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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

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…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:50AM
Sunday, October 6, 2013

Love, Passion Of 'Most Happy Fella' Returns To Goodspeed by Frank Rizzo

In the musical "The Most Happy Fella," an older, far-from-handsome man — an Italian immigrant who owns a Napa Valley vineyard — falls in love with a much younger and beautiful wo…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Monday, September 30, 2013

World Premiere Of 'Holiday Inn' Part Of New Goodspeed Season by Frank Rizzo

Goodspeed Opera House will feature its first world premiere in years as part of its main stage season with a stage adaptation of the 1942 film "Holiday Inn."

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:11AM
Saturday, September 28, 2013

'A Streetcar Named Desire:' Next Stop, Comedy Central by Frank Rizzo

The show:   Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Friday, September 27, 2013

Hartford Stage's Powerful 'Macbeth:' 'Breaking Bard' by Frank Rizzo

The show: William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" at Hartford Stage

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Newly-Found Orson Welles Film Has Roots At Connectiocut Theater by Frank Rizzo

Created For Stony Creek Theater Production Of William Gillette PlayNext month, there will be a premiere in Italy of a just-discovered Orson Welles film -- one that preceded “Citizen…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:42AM
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

UnFaithfully Yours At 'La Dispute' At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Kicks Off Theater's 50th Anniversary With French Comedy In RepertoryThe show: "La Dispute" at Hartford Stage

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Thursday, September 19, 2013

Not On Twitter? Some Theater Tweets You Might Have Missed by Frank Rizzo

Psst: New Goodspeed Show, Cheap Tix, Kung Fools

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:11PM

Bill Berloni Honored By Humane Society by Frank Rizzo

Andrea McArdle Sings In Support Of Broadway Go-To Guy

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:53PM

Watch Your Manners! Dale Hodges As Etiquette Guru Is Watching by Frank Rizzo

Jeffrey Hatcher's "Mrs. Mannerly" Set For Hartford's TheaterWorks

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:08PM

Jen Silverman Celebrated With Horn Prize, Publication, Reading Of 'Still' by Frank Rizzo

Marsha Norman Judged Competition Which Received More Than 1,000 Entries

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:33PM

Debbie Gravitte To Perform At NHSO Concert by Frank Rizzo

Todd Ellison To Conduct

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:01PM

'Miss Saigon:' Rethinking Those Blockbuster Days Of Yore by Frank Rizzo

T he show: "Miss Saigon" at the Bushnell Center for the Perfrming Arts in Hartford.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Sunday, September 15, 2013

Joe Manganiello Tries On Another Primal Role In Yale's 'Streetcar Named Desire' by Frank Rizzo

From 'True Blood' Werewolf To Stanley Kowalski At Yale RepNo, Joe Manganiello won't growl, so don't ask. Nor will he yell, 'Stella!"

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

3 Playwrights Get $150,000 Each At Windham-Campbell Awards Ceremony by Frank Rizzo

Tarell Alvin McCraney, Stephen Adly Guirgis and Naomi Wallace RecipientsWhenever playwrights get about a half million dollars to help their careers I think it’s a good day.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:06AM
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Actors Doing Double Duty In 'Macbeth,' 'La Dispute' At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Performing Alternating Nights Gives Company A Greater BondWhat's it like to prepare, rehearse and perform two shows in repertory?

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM
Monday, September 9, 2013
Friday, September 6, 2013

'The Specials,' New Play Opens At New Haven Arts Center by Frank Rizzo

A new play, "The Specials" by Steve Bellwood , will premiere Saturday, Sept. 14 ty Sept. 22 for five performances at the Whitney Arts Center, 591 Whitney Ave (near Cold Spring) in New H…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:36AM
Thursday, September 5, 2013

'The Underpants' Cast Set For New Haven, Hartford by Frank Rizzo

Jeff McCarrthy, Berke Moses, Didi Conn In Steve Martin Adaptation

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:35AM
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

3 Playwrights To Receive New Lucrative Writing Awards by Frank Rizzo

Yale Ceremony Honors Tarell Alvin McCraney, Naomi Wallace, Stephen Adly Guirgus

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:20PM
Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Theater Company From Palestine Refugee Camp Presents "The Island" At UConn by Frank Rizzo

"My Name Is Rachel Corrie" Also Presented at CCSU

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:47PM

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