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CT's Center Stage Theatre Announces Appointment Of Carla Supersano Sullivan As Managing Director
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2021
Center Stage Theatre, an inclusive and intergenerational community-based theatre providing quality and affordable performances, educational programming and volunteer opportunities, today announced its appointment of Shelton native and resident Carla Supersano Sullivan as its Managing Director. 
Jose Feliciano Received the Adelia Award at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2021
Grammy Award artist,  musician, composer, and singer Jose Feliciano received the prestigious Adelia Award from  the Saint Pio Foundation. The Foundation presents this award each year to individuals  whose selfless and outstanding contributions serve as extraordinary examples of providing  relief from suffering to those in need.  
Judy Dworin Performance Project To Present EMERGENCE At Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2021
For fourteen months, residents of Connecticut got a tiny taste of what involuntary confinement feels like. With that changed perspective, we can perhaps better understand the burden of isolation experienced by those in prison.
GET THE LED OUT Comes to the Warner in January
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2021
GET THE LED OUT, a celebration of “The Mighty Zep”, will bring their critically acclaimed show to the historic Warner Theatre's Main Stage on Friday, January 28, 2022, at 8:00 pm. Tickets are on sale to Warner Members on Tuesday, September 21 at 10:00 am and to the General Public on Friday, September 24 at 10:00 am.
Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours Of The Mark Twain House Return For October 2021
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2021
After a year hiatus, The Mark Twain House & Museum once again offers GRAVEYARD SHIFT GHOST TOURS, nocturnal visits of the historic mansion for the month of October.
Anne Cattaneo Releases 'The Art Of Dramaturgy'
by BWW News Desk - September 18, 2021
Anne Cattaneo, the highly acclaimed longtime dramaturg of Lincoln Center—and creator and head of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab—has written an engaging and revealing book, The Art of Dramaturgy, that enlightens readers as to the role of the dramaturg, with stories from her work with theater artists such as Tom Stoppard, Wendy Wasserstein, Robert Wilson, Shi-Zheng Chen, and Sarah Ruhl, as well as the discovery of a 'lost' play by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.
Eastbound Theatre Presents OUR TOWN
by BWW News Desk - September 17, 2021
The Milford Arts Council's (The MAC) Eastbound Theatre is proud to announce the kickoff of their 2021-2022 season! The first show of the season, Our Town, will be held at Eisenhower Park, home to the MAC's MAC in the Park series.
TheaterWorks Hartford Postpones Start of 2021 Season
by BWW News Desk - September 17, 2021
TheaterWorks Hartford has announced that they have postponed live shows until Christmastime, due to COVID-19 concerns and worker shortages.
Westport Country Playhouse Announces 2022 Season
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2021
Westport Country Playhouse announces its upcoming 92nd Season, from April to November 2022, featuring five productions, staged before a live audience, under the artistic direction of Mark Lamos. “The season will make you feel, think, and spark conversation,” said Lamos.
Night Fall Returns For 10th Anniversary Production To Hartford's Keney Park
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2021
Initiated by Hartford artist Anne Cubberly and a coalition of like-minded visionaries in 2012, Night Fall was created to celebrate the city's park system and neighborhoods by rotating its annual presentation to public park sites throughout the city.
New Haven Photographer Merik Goma To Begin Artist In Residence At The Amistad Center
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2021
The Amistad Center for Art & Culture is pleased to announce Merik Goma as the inaugural Joyce C. Willis Artist in Residence. Made possible through a generous grant from The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation, this $150,000 program includes an eighteen-month residency and will culminate in an exhibition of newly created work.
FRANK S. PETRILLI of THE DUMB WAITER & GRACELAND at TOWN PLAYERS OF NEW CANAAN
by Sherry Shameer Cohen - September 15, 2021
If you don't know Frank S. Petrilli's work, it's high time you did. Petrilli has earned a stellar reputation as a director's director and a dramatist's dramatist, most frequently working in Connecticut. He is always available to bring his work again to New York City and beyond.
