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Friday, October 17, 2014

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Arcadia’ by Tom Stoppard at Yale Repertory Theater by Sylviane Gold

Tom Stoppard’s masterpiece offers piquant ruminations on love, time and mathematics.

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Saturday, September 27, 2014

Spotlight | Hartford: Hartford Stage Opens the Season with ‘Ether Dome’ by Sylviane Gold

The opening production of Hartford Stage’s new season, “Ether Dome,” is about the 19th-century physicians, frauds and cranks who pioneered surgical anesthesia.

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Friday, September 26, 2014

Theater Review: A Review of 'Playing the Assassin' in Stony Point by Sylviane Gold

In Stony Point in Rockland County, “Playing the Assassin” takes a good, solid shot at professional football while telling a gripping story.

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Friday, August 22, 2014

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie’ in Hartford by Sylviane Gold

“Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie” in Hartford combines songs, incidents and anecdotes to create a complete Guthrie experience.

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Friday, August 15, 2014

Theater Review: A Review of ‘The Fabulous Lipitones’ in Stony Point by Sylviane Gold

“The Fabulous Lipitones,” a song-stuffed comedy, is having its New York debut at the Penguin Rep Theater in Stony Point in Rockland County.

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Friday, August 8, 2014

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in East Haddam by Sylviane Gold

The Goodspeed Opera House’s triumphant production of “Fiddler on the Roof” in East Haddam manages to be both reverent and utterly fresh.

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Saturday, June 7, 2014

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ in Hartford by Sylviane Gold

“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” which is at Hartford Stage, is a comic mash-up of Chekhovian themes and characters, with nods to Aeschylus, Shakespeare, Beckett and Walt Disney.

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Friday, May 23, 2014

Theater Review: A Review of ‘The Savannah Disputation’ in Stony Point by Sylviane Gold

In Evan Smith’s comedy “The Savannah Disputation,” produced by the Penguin Rep Theater in Stony Point, Rockland County, a surprise visitor raises uncomfortable questions of religious f…

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Friday, May 9, 2014

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Damn Yankees, the Red Sox Version’ in East Haddam by Sylviane Gold

In “Damn Yankees, the Red Sox Version,” a reboot in East Haddam of a Tony-winning musical, a baseball fan makes a deal with the devil.

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Saturday, April 19, 2014

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Somewhere’ at Hartford Stage by Sylviane Gold

“West Side Story” has great meaning for the writer, and the characters, of “Somewhere,” now at Hartford Stage.

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Friday, March 7, 2014

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘A Song at Twilight’ by Sylviane Gold

Noël Coward weighed ethical and emotional ramifications of his closeted existence in what he called his most serious play.    

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls’ at Yale by Sylviane Gold

Meg Miroshnik’s new play peers into the history and sociology of the former Soviet Union through the lens of czarist folklore.    

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘The Consultant’ in New Haven by Sylviane Gold

In Heidi Schreck’s new play, at Long Wharf Theater Stage II, mismatched colleagues try to find their way through the 2008 financial crisis.    

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Friday, November 15, 2013

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘The Most Happy Fella,’ at the Goodspeed Opera House by Sylviane Gold

‘The Most Happy Fella,’ a story about a farmer captivated by a young waitress, closes the 50th anniversary season of Goodspeed Musicals.    

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Owners,’ at Yale Repertory Theater by Sylviane Gold

“Owners,” a 1972 play by Caryl Churchill at the Yale Repertory Theater, taps the ethos of “Do what you want. Get what you can.”    

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Friday, October 25, 2013

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Mrs. Mannerly’ at TheaterWorks in Hartford by Sylviane Gold

In Jeffrey Hatcher’s semi-autobiographical comedy “Mrs. Mannerly,” he recalls the deportment lessons absorbed in 1967 by his pudgy, going-on-10-year-old self.    

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Friday, October 11, 2013

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Macbeth,’ at Hartford Stage by Sylviane Gold

A Hartford Stage production of the tragedy is light on props, relying on the power of the play itself to connect with the audience.    

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘La Dispute,’ at Hartford Stage by Sylviane Gold

“La Dispute,” an entertaining 70-minute comedy now at Hartford Stage, asks: Who committed the first infidelity, mankind or womankind?    

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Friday, August 23, 2013

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Time Stands Still,’ in Hartford by Sylviane Gold

“Time Stands Still,” the Tony-nominated play by Donald Margulies about a wounded war photographer, deliberately leaves some disturbing questions about journalism unanswered.  &…

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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Theater Review | Westchester: A Review of ‘Drop Dead Perfect,’ at Penguin Rep Theater by Sylviane Gold

At Penguin Rep Theater, “Drop Dead Perfect” playfully gives nods to 1950s television, pulp novels, Hitchcock and more.    

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Friday, August 2, 2013

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Hello, Dolly!’ at Goodspeed Opera House by Sylviane Gold

The production at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam stars Klea Blackhurst in a down-to-earth version of the title role.    

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Friday, May 31, 2013

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Twelfth Night,’ at Hartford Stage by Sylviane Gold

In a multilevel never-never land with hedges of artificial turf and whimsical, mixed-period costumes, “Twelfth Night” teems with mismatched romance and physical comedy.   …

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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Good News!’ in East Haddam by Sylviane Gold

“Good News!” a 1927 musical comedy adapted Jeremy Desmon and being presented at the Goodspeed Opera House, combines all the trademarks of shows from that era.    

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Friday, April 12, 2013

Arts | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Ride the Tiger,’ at Long Wharf Theater in New Haven by Sylviane Gold

“Ride the Tiger,” at the Long Wharf Theater, spins a tale of Camelot, featuring Sinatra, the mob and a pretty girl.    

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Friday, January 25, 2013

Arts | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Breath and Imagination,’ at Hartford Stage by Sylviane Gold

A musical at Hartford Stage tells the story of the tenor Roland Hayes, the first African-American vocalist to receive international acclaim.

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Sunday, November 4, 2012

Arts | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Something’s Afoot’ in East Haddam by Sylviane Gold

A revival of the musical whodunit “Something’s Afoot” is playing at Goodspeed Opera House, where it was first staged in 1973, through Dec. 9.

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Arts | Westchester: A Review of ‘The How and the Why,’ at Penguin Rep Theater by Sylviane Gold

Two biologists warily, testily, explore menstruation, menopause and other questions of female evolution in “The How and the Why,” a smart, densely textured play by Sarah Treem.

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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Arts | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Hedda Gabler’ at Hartford Stage by Sylviane Gold

“Hedda Gabler,” Ibsen’s classic about anomie and the bottomless misery of a stage monster, is being performed at Hartford Stage.

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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Arts | Westchester: A Review of ‘Don’t Talk to the Actors,’ at Penguin Rep Theater by Sylviane Gold

Tom Dudzick’s backstage comedy “Don’t Talk to the Actors” is now playing at Penguin Rep Theater in Rockland County.

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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Theater Review | Connecticut: A Review of ‘I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti,’ in Hartford by Sylviane Gold

“I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti” tosses a salad and tosses in heartbreak.

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Saturday, June 9, 2012

Arts | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Mame’ at the Goodspeed Opera House by Sylviane Gold

Louise Pitre steps into the title role of “Mame” — made famous by Angela Lansbury in 1966 — at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut.

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All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic