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Mason Alexander Park stars as Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, the singular performer in I Am My Own Wife at Long Wharf Theatre, and will embody over 30 characters over the course of each performance.

Through this reading series, original plays and musicals from emerging and established playwrights are developed and produced.

In today's world of a?oefake newsa?? and challenges to journalistic integrity, it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell fact from fiction.

Manahatta,' the impressive world premiere from Mary Kathryn Nagle at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, CT, history repeats itself with devastating consequences in lower Manhattan as the violent removal of the indigenous Delaware Lenape people in colonial times is echoed by the heartless destr

NEWSIES in Westport is a must-see masterpiece! A combination of local talent and Broadway talent help create a moving show that touches the hearts of all the viewers! I highly recommend this show!

Long Wharf Theatre (Jacob G.

The Burry Fredrik Foundation has announced lighting designer Evan C.

The Palace Theater's annual end of year bash will cap off the venue's fifteenth anniversary since its reopening, with a Palace-wide party on May 15 to mark this milestone.

Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by Carl Cofield, at the University Theatre (222 York Street), March 13a?"April 4.

Goodspeed Musicals' Board of Trustees announced today that a change in leadership will occur at the theatre after the 2020 season.

On February 28th, Southern Connecticut State University Department of Theatre kicks off the spring half of its 2019-20 season with Red Velvet by Lolita Chakrabarti.

Looped depicts an actual 1965 recording session in which an intoxicated Tallulah Bankhead, portrayed by Connecticut Cabaret Theatre favorite Kelly Boucher, required eight hours to dub a single line from her final movie Die! Die! My Darling! While antagonizing the film editor, Danny Miller, played by

Join us at the JCC in Sherman for Valentine's Day weekend as local actors perform Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'.

With a title like a?oeOne Hit Wonder,a?? you might think you know what to expect: a series of well-known one hit wonders strung together with a loose story that feels more like a musical revue than a musical, but my experience seeing Landmark Community Theatre's production of One Hit Wonder flipped

No matter how many times you may have seen GODSPELL before, it is definitely worth your time to see the ACT of Connecticut's vastly different interpretation which I like to refer to as a?oeGodspell on Caffeine.

In 1876, New Haven resident Edward Alexander Bouchet became the first African American to earn a doctorate degree in the United States.

It seems these days that every other musical opening on Broadway is based on a popular film.

Broadway Method Academy (BMA), the resident conservatory of Westport Country Playhouse, opens its production of “Disney's Newsies” tonight at the Playhouse.

The MAC (Milford Arts Council) and Pantochino Productions announce a very special Nite Spot Night event on March 7th at 8pm.

Academy Award® winner Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey star in director Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple in this 35th Anniversary Big Screen event at The Ridgefield Playhouse Sunday, February 23rd at 5pm, part of Cohen an

Enjoy the timeless and beloved ballet, Giselle, performed by the great ballet of Russia, The Bolshoi Ballet, in HD on the big screen at The Ridgefield Playhouse Sunday, February 16th at 12:55pm.

An essential masterpiece returns for a live broadcast of the most-beloved ballet in the classical canon.

The Color Purple kicked off Foxwood's Broadway Series last night, which ended with a standing ovation.

A new 6 week session of Yoga at the Palace begins on Wednesday,  February 19 and runs through March 28 from 12:30 a?" 1:30pm.

Sit at a candlelit table, surrounded by friends and i??join Amy Lynn and the Honeymen at the MAC (Milford Arts Council) 40 Railroad Avenue South in downtown Milford on February 22nd at 8pm.