'Ralphie' Talks About His 'Christmas Story' At Bushnell by Frank Rizzo

You know him as Ralphie, the bespectacled fourth-grader with the December-long quest with getting an Official Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-Shot Range Model Air Rifle in 1983's "A Christmas S…

Former Dean of Hartt Malcolm Morrison Dies by Frank Rizzo

Transformed Institution During 12-Year TenureMalcolm Morrison, who expanded the Hartt School at the University of Hartford in size and scope, died Friday at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford …

Steven Epp Heads Yale Rep's 'Anarchist' Cast by Frank Rizzo

Steven Epp who clowned his way through two side-splitting shows at Yale Repertory Theatre --  "A Doctor In Spite of Himself" and "A Servant of Two Masters" under director Christophe…

In Praise Of The "Stickiness' Of Arts Leaders by Frank Rizzo

Things are getting pretty nostalgic lately, what with the 50th anniversary celebrations first at Goodspeed Musicals and now at Hartford Stage -- with more half-century milestones coming…

Yale Repertory Theatre Presents Engaging But Unfocused 'Owners' by Frank Rizzo

Early Caryl Churchill Work Explores Power Of PossessionThe show: "Owners" at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven

50 Years At Hartford Stage: The Highs And Lows Via Its Artistic Directors by Frank Rizzo

Among themselves, they call each other by the order in which they led Hartford Stage with Jacques Cartier, who founded the theater in 1963 being "One."

'Mrs. Mannerly' At TheaterWorks: Etiquette Run Amok by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Mrs. Mannerly" at Hartfoird's TheaterWorks

Connecticut Composer's Tunes Get New Run In 'Scrapbook' At Goodspeed by Frank Rizzo

Show Featuring Work Of Stephen Schwartz Runs Through Nov. 7 It's not as if Stephen Schwartz was just hanging out at his Ridgefield home this fall.

Will Eno's 'The Realistic Joneses' To Broadway by Frank Rizzo

Premiered At Yale Repertory TheatreWill Eno’s "The Realistic Joneses" which had its world premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre last year is heading to Broadway in the spring, but with…

Could A Connecticut Theater Revive Orson Welles' 'Too Much Johnson' by Frank Rizzo

Now That The Original Film To Go With It Has Been Found, RestoredNow that the lost 40-minute film footage Orson Welles created for his production of the William Gillette farce , "Too Mu…

Long Wharf Honors John DeStefano, Yale's Richard Levin by Frank Rizzo

'The Stickiness' Of Dedicated Arts AdvocatesThings are getting pretty nostalgic lately, what with the 50 th anniversary celebrations first at Goodspeed Musicals and now at Hartford Stag…

'Flashdance' Tour At Bushnell: A Not So Good Feeling by Frank Rizzo

Meryl Streep To Receive O'Neill Center's Monte Cristo Award by Frank Rizzo

Ceremony To Be Held Next Spring In New YorkThe award-laden Meryl Streep is going to have to make room on the mantle for another honor — this one from a theater center that helped shape…

New Free Parking for Hartford's TheaterWorks by Frank Rizzo

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The Five Hartford Stage Artistic Directors Gather For 50th Anniversary Celebration by Frank Rizzo

Special Performance Slated Featuring Actors From Throughout The Decades

'Room Service' At Westport: Door Slamming Fun by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Room Service" at Westport Country Playhouse

Penn Jillette To Mark Twain House, Magically by Frank Rizzo

Brenda Meaney Heads Cast In Yale Rep's 'Owners' by Frank Rizzo

'The Cider House Rules' Rules Hartt by Frank Rizzo

The Hartt School at the University of Hartford presents “ The Cider House Rules,” Peter Parnell ’s stage adaptation of the John Irving novel on Thursday, Oct. 1…

Stephen Lang In Solo Show Of Soldiers' Tales by Frank Rizzo

Stephen Lang (“Avatar,” “Terra Nova”) brings his one-man show, “Beyond Glory,” to the City Stage and Symphony Hal l in Springfield on Sunday, O…

Cast for 'Big Love' Set For Connecticut Rep by Frank Rizzo

Equity actors Libby George (national tour of “August: Osage County”) and Mark Elliot Wilson (film “We Need to Talk About Kevin”) head the cast of the Connec…

'Dear Prudence' Gets New York Bow by Frank Rizzo

"Dear Prudence” by Milford playwright Cindy Wolfe Boynton , about Connecticut civil rights advocate Prudence Crandall , will premiere Friday, Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. as part of the…

TV Writers Bill Persky, Tom Leopold "In Conversation" In Fairfield by Frank Rizzo

Broadway's Debbie Gravitte In New Haven Concert by Frank Rizzo

Tony-Award winner Debbie Gravitte (“Jerome Robbins Broadway”) and Broadway conductor Todd Ellison (“Annie” revival, “Spamalot”) are featured in …

Recent Yale School Of Drama Grad Featured In '12 Years Of A Slave' by Frank Rizzo

New Musical To Be Among Works at Hartford Stage's "Brand:NEW" Festival by Frank Rizzo

Bill Cain's 'Open Season' Gets A reading

TheaterWorks Presents 'Mrs. Mannerly': A Reminder About Your Theater Manners by Frank Rizzo

TheaterWorks' "Mrs. Mannerly" Is About The Elegance Of EtiquetteAh, if only Mrs. Mannerly were around today — and stationed at every theater lobby in America.

'The Most Happy Fella' At Goodspeed: Salute! by Frank Rizzo

'Glorious' Revival Of Frank Loesser MusicalThe Show: "The Most Happy Fella" at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.

Cast Set For Caryl Churchill's 'Owners' At Yale Rep by Frank Rizzo

Anthony Cochrane , Joby Earle , Sarah Manton , Brenda Meaney , Tommy Schrider , and Alex Trow  are featured in the cast of Caryl Churchill 's "Owners" at Yale Repertory Theatre in…

Baryshnikov Hits Road With Show That Premiered In Hartford by Frank Rizzo

'Man in a Case' Starts National TourMikhail Baryshnikov will be continuing  his role in the stage adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s  "Man in a Case,"   which had its world premier…

Magic's Bad Boy Penn Jillette Set For Mark Twain House by Frank Rizzo

Halloween Night EventMagic's bad boy, Penn Jillette, will be "in conversation" with WNPR personality  Colin McEnroe  at the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford on Halloween night, O…