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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Saturday Night Fever With its solid gold Bee Gees score and a smart story about a high-stepping disco dancer, from the streets of New York, played to perfection by John T…

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Thursday, February 16, 2017

Review: The Book of Mormon by Westfield Newsroom

Review: “The Book of Mormon” at The Bushnell by Mark G. Auerbach Broadway’s super-hit The Book of Mormon zipped into the Bushnell about three years ago, and completely lived up to its …

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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Road Trip: The Night of The Iguana at American Repertory Theater in Cambridge The American Repertory Theater at Harvard, best known as A.R.T. has been, in recent years, a…

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Sunday, January 22, 2017

Review: “The Comedy of Errors” at Hartford Stage by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors is one of the Bard’s most popular comedy hits. Going back to a plot familiar to the ancient Greeks and Romans, he tells the tale of…

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Amadeus: A Majestic Musical Rivalry at The Majestic    Amadeus, Peter Shaffer’s sweeping fictionalized history of the rivalry between classical music composers Wo…

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Thursday, December 29, 2016

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Broadway’s still hot ticket, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, kicks off the New Year at The Bushnell in Hartford, with performance…

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Arts Beat 2016: The Year in Review, Part III: Outstanding Performances by Westfield Newsroom

Outstanding Performances in a Musical    Rhett Guter as the Elvis-type rock star who captivates the people in a small midwest town, as Conrad in  Bye Bye Birdie, at Goodspeed. He turned �…

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Arts Beat: 2016: The Year in Review, Part II: Outstanding Plays, Musicals, Productions by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach So much to choose from and so little time to see everything. Outstanding Production of A Play and Outstanding New Play: American Son by Christopher Demos-Brown, Barringto…

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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach   2016: The Year in Review, Part I   It’s been a great year for the arts, and over the next three weeks, we’ll recap the news, and best of the plays, musicals, and …

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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Once, Again If you missed Once, the multi-Tony Award-winning musical on Broadway, or its national tour at The Bushnell, there’s yet another opportunity for one performa…

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Two Americans in Paris  An American in Paris, the new Gershwin musical based on the beloved movie, plays The Bushnell in Hartford on November 15-20. Director Christopher…

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach The Berkshire Theatre Awards: A New Way to Recognize Excellence in Theatre Broadway has its Tony Awards for excellence in theatre.. Chicago has the Joseph Jefferson Award…

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark Auerbach “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” Returns to Hartford Four years after its world premiere at Hartford Stage, and three years after it opened on Broadway, an…

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Sunday, September 25, 2016

Review: Alan Cumming Opens The Fine Arts Center Season by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach  For over forty years, the UMass Fine ArtsCenter has been the area’s year-round go-to venue for international music, dance, jazz, and theatre. They’ve opened their n…

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Thursday, September 1, 2016

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Broadway Week Returns, September 5-18 Broadway’s on sale in September with two-for-one tickets available for many Broadway hits. Some of the participating shows include…

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Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Hartford Stage Opens Season With a World Premiere: “Queens For A Year” Hartford Stage opens its 2016-17 Season with the world premiere of T.D. Mitchell’s Queens For…

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Thursday, August 4, 2016

Review: “If/Then” Opens the Bushnell Broadway Season by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach If/Then, the 2014 Broadway musical by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt, who created the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical Next to Normal for Broadway, opened the Bu…

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Sunday, July 10, 2016

Review: “Little Shop of Horrors” at Berkshire Theatre Group by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach The Berkshire Theatre Group has a fun-filled family-friendly production of the silly mock horror plant gone wild musical Little Shop of Horrors at The Colonial Theatre in…

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

Summer Show Tunes Little Shop of Horrors in Pittsfield Pittsfield’s Colonial Theatre will host musical theatre’s favorite man-eating plant, when Berkshire Theatre Group presents the zany…

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Sunday, June 26, 2016

Review: “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” at Berkshire Theatre Group by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Tennessee Williams’ sizzling drama about a Southern family in crisis, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, is getting a superb revival at Berkshire Theatre Group through July 16. Dir…

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Monday, June 13, 2016

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach   Those Singing and Dancing Political Candidates   The 2016 Election campaign has more outrage, drama, tension, comedy, and sass than any  multiplex cinema marquee. Tw…

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Friday, June 10, 2016

Arts Beat – It’s Tony Awards Time by Westfield Newsroom

Sunday’s Tony Award winners, which honor the best of Broadway, as acknowledged by their professional peers in the theatre industry, draw international attention. The winners attract audien…

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Friday, March 25, 2016

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

“Having Our Say” Next at Hartford Stage Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters’ First 100 Years, the 1995 Broadway adapation of the sisters’ best-selling 1993 oral history, written with…

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

The Love Story of The Centuries: Romeo and Juliet Hartford Stage presents William Shakespeare’s most popular play, Romeo & Juliet, directed by Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tr…

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Monday, January 18, 2016

Review: “Buyer and Cellar” at TheaterWorks by Westfield Newsroom

Jonathan Tolins’ very-funny Off-Broadway hit, Buyer and Cellar, starts the New Year at Hartford’s TheaterWorks, and it’s a well-written, well-performed, and well-staged comedy that exc…

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Monday, November 16, 2015

Longmeadow sisters featured in Hartford Stage’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Westfield Newsroom

LONGMEADOW – Two Longmeadow sisters have been cast in the 18th annual Hartford Stage production of A Christmas Carol, which runs November 27 through December 27 at the Tony Award-winni…

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Review: Extra! Extra ! “Newsies” at The Bushnell by Westfield Newsroom

HARTFORD – Newsies arrived in Hartford this week with a solid reputation. It’s a recent Broadway hit with two Tony Awards to its credit. It’s a Disney Theatricals production, which…

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Review: In-Con-Ceivable 2015 by Westfield Newsroom

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Vietnam War play ‘The Draft’ to be presented at Westfield State by Westfield Newsroom

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Spotlight: Westfield’s Josh Burrage in “Newsies” National Tour by Westfield Newsroom

When the Tony-Award winning Broadway hit Newsies plays The Bushnell this month, look for Westfield native Josh Burrage in the role of “Darcy”. Josh, who has been dancing since the age of…

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

Shakespeare & Company Presents Stephan Wolfert’s Cry Havoc Shakespeare & Company presents Cry Havoc, Stephan Wolfert’s one-person play that unites veterans with civilians and Sha…

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards