Monday, March 30, 2015
You don't have to know how to block an opponent at the snap to enjoy "Playing the Assassin"; the play shows you how, in elegant slow motion and up-close body-slamming action.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:22PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 28, 2015
Young playwrights who think they're edgy and modern because they use sharp language, expressionistic techniques, brash political posturing, harsh urban settings and outrageous humor in the m…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:00AM[SHARE]Young playwrights who think they're edgy and modern because they use sharp language, expressionistic techniques, brash political posturing, harsh urban settings and outrageous humor in the m…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 24, 2015
The Russian National Ballet Theatre has been making regular stops in Connecticut for decades, and is one of the last great examples of what was once a thriving entertainment enterprise " the…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:51PM[SHARE]During the golden age of the Boston stand-up scene in the 1980s, Lenny Clarke was the undisputed king of the comedy clubs, whether the stage was a Chinese restaurant or the side room of a le…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:16PM[SHARE]Monday, March 23, 2015
Josh Radnor, the "How I Met Your Mother" star, is also now widely known as a Broadway actor and indie filmmaker. His New York credits include the stage version of "The Graduate," Ayad Akhtar…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:27PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 17, 2015
The apocalyptic survival story. Allegory for the burdens of adulthood. Fictional test of the political ramifications of peacekeeping versus warmongering. Compulsory reading in the many high …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:14PM[SHARE]Monday, March 9, 2015
Is there anything we can say that makes Regis Philbin sound cool? Sure! In 1967, he made headlines when he quit his sidekick gig on Joey Bishop's talk show. Decades later, Philbin confessed …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:15PM[SHARE]Kathy Griffin can no longer pretend to be on the "D-List," but she continues to be an outspoken, earthily endearing comic presence. For all her no-holds-barred humor, knocking down the pedes…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:12PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 5, 2015
"Defending the Caveman" is an established small-theater standard. The show, about the comical differences between men and women (especially heterosexual married ones) had regional success in…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 20, 2015
Nine women dancers aged 14 to 24 from the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh perform the multi-styled spectacle Tari Aceh! Music & Dance from Northern Sumatra at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, at Crowel…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:47PM[SHARE]"Take my wife… please!" was several generations and consciousness-raisings ago, but gender differences are still comedy gold.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:38PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 12, 2015
Katt Williams is at a rarefied level of comedy stardom. He's been profiled in The New Yorker. His latest HBO special was directed by Spike Lee. He called an end to his stand-up career (which…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM[SHARE]Monday, February 9, 2015
Louis Prima is widely considered to be one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century. If the tribute show "The Wildest! " Hip, Cool and Swingin!, The Musical Sounds of Louis Prima & K…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:18PM[SHARE]Louis Prima is widely considered to be one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century. If the tribute show "The Wildest! - Hip, Cool and Swingin!, The Musical Sounds of Louis Prima & K…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 29, 2015
"Shen Yun," a New York-based revue of Chinese dance and music "inspired by the spirit of ancient culture," returns to Connecticut for three shows Feb. 7 and 8 at the Waterbury Palace.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:34AM[SHARE]Monday, January 26, 2015
Just as news arrives that the "tampon scene" from the novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" is apparently not part of the impending film version of the provocative bestseller, the nationally touring …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:23PM[SHARE]Jamie Kennedy, from the "Scream" movies and his own hit TV show "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment" (2002-2004), also has these film roles on his long resume: Hiccup Guy (in "California Dreams" )…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:27AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 22, 2015
Every few decades, Peter Pan is reworked for a new generation. J.M. Barrie created the boy who won't grow up back in the depths of World War I. Mary Martin gave the character a chipper Ameri…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 20, 2015
John Oliver's visited Connecticut numerous times with his stand-up act, but that was all before his HBO series "Last Week Tonight" placed the former "Daily Show" correspondent into a comedy-…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:19AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 13, 2015
In French, the phrase "force majeure" literally means "a greater force." The title of Eddie Izzard's latest and grandest comedy tour is thus well chosen. Few people can impersonate an angry …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:12PM[SHARE]Monday, January 12, 2015
"The Wayside Motor Inn" is a lesser-known work by the prolific Connecticut-based playwright A.R. Gurney. Like some of Gurney's other plays, it's a series of separate vignettes all set in the…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:33PM[SHARE]Monday, January 5, 2015
He played Joey Bishop in HBO's acclaimed "Rat Pack" movie. He was "Darren Head" in the Bruce Willis comedy thriller "Bandits."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:51PM[SHARE]Monday, December 29, 2014
"This is the best role," declares Lucie Arnaz of her acrobatic turn as Berthe in the national tour of the magical modern/medieval musical "Pippin." "It's the shortest role I've ever done."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:38AM[SHARE]Monday, December 22, 2014
The year is almost over. You might as well laugh. Seven Angels Theatre wrings some laughs out of the old year with "Stand Up, Count Down " New Year's Eve Comedy Night."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:13AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 18, 2014
Billy Wayne Davis has opened for some of the greatest minds in contemporary comedy, such as Louis C.K. and Colin Quinn. He's faced off intellectually against ace comedy interviewer Marc Maro…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Not all Christmas shows are bright and carefree. Craig Lucas's dark seasonal comedy "Reckless" is set on Christmas Eve, the magical night an upbeat, ever-hopeful woman named Rachel is told b…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:42PM[SHARE]Monday, December 8, 2014
Steve Martin's enlightening play is equally smart and silly at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:00PM[SHARE]Monday, November 24, 2014
The idea behind "Altar Boyz" " a holier-than-thou Christian boy band whose hits include "Church Rulez" and "Number 918" " apparently never gets old.
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