Paul Giamatti: A "Hamlet" With Humor In Uneven Yale Rep Production by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Hamlet" at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven

Tommy Tune, Donna McKechnie At O'Neill Cabaret Gathering by Frank Rizzo

Tony Award-winners Tommy Tune and Donna McKechnie will be part of the 2013 Cabaret & Performance Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford this summer.

Melissa Joan Hart In 'Any Wednesday' Reading At Westport by Frank Rizzo

Melissa Joan Hart will star in a benefit reading of the '60s romantic comedy "Any Wednesday" at the Westport Country Playhouse Monday, June 29 at 7 p.m.

Alice Ripley Cast In 'Clybourne Park' At Long Wharf Theatre by Frank Rizzo

Alice Ripley, who won a Tony Award for her performance of the bi-polar mother in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, "Next to Normal," is cast in the upcoming production of Bruce Norris'…

Musical Comedy Premiere Highlights Hartford Stage's 50th by Frank Rizzo

Two Classic In Rep, Reunions Featured TooA world premiere of an original musical comedy, two classic performed in repertory, a reunion of the theater’s five artistic directors and a &l…

Klea Blackhurst To Star In Goodspeed's "Hello, Dolly!" by Frank Rizzo

Performances Begin June 28Klea Blackhurst , known for her musical tribute to Ethel Merman , stars in the upcoming revival of "Hello, Dolly!" at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.

Three "Phantoms" Come Together For Concert In Fairfield by Frank Rizzo

Three Broadway performers who have all played the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera"  will perform together with the  Bridgeport Symphony at the Edgerton Cen…

Florence Henderson Set for Edgerton Center In Fairfield by Frank Rizzo

To many she's Mrs. Carol Brady, to others a Broadway songstress.

New Musical Co-Directed By Harold Prince To Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Musical Based On Film "The Band's Visit"Legendary director Harold Prince will co-stage a new musical which is being developed to premiere at Hartford Stage for the 2014-15 season

Mandy Patinkin To Perform At Long Wharf Gala by Frank Rizzo

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Mandy Patinkin , accompanied by Paul Ford on piano, will be in concert to Long Wharf Theatre's gala at on Friday, June 7 in New Haven.

Mandy Patinkin To Perform At Long Wharf Gala by Frank Rizzo

Alan Bennett's London Hit 'People' Screened At Connecticut Theaters by Frank Rizzo

People who see "People" are the luckiest people in the theater world.

Goodspeed Publishes 50th Anniversary Booklet by Frank Rizzo

Ah, memories.

Connecticut's Pilobolus To Collaborate With Penn & Teller, Trish Sie by Frank Rizzo

Pilobolus Dance Theatre will present two new works with collaborators Trish Sie and Penn & Teller , when it plays its annual four-week run at the Joyce Theatre 175 Eighth Ave. at 19th St…

Long Wharf Theatre Sets "Sparks" Program For "Clybourne Park" by Frank Rizzo

In conjunction with the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play by Bruce Norris, "Clybourne Park," which New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre is producing later this spring, the theater is …

World Premiere of "Paper Bullets" Highlights Yale Repertory Theatre 2013-14 Season by Frank Rizzo

Featuring New Songs By Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong"Paper Bullets,” the world premiere rock adaptation of “Much Ado About Nothing” featuring new songs by Green Day&…

Barbershop Quartet Musical To Open Norma Terris Season by Frank Rizzo

A new musical about a not-so-traditional barbershop quartet penned by the head writer of "The Cosby Show" and the writer of "Freud's Last Session" will open the 2013 season at Goodspeed Musi…

Dana Steingiold Joins Cast Of 'Beau Jest' Play Reading at Westport by Frank Rizzo

Dana Steingold, who received a Connecticut Critics Circle Award for her performance as Little Red Ridinghood in Westport Country Playhouse ’s “Into the Woods,” will be in…

Yale's Tarell Alvin McCraney Gets Major Writing Award by Frank Rizzo

Dramatists Naomi Wallace, Stephen Adly Guirgis , and Yale School of Drama grad Tarell Alvin McCraney are the nine recipients of the new writing prize — and one of the most lucrati…

'Punk Rock" To Play At Connecticut Rep at UConn by Frank Rizzo

Connecticut Repertory Theatre will present Simon Stephens' "Punk Rock" March 28 to April 7, in the Studio Theatre on the Storrs campus.

'On the 20th Century' Slated For Hartt School by Frank Rizzo

The Hartt School at the University of Hartford will present the musical “On the Twentieth Century,” Thursday, March 14 through Saturday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, …

Site Specific Theater At New Haven's IKEA. No Instructions Needed by Frank Rizzo

Live theater has played in some offbeat places. But this one’s a doozy.

Linda Eder To Offer Master Class At Torrington's Warner Theater by Frank Rizzo

Tony Award nominated Linda Eder (Broadway’s “Jekyll & Hyde”) will be giving a master class for the Warner Theatre Center for the Arts Education in Torrington on Saturda…

'Biggest Loser''s Sweat Mistress Jillian Michaels Takes "Lifestyle" Show To Bushnell by Frank Rizzo

Health and wellness guru — and sweat mistress of TV’s “The Biggest Loser” — Jillian Michaels will bring her “Maximize Your Life” tour to the Bu…

A Talk With Valerie Harper, Living 'Here And Now' by Frank Rizzo

In our first interview in the 1990s, Valerie Harper described the character of Rhoda Morgenstern —sidekick on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and star of the spinoff "Rhoda" — as "th…

Hartford Theater Colleagues React To Valerie Harper Cancer Diagnosis by Frank Rizzo

Two Connecticut men who worked intimately with Valerie Harper, best known for her street-smart Rhoda Morgenstern in two award-winning television '70s sitcoms, reacted with sadness and suppor…

Hartford Stage's 50th Years To Be Celebrated At National Theatre Corporate Fund by Frank Rizzo

Jayne Houdyshell, Liv Rooth To Start in Westport Shows by Frank Rizzo

Musical of Disney's "Jungle Book" Set For Boston's Huntington by Frank Rizzo

Directed by "Metamorphoses"' Mary ZimmermanHere's a well-worth trip for Connecticut theater-goers:

"Man in a Case:" Weaves A Quiet, Strange Spell At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

Mikhail Baryshnikov Stars In World Premiere Based On Two Chekhov StoiresThe show: World premiere of “Man in a Case” at Hartford Stage.

Musical 'American Idiot' Explodes With Intense Theatricality by Frank Rizzo

Green Day's Rock Opera Opens At BiushnellThe show: The national tour "American Idiot" at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford.