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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Hal Holbrook Celebrating His 90th Birthday At Bushnell With 'Mark Twain Tonight!' by Frank Rizzo

"My best wish was to ignore it," says Hal Holbrook referring to his 90th birthday on Tuesday, Feb. 17. "I don't like the sound of 9-oh."

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:37AM

Hal Holbrook Still Discovering New Things About Twain by Frank Rizzo

"My best wish was to ignore it," says Hal Holbrook referring to his 90th birthday on Tuesday, Feb. 17. "I don't like the sound of 9-oh."

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:37AM
Monday, February 9, 2015

Yale Rep's 'Familiar' An Intriguing Tale With Delivery Strains by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Familiar" at New Haven's Yale Repertory Theatre.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:58AM
Friday, February 6, 2015

New Book Celebrates Set-Design Master Ming Cho Lee by Frank Rizzo

NEW YORK CITY — The modest four-room East Side Manhattan apartment of Ming Cho Lee and his wife Betsy is quiet now, but in its day it was a hive of domestic and theatrical activity, the se…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM

New Book Celebrates Set-Design Master Ming Cho Lee by Frank Rizzo

NEW YORK CITY - The modest four-room East Side Manhattan apartment of Ming Cho Lee and his wife Betsy is quiet now, but in its day it was a hive of domestic and theatrical activity, the sett…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM
Friday, January 30, 2015

TheaterWorks' 'Dancing Lessons' Sweet, Funny by Frank Rizzo

The show: “Dancing Lessons” at Hartford’s TheaterWorks.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:04PM

'Nice Work If You Can Get It' At Bushnell: But Not For Me by Frank Rizzo

The show: “Nice Work If You Can Get It” at Hartford’s Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:04PM

TheaterWorks' 'Dancing Lessons' Sweet, Funny by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Dancing Lessons" at Hartford's TheaterWorks.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:04PM
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Danai Gurira Of 'Walking Dead' Is Playwright Of Yale Rep's ''Familiar' by Frank Rizzo

Danai Gurira is an amalgam of cultures, influences and identities that connects with the foreign as well as the familiar.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:13PM

Danai Gurira Of 'The Walking Dead' Is Playwright Of Yale Rep's 'Familiar' by Frank Rizzo

Danai Gurira is an amalgam of cultures, influences and identities that connects with the foreign as well as the familiar.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:13PM
Sunday, January 18, 2015

'Trading Spaces' Host Paige Davis Remodels Career For TheaterWorks' 'Dancing Lessons' by Frank Rizzo

For most of her adult life, Paige Davis has been acting, singing and dancing in roles as varied as playing the feather duster in "Beauty and the Beast" to the fame-obsessed Roxie Hart in Bro…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM
Thursday, January 15, 2015

'Twain On Stage Festival' At Various Venues by Frank Rizzo

The Mark Twain House & Museum will present "Twain On Stage Festival" that will present professional and local theater groups and performers, including Hal Holbrook at the Bushnell and The Ac…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:39PM
Sunday, January 11, 2015

Hartford Stage's Stylish, Artistic Couple Talks About Their 'Private Lives' by Frank Rizzo

If you think a married couple working together on a Noel Coward play about battling exes would be filled with tensions, bon mots, or at least a pitcher full of martinis, think again.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM
Thursday, January 8, 2015

Dael Orlandersmith Powerful In Long Wharf's 'Forever' by Frank Rizzo

The show: Dael Orlandersmith's "Forever" at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:03PM

Tammy Wynette Show Heads To Ivoryton Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

A show about the life and music of Tammy Wynette opens the 2015 season at the Essex's Ivoryton Playhouse.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:53AM
Monday, December 29, 2014

'Forever' At Long Wharf About Legacy Of Families by Frank Rizzo

Dael Orlandersmith is a familiar artist working on Long Wharf Theatre over the past decade or so, with "Yellowman," "The Gimmick" and "The Blue Album" (with David Cale) to her credits.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:04AM
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Connecticut's Best 10 Theater Productions For 2014 by Frank Rizzo

What brings joy in the night and then disappears in a blink of an eye?

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00PM
Sunday, December 7, 2014

Top 10 Shows Of The Shubert Theatre's 100 Years by Frank Rizzo

On Thursday, Dec. 11, New Haven's Shubert Theatre will turn 100.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM
Thursday, December 4, 2014

Steve Martin Talks About His Plays, Including 'Picasso' At Long Wharf by Frank Rizzo

Everyone knows that Steve Martin is a very funny guy. Most might even know that he is a first-rate banjo musician and perhaps some are aware of his savvy work as a screen writer, novelist an…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:21PM
Sunday, November 30, 2014

A Guide To Broadway's Hits And Misses by Frank Rizzo

You're a theater-lover from Connecticut and you're taking a trip to Manhattan to catch some shows, or perhaps you're thinking of a holiday gift of tickets to someone. So you pick up a copy o…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Actresses Find Sisterhood In New '4 Girls 4' Tour by Frank Rizzo

In the late '70s, a new kind of touring show emerged, one that featured not one headliner but rather a quartet of female stars, each performing a set of songs as well as performing a number …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:49PM
Thursday, November 20, 2014

Actress Tonya Pinkins 30-Year Career Finally Brings Her To Yale by Frank Rizzo

Tonya Pinkins says she's always been a kind of 'hmmmm' person.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:29PM
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Michael Gennaro Named To Head Goodspeed Musicals by Frank Rizzo

Michael Gennaro, executive director of Trinity Repertory Theatre in Providence, R.I., is the new executive director of Goodspeed Musicals — its first new leader in nearly half a century.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:10AM
Thursday, October 30, 2014

The Evolution Of 'Wicked' From 'Oz' by Frank Rizzo

What would you ask the wizard? Where did he get his magic? Is he returning to Oz anytime soon? And what do witches and nuns have in common?

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:28PM
Thursday, October 23, 2014

Zach Appelman Riveting In 'Hamlet' At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

The show: William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" at Hartford Stage.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:37PM
Monday, October 20, 2014

Sirius/XM Radio's Broadway Host Seth Rudetsky Has Plenty to Say by Frank Rizzo

Want to know the ins and outs of the Broadway musical? Just ask Seth Rudetsky.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:28PM
Friday, October 17, 2014

'Our Town' At Long Wharf A Strong, Diverse Production by Frank Rizzo

The show: Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:39PM

Goodspeed's 'Holiday Inn' A Stylish, Charming Adaptation by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn" at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM
Thursday, October 16, 2014

'Newsies,' From Flop To Hit, Plays The Palace by Frank Rizzo

"It's been an emotional ride," says Christopher Gattelli who still gets moved when he talks about young people's responses to the Broadway musical "Newsies."

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:39PM
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

'Holiday Inn' Extends Again; Audra McDonald To Perform At Long Wharf Gala by Frank Rizzo

Six-time Tony Award and two-time Grammy Award-winner Audra McDonald will headline Long Wharf Theatre's 50th Anniversary Gala on June 5.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:35PM

Big Notes, Smiles And Movement Give 'Dreamcoat' Bright Appeal by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:30AM

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