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The parade seen is terrifically stages with marching bands, entertaining acts and the famous Macy's balloons all depicted while Music Director Richard DeRosa and his five-man band play a score by Meredith "Music Man" Wilson that includes "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.
Right from the start, Michael Wilson's adaptation of Charles Dicken's A CHRISTMAS CAROL makes it clear that its subtitle, "A Ghost of a Christmas Story," should be taken seriously.
What stands out about this production is the really terrific fight choreography by Greg Webster.
Charles Schulz's 'Peanuts' characters return in a candy-coated confection at Broad Brook Opera House.
In this sumptuous, eye-pleasing version of the last days of Marie Antoinette, Adjmi interjects modern thoughts into history from France's bloody Revolution to create a remarkable, thought-provoking and witty theatrical experience.
Torrington's Warner Theatre's SUNSET BOULEVARD is big, it's the star that got small.
Insults, cooking competitions, family secrets bubbling to the surface and food fights are ingredients for a successful show.
The dissolution of a marriage leaves New Britain audiences with much to chew on.
= Christie Brinkley, who played this role twice on Broadway, gives it a professional effort (adopting a speaking voice that sounds a lot like original Roxie Gwen Verdon), and she looks terrific, but singing and dancing don't come naturally to the former supermodel.
The biggest mystery surrounding SOMETHING'S AFOOT isn't who's murdering guests at a posh estate on a remote island.
It's compelling, moving, excellent theater and Pratt is a treat to watch.
Offering its first musical premiere since the 1996-97 season, Hartford Stage presents a tongue-in-cheek, Edwardian romp among the royals in A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder starring Tony-Award-Winner and Connecticut native Jefferson Mays (I Am My Own Wife) as eight different characters.
John Steinbeck's heartbreaking masterpiece is given a solid rendering at West Hartford's Playhouse on Park.
It was a dark and stormy -- and 50-Shades-of-Grey-kind-of -- night.
Phylicia Rashad just may have directed the definitive version of Lorraine Hansbury's A Raisin in the Sun.
Bullying, gun control and abortion rights are just a few issues that get a town hall hearing in the regional premiere of Theresa Rebeck's O BEAUTIFUL at CT Rep.
If you are a fan of the songs of Neil Sedaka, BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO, featuring 19 tunes performed by an enthusiastic ensemble at Ivoryton Playhouse, then love will keep you together.
Montoya's writing is impassioned, witty and insightful and we can't help but come away knowing that we and our family history are part of the Night too.
In this touring rendition of the P.
Meet the family! The theme of what makes a family is at the heart of Harbor, the world premiere of Chad Beguelin's first non-musical play.
Times have changed, but Hedda's frustration still rings true in a contemporary society where political headlines about a "war on women" and protests that decisions on women's reproductive rights are made predominantly by men dominate today's headlines.
Meet the family! The theme of what makes a family is at the heart of Harbor, the world premiere of Chad Beguelin's first non-musical play.
The dark and dingy streets of Victorian London and the hard life that faces those without the benefit of family pedigree or fortune are splendidly recreated in Ivoryton Playhouse's entertaining production of Oliver!, Lionel Bart's musical adaptation of Charles Dickens classic "Oliver Twist.
When dowdy, painfully shy Adelaide Pinchin (Andrea Maulella) meets dashing, smooth-talking, George Love (Mark Shanahan) it's love at first sight -- for him! Or is it? All is not what it seems in Karoline Leach's play Tryst, a taut, brooding, romance thriller full of creepy twists and turns that make
Little Theatre of Manchester's Musical Revue proves that the third time's not always the charm.
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM CURTAIN CALL'S SHAKESPEARE ON THE GREEN (7/09-7/19) |
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Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Kweskin Theatre (8/06-8/15) |
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Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Madison Lyric Stage (7/17-7/26) |
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O.A.R. Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater (9/20-9/20) |
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Afroman Set to Light Up Mohegan Sun Mohegan Sun Arena (8/29-8/29) |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by The United European Ballet Company Stamford Palace Theatre (10/17-10/17) |
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DRACULA, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really Brookfield Theatre (9/18-10/10) |
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Mamma Mia! Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts [Mortensen Hall] (10/20-10/25) |
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Demi Lovato Brings Chart-Topping Hits to Mohegan Sun Arena Mohegan Sun Arena (8/29-8/29) |
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Adam Lambert to deliver thrilling performance at Mohegan Sun Mohegan Sun Arena (7/18-7/18) |
