Great Old Broad Series: Cloris Leachman by Frank Rizzo

``People think you're crazy anyway, and I'm just barely under the radar to get away with murder.''  This Sunday's 2 p.m. screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentaruy "Broads…

Pat Sajak To Star In "The Odd Couple" At Connecticut Rep's Nutmeg Summer Series by Frank Rizzo

Terrence Mann Re-Joins "Lady" Stars In "Man of La Mancha"Pat Sajak, the host of TV's long-running game show "Wheel of Fortune," will star in the Neil Simon comedy , "The Odd Couple" at…

Making Economic Case, Theaters Rally For Support From Legislature by Frank Rizzo

Landmark Theaters Key In Making Connecticut The State "Where Great Things Begin"You don't have to convince me about the power of the arts -- specifically in the flagship producing theaters i…

Celeste Holm, Elizabeth Wilson To Be Celebrated At New Haven Event by Frank Rizzo

There will be a birthday celeberation for stage and film actresses Celeste Holm and Elizabeth Wilson (who lives in Branford) at the Historic Lyric Hall in New Haven's Westville neighbo…

"Ragtime" To Play At Greater Hartford Arts Academy by Frank Rizzo

Students from the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts , representing Hartford and 20 surrounding towns, will present Ragtime The Musical on Frday, May 4 as well as May 5, 10, 11 and 12…

Young Playwrights Selected for The O'Neill, Too by Frank Rizzo

Goodspeed's "Mame" Extends Run by Frank Rizzo

The run of the revival of the Jerry Herman musical “Mame”   at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, has been extended from July 1 to July 7.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning "Water By The Spoonful" and Other Hudes Plays To Be Published by Frank Rizzo

Quiara Alegría Hudes’s “Water by the Spoonful,” the 2012 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Which was commissioned, developed and produced by Hartford Stage , w…

Film Version of Christopher Shinn's "Four" To Premiere At L.A. Film Fest by Frank Rizzo

The indie film based on Christopher Shinn ’s Hartford-inspired play  “Four” will get its premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Recent Yale Grad, Gets Tony Award Nomination by Frank Rizzo

Hartford Stage-Connected "The Best Man" Gets Best Revival Nod; James Earl Jones, TooLast May, Da'Vine Joy Randolph graduated from the Yale School of Drama , unclear what her future as an …

Fearless Predictions For Tony Award Nominations by Frank Rizzo

Isn't half the fun of competitive arts awards the chance to guess who will be nominated, then win?

Four New Musicals Named For National Music Theater Conference by Frank Rizzo

Presented At Eugene O'Neill Theater Center In WaterfordFour new musicals -- "When We Met," "String," "A Good Man" and "The ToyMaker" -- have been selected for the 2012   National Music T…

Mikhail Baryshnikov Premieres Play At Hartford Stage In February by Frank Rizzo

Mikhail Baryshnikov, the legendary dancer who has also taken on acting roles, will star in the world premiere of the dance-theater work "The Man in a Case," a stage adaptation of an Anton Ch…

First Impressions: Will Eno's "The Realistic Joneses" Opens At Yale Rep by Frank Rizzo

Full Review Friday AfternoonThe show: The world premiere of “The Realistic Jones” by Will Eno at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, opening Thursday night.

Can Theaters Parlay Yale's Fortunes To Make State Premiere "Placemaker" For New Works? by Frank Rizzo

O'Neill Center, Other Tony Award-Winning Theaters On "Here-First" Bandwagon?American Theater just got an historic gift.

Yale Receives $18 Million Gift For New Play, Musical Development by Frank Rizzo

Believed To Be Largest U.S. Gift for New Works For American Stage   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageYale Repertory Theatre and …

New Musical "The Bikinis" Gets Workshop at Goodspeed in August by Frank Rizzo

Snooki, watch out. Here come The Bikinis.

Connecticut Arts Groups gets $1.15 Million From NEA Grants by Frank Rizzo

14 Groups Receive Funding National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced today that the NEA plans to award 928 grants totaling $77.17 million to not-for-profit…

Cirque du Soleil Channels Michael Jackson In Energetic Arena Show by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageHow do you merge the music and dancing of Michael Jackson with the performers of Cirque du Soleil?

NEA, Brookings Institute To Pow-Wow on Arts and Economic Development by Frank Rizzo

Arts as an economic dfevelopment tool will get a national spotlight when the Brookings Institution and the National Endowment for the Arts co-host “The Arts, New Growth Theory, an…

Solo Show About Sicilian Shoemaker To Play Wesleyan In July by Frank Rizzo

 “Hear What's In The Heart: A Shoemaker’s Tale,” is a new work that will play this summer at Center for the Arts at Wesleyan University in Middletown, July 26 and 2…

Jim Dale To Bring Solo Show With Music To Long Wharf Theatre's Stage II by Frank Rizzo

Tony Award-winner Jim Dale will bring his new one man show with music to Long Wharf Theatre's Stage II this June.

Paula Vogel's "Civil War Christmas" Headed For New York by Frank Rizzo

Had World Premiere At Long Wharf TheatrePaula Vogel's "A Civil War Christmas," which had its world premiere at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre in 2008, will have its New York bow next seas…

"Pride and Prejudice" To Get Hartford Stage Reading by Frank Rizzo

Michael Wilson DirectsThere will be a staged reading of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice ,” adapted by Hartford Stage senior dramaturg Christopher Baker , with direct…

"Into the Woods" Reunion At Westport Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

There will be an "Into the Woods" reunion of sorts at the Westport Country Playhouse on Sunday, May 6, following the 3 p.m. performance of the revival of the play at the theater, directe…

Parker Posey, Queen Of Indies, At Yale Rep by Frank Rizzo

Actress Featured In Premiere Of Will Eno's 'The Realistic Joneses'   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageParker Posey has me dazed…

Michael Douglas: When He Was at Choate by Frank Rizzo

I just came across this picture of actor Michael Douglas , which didn't make my story on him in last Sunday's Arts Section of The Hartford Courant.

Theresa Rebeck's New Play "Fools" To Be Developed at The O'Neill by Frank Rizzo

Among Nine Writers At National Playwrights ConferenceThere will be a mixture of nine veteran, mid-career and new writers working this July at the National Playwrights Conference at the Eu…

Oh, Mrs. Robinson: "The Graduate" Plays Ivoryton by Frank Rizzo

Ivoryton Playhouse gets a bit adult in its presentation of the stage adaptation of "The Graduate" which opens Wednesday, April 18 and runs through May 6.

Michael Douglas Gets Monte Cristo Award At O'Neill Theater Fund-Raiser by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page"Tonight brings back a lot of memories," said Michael Douglas as his wife, Oscar and Tony Award-w…

'Water By the Spoonful' Wins Pulitzer For Drama by Frank Rizzo

 Quiara Alegría Hudes became the first Latina to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play “Water by the Spoonful,” which was commissioned, developed and had its world …