136 stories by "Fred Sokol"
Nearly twenty years ago at the age of 31, Rob Ruggiero, shortly after completing graduate school at Rutgers, arrived in Hartford to direct at TheaterWorks for the first time.
Kathleen Turner, effective and headstrong as a prototypical bulldog figure, stars as June Buckridge in Long Wharf Theatre's The Killing of Sister George which continues through December 23rd.
The award winning playwright, Sarah Ruhl, sculpts a fascinating play from letters poets Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop wrote to one another during their evolving friendship from 1947 unt…
Contemporary language and ear-splitting blasts distinguish David Adjmi's brisk script. Taking place during the latter part of the eighteenth century, the time of the French Revolution, the p…
TheaterWorks of Hartford's production of Venus in Fur completely transfixes on a number of levels.
Hartford Stage brings a skillfully executed, wacky world premiere musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, to anyone who desires an evening of raucous laughter.
Satchmo at the Waldorf stars the versatile, disciplined, knowing actor John Douglas Thompson, in an excellent one-man portrayal which delves deeply into Louis Armstrong's opinions and life.
Yale Repertory Theatre begins its season with clever, blazing, outrageous satire, as a Mexican immigrant dozes off while he crams for his United States citizenship exam.
The striking production values distinguish the show, which immediately snares one's attention. On the other hand, it is difficult to muster the least bit of sympathy for the coldly neurotic …
Harbor, making its world premiere at Westport Country Playhouse, boasts inventive comedy, including a number of one-liners, as it explores relationship possibilities among four individuals w…
Director Joe Brancato worked with actors Andrea Maulella and Mark Shanahan on previous productions of Karoline Leach's taut and thrilling play. The performers remain remarkably fresh. The ra…
Homestead Crossing, in world premiere at Berkshire Theatre Group's Unicorn stage in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, is thoughtful, understated and cleanly delineated.
The Tempest, continuing at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts, through August 19th, finds Prospera (Olympia Dukakis) on an island with her daughter Miranda (Merritt Janson).
Williamstown Theatre Festival's production of A Month in the Country, continuing on the main stage through August 19th, works well for those observers who have some idea of the work of its p…
Still searing and ever pertinent, Arthur Miller's All My Sons, written in 1947, clutches with intensity and does not relinquish its hold.
Dorothy Thompson's journalistic voice was nothing short of heroic, and Tod Randolph's courageous/shining performance in Shakespeare & Company's Cassandra Speaks fully honors the twentieth ce…
Dr. Ruth, All the Way, a world premiere at Barrington Stage Company's St. Germain Stage in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, through July 21st, is a strikingly dramatic and completely captivating o…
A quiet play By Gilles Segal, translated by Sara O'Connor, the intense focus rests upon Finkelbaum (Joby Earle), a concentration camp survivor who in 1950 spends his life in one confining ro…
Directed by Rob Ruggiero, this show is adapted from Giulia Melucci's memoir by Connecticut-based creative writer Jacques Lamarre. Lamarre, in real life, wears many hats.
"Lungs," a New England premiere at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, through June 10th, is a contemporary and eclectic two person comic drama which has staying and stick…
Wow: "Come Fly Away," making a stop as part of a national tour at Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts through June 3rd, is a stunner.
With huge assists from his design team, Tresnjak's first Shakespeare here, visually resplendent, is filled with numerous performing arts highlights.
Long Wharf Theatre's presentation of My Name is Asher Lev, which continues through May 27th, is beautifully delineated and constructed: this is a tightly knit 90-minute piece which is themat…
Mame, at the Goodspeed Opera House through July 7th, becomes far more of a treat during its thankfully shorter second act
Mark Lamos, directing Westport Country Playhouse's energetic, catchy production of Into the Woods, by Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) and James Lapine (book), infuses inventive and emoti…
