BWW Review: PASSING STRANGE at Playhouse On Park
How does one find "the real"? That is the question that "Youth" the protagonist in PASSING STRANGE asks himself as he takes the audience along on his long journey of self-discovery.
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BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Connecticut Repertory Theater
Fast-paced and funny is what the production of TWELFTH NIGHT at UConn's Connecticut Repertory Theater is going for, it seems.
BWW Review: CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS at TheaterWorks
What is Clara of NUTCRACKER fame like as a grownup? Or Tiny Tim, or Charlie Brown, or Cindy Lou Who from HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS? Answers await in Hartford's TheaterWorks basement space, transformed into a cozy but dated local bar on Christmas Eve, in a lonely corner of the cosmos with a st
BWW Review: MAN OF LA MANCHA at the Broad Brook Opera House
It's always a thrill to make your first visit to see a new theatre company.
BWW Reviews: MASS APPEAL at Square One Theatre
Square One Theatre opens season with MASS APPEAL
BWW Review: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
Between the dancing, singing and joking, this fun-hearted musical is a pleasant surprised and one to be seen.
BWW Review: A New REAR WINDOW Premieres at Hartford Stage Company
Hartford Stage's new adaptation of REAR WINDOW is an exercise in style as well as being a significant reworking of a famous story for our time.
BWW Review: DISGRACED at Long Wharf Theatre
How do we costume ourselves for public representation? For friends and lovers? What's essential to identity and what can be shed? Can we take on aspects of cultural heritages other than our own without exploitation? DISGRACED, which won the Pulitzer in 2013, takes up the dynamics of cultura
BWW Review: EVITA is a Feast for the Eyes in Music Theatre of Connecticut's Snug Space
What a time for Music Theatre of Connecticut to revive this musical, bringing the 'circus' that is how we the people view seemingly larger-than-life characters into its snug Norwalk space.
BWW Review: A WONDERFUL LIFE at Goodspeed Opera House
It's a tricky thing when a popular film is adapted for the musical stage.
BWW Review: THIRD at TheaterWorks
The title character of THIRD is male: Woodson Bull III, called 'Third' for short.
BWW Review: SLEEPY HOLLOW in Bridgeport
Don't believe me, just watch.
BWW Review: BROKEN GLASS in Westport
Westport Country Playhouse closed its season by honoring the centennial of Pultizer prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller with his 1994 play, Broken Glass.
BWW Review: THE ODYSSEY: AN EPIC DANCE JOURNEY at Carol Autorino Center, University Of St. Joseph
Hartford, Connecticut's Sonia Plumb Dance Company is celebrating its 25th anniversary season with an ambitious original production: THE ODYSSEY: AN EPIC DANCE JOURNEY.
BWW Review: TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE at Playhouse On Park
At the beginning of the premiere production of Playhouse on Park's seventh season, TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, we learn that we are present for the last class taught by Morrie Schwartz, and that Mitch Albom, the author of the book on which the play is based, will be the sole student.
BWW Review: AN OPENING IN TIME at Hartford Stage Company
At the top of Christopher Shinn's new play at Hartford Stage, AN OPENING IN TIME, the lights never dim to blackout.
BWW Reviews: BEDROOM FARCE Leaves Audiences in Stitches as Westport Country Playhouse's Grown-Up Bedtime Tale
Alan Ayckbourn makes another delightful, not-so-clean comedy sweep at Westport Country Playhouse with Bedroom Farce.
BWW Review: BEDROOM FARCE in Westport
Alan Ayckbourn's 1975 play, Bedroom Farce, is as good as it gets at the Westport Country Playhouse.
BWW Review: MURDER FOR TWO in New Haven
'They put the laughter in manslaughter' is the tagline for Murder for Two, the new musical playing at The Long Wharf Theatre through August 30.
BWW Reviews: I'LL EAT YOU LAST in Hartford
TheaterWorks in Hartford is closing out its 29th season with the one-woman talk fest based on one of Hollywood's first female super agents: Sue Mengers.
BWW Reviews: Playhouse on Park Closes Season With a HAIR Do
Playhouse on Park lets their freak flag fly.
BWW Reviews: AND A NIGHTINGALE SANG
More energy than you think.
BWW Reviews: GOOD PEOPLE at TheaterWorks in Hartford
Hartford's a good city for a production of David Lindsay-Abaire's play GOOD PEOPLE, which centers on questions of class in America: how is it that some people get out of the 'hood' and get ahead while others who work plenty hard don't?
BWW Reviews: THE WINSLOW BOY in Stratford
Not about justice, but about doing right.
BWW Reviews: KISS ME KATE at Hartford Stage Company
Director Darko Tresnjak, who won big with A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER on Broadway last season, has masterminded another Broadway-style musical confection with his new production of KISS ME KATE at the Hartford Stage Company.
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Driving Miss Daisy Cabaret on Main Theater (9/17-10/04) |
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The Odd Couple Legacy Theatre (9/10-9/10) |
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Sunday Broadway Concert Series with John McDaniel, starring Adrianna Hicks Legacy Theatre (8/30-8/30) |
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Bright Star Visual and Performing Arts Center at WCSU (10/09-10/18) |
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Beyond 1969: A Musical Tribute to The Greatest Year in Music The Little Theatre of Manchester (8/29-8/29) |
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Pride and Prejudice Visual and Performing Arts Center at WCSU (11/20-11/22) |
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Annie Goodspeed Opera House (10/30-12/27) |
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MOTHER (AND ME) Merryall Center (9/19-9/19) PHOTOS |
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Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play Visual and Performing Arts Center at WCSU (4/16-4/25) |
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PAT METHENY: Side-Eye III+ Jorgensen Center (9/25-9/25) |