BWW Reviews: Goodspeed Scores Good Fun with GOOD NEWS to Field 50th
It's a simple tale, mostly predictable, but somehow perfect for the Goodspeed stage.
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BWW Reviews: Suffield Players' AS YOU LIKE IT is As We Like It
After some big budget busts, the Bard bounces back.
BWW Reviews: This HAIRSPRAY Sticks and is Quite a Do!
Director Paul Mullins has teased together a terrific cast (the ensemble at 45+ is huge) starring comedian Kevin Meaney as Edna Turnblad, Tina Fabrique (Ella) as Motormouth Mabel and Lena Mary Amato as Tracy, reprising this role for the fifth time.
BWW Reviews: Newington Mainstage PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE Entertains for a Spell
Do I have to spell it out for you? This show is fun!
BWW Reviews: HartBeat Ensemble's RIDING THE TURNPIKE Drags the Strip
The Berlin Turnpike is home to hot meals, Home Depot and hookers.
BWW Reviews: Shark Eats Shark, the Small Business in OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY at Ivoryton
'Shark-eats-little fish' and 'shark-eats-shark' set the stage for the underhanded word of corporate takeovers in Jerry Sterner's play, OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY over at Ivoryton Playhouse.
BWW Reviews: 8-Track, The Sounds of the 70's
Come on, get happy
BWW Reviews: Sisterhood Overcomes Evil in SISTER ACT Tour at the Bushnell
Ta'Rea Campbell stars as nightclub singer Deloris Van Cartier, the role made famous in the film by Whoopi Goldberg (who is a producer on the show).
BWW Reviews: Little Theatre of Manchester Brings OUR TOWN to Our Town
Timeless slice of life from Thornton Wilder still hits us where we live.
BWW Reviews: Connecticut Cabaret's LEND ME A TENOR Hits Some High Notes
Despite some sluggish pacing, CT Cabaret's TENOR sings a silly song.
BWW Reviews: A Tale as Tall as the Sky is Wide Sweeps Across Hartford Stage with ABUNDANCE
ABUNDANCE, Beth Henley's tale of two mail order brides out west in the last part of the 19th century, packs in everything you'd expect from a tall tale of life on the American frontier - and much more.
BWW Reviews: THE IMMIGRANT at Seven Angels Offers Storytelling at Its Best
Subtitled 'An American Musical,' it is in the truest sense the story of striving for the American Dream.
BWW Reviews: RIDE THE TIGER at Long Wharf Theatre
He (or she) who rides a tiger can never descend.
BWW Reviews: THE MOUNTAINTOP at TheaterWorks Hartford Recreates the Room and the Man
It's April 3, 1968 and the Rev.
BWW Reviews: Paul Giamatti's HAMLET at Yale Rep is 'Not To Be' Missed if You Want 'To Be' Entertained
Giamatti, a little older and less handsome-of-face than most Hamlets these days, brings out the tortured Dane prince's humorous side and in doing so, engages a younger generation that might not normally think several hours in a theater listening to Shakespeare could be a fun way to spend an evening.
BWW Reviews: Rock & Roll Fame Spins on the Flipside of Love in LIFE COULD BE A DREAM
In a basement rec room in the 1950s, four guys dream of being the next big thing in rock 'n' roll and of winning the girl who has stolen their hearts in Life Could Be A Dream, a jukebox musical that has them clapping and singing along at the Ivoryton Playhouse.
BWW Review: The Beatles Experience with RAIN Rocks at Waterbury's Palace
If you're a Beatles fan, you'll enjoy the music-jammed two and a half hours (with an intermission).
BWW Reviews: Spirit of Broadway's CONVENIENCE Stores All the Drama You Can Handle
BroadwayWorld Connecticut correspondent gives CONVENIENCE some tough love and a few inconvenient truths.
BWW Reviews: Playhouse on Park's PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM a Rediscovered Woody Allen Gem
The Woodman's 1969 daffy Broadway comedy gets revived at West Hartford's Playhouse on Park
BWW Reviews: Extra! Extra! Screwball Comedy HIS GIRL FRIDAY Unfolds at Connecticut Rep
Love in the newsroom, corrupt politics and a murder trial combine for screwball comedy in HIS GIRL FRIDAY over at Connecticut Repertory's Nafe Katter Theatre on the UConn campus.
BWW Reviews: Chatting with Chekhov Sheds Some Light in MAN IN CASE at Hartford Stage
Dramatic music plays, people talk in short sentences expressing their deepest feelings, video mimics what is happening on stage - or the stage action depicts what already has happened - in an atmosphere that feels depressing and foreign.
BWW Reviews: The Music Comes Through Loud and Clear, the Story Not So Much in AMERICAN IDIOT
A group of friends, loud music, drugs, sex, war and rebellion against parental authority.
BWW Reviews: FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY in Bridgeport
I wanna be like them.
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