"Chicago" with Christie Brinkley at the Bushnell in Hartford: Celebrating Celebrity by Frank Rizzo

The show:   "Chicago" tour with Christie Brinkley at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford.

"Glee"'s Matthew Morrison In Concert At Hartford's Bushnell by Frank Rizzo

Show To Be Taped For CPTVEmmy, Tony, and Golden Globe-nominated star, Matthew Morrison, best known as the perpetually optimistic best know as high school teacher Will Schuester on Fox TV…

Student Winners Named For Hartford Stage's "Write On" Contest by Frank Rizzo

Abigail Kehoe , Alyssa Slotnick , Christopher Snow , Joe Buchek and Jonas Shivers are the winners of Hartford Stage's "Write On" contest, its annual young playwrights' competition fo…

A Proposal For a New Way Theaters Can Eliminate Subscriptions, Get Advance Bucks and Make Everyone Happy by Frank Rizzo

Creating The Theater Bank Account. Is There An App For That?The mixed-but-very-vocal reaction in the blogasphere surrounding the concept of premium pricing for not-for-profit theaters (l…

Trinity College Students To Present "Rent" At Austin Arts Center by Frank Rizzo

The 1996 musical “Rent,” will be staged -- free! -- by the Trinity College Department of Music and run Thursday Oct. 25 to Saturday, Oct. 27 at 7;30 p.m. in the Austin Art…

British Actress Miriam Margolyes Performs Dickens' Characters at Yale by Frank Rizzo

Bargain Alert: Event Is Free!Need a brain escape after election day?

"The Trojan Women," SITI-Style, At Connecticut College by Frank Rizzo

The Siti Company ’s production “Trojan Women (after Euripides)” will be presented Saturday, Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. at Connecticut College’s Palmer Auditorium in New Lo…

National Theatre's "Timon of Athens" With Simon Russell Beale On State Screens by Frank Rizzo

The National Theatre of London’s acclaimed contemporary staging of William Shakespeare's  “Timon of Athens” will be presented as a National Theatre Live in HD even…

"Miss Saigon" At Hartt School, Staged By One Who Knows by Frank Rizzo

Kevin Gray knows a few things about the musical "Miss Saigon." After all he played the lead role of The Engineer in the Los Angeles and Toronto productions of the show.

Murder Mystery Musical "Something's Afoot:: Deadly by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Something's Afoot" at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam

Brian Hutchison Re-teams With Valerie Harper In "Looped" at Bushnell by Frank Rizzo

Brian Hutchison will play opposite Valerie Harper in the Matthew Lombardo play, "Looped" when the play comes to the Belding Theater at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts …

"Spank!" Musical Parody Set For Bushnell by Frank Rizzo

Haven't heard enough "50 Shades of Gray" jokes?

New York Theater Casting With Connecticut Connections by Frank Rizzo

Recent Yale School of Drama grad Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Tony nominee for “Ghost”), Chris Bauer (“True Blood”), Aimee Carrero (Cartoon Network’s live-acti…

Bated Breath To Present "Toulouse-Lautrec Project" at Atheneum by Frank Rizzo

Picture this: A site-specific theatrical work by the Hartford-based Bated Breath Theatre Company will be presented Thursday Nov. 1 at 6:30 and 7:30 p,.m. and Friday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. at th…

Cindy Williams Stars in "Nunset Boulevard" at Waterbury's Palace by Frank Rizzo

Cindy Williams ( TV’s “Laverne and Shirley”) will star in Dan Goggin’s “Nunset Boulevard: The Nunsense Hollywood Bowl Show,” which will be presented at …

"Venus in Fur" Extended For Hartford's TheaterWorks by Frank Rizzo

The run of David Ives ' comedy "Venus in Fur" at Hartford's TheaterWorks is extending one week.

An Enthusiastic Christie Brinkley Steps Up To Challenges Of 'Chicago' by Frank Rizzo

Road Tour Stops At Bushnell Oct. 25 To 28   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageWhen it was announced that supermodel Christie Brin…

"Hello, Gorgeous:" Connecticut Author Chronicles Barbra Streisand's Early Career by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageAfter studying the sizzle of Liz and the secrets of Kate, author William J. Mann sets out to explor…

"A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder:" Wickedly Good by Frank Rizzo

The show: “A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder” at Hartford Stage

'Going Green The Wong Way" Bows At Hartford's Billings Forge by Frank Rizzo

A new "eco-comedy" written and performed by California-based artist Kristina Wong, "Going Green the Wong Way," will be presented Nov. 9 and 10 at 7:30 p.m. at The Studio at Billings For…

Yale Joins Nationwide Reading Of Dustin Black's Play "8" by Frank Rizzo

Long Wharf's "Satchmo at the Waldorf" Extends Run by Frank Rizzo

"The Santaland Diaries" To Return To Hartford TheaterWorks by Frank Rizzo

Crumpet is back.

'Hello, Dolly!' Among Goodspeed's 50th Anniversary Shows by Frank Rizzo

“Good News,” “Hello, Dolly!” and “The Most Happy Fella” will be the three main stage shows celebrating Goodspeed Opera House ’s 50th anniversary…

"Venus in Fur" at Hartford's TheaterWorks: Power Play by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Venus in Fur" at Hartford's TheaterWorks

'Satchmo At the Waldorf' A Solid, Engaging Portrait by Frank Rizzo

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

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 …

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

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

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 …

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 …

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 mat…