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Kaufman and Hart classic is a slow burn at Little Theatre of Manchester

Storrs: Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, starring Steven Hayes as the crafty slave Pseudolus, as the second of its three-show Summer Nutmeg Summer Series, June 20 - 30 in the Harriet S.

West Hartford's local businesses right on Park Road have united in a marketing collaboration called 'Meet Me on Park.

Beginning tonight, June 12th, 2013, Playhouse on Park presents the Tony Award winning musical 'Cabaret' book by Joe Masteroff, Music by John Kander and Lyrics by Fred Ebb.

Summer is just around the corner and Playhouse on Park is now accepting registrations for its Young Actor Musical Theatre Preparatory Program.

THE BOYS IN THE BAND is a classic 1970 film directed by William Friedkin, and co-stars Laurence Luckinbill as an out-of-the-closet husband and father.

Margulies' intimate look at the hidden cracks in marriage foundation reveals a very solid play at Farmington Valley Stage Company.

The Scorpion Bar at Foxwoods Resort Casino will fill the room with music on Sundays, as they bring a mixture of live music and Scorpion's annual Battle of the Bands competition to end the weekend on a high note.

Once the lowest performing school in the State of Connecticut, Roosevelt is one of eight schools around the country turning itself around through the arts.

Bristol native son Mike Reiss, who has enjoyed success as a comedy writer for 'The Simpsons' among other shows, turns his attention to the root of his humor, his home state in the riotously funny I'M CONNECTICUT getting a slick production at Ivoryton Playhouse.

Rupp's power-house performance captures Ruth so effectively and in such detail, that we're convinced the much shorter, German accented woman must really be on stage.

The education department at Hartford Stage launches a new MainStage MasterClass series for adults beginning in June, featuring two special topic workshops, Clown for Actors and Melodrama, taught by distinguished guest artist, Gregor Paslawsky, appearing on Hartford Stage's MainStage this spring in T

The Ridgefield Playhouse has announced its upcoming music acts for next week.

Chris Ghaffari, in rehearsal for perhaps his biggest role, the romantic male lead in Shakespeare's pastoral comedy 'As you Like It,' unabashedly admits he is intrigued by the timeless fascination of the actor for the stage.

A Connecticut-based live show, celebrating the music of New Haven natives, Karen and Richard Carpenter, will play for two nights in Collinsville, Conn.

Filmmaker and Yale professor emeritus Michael Roemer will speak on "Why Do Funny Plays and Movies Make Us Laugh" at "Books Worth Talking About, on Tuesday, June 18, 6:30 to 7:30 p.

Pat Sajak puts his spinning talents to work here in Connecticut this month, but this time turning records instead of a 'Wheel of Fortune' as he takes on the role of Man in Chair for CT Repertory's Nutmeg Summer Series production of The Drowsy Chaperone.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium about the classic comedy, 'The Show-Off,' and the work and life of playwright George Kelly, following the Sunday, June 16, 3 p.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present The Drowsy Chaperone, starring Pat Sajak as the Man in the Chair, as the first of its three-show Summer Nutmeg Summer Series, tonight, June 6 - 15 in the Harriet S.

Come join the conversation following the Sunday, June 16th matinee performance of Cabaret at Playhouse on Park for a Talk Back with cast and artistic team.

Barrett Foa, of NCIS: Los Angeles and Broadway's Avenue Q, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Mamma Mia! and Godspell, will star as 'Harold Hill' in Connecticut Repertory Theatre's production of THE MUSIC MAN, running July 11-21, 2013, with opening night set for July 12.

Voted "Funniest Comedian" at the New York Comedy Festival, Dan Soder presents his hysterical comedy routine on the Comix At Foxwoods stage this July.

The choreographer for Shakespeare's on the Sound's production at Pinkney Park in Rowayton June 13-30 is Michele Elliman of Darien whose theatrical biography in dance spans 30 years and three continents.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present The Drowsy Chaperone, starring Pat Sajak as the Man in the Chair, as the first of its three-show Summer Nutmeg Summer Series, tonight, June 6 - 15 in the Harriet S.

lthough much maligned, the horror remake is not always the worst thing in the world.