Connecticut Theater Reviews

BWW Review: BAREFOOT IN THE PARK at Sharon Playhouse

by Sean Fallon — July 29, 2018

For an amazing comedy with six talented cast members, the Sharon Playhouse delivers a great stage show that I highly recommend.

BWW Review: THE LITTLE MERMAID at the Warner Theater

by Joseph Harrison — July 29, 2018

It's always a treat to see something familiar come to life in a fresh and exciting way.

BWW Review: HAND TO GOD at TheaterWorks

by Joseph Harrison — July 28, 2018

Grief can be a very strange thing and people react to traumatic events in very different ways.

BWW Review: COMPANY at Castle Craig Players

by Sean Fallon — July 28, 2018

The Castle Craig Players have yet again brought an excellent cast to the stage in COMPANY a Stephen Sondheim musical centering on a 35 year old bachelor's ponderings regarding whether he wants to get married at all, and if so, to whom.

BWW Review: MISS SAIGON at Sabrina's Encore Productions

by Sean Fallon — July 27, 2018

To see an incredibly talented young cast successfully take on an emotionally intense show, I highly recommend MISS SAIGON, as performed by Sabrina's Encore Productions at the Klein Memorial Auditorium in Bridgeport, CT.

BWW Review: THE COLOR PURPLE at Connecticut Theatre Company

by Joseph Harrison — July 22, 2018

There is something glorious taking place at the Repertory Theatre in New Britain, Connecticut.

BWW Review: SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER at Town Players Of Newtown

by Sean Fallon — July 21, 2018

Tennessee Williams' SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER is performed at the Town Players of Newtown, in Newtown, CT.

BWW Review: OLIVER! at Goodspeed Opera House

by Joseph Harrison — July 20, 2018

"Please, sir.

BWW Review: WHERE ALL GOOD RABBITS GO at Thrown Stone Theatre Company

by Sean Fallon — July 20, 2018

WHERE ALL GOOD RABBITS GO is a wonderfully performed show, presently running at the Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance, and put on by the Thrown Stone Theatre Company.

BWW Review: A FLEA IN HER EAR at Westport Country Playhouse

by Sherry Shameer Cohen — July 16, 2018

Three years ago, this reviewer suggested that it was time to rediscover French theatre with the Westport Country Playhouse's production of David Ives's transplantation of Pierre Corneille's 1643 comedy, The Liar (Le Menteur).

BWW Review: THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE at Hartford Stage

by Joseph Harrison — July 15, 2018

THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE - piano virtuoso Mona Golabek's beautiful retelling of the story of her mother's escape from Vienna as a young woman on the Kindertransport - has returned for a limited engagement through July 22 at Hartford Stage and the performance is once again enthralling, beautiful

BWW Review: OUR HOUSE at Hole In The Wall Theater

by Sean Fallon — July 15, 2018

OUR HOUSE has one storyline about a struggling television station, and another about feuding roommates in an apartment.

BWW Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Connecticut Repertory Theatre

by Joseph Harrison — July 14, 2018

For over 40 years, Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic rock opera JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR has been thrilling audiences and sparking conversation and debate between theatergoers and fans alike.

BWW Review: THE ARSONISTS at Thrown Stone Theatre Company

by Sean Fallon — July 13, 2018

Thrown Stone Theatre Company has once again delivered a first rate production, in their two person show, THE ARSONISTS, complete with live music performed by the two cast members, and an emotionally intense storyline delivered in a highly believable manner.

BWW Review: THE QUEEN BEES at Connecticut Cabaret Theatre

by Sean Fallon — July 8, 2018

THE QUEEN BEES is a different type of jukebox musical, one that focuses on the rise to stardom of a fictional 'girl group' trio of the 1960s, one whose story holds similarities to that of the Shangri-Las.

BWW Review: ANYTHING GOES at Sharon Playhouse

by Sean Fallon — June 24, 2018

For a great comedic musical with a first-rate cast, ANYTHING GOES at the Sharon Playhouse is highly entertaining.

BWW Review: SWEENEY TODD at Connecticut Repertory Theatre

by Joseph Harrison — June 23, 2018

The orchestra begins to play a quiet, foreboding melody as the cast takes the stage inviting the audience to "Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd", soon with a signature factory whistle the man himself, malicious, glaring and exuding an air of evil appears center stage.

BWW Review: IN THE HEIGHTS at Playhouse On Park

by Joseph Harrison — June 18, 2018

Home.

BWW Review: MAMMA MIA! at ACT Of Connecticut

by Sean Fallon — June 12, 2018

The ACT of Connecticut takes Ridgefield by storm with their amazing debut musical, MAMMA MIA! Excellent singing, dancing, and acting dazzle the audience in this wonderful show!

BWW Review: DISASTER! at Connecticut Repertory Theatre

by Joseph Harrison — June 10, 2018

BWW Review: THE INVISIBLE HAND at TheaterWorks

by Joseph Harrison — June 9, 2018

Money is a funny thing.

BWW Review: RUMORS at Castle Craig Players

by Sean Fallon — June 11, 2018

Neil Simon's comedic farce RUMORS is brought to the Almira F.

BWW Review: THIRD at Milford Center For The Arts

by Sherry Shameer Cohen — June 5, 2018

Third, the final play written by Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein, closes the Eastbound Theatre's season at the Milford Center for the Arts.

BWW Review: FLYIN' WEST at Westport Country Playhouse

by Sherry Shameer Cohen — June 4, 2018

Tour-de-force performance in Pearl Cleage's thought-provoking play.

BWW Review: TRUE WEST at Ridgefield Theater Barn

by Sean Fallon — June 2, 2018

Sam Shapard's TRUE WEST comes to the Ridgefield Theater Barn, providing an emotionally intense drama with comedic elements interspersed.