A Guide To Broadway's Hits And Misses by Frank Rizzo

You're a theater-lover from Connecticut and you're taking a trip to Manhattan to catch some shows, or perhaps you're thinking of a holiday gift of tickets to someone. So you pick up a copy o…

Actresses Find Sisterhood In New '4 Girls 4' Tour by Frank Rizzo

In the late '70s, a new kind of touring show emerged, one that featured not one headliner but rather a quartet of female stars, each performing a set of songs as well as performing a number …

Actress Tonya Pinkins 30-Year Career Finally Brings Her To Yale by Frank Rizzo

Tonya Pinkins says she's always been a kind of 'hmmmm' person.

Michael Gennaro Named To Head Goodspeed Musicals by Frank Rizzo

Michael Gennaro, executive director of Trinity Repertory Theatre in Providence, R.I., is the new executive director of Goodspeed Musicals — its first new leader in nearly half a century.

The Evolution Of 'Wicked' From 'Oz' by Frank Rizzo

What would you ask the wizard? Where did he get his magic? Is he returning to Oz anytime soon? And what do witches and nuns have in common?

Zach Appelman Riveting In 'Hamlet' At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

The show: William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" at Hartford Stage.

Sirius/XM Radio's Broadway Host Seth Rudetsky Has Plenty to Say by Frank Rizzo

Want to know the ins and outs of the Broadway musical? Just ask Seth Rudetsky.

'Our Town' At Long Wharf A Strong, Diverse Production by Frank Rizzo

The show: Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven.

Goodspeed's 'Holiday Inn' A Stylish, Charming Adaptation by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn" at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.

'Newsies,' From Flop To Hit, Plays The Palace by Frank Rizzo

"It's been an emotional ride," says Christopher Gattelli who still gets moved when he talks about young people's responses to the Broadway musical "Newsies."

'Holiday Inn' Extends Again; Audra McDonald To Perform At Long Wharf Gala by Frank Rizzo

Six-time Tony Award and two-time Grammy Award-winner Audra McDonald will headline Long Wharf Theatre's 50th Anniversary Gala on June 5.

Big Notes, Smiles And Movement Give 'Dreamcoat' Bright Appeal by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford.

Hartford Stage's Young Hamlet Up For The Challenge by Frank Rizzo

To play the role of "Hamlet," one could quote from the Bard's title character and say, "The readiness is all."

Long Wharf's 'Our Town' Looks A Lot Like New Haven by Frank Rizzo

For the season opener of Long Wharf Theater's 50th anniversary season, artistic director Gordon Edelstein wanted a work that not only made an artistic statement about the theater but one tha…

Will Irving Berlin's 'Holiday Inn' Be A Hit Musical For Goodspeed? by Frank Rizzo

What makes a popular film a great musical?

'Evita' At Bushnell: Solid But Lacking Star Quality by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Evita" at Bushnell in Hartford.

UConn Hosts Fall Puppet Performance Series by Frank Rizzo

Giants, dinosaurs and circus performers are evoked in felt, plaster and shadows when the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at UConn in Storrs hosts its Fall Puppet Performance Series …

Hartford Stage Opens 51st Season With New Seats, Renovations for Patrons by Frank Rizzo

The seats are springier, the lobby is spiffier and the ambience is perfect for setting a scene — or a play.

Creator, Stars Of 'Comedy is Hard' Talk About Making People Laugh by Frank Rizzo

Comedy is not always a laughing matter.

A Monkee, A Simpson And A Famous Roomie Walk Into A Room... by Frank Rizzo

...to tell us the funniest person they've ever met.

Fall Theater Season Full Of Classics Such As 'Hamlet,' 'Our Town,' 'Holiday Inn' by Frank Rizzo

Smart and sexy: Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven (Oct. 3 to 25). When Stoppard visited New Haven last week he said: "I don't have a hidden agenda. My plays ar…

Hartford-Raised Actress Dies In Accident In Chicago by Frank Rizzo

Molly Glynn, 46Chicago-based actress Molly Glynn, who was born and raised in Hartford, died Saturday  after being struck by a tree while out cycling with her husband. She was 46.

Joan Rivers: My Afternoon At Her Manhattan Manse by Frank Rizzo

New Tourism Campaign Touts Connecticut's Theaters, Shows by Frank Rizzo

Call it "A Gentleman's Guide To Theater and Tourism."

'Shakespeare In Love''s Tom Stoppard To Give Free Yale Lecture by Frank Rizzo

Cast Set For His Play 'Arcadia' At Yale RepHis intelligence and wit are legendary. Now you can witness both for yourself when playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard presents a free lecture…

Indian Play 'Thook' In Hartford, New Haven by Frank Rizzo

How about some international theater? The Indian Ensemble of Bangalore is coming to Hartford and New Haven with the U.S. premiere of "Thook" ("Spit"). First stop is the HartBeat Ensemble's C…

Alan Ayckbourn's 'Things We Do For Love:' And Not Always So Gloriously by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Things We Do For Love" at Westport Country Playhouse

Hartford Stage Has Its Hamlet by Frank Rizzo

Ed Asner 'In Conversation' At Sacred Heart University Yale School of Drama grad Zach Appelman (Broadway's "War Horse," Julie Taymor's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and the title …

If The Show's Not Ready For Critics, Should Tickets Be Cheaper? by Frank Rizzo

What Ever Happened To The Concept Of Previews?When I was a kid growing up outside Boston, I would make it a point to see "preview" performances of Broadway-bound shows, in part because the t…

Retired UConn Drama Director, Benefactor Nafe Katter Dies by Frank Rizzo

Nafe Katter, longtime Connecticut actor, retired director of the University of Connecticut's acting program died Wednesday at a hospice facility in Summerfield, Fla., following a stroke Aug.…

Hootenannies Follow Sunday 'Woody Sez' Performances by Frank Rizzo

I haven't heard the word "hootenanny" used since Lyndon Johnson was President, but there's some free-wheeling '60s-style jamming going on after Sunday matinee performances of "Woody Sez: The…