Wednesday, September 21, 2022
It was sometime in the late 1970s when I attended my first show at Long Wharf Theatre.
I was new to New Haven and only knew of the theatre—then just a dozen years old—by its reputation f…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:26PMWednesday, September 14, 2022
It’s taken more than two years but the Yale University Art Gallery has finally returned to pre-pandemic attendance numbers, a significant accomplishment in the arts industry, which was hit…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 06:15PMTuesday, August 30, 2022
ALL PHOTOS BY JOAN MARCUS
Get thee to Arden — or at least to the Arden depicted in the glorious, delightful and big-hearted music…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:33PMSunday, August 28, 2022
Here’s a bunch of pictures from photographer Steve James off the 8th Annual Middlebury Filmmakers Festival which concludes today in this charming Vermont college town.,
Amtrak’s Ethan …
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The second day of the festival was also filled with film, films and more films, both short and feature length from the U.S. as well as from around the world. What I liked about these films w…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 06:38PMFriday, August 26, 2022
When our friends invited us up from New Haven to Middlebury, Vermont, it did’t take long to dash and buy our Amtrak tickets to the town’s new train stop on the Ethan Allen line (leavin…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 02:53PMSunday, August 14, 2022
Transformative changes are ahead for the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, fueled by a historic multimillion-dollar gift that will create new outreach initiatives and a new home for its performa…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:27AMSunday, August 7, 2022
The show: ”Secondo” at TheaterWorks Hartford
What is it?: Jacques Lamarre’s sequel to his play-with-food show, “I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti,” based on the stories of author G…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:26AMSaturday, August 6, 2022
The show: “Anne of Green Gables” at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.
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SOURCE: ShowRiz at 05:59PMWednesday, August 3, 2022
Connecticut VOICE, the state’s premier magazine dedicated exclusively to the LGBTQ+ community, will present the Inaugural Connecticut VOICE Honors Gala on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 6 p.m., at…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:10PMMonday, August 1, 2022
NEW YORK—The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) and Foundation ATCA have announced the first recipient of the ATCA Helbing fellowship for LGBTQ+ theater writers. Members of the He…
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The show: “The Kite Runner” by Matthew Spangler at Helen Haynes Theatre, NYC
What is it?: Play based on Khaled Hosseini’s fictional memoir and popular debut novel in 2003 about two Af…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 08:33AMFriday, July 22, 2022
My uncle Peter is seated peacefully in a lounge chair in a suburban Boston backyard. Feeling the sun warming his face, a gentle spring breeze against his skin and the call of a nearby goldfi…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 08:27PMSunday, July 17, 2022
The show: “Kim’s Convenience” by Ins Choi at Westport Country Playhouse
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SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:46PMWednesday, July 13, 2022
All photos by Matt Murphy and Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade.
The show: “Into the Woods” at the St. James Theatre in NYC.
What …
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Review of John Leguizamo's musical "Kiss My Aztec!" It's been presented at Berkeley Rep and La Jolla and this is 3rd perch with hopes to go to NYC. next. The Hartford Courant didnt care for…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 08:46AMTuesday, July 5, 2022
\What to do with the 60 acres of open waterfront space on the Hartford-Windsor border that Riverfront Recapture acquired last year?
The private, nonprofit organization is planning a riverwal…
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Susan Haefner receiving her honor for “Tenderly.” All photos by Mara Lavitt
NEW HAVEN — The U.S. premiere of “Walden” at…
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Sad news about the death of James Rado, co-creator of “Hair.”
I interviewed the 90-year-old Rado for a story for Encore Monthly magazine last fall. Joan Marcus took this terrific portrai…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:34PMTuesday, June 7, 2022
In 1988, Eric Marcus was working as an associate producer at CBS when he left his position to embark on an oral history project that would change his life—and affect the lives of so many o…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:55PMI never thought I’d do drag for a living,” says the six-foot-two muscleman wearing a Meat Rack cap, industrial strength necklace, a black tank-top and an anchor tattoo on his bulging bic…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:45PMAfter the Great Recession of ’08 — not to mention anxiety about the current economy — will a Reagan-era comedy about insider trading and the glory of greed get the same laughs? Can it …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 08:27AMFriday, May 27, 2022
All photos by Jeremy Daniel
The show: “Queen” by Madhuri Shekar at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven.
What makes it special?: It…
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Michael Yeargan receiving a CCC Award from 2019’s ceremony, Photo by Mara Lavett,
After a three-year hiatus, the Connecticut Cr…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:47PMThe show: The musical “Cabaret” at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.
What makes it special?: It’s rare that Goodspeed presents something so seeming sexy and edgy (but really, it’…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:09PMAll Photos by Mike Marques. HUNTER RYAN HERDLICKA, BLAIR LEWIN and DANIEL JOSÉ MOLINA
The show: “Zoey’s Perfect Wedding” at …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 02:36PMMonday, May 23, 2022
Now where were we?
Ah, yes, sharing some pithy thoughts on shows that have opened this season for those Connecticut folks who want to take in a Broadway show after a long period of being wit…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:41PMSunday, May 22, 2022
Ah, May. Blossoms may be blooming around Connecticut but that’s nothing like the shows that are bursting forth in New York City and that are now vying for Tony Awards and other end-of-sea…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 09:24PMWednesday, April 27, 2022
Sometimes being nice has its rewards.
Take Buddy Young Jr., the bitter, self-centered, self-destructive comedian from the 1992 flop film “Mr. Saturday Night,” which Billy Crystal starred…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:56PMMonday, April 25, 2022
“You ever feel like there’s someone watching from the shadows?” asks Beanie Feldstein’s Fanny Brice, as haunting apparitions from the Ziegfeld star’s past waft in and out in a kin…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 07:34AMMonday, April 18, 2022
All photos are by T. Charles Erickson
The show: “Lost in Yonkers” at Hartford Stage
What makes it special?: Pulitzer Prize and …
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