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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). When Deloris sees her lover, gangster Curtis Jackson (Kingsley Leggs, who originated the role on Broadway), murder a snitch she's marked for execution a...
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. Maybe too much....
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. Haskell (Max Bisantz) arrives in the small town of Hamilton, in Central Texas shortly after the turn of the century, pushing a banana cart and unable to speak English. Wary at first of the strang...
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. Martin Luther King, Jr., arrives at a Memphis motel after delivering his 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' speech. There, a mysterious maid bringing him a cup of room service coffee causes him to reflect on his life and destiny in Katori Hall's Olivier-winning play THE M...
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). The music and vocals are good. It's the next best thing to seeing Paul, George, John and Ringo in person. Four generations were represented in the audience who sang and clapped along with the music....
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.Spirit of Broadway's CONVENIENCE stores all the drama you can handle...
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. We have stepped into the world premiere of Man in a Case starr...
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. If you're thinking Spring Awakening or Hair, you're close, but just a generation or two off. This one is American Idiot, a Punk Rock musical featuring songs from Green Day and making a tour stop at the Bushnell...
BWW Reviews: FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY in Bridgeport
I wanna be like them....
BWW Reviews: CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS at Long Wharf
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, we are our parents, after all....
BWW Reviews: CT Cabaret's GREASE is a Rock 'n' Roll Party Scene
Hop in Greased Lightning and cruise down the Berlin Turnpike!...
BWW Reviews: Riveting Performances Propel Long Wharf's CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS
The darker side of the production is offset by riveting performances by Ivey and Tighe - and that really adorable scene-stealing lamb handled by William Berloni....
BWW Reviews: Seven Angels Takes Us on Trip Down Memory Lane with George Burns in SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE
The play is as much a love letter from Burns to his comedy partner and wife and a tribute to his friendship with comedian Jack Benny as it is a memoir of his career, which spanned 90 years until he turned 100....
BWW Reviews: Little Theatre of Manchester's VIRGINIA WOOLF is Vicious and Vibrant
Can't afford a trip to see the current Broadway revival? LTM's VIRGINIA WOOLF is nothing to be afraid of......
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