2,240 stories by "Christopher Arnott"
After several seasons of branding itself as a 20th anniversary event, the national tour of "Riverdance" is back to its unadorned one-word title. The producers have nicknamed the U.S. tour "S…
'A Hunger Artist' "The Hunger Artist" is a trenchant short story by Franz Kafka about an entertainer whose "act" is that he fasts for days at a time. The tale is rife with metaphor, social s…
On Monday, The New York Times ran a story detailing numerous allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior concerning Gordon Edelstein, the artistic director of the Long Wharf …
Blake Hammond's back. As in back in time, in a show that sings "Welcome to the Renaissance." As in back to the future, since he plays a prophet named Nostradamus. Hammond also finds himself …
The members of Rude Mechs are far from rude. (The name comes from the company of tradesman actors in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream.") The shows developed by this exciting experime…
'I'm always so refreshed by shows where my first instinct is to not have a set." Strangely, that's a set designer talking. Jean Kim recalls during a recent phone interview how Rob Ruggiero, …
The legendary choreographer Paul Taylor turned 87 this year, and the dance company that bears his name was founded in 1954. Taylor's repertoire represents half a century of modern American d…
Connecticut grieved when A.R. Gurney died last year. The playwright had a home in Roxbury. He premiered more than a dozen of his WASP-laden dramas and romances at Westport Country Playhouse.…
The ventriloquist can't talk just now. Darci Lynne Farmer, the celebrated 13-year-old singing voice thrower and latest winner of "America's Got Talent," is in the first week of her first nat…
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the writer and original star of the groundbreaking musical "Hamilton," will receive the 2018 Monte Cristo Award from the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford. The p…
Mention any show in her long stage resume, and Sharon Washington instantly has a story to tell. She recalls "Digging Eleven," the Kia Corthron drama she appeared in at Hartford Stage in 1999…
The new national tour of the historical musical "Amazing Grace" " at the Shubert, 247 College St., New Haven, from Jan. 19 to 21 " is a Connecticut homecoming: The show premiered in 2012 at …
Douglas Lyons was attending Career High School in New Haven when he first began to consider theater as a career choice. There was a poster for the University of Hartford's Hartt School in on…
The Long Wharf Theatre is consistently good at finding new plays about timely social issues such as race relations and cultural differences. "Office Hour," a new drama by Julia Cho, is about…
When Kris Lee graduated from the University of Hartford's Hartt School a decade ago, it was with a degree in music production and jazz performance. Now she uses that expertise, along with wh…
David Lutken's getting comfortable in Connecticut, with some characters who caused some discomfort in their time, but who also brought much enjoyment. From Jan. 9 to 20, Lutken is the acerbi…
Two of the hosts of the podcast "Legion of Skanks," a show that claims to "consistently raise the bar on filth and depravity," are in Connecticut Jan. 4 to 6, although at different clubs. Ne…
The final days of 2017 bring much mirth. Here's a comedy-show checklist: John Oliver is at Foxwoods' Grand Theater, 350 Trolley Line Blvd., Mashantucket, for a whopping four shows over two n…
The year 2018 begins with fire and noise on local theater stages to get us through the rest of winter. The title of "Feeding the Dragon," Sharon Washington's one-woman show at Hartford Stage…
Check out a theater show … at your local library. Hartford Stage and the Hartford Public Library have joined together for what they describe as a "multi-tiered community partnership" which…
Join me, as the year winds to a close, in a survey of some of the sensational stage moments, highlights and trends of the past 12 months. Literary Lights The year began and ended with excell…
The Chinese classical dance spectacle "Shen Yun" promotes itself as "5,000 Years of Civilization Reborn." The New York-based ensemble revives narrative dance and music traditions that existe…
Broadway star Bryce Pinkham joins up with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra's Brass Quintet for a special concert event "A Broadway Holiday" Dec. 16 at the First Congregational Church in Madi…
'Christmas on the Rocks" is the holiday gift that keeps on giving. The show, celebrating its fifth year of merrymaking at TheaterWorks, has maintained a faithful fan base while bringing in a…
Playhouse on Park's annual holiday revue "Mama D's Christmas Stocking" turns Christmas traditions inside out. For one thing, it's rare to see dancers, actors and elves so scantily clad at th…
