Jackie Hoffman, Jill Eikenberry, Michael Tucker, TooJayne Atkinson, Noah Racey, Dan Butler, Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker are among the actors who will be featured in plays and music…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:50PM
Thursday, May 17, 2012

CT Free Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" To Play Stratford by Frank Rizzo

Free Shows Set For Three VenuesCt Free Shakespeare 's production of "Romeo and Juliet" will not only play at Bridgeport's Beardsley Zoo and McLevy Green but at the American Shakespear…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:55AM

"La Voix Humaine" Yale Opera/Drama Co-Pro In New Haven by Frank Rizzo

Jamilyn Manning-White Sings Sorry, Wrong NumberJamilyn Manning-White, soprano, will star in the one-act opera "La Voix Humaine," in a co-production with Yale School of Drama abnd Yale …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:55AM

National Theatre Of Deaf Returns To O'Neill Center by Frank Rizzo

Little Theatre Of The Deaf To Continue In West HartfordThe National Theatre of the Deaf is returning to where it was founded 45 years ago -- at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in Water…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:55AM
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

'Water By The Spoonful' To Make New York Bow At Second Stage by Frank Rizzo

Pulitzer Prize Play Commissioned, Premiered At Hartford StageThose 6,000 theater-goers at Hartford Stage who saw Quiara Alegria Hudes' "Water by The Spoonful" at Hartford Stage last fall…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:47PM

Two Staffers, Jerry Meyer, Business Honored By Long Wharf Theater by Frank Rizzo

New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre honored two longtime staffers, a former chair of the Board of Trustees, and a local business with the theatre’s Founder’s Award.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:55AM

Alexander As Meir in "Golda's Balcony" in West Hartford by Frank Rizzo

Kate Alexander stars as Israeli prime Minister Golda Meir in William Gibson 's one-actor show,   “Golda's Balcony” at West Hartford’s Playhouse on Park on 244 Park Ro…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:55AM

Three Shows To Play In Rep At Yale Summer Cabaret by Frank Rizzo

The 34 th season pf the Yale Summer Cabaret , located at 217 Park St., New Haven, opens with “The K of D” by Laura Schellhardt, directed by Tanya Dean, which runs June 20…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:55AM
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

'The Tempest' At Hartford Stage: Grand Beginnings by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: William Shakespespeare's "The Tempest" at Hartford Stage, 50 Church St.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:57PM

Theater Critics To Powwow At Shaw Symposium by Frank Rizzo

"Are Critics Necessary?" Hands?George Bernard Shaw had a few choice words to say about critics. After all, he was one, too.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:55PM

Film Version of Christopher Plummer in "The Tempest" Set For Connecticut by Frank Rizzo

Hartford Stage 's current production of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" starring Daniel Davis not enough sturm und drang for you? Even knowing Olympia Dukakis is doing the show this…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:50AM

Ryan King, Brooke Bloom in "Lungs" at Barrington Stage in Berkshires by Frank Rizzo

The summer theater season in the Berkshires klcks off next week at Barrington Stage 's second theater in Pittsfield, Mass. with the New England premiere of "Lungs."

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:36AM

"February House" Composer Gabriel Kahane Receives Long Wharf Award by Frank Rizzo

Gabriel Kahane , composer of "February House," a musical which had its world premiere earlier this year at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre is the recipient of this year's Claire Tow Award …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:55AM
Sunday, May 13, 2012

Great Old Broad Series: Julia Child by Frank Rizzo

``I hope I'm believed, not just beloved."Last Sunday's screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentary "Broads," that features salty, outspoken interviews with actresses of a certa…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:56AM
Saturday, May 12, 2012

My "Great Old Old Broad" Series: Eartha Kitt by Frank Rizzo

"I've always referred to myself as the sepia Cinderella."Last Sunday's screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentary "Broads," that features salty, outspoken interviews with actr…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:55AM

First Impression Of Long Wharf's 'My Name Is Asher Lev' by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: "My Name Is Asher Lev" at Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Friday, May 11, 2012

Great Old Broad Series: Ann-Margret by Frank Rizzo

`There's a battle going on here,'' she says, touching the part of the coat where her heart is.Last Sunday's screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentary "Broads," that features …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:56AM
Thursday, May 10, 2012

First Impressions: "My Name Is Asher Lev" At Long Wharf Theatre by Frank Rizzo

The show : "My Name Is Asher Lev" at Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Drive, new Haven.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:38PM

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