BWW Reviews: Balancing Traditions for Characters, Audience with FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Goodspeed
Director Rob Ruggiero changes the focus for the production running over at Goodspeed, which has been extended through Sept.
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BWW Reviews: Leslie Uggams Makes History as GYPSY's First African-American Rose at UConn
History is being made over at the Harriet S.
BWW Reviews: On-Stage Rapport Shines in CT Rep's THE SUNSHINE BOYS
More impressive than two good actors doing what they do best, however, is how Ruiz, pictured right with Kline, fits perfectly in to the mix.
Summer Stages: Summer Picks in Connecticut
Connecticut's theater season heats up during the summer with regular and summer series offerings.
CONNECTICUT CRITICS CIRCLE Announces Nominations for 2013-2014 Season
A reception at 6:30 precedes the ceremony, which will begin at 7:30.
BWW Reviews: Durang Gets Laughs with Chekhov Themes in VANYA & SONIA & MASHA & SPIKE at Hartford Stage
Maxwell Williams directs a talented ensemble to tell the story of three very different siblings gathering at their home, where quoting Chekhov, throwing coffee cups at the wall and channeling Maggie Smith are not considered strange.
BWW Reviews: Love at First, Last Sights Takes Stage in LOVE/SICK John Cariani's New Play at TheaterWorks Hartford
A talented cast of four playsy 20 characters in ten sketches about love at its best and not-so-best set at "7:30 pm on different Friday evenings, Spring through Winter in an alternate suburban reality.
BWW Reviews: DiPietro Throws Changeup at DAMN YANKEES with Red Sox Taking the Plate at Goodspeed
Strong performances highlight this production.
BWW Reviews: This BOOK OF MORMON Gets a Warm Welcome as It Rings The Bushnell's Doorbell
This tour is quite well done, with strong vocals for the leads.
BWW Reviews: Much to Make a To-Do About in This Refreshing MUCH ADO at UConn
This production, helmed by Paul Mullins, is delightful in every way, with wonderfully full portrayals, a fanciful set (designed by Joe Keener III) and costumes (designed by Tiffany Delligatti) that are to die for.
BWW Reviews: SONG AT TWILIGHT Dims in the Modern Age
In Noel Coward's time, and when one of his last plays, A SONG AT TWILIGHT was written in 1966, it must have been shocking to have the possible outing of a closeted gay man be the driving force of a plot.
BWW Reviews: A Witty Prequel for Adults Flies in PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at The Bushnell
Ropes become rooms and oceans, people become doors, gloves become birds and some very clever staging, directed by Roger Rees and Alex Timbers.
BWW Reviews: Reality, Fantasy Clash in FAIRYTALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS at Yale Rep
Once upon a time we could go to the theater and enjoy a play that made sense, challenged our thinking, moved our hearts and made us feel enlightened when the curtain fell.
BWW Reviews: A Tale of Friendship, Love, War Gallops to the Stage in Tour of WAR HORSE at The Bushnell
A sweeping tale of friendship and devotion amidst the horrors of war combines with spectacular puppetry to bring Michael Morpurgo's children's novel WAR HORSE, to life on stage.
BWW Reviews: THE CONSULTANT in Great Recession Triggers Questions, Depression in World Premiere at Long Wharf
The Dow may be plunging, but angst is at an all-time high at the pharmaceutical advertising company of Sutton, Feingold and McGrath where recent layoffs have the remaining employees pinning their hopes to an all-important presentation coming up by Jun Suk (Nelson Lee).
BWW Reviews: Matters of Life and Death Fuel Debate about God in FREUD'S LAST SESSION at TheaterWorks
How can a person with keen intelligence believe in a God that can't be proven?
Editor's Top Picks in Connecticut 2013
As always, Connecticut's professional theaters offerered a bountiful selection of excellent theater in 2013.
Yale Rep Brings 1969 to Present with Political Farce of ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST
Actor Steven Epp and Director Christopher Bayes who teamed up for A Doctor in Spite of Himself and The Servant of Two Masters at Yale Rep join forces again for Dario Fo's bizarre political farce Accidental Death of an Anarchist - and count on Epp to interject a whole lot about the modern US economic
BWW Reviews: Hartford Stage's A CHRISTMAS CAROL Gets a Few Updates at its Old Haunt
Apparently quite a few (more than 250,000 have seen the Michael Wilson adaptation getting its 16th run at Hartford Stage).
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