CONNECTICUT THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 318

Westport Country Playhouse, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), and TEAM Westport will partner to present "From Hate to Hope: A Conversation with Holocaust Kindertransport Survivor Ivan Backer," on Wednesday, March 29, at 7 p.

The Vagabond Theatre Company of Greater Bridgeport's second production of their Inaugural Season, Stephen Adly Guirgis' dark comedy, The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot, opens tomorrow.

Bridgeport's Downtown Cabaret Theatre will host the East coast premiere of Stars in Concert, for three performances beginning Friday, April 7 at 7:30pm plus two additional performances on Saturday, April 8 at 5pm and 8:15pm.

The Theatre Arts Program (TAP) at Sacred Heart University presents a re-imagined version of Jesus Christ Superstar, the smash Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical and international hit.

Chapatti, written by Irish playwright Christian O'Reilly, fills the house with enough comedy, drama, romance, darkness, and light that patrons will leave knowing that they have enjoyed a bold and life-affirming performance.

The Windham Theatre Guild will present You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Revised), based on the comic strip 'Peanuts' by Charles M.

After a critically-acclaimed sell-out run in New York City, playwright,  performer and activist James Lecesne will bring his inspirational solo show, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, to Hartford Stage from Thursday, March 30, through Sunday, April 23.

In a musical career spanning half a century, Peter Wolf has earned a reputation as one of rock 'n' roll's most compelling performers, while consistently making distinctive, personally charged music that demonstrates his mastery of a bottomless well of American musical styles.

As part of the 2017 Spring Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will present a discussion with graphic designer and author Bruce Kennett titled W.

With only a little over two months before the curtain goes up on Westport Country Playhouse's 2017 Season, single tickets will go on sale, beginning Tuesday, March 21, and will be offered at a 25% discount for that day only.

The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts announced today the productions that will make up its 2017-2018 Broadway Series season.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) Artistic Director Terrence Mann and Executive Producer Matthew J.

Quickly gaining recognition as one of Irish music's new "super-groups," RUNA has been enchanting audiences by pushing the boundaries of Irish folk music into the Americana and roots music formats since their formation in 2008.

The Warner Theatre's 2016-17 Met Opera Live in HD Season continues with Mozart's IDOMENEO in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre on Saturday, March 25 at 12:55 pm.

Comedy's very own Queen of Mean, Lisa Lampanelli, is bringing her all-new live stand-up comedy show to the Warner Theatre's Main Stage on Saturday, March 25 at 8:00 pm.

Under The Streetlamp is coming to the Warner Theatre for a live, one-night only performance on Friday, March 24 at 8:00 pm.

On April 21, The Sherman Playhouse will kick off its 2017 theatrical season with John Guare's dark comedy, The House of Blue Leaves.

Over-the-top characters have deliberately comical interactions at a house party in which the host has shot himself earlier in the evening, before the guests arrived.

Sexual politics, liberation and the cost it weighs on those seeking it (and from whom they are seeking it from), and the fluidity of expression (both in gender and in sexuality) are all on display at Hartford Stage in its latest production of Caryl Churchill's CLOUD 9.

The Warner Theatre's 2016-17 Met Opera: Live in HD Season continues with Verdi's LA TRAVIATA in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre today, March 11 at 12:55 pm.

The Vagabond Theatre Company of Greater Bridgeport announces their cast for the final production of their Inaugural Season: Burt V Royal's dark comedy, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead.

Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead is Bert V Royal's unauthorized parody of the beloved Peanuts comic strip.

The Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield Magazine Broadway and Cabaret Series and Pepsi Rock Series presents Jesus Christ Superstar - The Rock Opera on Saturday, March 25 at 2pm and 8pm and is partially underwritten by Adam Broderick Salon & Spa and Bart's Tree Service.

The Sherman Playhouse is holding an audition call for an ethnically diverse cast of men and women - ages 16 to 30 - for the summer production of Hair: The Musical.

Music Mountain, America's oldest continuing summer chamber musical festival, announced today the lineup for its 2017 Twilight Concert Series! "We have selected an unprecedented 11 jazz ensembles plus a taste of Broadway to make this season's series one of the biggest yet!" stated Music Mountain Pres