Dozens of theaters in Connecticut are joining hundreds of theaters nationwide Thursday night in a pledge to promote diversity and inclusion in their communities. The Ghostlight Project, name…
Tony Todd leans back on a couch in a hallway outside the rehearsal rooms at TheaterWorks. He's never worked at this particular theater before, but it's a homecoming. Todd spent most of his c…
What now? How chance thou art return'd so soon? "Antipholus of Syracuse, to Dromio of Ephesus, in "The Comedy of Errors" It's no small thing that Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresn…
As I happily brace myself for a particularly promising theatergoing year in 2017 " especially regarding new plays " I can't shake some lasting images of the year just past. From the start of…
John Cleese? Do you mean Sir Lancelot? The French Taunter? Tim the Enchanter? The man who begs to differ when told that the corpse he's carrying is "not dead yet!"? The Black Knight, who whe…
The titles of songs by Carole King could tell quite a little story by themselves. Her songs are set in such interesting places: "Up on the Roof," "So Far Away." They offer action and adventu…
In Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors," loosely based on the ancient Roman playwright Plautus' "Menaechmi," confusion abounds when twin brothers, separated in childhood, arrive in the same …
There's a table in a Long Wharf Theatre rehearsal room piled high with books and articles about Samuel Beckett. These include several volumes of his collected letters (the fourth and final v…
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" is a complex life equation, patiently probed and thrillingly answered by a talented group of creative problem-solvers. The internationally…
OK, Christmas is over. You've had your Ho, Ho, Ho. Now get with the Ha, Ha, Ha. The last week of December is a fine time for comedy. You can laugh away the wintry blues, distract yourself fr…
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" is that rare animal these days, a non-musical play that has landed on The Bushnell's Broadway series. Its inclusion is not so curious, to …
Mary Lou Aleskie, who has been the executive director of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas for over half of its 21-year existence, will be stepping down in 2017 to become the direct…
The way he holds his hat. The way he jiggles a key. The memories of all that " oh, you can't take that away from me. There are plenty of reasons to revisit "A Christmas Carol " A Ghost Story…
He's Buddy the elf. What does he want for Christmas? Spenser Micetich, who plays the title role in the East Coast tour of "Elf the Musical," chuckles. "I'm not asking for anything this year,…
It had two short stints on Broadway, in 2010 and '12. and is on its fourth national tour. Due to its holiday-seasonal subject matter, "Elf The Musical" has special staying power. Based on th…
Time for angels to get wings. In his official capacity as marketing and public relations director at the Music Theatre of Connecticut, Joe Landry duly sent out a press release this month ann…
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical" returns to the Bushnell in Hartford Dec. 9 to 11. The show is based on the classic Rankin-Bass stop-motion animated special about poor Rudolph a…
"Kinky Boots" is lacing up for yet another trip to Connecticut. When the national tour of the Broadway hits the Palace Theater in Waterbury Dec. 6 through 11, it will be the show's third tim…
If "Hamilton" is the show of the Obama age, what show will we think of as representative of Donald Trump? We needn't ask. It already arrived, a quarter of a century ago. It's called "Other P…
"This is, hand`s down, probably the most difficult role I will ever play," Jessica Vosk says. "It's very complex. I have to take everybody on this journey to see this character growing up ov…
It keeps on rockin' in the Christmas world: TheaterWorks' soused seasonal hit "Christmas on the Rocks" is back for another round. The jolly, juiced-up comedy anthology, stocked with familiar…
HartBeat Ensemble is reviving its locally rooted, socially relevant "Christmas Carol" adaptation "Ebeneeza: A Hartford Holiday Carol" after five years on hiatus. Debra Walsh returns in the t…
The Oz-some musical "Wicked" has been welcomed to Connecticut several times " always by The Bushnell, which hosted the first national, and a couple of subsequent, tours of the Broadway hit. …
Thirty-five years ago, August Wilson was a major voice in the American regional theater who'd had some success in New York. That was an impressive point to have reached for a writer known fo…
"A Christmas Carol" season is upon us, with "The Nutcracker" not far behind. Nebraska Theatre Caravan's touring production of the Dickens classic is making its annual pilgrimage to the Shube…