Johnny Mercer Gets Salute At O'Neill Cabaret Conference by Frank Rizzo

Lyricist, singer and songwriter Johnny Mercer will receive a tribute in song next week at the Cabaret & Performance Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 6:55am on July 27, 2012☆⚑

Theresa Rebeck's New Play Gets Reading At The O'Neill by Frank Rizzo

Theresa Rebeck 's new work, "The Way of Things," will receive a staged reading as part of the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford Friday, …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 2:35pm on July 26, 2012☆⚑

Waterbury's Sheryl Lee Ralph Set for Palace For Song and Sweet Inspiration by Frank Rizzo

Tony Award-nominated actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, a Waterbury native and award-winning actress, singer, activist and author, returns to her hometown and the Palace Theater , 100 E. Main St. …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:33pm on July 25, 2012☆⚑

Hartt Grad In "American Idiot" Tour Heading To Bushnell by Frank Rizzo

Jamal Shuriah , a Hartt School grad, will be in the ensemble of the international tour of Green Day's "American idiot" when it comes to the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in  Har…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:28pm on July 25, 2012☆⚑

Alan Cumming, Andrew Lippa At Kristin Chenoweth Goodspeed Tribute by Frank Rizzo

Alan Cumming (Broadway's "Cabaret," films "X2: X-Men United," "Spy Kids", and TV's "The Good Wife") will present Tony Award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth the Goodspeed Award for Out…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:34am on July 25, 2012☆⚑

"Modern Family"'s Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet At Bushnell by Frank Rizzo

Actors Also File Suit With SitCom Regarding Contract Limits 

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 2:51pm on July 24, 2012☆⚑

"Tartuffe" At Westport Playhouse To Get Additional Performance by Frank Rizzo

Westport Country Playhouse announces that due to ticket demand for its current production of Molière’s  “Tartuffe,” an extra performance has been added on Sunday, Au…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 1:34pm on July 24, 2012☆⚑

"Dr. Ruth" Solo Show Starring Debra Jo Rupp Gets Return Engagement by Frank Rizzo

"Dr. Ruth, All the Way," Mark St. Germain 's solo show of the famed sex education advocate starring Debra Jo Rupp , will have a return engagement Sept. 19 to Oct. 7 at Barrington Stage in…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:45pm on July 24, 2012☆⚑

Betty Beekman To Head National Theatre of the Deaf by Frank Rizzo

Betty Beekman is the new executive director of the National Theatre of the Deaf , now based at the Monte Cristo Cottage in new London, operated by the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:27pm on July 24, 2012☆⚑

The Girls In"The Bikinis" Cast For Goodspeed Workshop by Frank Rizzo

New Musical Plays Aug. 9 to Sept. 2Lori Hammel (Broadway's "Mamma Mia!"), Meghan Duffy (Broadway's "Grease"), Karyn Quackenbush (Broaday's "Annie Get Your Gun") and Regina LeVert (nat…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:11am on July 24, 2012☆⚑

Playwright Terrence McNally To Receive Westport Tribute by Frank Rizzo

Tyne Daly, Richard Thomas To Host Event Tony and Emmy Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally will be honored at “The Full McNally:  A Celebration of the Writing and Works o…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 6:55am on July 24, 2012☆⚑

'Far From Heaven' At Williamstown by Frank Rizzo

Musical Set In Hartford in 1950s   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: "Far From Heaven," "a preview production" of a ne…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:51am on July 23, 2012☆⚑

New Musical "Far From Heaven": Simmering Passions Under the Surface in Hartford by Frank Rizzo

At Williamstown Theatre Festival Starring Kelli O'HaraThe show: “Far From Heaven,” “a preview production” of a new musical on the main stage at the Williamstown Thea…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:45am on July 23, 2012☆⚑

'Carousel': The Complexities Of Romance At Goodspeed by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageLove isn't easy, even when you're playing a famously romantic role in a Broadway musical.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 9:03am on July 20, 2012☆⚑

'A Shoemaker's Tale' At Wesleyan by Frank Rizzo

Steve Scionti Returns To Middletown Roots For 'Hear What's In The Heart'   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageWhen Steve Scionti s…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 1:00am on July 15, 2012☆⚑

Teal Wicks To Exit Goodspeed "Carousel" After Opening by Frank Rizzo

Erin Davie, Who Starred in "Camelot," Is ReplacementA few days after the musical "Carousel" opens at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddan, its Julie Jordan will hit the road.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 4:08pm on July 12, 2012☆⚑

Shakespeare and Zombies Open Oddfellows Youth Playhouse Season by Frank Rizzo

William Shakespeare’s “Land of the Dead: A True Account of the Zombie Plague of 1599,” will open the 2012-13 season for Middletown’s junior and teen repertory theate…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 2:30pm on July 12, 2012☆⚑

"Tartuffe" at Westport Playhouse: The Holy Man's A Hunk by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: "Moliere's "Tartuffe" at Westport Country Playhouse.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 1:12pm on July 12, 2012☆⚑

Middletown's Oddfellows Playhouse Receives $50,000 Grant From NEA by Frank Rizzo

The Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater of Middletown has received a $50,000 "Our Town" grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for a cultural facility.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:38am on July 12, 2012☆⚑

Valerie Harper To Star In Launch of National Tour of "Looped" In Hartford by Frank Rizzo

Tallulah is back and the Bushnell has got her.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 1:45pm on July 11, 2012☆⚑

Tickets To Go On Sale For Bushnell Broadway Series in Hartford by Frank Rizzo

New subscriptions go on sale Monday, July 16 for the 2012-13 Broadway series at the Bushnell Center for the Perforning arts in Hartford which opens its new season  with the national tour …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 2:00am on July 11, 2012☆⚑

"The Devil's Carnival" Film-Performance Tour Hits Manchester by Frank Rizzo

Film director Darren Bousman ("Saw" films) in collaboration with writer/performer Terrance Zdunich will bring their touring musical film fusion event “The Devil’s Carnival&r…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 4:09pm on July 10, 2012☆⚑

Casting For "The North Pool" Set For Barrington Stage by Frank Rizzo

Yale grad Babak Tafki and Remi Sandri star in the East Coast premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s “The North Pool,” directed by Giovanna Sardelli at Barrington Stage Company…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 2:51pm on July 10, 2012☆⚑

Tickets for Baryshnikov Show At Hartford Stage -- And Others -- On Sale Monday by Frank Rizzo

Three World Premieres, Including Musical Starring Jefferson MaysIf you’re not a subscriber to Hartford Stage and you want those tickets for the world premiere of the show featuring Mik…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:52pm on July 10, 2012☆⚑

David Hyde Pierce Tries Directing by Frank Rizzo

'Frasier' Star Puts Gangsters In Wilde Comedy At Williamstown   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageDavid Hyde Pierce says there wa…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 1:00am on July 8, 2012☆⚑