Connecticut's Tony Adams Play To Receive Reading In New York by Frank Rizzo

Former CFO of State DECD And Priest Writes On Conflict Among Gay ClergyAnthony Adams, CFO with the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development  before his retirement fo…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 6:24pm on May 28, 2012☆⚑

Sinatra-Inspired 'Come Fly Away' At Bushnell by Frank Rizzo

Tina Sinatra Talks About Her Dad, Dancing And Twyla Tharp   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageFrank Sinatra had some cool moves. …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:46pm on May 24, 2012☆⚑

Connecticut High School Musical Theater Award Nominations Announced by Frank Rizzo

 The Fourth Annual Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards ceremony will be held June 4 starting at 6 p.m. at the Palace Theatre in Waterbury.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 2:49pm on May 23, 2012☆⚑

Brad Oscar, Joanna Glushak in Barrington's "Fiddler" by Frank Rizzo

Brad Oscar ( Broadway’s “The Producers”) will be Tevye and Joanna Glushak (Broadway's "Sweet Smell of Success," tour of "Young Frankenstein") will be Golde in “Fi…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 2:26pm on May 23, 2012☆⚑

Music Director Don Pippin To Speak To Goodspeed Members by Frank Rizzo

Donald Pippin , the original music director for the Broadway production of "Mame" will offer his multi-media memoirs presentation for Goodspeed Musical members on Friday, June 8.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:26am on May 23, 2012☆⚑

Tyne Daly Leads Acting Roster At Williamstown Theatre Festival by Frank Rizzo

Tyne Daly, Lili Taylor, Alison Fraser are among the actors featured this summer in the plays and musicals at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in the Massachusetts Berkshires.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 7:55am on May 23, 2012☆⚑

Noah Racey, Jayne Atkinson, Dan Butler In Berkshire Theatre Group Casts by Frank Rizzo

Jackie Hoffman, Jill Eikenberry, Michael Tucker, TooJayne Atkinson, Noah Racey, Dan Butler, Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker are among the actors who will be featured in plays and music…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:50pm on May 22, 2012☆⚑

CT Free Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" To Play Stratford by Frank Rizzo

Free Shows Set For Three VenuesCt Free Shakespeare 's production of "Romeo and Juliet" will not only play at Bridgeport's Beardsley Zoo and McLevy Green but at the American Shakespear…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 8:55am on May 17, 2012☆⚑

"La Voix Humaine" Yale Opera/Drama Co-Pro In New Haven by Frank Rizzo

Jamilyn Manning-White Sings Sorry, Wrong NumberJamilyn Manning-White, soprano, will star in the one-act opera "La Voix Humaine," in a co-production with Yale School of Drama abnd Yale …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 7:55am on May 17, 2012☆⚑

National Theatre Of Deaf Returns To O'Neill Center by Frank Rizzo

Little Theatre Of The Deaf To Continue In West HartfordThe National Theatre of the Deaf is returning to where it was founded 45 years ago -- at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center in Water…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 6:55am on May 17, 2012☆⚑

'Water By The Spoonful' To Make New York Bow At Second Stage by Frank Rizzo

Pulitzer Prize Play Commissioned, Premiered At Hartford StageThose 6,000 theater-goers at Hartford Stage who saw Quiara Alegria Hudes' "Water by The Spoonful" at Hartford Stage last fall…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 3:47pm on May 16, 2012☆⚑

"Sherlock"'s Benedict Cumberbatch Stars In Duo Roles In NT Live's "Frankenstein" by Frank Rizzo

That Sherlock is a beast.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:59pm on May 16, 2012☆⚑

Two Staffers, Jerry Meyer, Business Honored By Long Wharf Theater by Frank Rizzo

New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre honored two longtime staffers, a former chair of the Board of Trustees, and a local business with the theatre’s Founder’s Award.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 8:55am on May 16, 2012☆⚑

Alexander As Meir in "Golda's Balcony" in West Hartford by Frank Rizzo

Kate Alexander stars as Israeli prime Minister Golda Meir in William Gibson 's one-actor show,   “Golda's Balcony” at West Hartford’s Playhouse on Park on 244 Park …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 7:55am on May 16, 2012☆⚑

Three Shows To Play In Rep At Yale Summer Cabaret by Frank Rizzo

The 34 th season pf the Yale Summer Cabaret , located at 217 Park St., New Haven, opens with “The K of D” by Laura Schellhardt, directed by Tanya Dean, which runs June 20…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 6:55am on May 16, 2012☆⚑

'The Tempest' At Hartford Stage: Grand Beginnings by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: William Shakespespeare's "The Tempest" at Hartford Stage, 50 Church St.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 2:57pm on May 15, 2012☆⚑

Theater Critics To Powwow At Shaw Symposium by Frank Rizzo

"Are Critics Necessary?" Hands?George Bernard Shaw had a few choice words to say about critics. After all, he was one, too.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 1:55pm on May 15, 2012☆⚑

Film Version of Christopher Plummer in "The Tempest" Set For Connecticut by Frank Rizzo

Hartford Stage 's current production of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" starring Daniel Davis not enough sturm und drang for you? Even knowing Olympia Dukakis is doing the show this…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:50am on May 15, 2012☆⚑

Ryan King, Brooke Bloom in "Lungs" at Barrington Stage in Berkshires by Frank Rizzo

The summer theater season in the Berkshires klcks off next week at Barrington Stage 's second theater in Pittsfield, Mass. with the New England premiere of "Lungs."

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:36am on May 15, 2012☆⚑

"February House" Composer Gabriel Kahane Receives Long Wharf Award by Frank Rizzo

Gabriel Kahane , composer of "February House," a musical which had its world premiere earlier this year at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre is the recipient of this year's Claire Tow Award …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 9:55am on May 15, 2012☆⚑

Great Old Broad Series: Julia Child by Frank Rizzo

``I hope I'm believed, not just beloved."Last Sunday's screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentary "Broads," that features salty, outspoken interviews with actresses of a certa…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 6:56am on May 13, 2012☆⚑

My "Great Old Old Broad" Series: Eartha Kitt by Frank Rizzo

"I've always referred to myself as the sepia Cinderella."Last Sunday's screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentary "Broads," that features salty, outspoken interviews with actr…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 6:55am on May 12, 2012☆⚑

First Impression Of Long Wharf's 'My Name Is Asher Lev' by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageThe show: "My Name Is Asher Lev" at Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00am on May 12, 2012☆⚑

Great Old Broad Series: Ann-Margret by Frank Rizzo

`There's a battle going on here,'' she says, touching the part of the coat where her heart is.Last Sunday's screening at New Haven's Lyric Hall of the documentary "Broads," that features …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 6:56am on May 11, 2012☆⚑

First Impressions: "My Name Is Asher Lev" At Long Wharf Theatre by Frank Rizzo

The show : "My Name Is Asher Lev" at Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Drive, new Haven.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 3:38pm on May 10, 2012☆⚑