1,459 stories by "Frank Rizzo"
The show: William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" at Hartford Stage.
Want to know the ins and outs of the Broadway musical? Just ask Seth Rudetsky.
The show: Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven.
The show: "Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn" at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.
"It's been an emotional ride," says Christopher Gattelli who still gets moved when he talks about young people's responses to the Broadway musical "Newsies."
Six-time Tony Award and two-time Grammy Award-winner Audra McDonald will headline Long Wharf Theatre's 50th Anniversary Gala on June 5.
The show: "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford.
To play the role of "Hamlet," one could quote from the Bard's title character and say, "The readiness is all."
For the season opener of Long Wharf Theater's 50th anniversary season, artistic director Gordon Edelstein wanted a work that not only made an artistic statement about the theater but one tha…
What makes a popular film a great musical?
The show: "Evita" at Bushnell in Hartford.
Giants, dinosaurs and circus performers are evoked in felt, plaster and shadows when the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at UConn in Storrs hosts its Fall Puppet Performance Series …
The seats are springier, the lobby is spiffier and the ambience is perfect for setting a scene " or a play.
Comedy is not always a laughing matter.
...to tell us the funniest person they've ever met.
Smart and sexy: Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven (Oct. 3 to 25). When Stoppard visited New Haven last week he said: "I don't have a hidden agenda. My plays ar…
Molly Glynn, 46Chicago-based actress Molly Glynn, who was born and raised in Hartford, died Saturday after being struck by a tree while out cycling with her husband. She was 46.
Call it "A Gentleman's Guide To Theater and Tourism."
Cast Set For His Play 'Arcadia' At Yale RepHis intelligence and wit are legendary. Now you can witness both for yourself when playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard presents a free lecture…
How about some international theater? The Indian Ensemble of Bangalore is coming to Hartford and New Haven with the U.S. premiere of "Thook" ("Spit"). First stop is the HartBeat Ensemble's C…
The show: "Things We Do For Love" at Westport Country Playhouse
Ed Asner 'In Conversation' At Sacred Heart University Yale School of Drama grad Zach Appelman (Broadway's "War Horse," Julie Taymor's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and the title …
What Ever Happened To The Concept Of Previews?When I was a kid growing up outside Boston, I would make it a point to see "preview" performances of Broadway-bound shows, in part because the t…
Nafe Katter, longtime Connecticut actor, retired director of the University of Connecticut's acting program died Wednesday at a hospice facility in Summerfield, Fla., following a stroke Aug.…
