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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Review 'Fingers and Toes:' Belabored Until They Start Dancing by Frank Rizzo

The show:  'Fingers and Toes' at Ivoryton Playhouse

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM

'Sing For Your Shakespeare' Revue: In The Very Best Of Taste by Frank Rizzo

The show:  'Sing For Your Shakespeare' at  Westport  Country Playhouse

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Monday, June 9, 2014

Edinburgh Hit 'The Events' A Highlight Of Arts And Ideas Fest by Frank Rizzo

Powerful Play At Yale Rep Explores "The Idea Of Evil And The Limits Of Forgiveness'David Greig remembers walking with his 12-year-old son in the Scottish Highlands in July 2011 when they sto…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:35AM
Sunday, June 8, 2014

Tony Win for Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak by Frank Rizzo

Darko Tresnjak, artistic director of Hartford Stage,"A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" which was developed and premiered at Hartford Stage, became the first artistic director of a Conn…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:24PM

Tony Awards Quiz: Betcha Can't Get All 12 Answers by Frank Rizzo

Do you think you know the Tony Awards? Facts like how many times Neil Patrick Harris has hosted? Or The the year it began being televised? Maybe so, but what about the more difficult questio…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Monday, June 2, 2014

'A Chorus Line' At Jorgensen by Frank Rizzo

Broadway's Singular Sensation Comes To StorrsSummer has officially begun. How do you know? The first show of Connecticut Repertory Theatre's Nutmeg Summer Series begins, and it's one that's …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:54PM

Connecticut Critics Offer Nominations, Special Awards For Season's Best by Frank Rizzo

Billie Joe Armstromng, Athol Fugard To Receive Special NodsRocker Billie Joe Armstrong , South African playwright Athol Fugard and New Haven’s Broken Umbrella Theatre will be reco…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:55PM

How Will "A Gentleman's Guide..." Fare At The Tony Awards? by Frank Rizzo

One Man In The Balcony Has A Different PerspectiveDavid Polk will be in the balcony of Radio City Music Hall Sunday night at the Tony Awards telecast.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:18PM
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Friday, May 30, 2014

"Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike:' When A Cherry Orchard Isn't Enough by Frank Rizzo

Playful, Sexy, Caring Production of Durang Comedy At Hartfird StageThe show: "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" at Hartford Stage

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Thursday, May 29, 2014

New Musical 'Fingers and Toes' at Ivoryton Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

Robert Moss looks as if he could start another theater company tomorrow.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:43PM
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Review: 'Gilbert the Great' -- If You Build It, They Will Have Fun by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Gilbert the Great" by Broken Umbrella Theater at Erector Square in New Haven.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

High School Musical Awards At The Palace by Frank Rizzo

It's one of my favorite theater events of the year: the annual Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards. This year, 23 schools from around the state will compete on Monday, June 2, at …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:24PM

Cast Set For Connecticut Rep 'Chorus Line' at UConn by Frank Rizzo

Opener For Nutmeg Summer Series Of Musicals

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:08PM

Monkee's Mickey Dolenz To Star In New Comedy By 'Simpsons' Writer by Frank Rizzo

Premiere of Mike Reiss' 'Comedy Is Hard" at Ivoryton Playhouse

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:57PM
Sunday, May 25, 2014

Leslie Hendrix Of 'Law & Order' Joins Soap Hunk David Gregory At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Christopher Durang's Gang Talks About Sex, Lunacy In 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike'Life is more fun outside the morgue, says Leslie Hendrix.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Sunday, May 18, 2014

Top Nominees Announced For Ct High School Musical Theater Awards by Frank Rizzo

The nominees are announced for the Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards which will be given out at the Palace Theater i n Waterbury on Monday, June 2.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:03AM
Friday, May 16, 2014

TheaterWorks Announces 2014-15 Season by Frank Rizzo

TheaterWorks 2014-15 five-play subscription season will open with a new play by the writer of “ The Other Place” which recently played the theater.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:47PM

Long Wharf's 'The Last Five Years': Looking At Love From Separate Couches by Frank Rizzo

Two Person Musical By Jason Robert Brown Receives RevivalThe show: "The Last Five Years" at Long Wharf Theater in New Haven.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Adam Heller Heads Cast For Goodspeed's 'Fiddler on the Roof' by Frank Rizzo

Adam Heller will be Tevye in the 50th anniversary production of "Fiddler on the Roof" which plays Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam. The production, directed by Rob Ruggiero ("Show…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:01PM

Karen Akers Heads Cast Of 'Sing For Your Shakespeare' by Frank Rizzo

Karen Akers (Broadway's "Grand Hotel") heads the cast of the premiere of the musical revue, "Sing for Your Shakespeare" at the Westport Country Playhouse. The production featuring a cas…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:56PM
Monday, May 12, 2014

The Power Of Love Takes Center Stage At Long Wharf Theatre, TheaterWorks by Frank Rizzo

"Under my hard candy shell I am a deeply mushy romantic," says composer Jason Robert Brown.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:50AM
Thursday, May 8, 2014

Connecticut Theater Needs? It's All A Facade by Frank Rizzo

More Dramatic Needs Are Yet To Be Met

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:14PM

Carlotta Festival: Three New Plays At Yale by Frank Rizzo

Graduating Playwrights Present Their Work At School Of DramaWant to know what's on the mind of playwrights emerging from the Yale School of Drama? Then check out the Ninth Annual Carlotta Fe…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Sunday, May 4, 2014

CT Actress Anika Noni Rose Hopes To Inspire Youth On Her Visit Home by Frank Rizzo

Bloomfield Native To Be One Of Three Guests At Charter Oak Visions Gala Some actors who win Tony Awards, become stars in films, TV and on the concert stage, don't look back from where they b…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Friday, May 2, 2014

'Goodspeed's 'Damn Yankees': Red Sox Twist Yes, But Plenty of Heart, Too by Frank Rizzo

The show:  "Damn Yankees" at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

'The Last Five Years': A Musical Love Story At Long Wharf by Frank Rizzo

Before composer Jason Robert Brown's musicals "Parade" and "13" and his current Broadway musical "The Bridges of Madison County," which received two Tony Award nominations this week for its …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:15PM

10 Tony Award Noms For Hartford Stage's 'A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder' by Frank Rizzo

Darko Tresnjak Gets First Best Director Nod "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder," the modest musical comedy that was developed and premiered at Hartford Stage in 2012, beat out its high-…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:25AM
Monday, April 28, 2014

Some Tony Nomination Fearless Predictions by Frank Rizzo

Some Connecticut ConnectionsquAs any theater obsessive knows, it's hard not to get swept up in Tony fever so in advance of Tuesday morning's announcement of this year's nominees, here's a fe…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:12PM

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