CONNECTICUT THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 401

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Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak announced today Hartford Stage's 2015-16 season will open in September with the world premiere of An Opening in Time, a subtle and moving play about finding connections in a changing world, written by Connecticut native Christopher Shinn.

Sacred Heart University is announcing a new undergraduate degree in Theatre Arts expected to launch in the fall of 2015.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT), in conjunction with Split Knuckle Theatre, will present Band of the Black Hand in the Studio Theatre tonight, March 26th through April 4th.

Judy Collins continues to thrill audiences worldwide with her unique blend of interpretative folksongs and contemporary themes.

Some of Broadway's hottest female stars will be together on one stage in a Glee-like singing and dancing extravaganza -- The Broadway Dolls -- at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday, April 11, at 8:30 p.

Going to London's National Theatre, New York's Metropolitan Opera or Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet to see world-class productions is as easy as going to The Ridgefield Playhouse! Incomparable performances captured live on stage are coming to the Playhouse on the big screen in HD! On Saturday, April 4, at

Long Wharf Theatre presents brownsville song (b-side for tray) by Kimber Lee, directed by Associate Artistic Director Eric Ting, from tonight, March 25 through April 19.

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Westport Country Playhouse will host a "2015 Season Kick-off Block Party," on Saturday, April 11, 4 to 7 p.

Award-winning Pantochino Productions Inc, a non-profit professional theatre company for family audiences will present 'The Brothers Grimm and a Showgirl' for a limited engagement, March 27th to 29th at the Center for the Arts in Downtown Milford.

Today, RISK AGAIN! introduces you to NTI Program Representatives Brittany Ayers (NTI Fall '12) and Brendan Naylor (MATS '08) who share NTI's training opportunities with students and schools across the country.

On May 1, TheatreWorks New Milford will debut its production of SOUVENIR, a comedy with music, by Stephen Temperley.

The Bijou Theatre presents a Snooty Garland's Springtime Opus starring the incomparable Lady Liz! Snooty returns to the stage tonight, March 21st at 7pm.

The Bijou Theatre in Bijou Square, Bridgeport, presents the hilarious, murder musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood directed by Maggie Pangrazio with Music Direction by Thomas Buckley.

When Kristianna Smith, Long Wharf Theatre's Interim Principal Teaching Artist, put out a call to local students to create performance pieces about things they found inspiring, she didn't quite know what to expect.

Long Wharf Theatre's inaugural Contemporary American Voices Festival, a weekend of new play readings, will take place on Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19, 2015.

Yale Repertory Theatre announces its 2015-16 Season, which will include three world premieres and two classics.

Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry Presents Hao Bang Ah, Sheep! by Chinese Theatre Works Saturday, April 11, 2015 At the Ballard Institute Theater Performances at 1:00 p.

Shakespeare on the Sound is assembling its annual gala for April 18 (Saturday) at the Wee Burn Country Club in Darien and will honor the original founders who established the outdoor theater 20 years ago.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE presents THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE by Bertolt Brecht, translated from the German by James and Tania Stern with W.

Every time James Van Praagh, the original Ghost Whisperer, comes to The Ridgefield Playhouse, it's a sold-out event.

The madcap antics behind a script overhaul that led to the iconic film 'Gone With The Wind' unravel as comedic farce in the first of at least two productions Connecticut Playmakers is offering for its 68th year of Broadway-style theater in Greenwich.

As part of its Spring Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will host two forum events on Wednesdays in April at 7 p.

TheatreWorks' Kids (TW Kids) registration is now open for a ONE WEEK INTENSIVE program for students ages 7 to 19.