Thursday, January 5, 2017
The titles of songs by Carole King could tell quite a little story by themselves. Her songs are set in such interesting places: "Up on the Roof," "So Far Away." They offer action and adventu…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:46AM[SHARE]In Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors," loosely based on the ancient Roman playwright Plautus' "Menaechmi," confusion abounds when twin brothers, separated in childhood, arrive in the same …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]There's a table in a Long Wharf Theatre rehearsal room piled high with books and articles about Samuel Beckett. These include several volumes of his collected letters (the fourth and final v…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 29, 2016
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" is a complex life equation, patiently probed and thrillingly answered by a talented group of creative problem-solvers. The internationally…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 20, 2016
OK, Christmas is over. You've had your Ho, Ho, Ho. Now get with the Ha, Ha, Ha. The last week of December is a fine time for comedy. You can laugh away the wintry blues, distract yourself fr…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" is that rare animal these days, a non-musical play that has landed on The Bushnell's Broadway series. Its inclusion is not so curious, to …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, December 16, 2016
Mary Lou Aleskie, who has been the executive director of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas for over half of its 21-year existence, will be stepping down in 2017 to become the direct…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:48PM[SHARE]The way he holds his hat. The way he jiggles a key. The memories of all that " oh, you can't take that away from me. There are plenty of reasons to revisit "A Christmas Carol " A Ghost Story…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:32PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 15, 2016
He's Buddy the elf. What does he want for Christmas? Spenser Micetich, who plays the title role in the East Coast tour of "Elf the Musical," chuckles. "I'm not asking for anything this year,…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 8, 2016
It had two short stints on Broadway, in 2010 and '12. and is on its fourth national tour. Due to its holiday-seasonal subject matter, "Elf The Musical" has special staying power. Based on th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, December 5, 2016
Time for angels to get wings. In his official capacity as marketing and public relations director at the Music Theatre of Connecticut, Joe Landry duly sent out a press release this month ann…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:01AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 1, 2016
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical" returns to the Bushnell in Hartford Dec. 9 to 11. The show is based on the classic Rankin-Bass stop-motion animated special about poor Rudolph a…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:44AM[SHARE]"Kinky Boots" is lacing up for yet another trip to Connecticut. When the national tour of the Broadway hits the Palace Theater in Waterbury Dec. 6 through 11, it will be the show's third tim…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:28AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 29, 2016
If "Hamilton" is the show of the Obama age, what show will we think of as representative of Donald Trump? We needn't ask. It already arrived, a quarter of a century ago. It's called "Other P…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:23PM[SHARE]Monday, November 28, 2016
"This is, hand`s down, probably the most difficult role I will ever play," Jessica Vosk says. "It's very complex. I have to take everybody on this journey to see this character growing up ov…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 22, 2016
It keeps on rockin' in the Christmas world: TheaterWorks' soused seasonal hit "Christmas on the Rocks" is back for another round. The jolly, juiced-up comedy anthology, stocked with familiar…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:35AM[SHARE]HartBeat Ensemble is reviving its locally rooted, socially relevant "Christmas Carol" adaptation "Ebeneeza: A Hartford Holiday Carol" after five years on hiatus. Debra Walsh returns in the t…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:56AM[SHARE]Friday, November 18, 2016
The Oz-some musical "Wicked" has been welcomed to Connecticut several times " always by The Bushnell, which hosted the first national, and a couple of subsequent, tours of the Broadway hit. …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 17, 2016
Thirty-five years ago, August Wilson was a major voice in the American regional theater who'd had some success in New York. That was an impressive point to have reached for a writer known fo…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 10, 2016
"A Christmas Carol" season is upon us, with "The Nutcracker" not far behind. Nebraska Theatre Caravan's touring production of the Dickens classic is making its annual pilgrimage to the Shube…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:38AM[SHARE]Gershwin is in the air. Just a few days before the national tour of "An American in Paris" hits The Bushnell, there's another dance spectacle visiting Connecticut that features the immortal …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]"When I auditioned for this, I was told it was one of the hardest roles on Broadway," Garen Scribner says of his starring turn in the national tour of "An American in Paris." "There's a lot …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Let your vote count. Then laugh at it. TV networks have been providing live coverage of presidential election nights for decades. In recent years, it's also become common for late-night come…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:57AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 3, 2016
"Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" has undergone a complete change of cast since the show played The Bushnell in Hartford last winter. (No, the actors did not turn into mice and lizards.) …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]On his long-running, award-winning National Public Radio show "This American Life," Ira Glass often cedes the microphone to guests, who tell long stories about their experiences and beliefs.…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 1, 2016
"I love to create as much as I love to perform. I just like to create, then walk away. I do something, then I leave it alone." That's the versatile Jon Peterson's musical-theater modus opera…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 27, 2016
"I wrote a play I wanted to do," Paul Slade Smith explains. A steadily working actor, particularly in comedies and musicals, he had enjoyed performing in such grandly comic shows as "Lend Me…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:49AM[SHARE]One of the odder trends of Connecticut theater in 2016 is the rediscovery of Anthony Newley, the British entertainer whose diverse achievements include writing the classic movie songs "Goldf…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Bill Raymond is saying goodbye to "Bah! Humbug!" The venerable character actor, who has played Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas" at Hartford Stage for 16 of…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:43PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 20, 2016
The annual Navaratri Festival of Indian music and dance at the Wesleyan Center for the Arts is marking its 40th anniversary by acknowledging the 50th anniversary of special Indian-themed art…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 19, 2016
For those of you of weaker constitution / For those of you who may be faint of heart / This is a tale of revenge and retribution / So if you're smart / Before we start / You'd best depart / …
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