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Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium with guest speaker Francesca Coppa, foremost American expert on the British playwright Joe Orton, following today's 3 p.

Renowned actress Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience, Live in HD from Britain's National Theatre (NTL) today, July 20, at 6:30 p.

The Tony award-winning Eugene O'Neill Theater Center will hold its Annual Summer Gala tonight, July 20, in the Sunken Garden on the theater's grounds.

As part of the Palace Theatre's Triple Threat Performer Intensive, Broadway veteran and current cast member of the Tony Award-winning revival of Pippin, Stephanie Pope will be at the theatre Tuesday at 11 a.

TriArts Sharon Playhouse, under the leadership of Alice Bemand Executive Director and John Simpkins Artistic Director, presents Neil Simon and Marvin Hamlisch's award-winning musical comedy They're Playing Our Song, with performances tonight, July 19 through 28.

Playhouse on Park, Hartford county's most affordable and intimate professional theatre, is ready to announce its 5th Anniversary Season.

Ridgefield resident Steve Kazlauskas was inspired to become a singer by an exchange of letters with Ol' Blue Eyes himself.

The Ridgefield Theater Barn will present a very special concert, "The Music of Duncan Sheik, featuring hits from Spring Awakening", reuniting the cast from their sold-out, critically acclaimed fall production.

The Windham Theatre Guild will present live on stage the Broadway hit musical The Secret Garden, opening tonight, July 19th at the Burton Leavitt Theatre, 779 Main Street, Willimantic.

Full of onstage joy and backstage drama, the sensational new production of DREAMGIRLS, which opens in Ivoryton on August 7th, tells the story of an up-and-coming 1960s girl singing group, and the triumphs and tribulations that come with fame and fortune.

Torrington, CT - The Warner Theatre has just announced two new shows: MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL and An Evening with Kevin Smith.

Westport Country Playhouse will stage the British farce, 'Loot,' a wickedly funny send-up of larcenous, lascivious behavior among the English middle classes, written by Joe Orton and directed by David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director, playing now through August 3.

Tonight, July 18 at 7:30pm, the Warner Theatre will be screening BENEATH,a Larry Fessenden film shot in Northwest Connecticut.

Klea Blackhurst talks about her career, Jerry Herman and starring in HELLO, DOLLY! at the Goodspeed Opera House

TriArts Sharon Playhouse, under the leadership of Alice Bemand Executive Director and John Simpkins Artistic Director, is pleased to present Neil Simon and Marvin Hamlisch's award-winning musical comedy They're Playing Our Song, with performances July 19 through 28.

The Warner Stage Company will bring everyone's favorite ogre to life on stage when SHREK the Musical opens July 27 on the main stage of the Warner Theatre.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) has announced that two-time OBIE Award winner Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812) will direct THE FAIRYTALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS by 2012 Whiting Writers' Award winner Meg Miroshnik,

WHAT: The Scorpion Bar at Foxwoods Resort Casino has announced the formation of 'Scorpion Idol,' a three month-long karaoke contest that will be hosted by American Idol top-ten finisher, Erika Van Pelt, and DJ JKrak.

TheatreWorks New Milford presented the worled premiere of the musical comedy EARNEST OR WHAT'S IN A NAME?, an original adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' on July 12.

Some of the most entertaining acts in history have been 'Perfect Pairs' - Abbott & Costello, Martin & Lewis, Lucy & Desi.

Hartford Stage will host the Broadway Dreams Triple Threat Extreme Workshop for local teen performers, Friday, August 16, through Sunday, August 18.

Westport Country Playhouse will stage the British farce, 'Loot,' a wickedly funny send-up of larcenous, lascivious behavior among the English middle classes, written by Joe Orton and directed by David Kennedy, Playhouse associate artistic director, playing from tonight, July 16 through August 3.

If you are a high school teacher responsible for/interested in directing theatre at your school and would like to brush up on your skills, now is your chance.

In a break from playing Eric Beale on the CBS television series "NCIS: Los Angeles," Barrett Foa is spending part of his summer charming audiences and a certain librarian as The Music Man, which wraps up CT Repertory Theatre's Nutmeg Series on the UConn campus.

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