Harvey Fierstein's Entertaining History With High Heels And 'Kinky Boots' by Frank Rizzo

Harvey Fierstein knows boots.

Dancer Carmen de Lavallade Brings Her Intimate Stage Memoir To Arts & Ideas by Frank Rizzo

NEW YORK CITY - Walk into Carmen de Lavallade's Upper West Side apartment in New York, and you immediately get a sense of the woman who lives there.

A Critic's Top 10 Picks For Connecticut's 2014-15 Theater Season by Frank Rizzo

With the 2014-15 theater season over and the shows all set for the 2015-16 season, it's a good time to take a look back at the best of what was on Connecticut stages.

Playhouse on Park Delivers The Spirit of 'Hair' by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Hair" at West Hartford's Playhouse on Park

'Calendar Girls' At Ivoryton Playhouse Suffers From Clunky Script by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Calendar Girls" at Ivoryton Playhouse.

Performance Artist Taylor Mac To Unveil '90s' Decade Show At Arts & Ideas by Frank Rizzo

Looking at American history with "outsider" perspectives is a trending topic. There's Larry Kramer's epic gay-themed novel, "The American People, Vol 1." And Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical abo…

Tony Awards: Predictions And Facts About This Year's Nominations - CTnow by Frank Rizzo

Here are seven things you should know about this year's awards show recognizing the best of Broadway theatre:

Connecticut Critics Name Nominees For Best Of State's Theater Season by Frank Rizzo

Two world premieres, two established works and one adaptation make up the nominations for outstanding production of a play the 2014-15 season by the Connecticut Critics Circle. The awards ho…

Connecticut Critics Name Nominees For Best Of State's Theater Season by Frank Rizzo

Two world premieres, two established works and one adaptation make up the nominations for outstanding production of a play the 2014-15 season by the Connecticut Critics Circle. The awards ho…

Long Wharf Announces Final Plays Of 2015-16 Season by Frank Rizzo

A tour stop, a presentation and a co-pro will be among the six works that will make up New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre's 2015-16 season.

Terrence Mann Reprises Broadway Role For Connecticut Rep's 'Les Miz' by Frank Rizzo

Villains are forever, or so it seems for Terrence Mann, who returns to the role that he originated on Broadway 28 years ago as Inspector Javert in the blockbuster and revolutionary musical "…

TheaterWorks Explores The Morals Of 'Good People' by Frank Rizzo

It's difficult to put writer David Lindsay-Abaire in a single category.

Mark Twain House, Author David Baldacci Establish $25,000 Literary Award by Frank Rizzo

With the help of a best-selling author, the Mark Twain House & Museum is establishing a major annual literary prize.

William Gillette Restored To Life On Film by Frank Rizzo

Before Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Robert Downey Jr., Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller there was Hartford's William Gillette.

'I Do! I Do!': Its Cup Runneth Over with Schmaltz by FRANK RIZZO

Two Broadway Pros Engaging in Westport Playhouse Production

Carnival! - Review by Frank Rizzo

The Last Goodbye - Review by Frank Rizzo

Youtube Weekend Faves: "How to Suceed in Businesss..."'s "Brotherhood of Man" by Frank Rizzo

Hartford Stage, After Michael Wilson by FRANK RIZZO

Future Unclear As Theater Company Searches for New Executive Director

The Bushnell Awards: Whatever Happened to Them? And Other Arts Missteps by Frank Rizzo

Youtube Weekend Faves: Ernest Borgnine by Frank Rizzo

Youtube Weekend Faves: Stephen Sondheim's "Evening Primrose" by Frank Rizzo

Joseph Stein Dies at 98; My 2007 Interview with "Fiddler" Librettist by Frank Rizzo

Bessie Smith Sings the Blues in "Devil's Music" at Seven Angel's Theatre by Frank Rizzo

Hartford Stage's 'Kiss Me Kate:' A Jumble And A Joy by Frank Rizzo

The show: "Kiss Me Kate" at Hartford Stage

'Second Mrs. Wilson' An Entertaining Staging Of Political Drama by Frank Rizzo

The show: "The Second Mrs. Wilson" at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre

Hartford Stage's 'Kiss Me Kate' All About The Dance by Frank Rizzo

Director Darko Tresnjak and choreographer Peggy Hickey have a professional relationship they describe as "very much like a marriage" " but certainly nothing as volatile as the showbiz couple…

Hartford Stage's 'Kiss Me Kate' All About The Dance by Frank Rizzo

Director Darko Tresnjak and choreographer Peggy Hickey have a professional relationship they describe as "very much like a marriage" - but certainly nothing as volatile as the showbiz couple…

All Dahl'd Up: 'Matilda' Tour Starts At The Shubert by Frank Rizzo

Come closer, kiddies, and gather round to listen to the sometimes wicked, sometimes wondrous and altogether off-center, youngster-empowering stories of Roald Dahl, who continues to enchant g…

All Dahl'd Up: 'Matilda' Brings Her Mojo To The Shubert by Frank Rizzo

Come closer, kiddies, and gather round to listen to the sometimes wicked, sometimes wondrous and altogether off-center, youngster-empowering stories of Roald Dahl, who continues to enchant g…

'The Liar' Presents A Fabulous Fabulist by Frank Rizzo

The show: "The Liar" at Westport Country Playhouse.