My Variety Review: New Musical 'Trading Places' in Atlanta by Frank Rizzo

After the Great Recession of '08 " not to mention anxiety about the current economy " will a Reagan-era comedy about insider trading and the glory of greed get the same laughs? Can it sing, …

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 8:27am on June 7, 2022☆⚑

My Review: "Queen" at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven by Frank Rizzo

All photos by Jeremy Daniel The show: "Queen" by Madhuri Shekar at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven. What makes it special?: It's a …

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:32am on May 27, 2022☆⚑

Ct Critics Free Awards Show June 27 at Long Wharf Theatre by Frank Rizzo

Michael Yeargan receiving a CCC Award from 2019's ceremony, Photo by Mara Lavett, After a three-year hiatus, the Connecticut Crit…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 3:47pm on May 26, 2022☆⚑

My Review: 'Cabaret' at Goodspeed by Frank Rizzo

The show: The musical "Cabaret" at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam. What makes it special?: It's rare that Goodspeed presents something so seeming sexy and edgy (but really, it's a 60-y…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 3:09pm on May 26, 2022☆⚑

My Review: "Zoe's Perfect Wedding" at TheaterWorks Hartford by Frank Rizzo

All Photos by Mike Marques. HUNTER RYAN HERDLICKA, BLAIR LEWIN and DANIEL JOSÉ MOLINA The show: "Zoey's Perfect Wedding" at The…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 2:36pm on May 26, 2022☆⚑

Broadway Bound? Some Quick Takes, Part 2 by Frank Rizzo

Now where were we? Ah, yes, sharing some pithy thoughts on shows that have opened this season for those Connecticut folks who want to take in a Broadway show after a long period of being wit…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 1:41pm on May 23, 2022☆⚑

Broadway Bound? Part 1 With a Return Visit To Company by Frank Rizzo

Ah, May. Blossoms may be blooming around Connecticut but that's nothing like the shows that are bursting forth in New York City and that are now vying for Tony Awards and other end-of-seaso…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 9:24pm on May 22, 2022☆⚑

My Variety Review: Billy Crystal's "Mr. Saturday Night" on Broadway by Frank Rizzo

Sometimes being nice has its rewards. Take Buddy Young Jr., the bitter, self-centered, self-destructive comedian from the 1992 flop film "Mr. Saturday Night," which Billy Crystal starred in,…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:56pm on April 27, 2022☆⚑

My Variety Review: 'Funny Girl' Returns To Broadway by Frank Rizzo

"You ever feel like there's someone watching from the shadows?" asks Beanie Feldstein's Fanny Brice, as haunting apparitions from the Ziegfeld star's past waft in and out in a kind of "Fa…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 7:34am on April 25, 2022☆⚑

Review: Neil Simons' 'Lost in Yonkers' at Hartford Stage with Marsha Mason by Frank Rizzo

All photos are by T. Charles Erickson The show: "Lost in Yonkers" at Hartford Stage What makes it special?: Pulitzer Prize and Tony…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:40am on April 18, 2022☆⚑

Review: 'Next To Normal' at Westport Country Playhouse by Frank Rizzo

Photos by Carol Rosegg The show: "Next to Normal" What is it?: A Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical. This is the second …

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 2:23pm on April 17, 2022☆⚑

Dire Finances Also Reason For Long Wharf Theatre Exit by Frank Rizzo

Financial realities " not just artistic re-envisioning " triggered the Tony Award-winning Long Wharf Theatre's announcement in March that it will leave the physical complex it has called hom…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 9:08am on April 17, 2022☆⚑

Review: 'Choir Boy' at Yale Rep by Frank Rizzo

Photo by Joan Marcus The show: "Choir Boy" by Tarell Alvin McCraney What its it?: A drama with music that was a highlight of the 20…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 12:43am on April 14, 2022☆⚑

My Variety Review: Broadway's 'Take Me Out' With Jesse Williams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson by Frank Rizzo

Public and personal identities are constantly being examined, teased and tested in Richard Greenberg's "Take Me Out," his grand paean to baseball and ontological quandaries, which is rece…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:29pm on April 4, 2022☆⚑