New Musical "The Bikinis" Gets Workshop at Goodspeed in August by Frank Rizzo

Snooki, watch out. Here come The Bikinis.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 5:00pm on April 25, 2012☆⚑

Connecticut Arts Groups gets $1.15 Million From NEA Grants by Frank Rizzo

14 Groups Receive Funding National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced today that the NEA plans to award 928 grants totaling $77.17 million to not-for-profit…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 2:36pm on April 25, 2012☆⚑

Cirque du Soleil Channels Michael Jackson In Energetic Arena Show by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageHow do you merge the music and dancing of Michael Jackson with the performers of Cirque du Soleil?

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 2:10pm on April 25, 2012☆⚑

NEA, Brookings Institute To Pow-Wow on Arts and Economic Development by Frank Rizzo

Arts as an economic dfevelopment tool will get a national spotlight when the Brookings Institution and the National Endowment for the Arts co-host “The Arts, New Growth Theory, an…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 6:55am on April 25, 2012☆⚑

Solo Show About Sicilian Shoemaker To Play Wesleyan In July by Frank Rizzo

 “Hear What's In The Heart: A Shoemaker’s Tale,” is a new work that will play this summer at Center for the Arts at Wesleyan University in Middletown, July 26 and 2…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 2:04pm on April 24, 2012☆⚑

Jim Dale To Bring Solo Show With Music To Long Wharf Theatre's Stage II by Frank Rizzo

Tony Award-winner Jim Dale will bring his new one man show with music to Long Wharf Theatre's Stage II this June.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 1:56pm on April 24, 2012☆⚑

Paula Vogel's "Civil War Christmas" Headed For New York by Frank Rizzo

Had World Premiere At Long Wharf TheatrePaula Vogel's "A Civil War Christmas," which had its world premiere at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre in 2008, will have its New York bow next seas…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 1:43pm on April 23, 2012☆⚑

"Pride and Prejudice" To Get Hartford Stage Reading by Frank Rizzo

Michael Wilson DirectsThere will be a staged reading of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice ,” adapted by Hartford Stage senior dramaturg Christopher Baker , with direct…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:07am on April 20, 2012☆⚑

"Into the Woods" Reunion At Westport Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

There will be an "Into the Woods" reunion of sorts at the Westport Country Playhouse on Sunday, May 6, following the 3 p.m. performance of the revival of the play at the theater, directe…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 8:38am on April 20, 2012☆⚑

Parker Posey, Queen Of Indies, At Yale Rep by Frank Rizzo

Actress Featured In Premiere Of Will Eno's 'The Realistic Joneses'   Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageParker Posey has me dazed…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 5:10pm on April 19, 2012☆⚑

Michael Douglas: When He Was at Choate by Frank Rizzo

I just came across this picture of actor Michael Douglas , which didn't make my story on him in last Sunday's Arts Section of The Hartford Courant.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 1:15pm on April 18, 2012☆⚑

Theresa Rebeck's New Play "Fools" To Be Developed at The O'Neill by Frank Rizzo

Among Nine Writers At National Playwrights ConferenceThere will be a mixture of nine veteran, mid-career and new writers working this July at the National Playwrights Conference at the Eu…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:01am on April 18, 2012☆⚑

Oh, Mrs. Robinson: "The Graduate" Plays Ivoryton by Frank Rizzo

Ivoryton Playhouse gets a bit adult in its presentation of the stage adaptation of "The Graduate" which opens Wednesday, April 18 and runs through May 6.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 6:55am on April 18, 2012☆⚑

Michael Douglas Gets Monte Cristo Award At O'Neill Theater Fund-Raiser by Frank Rizzo

  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page"Tonight brings back a lot of memories," said Michael Douglas as his wife, Oscar and Tony Award-w…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00am on April 18, 2012☆⚑

'Water By the Spoonful' Wins Pulitzer For Drama by Frank Rizzo

 Quiara Alegría Hudes became the first Latina to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play “Water by the Spoonful,” which was commissioned, developed and had its world …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 3:22pm on April 16, 2012☆⚑

John Guare Selects "Beautiful Province" Best New Play by Frank Rizzo

A play about a 15 year old boy who travels across Canada with his French high school teacher won the 2012 Yale Drama Series Award.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:50am on April 16, 2012☆⚑

Bradley Cooper To Star in "Elephant Man" at Williamstown by Frank Rizzo

"Sexiest Man" in Different RoleConnecticut theater-goers may be temported to drive to the Berkshires this summer to see "the sexiest man alive" -- even in not so sexy a role.Bradley Cooper (…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 8:48am on April 16, 2012☆⚑

Premiere for New Haven's Donald Margulies' Play At the Geffen by Frank Rizzo

Pulitzer Prize winning playwright -- and New Haven resident -- Donald Margulies will premiere his latest, "Coney Island Christmas" at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles Nov. 20 to Dec…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 8:36am on April 14, 2012☆⚑

Rachel Jett To Head National Theatre Institute at Waterford's O'Neill Center by Frank Rizzo

Rachel Jett to lead the National Theater Institute (NTI), the accredited program for college students at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center at Waterford as its new artistic director.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 6:59am on April 13, 2012☆⚑

Christopher Shinn's "Now Or Later" Gets U.S. Premiere At Huntington by Frank Rizzo

David Cromer Stars, Directs Celebrated "Our Town"Christopher Shinn 's political drama, "Now or Later," will have its U.S. premiere at Boston's Huntington Theatre Company this fall. Mich…

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

Long Wharf Theatre Gets Education Grant by Frank Rizzo

And Other Theater News BriefsNew Haven’s Long Wharf Theatre will receive a grant of $224,5000 over four years by The Werth Family Foundation for its in-school residency program. Th…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 9:40am on April 11, 2012☆⚑

"My Name Is Asher Lev" Cast Gets Its Rabbinical Study by Frank Rizzo

William Mastrosimone's "Ride the Tiger" Being Eyed At Long WharfThe cast of Long Wharf Theatre’s “My Name Is Asher Lev” is doing its rabbinical research.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 7:55am on April 11, 2012☆⚑

My Interview With Ernest Borgnine, Recalling Career, His Connecticut Roots by Frank Rizzo

Oscar-Winning Actor Dead at 95. Ernest Borginine died Sunday at the age of 95. Here is my interview with the Hamden-born, Connecticut-raised actor in 2010.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 5:51pm on April 10, 2012☆⚑

David Henderson New Marketing, Sales, Communications Director At Hartford Stage by Frank Rizzo

David Henderson is the new director of marketing, sales and communications at Hartford Stage . He takes over his new duties immediately.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 3:57pm on April 10, 2012☆⚑

Prison Mash-Up With Dante's "Inferno" Set For Hartford's Charter Oak by Frank Rizzo

By Three Former Women Inmates from Niantic's York Correctional InstituteA mash-up of Dante’s Inferno and life behind bars in a maximum-security women’s prison in Connecticut, the…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 3:39pm on April 10, 2012☆⚑