Tuesday, October 27, 2015
So you think there's no way to get tickets for the sold-out run of the world premiere of "Rear Window" at Hartford Stage starring Kevin Bacon? Think again. Every Monday the theater will dete…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:37PMFriday, October 23, 2015
Steve Martin will be back at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre, this time with a world premiere play, described as "an off-beat and absurdist look at the comic anxiety lurking just beneath the …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:03AMAll eyes are usually on Kevin Bacon. "The second I step out of my house, it happens," says the prolific actor at the offices of Hartford Stage, where he is rehearsing for his starring role i…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, October 15, 2015
Actors who arrive at the Goodspeed Opera House are often overwhelmed by the beauty of the rural surroundings as they cross the swing bridge to East Haddam and see the glistening white theate…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:41PMMonday, October 12, 2015
"Menopause the Musical," the little show that proves there's life and laughs amid big changes, is coming back to The Bushnell's Belding Theater on Friday, Oct.16, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 1…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:23PMIt was a happy day in mid-July for fans of the long-gone comic strip "Bloom County" when they opened Facebook and saw the return of Berkeley Breathed's beloved and honored creation. Since th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:27PMFriday, October 9, 2015
The show: Yale Repertory Theatre co-production of "Indecent" by Paula Vogel at the University Theatre in New Haven. What makes it special: The world premiere will play La Jolla [Calif.] Play…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:40PMMonday, October 5, 2015
The road to Oz is heading to Goodspeed Opera House. A new musical about the pre-"Oz" life of Judy Garland will be a highlight of the 2016 lineup of five shows produced by Goodspeed Musicals.…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00PMThursday, October 1, 2015
When the Matt Stone and Trey Parker — the creators of TV "South Park" — announced they were going to write a Broadway musical, a lot of people laughed, and not in a good way. But look wh…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:00PM"It took 30 seconds" for playwright Paula Vogel to say yes when she was asked to collaborate with director Rebecca Taichman on "Indecent," a new work about events surrounding the provocative…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:01PMThursday, September 24, 2015
Nearly four years ago, Conor Hamill was a freshman college intern at Hartford's TheaterWorks, assisting with props, reading scripts and doing assorted go-fer jobs around the office.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:26PMThursday, September 17, 2015
Was it really nearly 20 years ago when Adam Pascal made his Broadway debut in Jonathan Larcen's watershed musical "Rent" about Bohemians in the East Village of New York City struggling with …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:28PMChristopher Shinn sits on a park bench on the long narrow green of Old Wethersfield, surrounded by large lush lawns, historic homes and an atmosphere of small-town serenity, just a short wal…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:11PMTuesday, September 15, 2015
Sunday, September 13, 2015
How's tricks? Big, bold and hip, at least that's how "The Illusionists" - seven men in all - are branding themselves as they tour the country following its hit Broadway run last year. (Andre…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AMThursday, September 3, 2015
Comedian, writer, producer, actor and musician Steve Martin has been a presence at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven for several seasons with productions of his comedies "The Underpants" and "…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:08PMWednesday, August 26, 2015
There's nothing like star power to rev up a box office - even during the dog days of summer.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:50PMTuesday, August 25, 2015
One of my favorite Merl Reagle moments was when he appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show in support of the 2006 Oscar-nominated documentary about the world of crossword puzzles, "Wordplay."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:07AMKevin Bacon will play the lead in Hartford Stage's premiere of "Rear Window," adapted by Keith Reddin and staged by the theater's artistic director, Darko Tresnjak.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:05AMFriday, August 21, 2015
Another British invasion? A new tradition? A mini-rep company? Maybe it's just a reunited gang of terrific actors that John Tillinger has worked with over four very funny British comedies by…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMFriday, August 14, 2015
Summer's nearly over, which means it's the last chance to check out warm-weather programming around the state.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:02PMThursday, August 13, 2015
Women playwrights are counting on parity when artistic directors at not-for-profit theaters across the country choose a season - but so far the numbers haven't added up.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:24PMTuesday, August 4, 2015
Don't be surprised if you run into Big Bird on the UConn campus next week. Or hear the voice of Duckworth the Butler. Or run into Maria of "Sesame Street."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:49AMFriday, July 31, 2015
The show: "I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers" at Hartford's TheaterWorks.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:00AMThursday, July 23, 2015
Picture this: Artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at the center of the colorful, vibrant, raffish Montmartre section of Paris during La Belle Époque, when arts flourished during a period of re…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:05PMThursday, July 16, 2015
Sometimes you've just got to have a little faith, not to mention determination, luck and even a certain amount of grace to create a musical that makes it to Broadway.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:27PMMonday, July 13, 2015
The show: "Xanadu" at Connecticut Repertory Theatre's Nutmeg Summer Series on the UConn campus in Storrs.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:32PMMonday, July 6, 2015
The show: "South Pacific" at Ivoryton Playhouse
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:21PMFaye Garrit is an immediately recognizable William Inge woman: anxious, unmoored and yearning for something more, whether it be finding a purpose in her superficial life or just making it wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:56AMSunday, July 5, 2015
When Mark Adam Rampmeyer, Goodspeed Musicals' make-up and wig designer asks me to bring in a picture of my mother for my makeover, I somehow know I won't end up looking like one of the prett…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:12AMThursday, June 25, 2015
Maureen Anderman will star in the "world premiere preview" of A.R. Gurney's "Love & Money" at the Westport Country Playhouse. The show runs July 21 to Aug. 8 and is staged by the theater's a…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:31PM 
