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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Long Wharf's 'brownsville song' Takes On Gun Violence, A Life Cut Short by Frank Rizzo

The idea of the new play "brownsville song (b-side for tray)" began during the summer of 2012 when playwright Kimber Lee came across a one-page blog about a youth in the east side of Brookly…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:42PM
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

International Fest Of Art, Ideas Announces Lineup by Frank Rizzo

Free outdoor concerts on the New Haven Green by Lucinda Williams, Darlene Love, Angélique Kidjo, Ibeyi, and Kurt Elling with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra will be among the highlights of…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00PM
Friday, March 20, 2015

New Christopher Shinn Play Part Of Hartford Stage 2015-16 Season by Frank Rizzo

A world premiere of a play by Christopher Shinn set in a central Connecticut suburb will open the 2015-16 season in a newly renovated Hartford Stage this fall.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00PM

Dianne Wiest Part Of Yale Rep's 2015-16 Season by Frank Rizzo

Three world premieres by a trio of female playwrights and directors — including a new work from Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel — are among the highlights of the 2015-16 season announc…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00PM

Dianne Wiest Part Of Yale Rep's 2015-16 Season by Frank Rizzo

Three world premieres by a trio of female playwrights and directors - including a new work from Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel - are among the highlights of the 2015-16 season announced f…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00PM
Thursday, March 19, 2015

'Pianist Of Willesden Lane' At Hartford Stage Celebrates Power Of Music To Sustain by Frank Rizzo

Mona Golabek remembers taking piano lessons from her mother when she was a child and being told, "Each piece of music tells a story, Mona, but you have to discover what that story is."

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:06PM
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

'The Book Of Mormon' To Open Shubert's Next Season by Frank Rizzo

The Shubert Theatre in New Haven is ending its 100th anniversary season with an announcement of some major touring shows for its 101st .

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:25PM
Monday, March 16, 2015

Bushnell Announces Family-Friendly 2015-16 Broadway Season by Frank Rizzo

It will be an especially family-friendly Broadway series for Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:05PM
Thursday, March 5, 2015

NEA Chair Jane Chu Says Music Haven Proves Value Of School Arts Programs by Frank Rizzo

It was yet another major winter snow storm when roads shut down, classes are canceled and events are postponed and yet here at Music Haven, a modest arts school tucked away between a pizza j…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:22PM
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Luke Macfarlane On His Role In 'Reverberation,' His Passions And Aspirations by Frank Rizzo

In talking to Luke Macfarlane, the TV, film and stage actor, about furniture making, which is just one of his passions, you also get a window into his art, and his life.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM
Monday, February 16, 2015

Audience Intregal Part Of Shubert's 'Seen Change!' by Frank Rizzo

Oh, to return to the days of the Golden Age of the Broadway musical in the '40s and '50s and '60s when future classics first got their acts together in out-of-town places like New Haven's Sh…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:11AM
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

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