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The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center announced today that Dan Sullivan, faculty member of the National Critics Institute (NCI) since 1977 and its Director since 1999, will retire as head of the long-standing summer program for theater critics.

Summer just got hotter with the new Mama D's Outrageous Summer Romp! Back by popular demand, this sexy extravaganza is a night out for grown-ups full of music, dance, and comedy (with just enough costumes to keep it legal!)

Arts advocate and philanthropist Howard J.

Today, August 16 at 7:30pm the Warner Theatre will be showing CLERKS, the 1994 comedy written and directed by Kevin Smith, who also appears in the film as Silent Bob.

"I wanted to launch A Broadway/Cabaret/Jazz Series with something a little special," said organizer and host of the event, Lynn DiMenna.

With her first three recordings, 2003's 'The Love' EP, 2005's breezy 'twentythree' and 2008's 'Hello,' Tristan Prettyman parlayed her smoky alto voice and laid-back surfer-girl-from-San-Diego charm into an eight-year career studded with highlights that included 'Hello's' No.

Single tickets for Long Wharf Theatre's 2012-13 season are on sale starting Monday, August 5.

In the video below, Tartaglia and students from the production chat with 'CBS This Morning' about the importance of the performance to the community.

The bases are loaded with musical theatre magic as TriArts Sharon Playhouse, under the leadership of Alice Bem and Executive Director and John Simpkins Artistic Director, presents the Tony Award-winning musical Damn Yankees from August 14-25 on the TriArts Mainstage (49 Amenia Road, Sharon).

This fall, TheatreWorks New Milford will present the black Irish comedy THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN, by Tony Award-nominated playwright and Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin McDonagh ("In Bruges," "Seven Psychopaths").

Asbury Shorts, New York City's longest running short film exhibition, presents its acclaimed touring "Short Film Concert" at The Bijou Theatre in Bridgeport.

On Friday, August 16 at 7:30pm the Warner Theatre will be showing CLERKS, the 1994 comedy written and directed by Kevin Smith, who also appears in the film as Silent Bob.

Westport Country Playhouse announces its 2014 season of five productions, from acclaimed playwrights Noel Coward, Ingmar Bergman, Alan Ayckbourn, and Lynn Nottage, playing next year from April through October.

Music Director Kim Aliczi puts together a selection of more than 30 musical numbers from members of the great American Songbook like Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Irving Berlin with medleys featuring tunes from one composer or themes, like songs about trains.

Director Lawrence Thelen proves himself up to the challenge, however, with the casting of terrific nonEquity actress Sheniqua Denise Trotman from Huntsville, AL.

Theresa Caputo is a typical Long Island wife and mom, except for one distinct difference…she communicates with the dead.

For the last 5 weeks, a dedicated team of Broadway professionals - led by 3 of the same individuals who produced a Broadway tribute to the Newtown community in Waterbury last January - has been working with more than 100 Newtown area students in a production of Seussical the Musical.

Continuing a long-standing tradition, Town Players is pleased to announce the opening of another fast-paced British farce, TOM, DICK AND HARRY on Saturday, September 14 at The Little Theatre.

Make a full family afternoon of it in downtown New London today, Saturday, August 10, when the Downtown New London Association, City of New London, and New London Maritime Society - Custom House Maritime Museum present the renowned Nimble Arts Summer Circus, free of charge, on New London's Waterfron

Hartford Stage will host the Broadway Dreams Triple Threat Extreme Showcase at 6 p.

TheatreWorks Stage Two Program for teens will present the Broadway musical HAIR, The American Tribal Love - Rock Musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot tonight, August 9 and Saturday August 10 at 7:00pm.

Edgy and quirky, Emmy award-winning actress and comedian Judy Gold comes to Bristol Riverside Theatre tonight, August 9-11 in a program of hilarious stand-up comedy.

Three award-winning plays will be broadcast Live in HD from Britain's National Theatre to The Ridgefield Playhouse in October.

The grand incomparable spectacle of opera returns to The Ridgefield Playhouse this fall with an impressive lineup broadcast from the Met Live in HD.

For a chance to see first-hand the process a film goes through before it gets made, there will be a staged reading of the film Put It Into Words at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Thursday, October 3, at 7 p.