BWW Reviews: Hole in the Wall's ANYTHING GOES Is a Pleasure Cruise on Choppy Seas
Cole Porter classic sails on some rough waters.
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BWW Reviews: Get On Your Dancing Shoes! GREASE Hits New Canaan
Get out your dancing shoes!
BWW Reviews: Well, Hello, Klea! Blackhurst Creates a Charming, Feisty Dolly
t's one of those old musicals with a few memorable tunes and a ridiculous plot that would find it difficult to stand on a modern stage otherwise, but solid performances anchored by Blackhurst make Goodspeed's production an enjoyable romp through turn-of-the-century New York.
BWW Reviews: LOOT at Westport Playhouse Where Nothing is Sacred
Nearly everyone has a cold, hard agenda
BWW Reviews: THE MUSIC MAN Always Was Robert Preston, Till There Was You, Barrett Foa
In a break from playing Eric Beale on the CBS television series "NCIS: Los Angeles," Barrett Foa is spending part of his summer charming audiences and a certain librarian as The Music Man, which wraps up CT Repertory Theatre's Nutmeg Series on the UConn campus.
BWW Reviews: Good Message, Strong Vocals Shake Out Enjoyabe Entertainment in Ivoryton's FOOTLOOSE
A predictable plot and disjointed musical elements might have brought FOOTLOOSE down, but deeper messages, good character development and -- at least in the production running over at Ivoryton Playhouse -- a strong vocal ensemble, turn the show around into an enjoyable romp through rebellious youth
BWW Reviews: The American Dream, Immigration Woes, Super Heroes Converge in a STUCK ELEVATOR
They tell the story (based on a true one) of Guang (Julius Ahn), an illegal immigrant who gets stuck in a Bronx elevator for 81 hours while making deliveries for the Happy Dragon Chinese Restaurant.
BWW Reviews: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM: CT Rep Makes it Funny Again
With its sexist plot, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM is one of those shows that probably was a riot in 1962, but seems like something is lacking when presented a half century later - until the CT Repertory version running as part of the Nutmeg Summer Series.
BWW Reviews: SOUTH PACIFIC in New Canaan
Perfect pitch for a tImely and timeless show.
BWW Reviews: THE SHOW-OFF in Westport Will Have You Ribbing Your Neighbors
And you think you have in-law problems?
BWW Reviews: AS YOU LIKE IT in Rowayton
Ingenious spirit beefs up Boy meets Girl classic.
BWW Reviews: MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Festival of Arts & Ideas Includes Some Nightmarish Elements
You know that dream where you find yourself naked on a stage with everyone laughing at you? It's an unfortunate reality for Miltos Yerolemou, the actor who plays Bottom in Bristol Old Vic's production ofA MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM as part of New Haven's International Festival of Ideas.
BWW Reviews: BILLY ELLIOT Dreams Big, with Some Literal Leaps of Faith, at the Bushnell
Directed by Stephen Daltry, Dickenson (displaying a ribald belt), Perkins (a hoot), Garner and Hebert all give strong performances.
BWW Reviews: Playhouse on Park's CABARET is Delicious, Dark and 'Deja Vu'
Kander and Ebb classic a well-performed redux at Playhouse on Park.
BWW Reviews: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU at Little Theatre of Manchester Needs More Comic Fireworks
Kaufman and Hart classic is a slow burn at Little Theatre of Manchester
BWW Reviews: Farmington Valley Stage Co's DINNER WITH FRIENDS Dishes out Marital Distress
Margulies' intimate look at the hidden cracks in marriage foundation reveals a very solid play at Farmington Valley Stage Company.
BWW Reviews: Nutmeg State Residents Will Recognize and Sputter While Laughing at Themselves in I'M CONNECTICUT
Bristol native son Mike Reiss, who has enjoyed success as a comedy writer for 'The Simpsons' among other shows, turns his attention to the root of his humor, his home state in the riotously funny I'M CONNECTICUT getting a slick production at Ivoryton Playhouse.
BWW Reviews: TheaterWorks' BECOMING DR. RUTH Reveals Woman Behind the Microphone
Rupp's power-house performance captures Ruth so effectively and in such detail, that we're convinced the much shorter, German accented woman must really be on stage.
BWW Reviews: Pat Sajak Spins Something New: The Tale of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE AT UCONN
Pat Sajak puts his spinning talents to work here in Connecticut this month, but this time turning records instead of a 'Wheel of Fortune' as he takes on the role of Man in Chair for CT Repertory's Nutmeg Summer Series production of The Drowsy Chaperone.
BWW Reviews: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Flies its Over-The-Top Treatment into the Bushnell
The true story of a teenager who plays a game of Catch Me if You Can with the FBI is already larger than life, but this musical, making a tour stop at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford, takes it way over the top by adding full-scale musical numbers, kick-line choreography and g
BWW Reviews: BLACK TIE at Square One Theatre in Stratford
Tradition! Tradition! Tradition!
BWW Reviews: Delicious Staging of TWELFTH NIGHT at Hartford Stage Becomes Food of Love
Hartford Stage's presentation of TWELFTH NIGHT, directed by Darko Tresnjak, is so sumptuous, so pleasing to look at and so cleverly staged that it's possible our appetite for any other setting for William Shakespeare's classic might be slaked.
BWW Reviews: CLYBOURNE PARK at Long Wharf Theatre
The rest of the story.
BWW Reviews: Bipolar Disorder Drives the Beat in a NEXT TO NORMAL Household
Kitt's score and Brian Yorgey's book and lyrics combine for one of the deepest and moving shows to hit a Broadway stage.
BWW Reviews: Racism Takes Up Residence in CLYBOURNE PARK
Have you heard the one about a little white man thrown in a jail cell with a big black guy? If not, you can catch this, and a few other offensive jokes over at Long Wharf Theatre, where they pepper the dialogue in Bruce Norris' CLYBOURNE PARK, the Pulitzer-Prize winning play that explores themes of
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Driving Miss Daisy Cabaret on Main Theater (9/17-10/04) |
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MOTHER (AND ME) Merryall Center (9/19-9/19) PHOTOS |
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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical A.C.T. of Connecticut (10/22-11/22) |
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Hocus Pocus Live! an all-new parody musical Palace Theater (10/29-10/29) |
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CATAPULT: MAGIC SHADOWS Jorgensen Center (11/15-11/15) |
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Moon Over Buffalo Goshen Players (10/10-10/25) |
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DRACULA, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really Brookfield Theatre (9/18-10/10) |
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The Snow Goose Goodspeed Opera House (8/28-10/18) |
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Lerner and Loewe's Brigadoon Visual and Performing Arts Center at WCSU (2/19-2/28) |
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DISNEY & PIXAR’S COCO IN CONCERT LIVE TO FILM Jorgensen Center (10/23-10/23) |