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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

Playwrights, Get Those Submissions Into the O'Neill by Frank Rizzo

Deadline Is Oct. 24 for Summer 2013Playwrights, get cracking.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:26PM

Bert's Upside-Down View In 'Mary Poppins' by Frank Rizzo

National Musical Tour At Bushnell Sept. 14 To 23   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageCon O'Shea-Creal remembers the first time he w…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM

'Broadway Or Bust': Young Connecticut Stars Share Spotlight On PBS by Frank Rizzo

High School Musical Theater Awards Subject Of Documentary Series   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageWhen Alli Kramer of Amity Reg…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM
Friday, September 7, 2012

HartBeat Ensemble, RAW, Others Participate In "Occupy #S17" Event by Frank Rizzo

HartBeat Ensemble and Real Art Ways are will present on Monday, Sept. 17  at  "OCCUPY #S17 ," a performance to mark the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street movement.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:38PM

"The Little Dog Laughed" To Open In New Haven by Frank Rizzo

“The Little Dog Laughs” -- again.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:31PM

Pilobolus Returns To Hartford's Riverfront Recapture by Frank Rizzo

The Washington-based dance group Pilobolus will return to perform at Hartford's Riverfront Recapture stage on the banks of the Connecticut River for a free outdoor performance on Sept. 2…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15PM

Clea Alsip in "Killing of Sister George" Opposite Kathleen Turner by Frank Rizzo

Clea Alsip will play "Childie" opposite Kathleen Turner in the revised revival of "The Killing of Sister George" at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:58PM

Hartford Stage Deal For Young Adults by Frank Rizzo

At $38 Great Ticket Bargain For Entire Season Talk about a ticket deal.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:36PM

Emily Skinner To Star in "Mousical" Musical , Directed by Julie Andrews by Frank Rizzo

Emily Skinner, whose Broadway credits include "Side Show," "Billy Elliott," "Dinner at Eight," "The Full Monty" "James Joyce's The Dead" and "Jekyll & Hyde" will play the diva mouse in "Th…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:48PM

Robin Givens, Leon Star in touring Gospel Play To Bushnell by Frank Rizzo

Robin Givens and Leon star in Ericka Nicole Malone’s “In Love with Tyrone”,   a nine-city touring gospel stage show that plays the Bushnell Center for the Performing …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:26AM

Robin Givens, Leon Star in Touring Gospel Play At Bushnell by Frank Rizzo

Robin Givens and Leon star in Ericka Nicole Malone’s “In Love with Tyrone”,   a nine-city touring gospel stage show that plays the Bushnell Center for the Performing …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:58AM
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Cast Named for Goodspeed's "Something's Afoot" by Frank Rizzo

Liz Pearce is featured in the cast of the revival of the musical comedy "Something's Afoot" at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam Oct. 5 to Dec. 9.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:37PM

Liv Rooth, David Christopher Wells Star In "Venus in Fur" ay TheaterWorks by Frank Rizzo

The sexual sizzle in David Ives ' power play "Venus in Fur" will be generated by husband and wife Liv Rooth and David Christopher Wells when the show plays Hartford TheaterWorks .

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:48PM

Christie Brinkley In "Chicago" To Play Bushnell by Frank Rizzo

Off Broadway Series Subscription OfferingHartford is going to get a gorgeous killer-diller.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:54AM

Jim Ireland, Former Managing Director Of Hartford Stage, Dead At 69 by Frank Rizzo

Managed Opera Companies, TooJim Ireland, the energetic and outspoken managing director of Hartford Stage from 2002 to 2005, died at  Monday at the Vitas End of Life Care Hospice in Winte…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:30AM
Sunday, September 2, 2012

Fall's A Must-See Theater Season In Connecticut by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageHow does the fall theater scene shape up? Let me put it this way. Don’t make any plans for Octo…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM
Thursday, August 30, 2012

Yale Cabaret Opens With World Premiere of Sci-Fi Play by Frank Rizzo

The world premiere of an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov 's 1925 sci-fi novella, "The Fatal Eggs" will open the 45th season of New Haven's Yale Cabaret.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:27PM
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Gabriel Kahane's "February House" Recording Available by Frank Rizzo

It’s no secret how more I greatly admire Gabriel Kahane ’s terrific score to his new musical “February House” when its had its world premiere earlier this year at …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:04PM

Rene Millan Heads Cast in "American Nights" at Yale Rep by Frank Rizzo

Rene Millan leads the cast in “American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose,” the season opener at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:03PM

"Miss Saigon," With Former "Engineer" Kevin Gray Directing, Highlights Hartt Season by Frank Rizzo

Kevin Gray, who starred in "Miss Saigon"   in Toronto and Los Angeles -- and is now a faculty member at the Hartt Schoo l, directs the musical at the school, part of the University of H…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:29PM

Tourism Proposal: Create The Connecticut Theater Trail by Frank Rizzo

Brand The State As A Beacon Of Creativity bsbcsbilabvisa

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:22PM

The Ten Best Musicals For High Schools by Frank Rizzo

My Choices For 21st Century KidsWatching the first episode of the terrific three-part PBS series, " Broadway or Bust" which started last weekend and continues for two further Sundays, I beg…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:17PM

Let's Hear It For the Pre-Show Talks For Plays At Theaters by Frank Rizzo

Kill the Post-Show Sessions And Get The Audience Juiced Before The ShowStudies show that audiences want more from their theaters than simply what they see on the stage, however well-done.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:14PM

National Theatre Live Begins New HD Screening Season In Connecticut by Frank Rizzo

The new season of HD screenings from the National Theatre Live series begin Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Fairfield University 's Quick Center for the Arts with "The Curiou…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:04AM
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

"The Broadway Boys" Set For Fairfield's Quick Center by Frank Rizzo

Jesse Nager (“Xanadu”), Danny Calvert “Altar Boyz”), Tim Young (“Next to Normal”), Willis White (“In the Heights”), Brad Greer (“…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:05PM

Pulitzer Winner "Water By The Spoonful" Now Published by Frank Rizzo

Commissioned, Developed, Premiered At Hartford StageUp until now the only people who have any detailed idea what the 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning play was really about were limited to the 6,0…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:17PM

"Whipping Man"'s Matthew Lopez Named Aetna Fellow At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Playwright Matthew Lopez ( “The Whipping Man” ) will be the 2012-1 3 Aetna New Voices Fellow at Hartford Stage.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:07PM

Broadway Vet Carolyn Kirsch In Newington's "Driving Miss Daisy" by Frank Rizzo

Broadway veteran Carolyn Kirsch will direct and star in Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy" which opens the Mainstage season at Newington Town Hall, 131 Cedar St., on Sept. 14 to 16.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:15PM

Hartford Investors Smiling As "Best Man" Recoups by Frank Rizzo

Broadway Must End Run Sept. 9Good news for Hartford Stage board members and friends of the theater here who invested in the Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s “The Best Man,&rdq…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:35PM

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