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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Engaged Couple Take Lead In TheaterWorks' Psycho-Sexual 'Venus In Fur' by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageSexual scenes on stage between two actors are never easy. So when the Tony Award-nominated play by Da…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:51PM

Westport Playhouse's "A Raisin In The Sun:" Before "Clybourne Park" by Frank Rizzo

The show:  "A Raisin the Sun" at Westport Country Playhouse

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:04PM
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

First Preview Scratched Of "Gentleman's Guide.." at Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Performances Now Begin FridayThursday's first preview of the world premiere of the musical "A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder" at Hartford Stage has been scratched due to technical …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:18PM

First Preview Scratched Of "Gentleman's Guide.." at Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Performances Now Begin FridayThursday's first preview of the world premiere of the musical "A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder" at Hartford Stage has been scratched due to technical …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:18PM

Phylicia Rashad: How She Followed the 'Sun' by Frank Rizzo

Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 Watershed Play Continues To Connect   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageYou can't help but feel the mater…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:33PM

Pizza, Tweets And Murder For College Theatergoers At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

For $15 Hartford area college students can take in an evening of pizza, prizes and theater as part of Hartford Stage's "College Night" promotion for its new musical "A Gentleman's Guide t…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:13AM
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

"Satchmo at the Waldorf" at Long Wharf Theatre: Old Man With A Horn by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Satchmo at the Waldorf" at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:40PM

"Satchmo at the Waldorf" at Long Wharf Theatre: Old Man With A Horn by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Satchmo at the Waldorf" at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:40PM

"Jesus Christ Superstar" Stage Film To Be Screened In Connecticut by Frank Rizzo

The filming of the London arena production of the revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’ s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar will be broadcast to select U.S. cinemas natio…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:56PM

Mark Brokaw To Direct Westport's "Oblivion" Premiere by Frank Rizzo

Subscriptions Now On SaleDrama Desk, Obie, and Lucile Lortel award-winning director Mark Brokaw will stage the world premiere of Carly Mensch's "Oblivion" in the Westport Country Playhou…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:19PM

Carol Channing "Conversation" in Fairfield Postponed by Frank Rizzo

Doctors Advise Against Travel After InjuryThe "conversation" event with Broadway actress Carol Channing, originally slated for Saturday, Oct, 20 will take place at a later date, to …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:55PM

Matthew Lopez's New Play Highlights Hartford Stage Play Reading Festival by Frank Rizzo

"Reverberation" Joins Fouyr Other Works In "Brand:NEW"Five new plays by Octavio Solis , Bess Wohl , Dan O'Brien , Matthew Lopez and Janine Nabers , will make up Hartford Stage's Bran…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:28AM

Long Wharf's "Asher Lev" To Play Off-Broadway's Westside Theatre by Frank Rizzo

Mary Bacon Now CastLong Wharf Theatre 's production of "My Name Is Asher Lev" will transfer to off-Broadway, with performances beginning Nov. 8 at the Westside Theatre.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:07AM
Sunday, October 7, 2012

Mulitple Murders, For A Song, At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Jefferson Mays Plays Mulitple Roles In "A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder"   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM
Friday, October 5, 2012

Theresa Rebeck's "O Beautiful" : Thank You, Jesus. You, Too, Ben Franklin. by Frank Rizzo

Show Opens Season at Connecticut Repertory Theatre at UConn At SorrsThe show: Connecticut Repertory Theatre's production of Theresa Rebeck's "O Beautiful" at the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatr…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:08PM
Thursday, October 4, 2012

New Show By "War Horse" Puppeteers Coming to New Haven's Festival by Frank Rizzo

Handspring Puppet Company To Create An Experimental "A Midsummer Night's Dream"If you're the acclaimed puppeteers of Handspring Puppet Company, how do you follow the Tony Award-winning, i…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:19AM
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Michael Bush Exits O'Neill's Cabaret Conference by Frank Rizzo

To Tend New Musical ProjectsMichael Bush is exiting his role as artistic direcrtor of the Cabaret & Performance Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:23PM

Soprano Sarah Brightman To Be In Concert At Bushnell by Frank Rizzo

Sarah Brightman, concert soprano and star of "The Phantom of the Opera," will be in concert at Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts Feb. 12. Tickets go on sale Oct. 15 at …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:20PM

Cast Joins Mikhail Baryshnikov For Premiere of Hartford Stage's "Man in a Case" by Frank Rizzo

Jess Barbagallo, Tymberly Canale, Chris Giarmo and Aaron Mattocks will join Mikhail Baryshnikov in the cast of the world premiere stage adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "Man in a Case" …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM

Charlayne Hunter-Gault To Receive New Haven Festival Honor by Frank Rizzo

Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault ,will receive the 3rd annual Visionary Leadership Awartf by from New Haven's International Festival of Arts & Ideas Nov. 14 at noon at the Omni Hotel i…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:46AM

Jubilant Sykes To Star In Premiere Of "Breath and Imagination" At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

International classical musical vocalist and gospel singer Jubilant Sykes will star in the world premiere of Daniel Beaty's "Breath and Imagination: The Story of Roland Hayes."

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:31AM

Wamser, Aicher Cast In West Hartford's "Of Mice and Men" by Frank Rizzo

Shannon Michael Wamser and Jed Aicher will star in the season opener of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" at West Hartford's Playhouse on Park, 244 Park Road.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:15AM
Monday, October 1, 2012

'Satchmo' Comes To Long Wharf by Frank Rizzo

New Play Shows Human Struggles Of Famous Trumpeter   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThere was more to jazz great Louis Armstrong…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:44AM
Sunday, September 30, 2012

Carol Channing "In Conversation" in Fairfield by Frank Rizzo

Tony Award-winning star of the Broadway stage, Carol Channing, 91, will be "in conversation" Saturday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. at Edgerton Center for the Perforning Arts ar Fairfield's St. Jo…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:50PM
Friday, September 28, 2012

Choreographer Takes Over Directing Role At Goodspeed's "Something's Afoot" by Frank Rizzo

Vince Pesce will take over the direction of the upcoming production of the musical revival of "Something's Afoot" at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:01AM
Thursday, September 27, 2012

"American Night" At Yale Rep: Dreaming The American Dream by Frank Rizzo

The show: Yale Repertory Theatre production of "American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose"

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:06PM

"Love and Murder" Composer, Singers At Hartford Cabaret Event Tonight by Frank Rizzo

Composer Steven Lutvak and members of the cast of the world premiere of "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" at Hartford Stage will present a cabaret tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the A…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:39PM
Sunday, September 16, 2012

Ron Palillo Memorial in NYC Oct. 3; Actor, Connecticut Native, UConn Grad by Frank Rizzo

Tyne Daly To Host EventA memorial celebration to honor the life and career of Cheshire Connecticut native Ron Palillo , best known as Horshack on TV’s "Welcome Back, Kotter" will be o…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Cast Set For Theresa Rebeck's "O Beautiful" by Frank Rizzo

Kit Flannigan (Broadway's "Inherit the Wind," "The Man Who Came to Dinner," "All My Sons"), Laurence Lau (off-Broadway's "Psycho Therapy," national tour of "August: Osage County") and Da…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:19PM
Sunday, September 9, 2012

Michael Wilson To Direct "Talley's Folly" In New York by Frank Rizzo

“The Best Man,” the hit revival of the Gore Vidal play may have ended its limited Broadway run last Sunday but Michael Wilson, former artistic director at Hartford Stage w…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:32PM

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