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A look at the NBC primetime soap about the making of a Broadway musicalWatching the first four episodes of the much-hyped TV series “Smash,” one may ask, “Whose Broadway …
Star Power on and off Screen in NBC Series  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageDavid Marshall Grant sits at his desk in a nondesc…
Visits Hugh Hefner's Mansion in Search of Tunes and Devices"Michael Feinstein's American Songbook" kicks off its second season on PBS tonighjt with a visit to Hugh Hefner 's pad in search …
Mark Ford Stars as Great DaneAnd what did you do your final year at college? Oh, I played “Hamlet”.
Danielle Ferland -- the Original Red Riding Hood -- Returns As Baker's WifeLauren Kennedy, Erik Liberman and Danielle Ferland will be featured in the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine music…
Calling Nanny 911.
Did you miss Ben Vereen when he performed as part of the "Legends" series in 2010 as part of Hartford Stage's SummerStage ?
Kate MacCluggage , who was last featured in the ensemble cast of Long Wharf Theatre's "It's a Wonderful Life," will play Gillian, the bewitching witch, in the the romantic comedy "Bell, Bo…
There were a few shock waves set off in Torrington yesterday when the folks at the Warner Theatre read that actress Shirley MacLaine , 77, was added to the cast of the popular PBS series,…
Meryl Streep, Liza, Brian Dennehy, Phylicia Rashad Pay TributeGeorge C. White, founder and former executive director of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford called it a &l…
Several "associates" get their big chance at GoopdspeedCasey Hushion (associate director of Broadway’s "Elf," "In the Heights" and "The Drowsy Chaperone") is tapped to stage the reviv…
The Arts Now Seen As a Major Player in Economic Development's "Place-Making" Strategy
Public Talk at Yale Rep LoungeJohn Freedman , theater critic of The Moscow Times , and an expert on contemporary Russian theater, will be visiting Yale School of Drama next Thursday and F…
At the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in JuneRonnie Burkett and Wakka Wakka Productions will be the guest artists at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center 's 22nd Annual National Puppe…
New Garage Band Musical Workshop By Joe Iconis, TooFeel like a little sex?
Famed Acting Teacher at Yale School of Drama Earle R. Gister , who served as Associate Dean, Chair of the Acting Department at the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, and the first Lloyd…
Oscar-Winning Actress Calls Simsbury High SchoolThe phone rang Monday night to a group of more than 65 high school students who were rehearsing "West Side Story" at Simsbury High School -- a…
Joins "Guiding Light"'s Kim ZimmerJohn Bixler (CRT's "Guys and Dolls") and Jan Radcliff (numerous roles at Michigan's Purple Ropse Theatre ) are the Equity actors joining "Guiding L…
Mamma, mia! Goodspeed Musicals got its Mame.
Dramaturg of Royal Shakespeare Company To Work in New HavenJeanie O’Hare , company dramaturg since 2005 of the Royal Shakespeare Company , is the new chairwoman of the Department of …
How did "Memphis" do in Hartford?
Eric Tang Stages Long Wharf Production  Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook PageEric Ting respects superstitions, especially the one t…
Mayors invited to submit plans to spur urban centers with artConnecticut cities will be getting a bit of an artistic face -- and spirit--Â lift.
Also New Play, "The Blue Deep," Starring Blythe DannerA new musical based on the 2002 Todd Haynes ' film "Far from Heaven" gets a bow at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in the Massach…
Want to put your two cents in about the Connecticut Office of the Arts , formerly the state’s Commission on Culture and Tourism — but down-classified when it became part of th…