The Ballard Institute Virtually Presents 'Animating Memories Of Japanese American Incarceration' This Month
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2021
For its first installment of the 2021 Fall Puppet Forum Series, and in conjunction with the Puppetry’s Racial Reckoning exhibit, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will host “Animating Memories of Japanese American Incarceration” with theater artist Kimi Maeda and UConn Professor Hana Maruyama.
Concert Legends Come to Palace Theater Waterbury, October 14
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2021
The Palace Theater is observing its 100th Anniversary during the 2021-22 season and has several special events planned to commemorate the milestone.
The Bushnell To Present Author and Humorist David Sedaris On October 19
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2021
Following the release of his newest books The Best of Me and A Carnival of Snackery, David Sedaris, author of the previous bestsellers Calypso, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and a regular National Public Radio contributor, will be appearing for one night only at The Bushnell.
The Palace Theatre to Offer Complimentary Tickets To Healthcare Workers For Eli Young Band Show On Friday
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2021
On Friday, September 17, multi-platinum country music hitmakers Eli Young Band will make their way to The Palace Theatre in Stamford. To celebrate reopening its doors for live performances, and to honor the healthcare heroes who made it possible, The Palace is giving away 200 complimentary tickets to healthcare workers.
Boris Godunov Comes to the Warner Next Month
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2021
Bass René Pape, the world's reigning Boris, reprises his tremendous portrayal of the tortured tsar caught between grasping ambition and crippling paranoia. Conductor Sebastian Weigle leads Mussorgsky's masterwork, a pillar of the Russian repertoire, in its original 1869 version. Stephen Wadsworth's affecting production poignantly captures the hope and suffering of the Russian people, as well as the title ruler himself.
Melissa Etheridge Comes to the Warner in November
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2021
The iconic Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer/songwriter and activist stormed onto the American rock scene in 1988 with the release of her critically acclaimed self-titled debut album. 
Richard Marx Comes to the Warner Next Month
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2021
The legacy of his career as a songwriter, singer and musician and now author (with the soon-to-be-released memoir, Stories To Tell) is now well established and Richard is happy to continue on his trajectory, wherever it takes him. 
BWW Review: THE SOUNDS OF THE SEVENTIES at Downtown Cabaret Theatre
by Sean Fallon - September 11, 2021
On Friday, September 10, I had the pleasure of seeing THE SOUNDS OF THE SEVENTIES, reprised at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre. This approximate two hour performance includes nearly fifty different songs, performed by the extremely talented four original cast members. Mikayla Petrilla, Saige Bryan, Robert Peterpaul, and Everton Ricketts all have incredible voices, strong stage presences, tremendous acting skills, tight stage chemistry with each other, and a positive attitude of genuinely enjoying their performance, radiating positive energy all throughout the audience!
2ND ACT SERIES Returns to Palace Theater Waterbury
by BWW News Desk - September 10, 2021
What do an actress, priest, author, spiritual seeker and others share in common? Find out when the Palace Theater's fourth season of its popular 2ND ACT series resumes on October 13 with a return engagement by the popular Father Jim Sullivan, the charismatic priest from the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Waterbury.
The Ballard Institute Presents WHO TOOK THE COOKIES FROM THE COOKIE JAR?
by BWW News Desk - September 10, 2021
New York City-based WonderSpark Puppets will perform Who Took The Cookies From The Cookie Jar? on Sept. 25 at 11 a.m. ET in Betsy Paterson Square in Downtown Storrs. 
Gen Z Violinist, Sanne Zwikker, to Perform at The Ivoryton Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - September 10, 2021
On Monday, September 27th 18th at 7:00pm, Sanne Zwikker will present a solo violin concert at the Ivoryton Playhouse. The repertoire will include works from Bach – Partita No. 1 in B minor and Sonata No.1 in G minor -  as well as technical masterpieces from Paganini – Caprice No. 11 and No. 20.
The Connecticut Repertory Theatre Launches New Season This Month
by BWW News Desk - September 10, 2021
Connecticut Repertory Theatre has announced its return to staged theater with the launch of its Fall 2021 season. Every step of planning kept our students' education and safety paramount.
The Bushnell to Present RENT The 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour This November
by BWW News Desk - September 10, 2021
RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour tickets are on sale NOW for the iconic Broadway musical’s engagement at The Bushnell (166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT), November 5-7.

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