CONNECTICUT THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 643

Move over Susan Boyle; the next UConn Idol will soon have supreme bragging rights on campus.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT), the professional producing arm of the Department of Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, is offering four productions in the Nutmeg Summer Series between May 27 and July 4, 2010 - its first full summer season since 2002.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium with one of the most famous Broadway musical teams, Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, who created the musical, 'She Loves Me,' following the Sunday, April 25, 3 p.

The Hartt School's Theatre Division presents The Importance of Being Earnest, Thursday, April 8, Friday, April 9, and Saturday, April 10, at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, April 11, at 3:00 PM.

Long Wharf Theatre Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein follows up his triumphant re-examination of The Glass Menagerie and his exploration of the new works of Athol Fugard with his adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, running on the Mainstage from April 28 through May 23.

Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage presents 'Doubt' a Parable by John Patrick Shanley.

Recognized for its virtuosity, exuberant style, and often daring repertory, the Pacifica Quartet has carved out a compelling musical path.

HartBeat Ensemble will present 'Live From the Edge,' an evening filled with 'the best of' performances from visiting ensemble Universes, a band of poets from New York who have created their own brand of fusion theatre.

The Next Stage Program, Long Wharf Theatre's program for early-career theatre professionals, will present The Happy Prince, a devised adaptation of the beloved children's story by Oscar Wilde, on Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 11 a.

Storrs: Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present Keith Reddin's and Meg Gibson's Too Much Memory, March 25 - April 3, in the Studio Theatre on the Storrs campus.

Yale Repertory Theatre will be presenting The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, adapted by Constance Congdon from a translation by Christina Sibul, directed by Christopher Bayes at the University Theatre (222 York Street), thru April 3.

Rodgers and Hammerstein first began their collaboration in 1943.

The Hartt School's Theatre Division presents The Importance of Being Earnest, Thursday, April 8, Friday, April 9, and Saturday, April 10, at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, April 11, at 3:00 PM.

HartBeat Ensemble will present 'Live From the Edge,' an evening filled with 'the best of' performances from visiting ensemble Universes, a band of poets from New York who have created their own brand of fusion theatre.

YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA (James Bundy, Dean; Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean; Paula Vogel, Chair of Playwriting; Ken Prestininzi, Associate Chair) presents the Fifth Annual Carlotta Festival of New Plays, May 7 to 16 at the Iseman Theater, 1156 Chapel Street, New Haven

On April 24 and 25, TheatreWorks New Milford, in conjunction with The Ridgefield Theater Barn, will present three performances of NO DOGS ALLOWED - a musical production in the Theatre for Young Audience Series designed specifically for pre-school and elementary school children.

Casting has been announced for the upcoming production of THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER, opening at the Hartford Stages on April 1st and playing through May 9th.

Hartford Stage has announced its 2010 SummerStage season and has also released details on productions that will be performed during the company's 2010-2011 season.

YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA (James Bundy, Dean; Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean) announces that Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Doug Wright will join the Yale School of Drama faculty as a Lecturer in Playwriting for the fall 2010 semester.

The Ivoryton Playhouse will be holding non-Equity and Equity auditions for all roles (adult male and female) for a June production of 'Arsenic & Old Lace' on Friday, April 9th from 2pm - 8pm at the Rehearsal Studio, 24 Main Street, Centerbrook.

Marking the conclusion of its 20th Anniversary Season, or 'The Year of Enchantment,' Hartford Children's Theatre (HCT) announces its production of Disney's GEPPETTO & SON.

The Annual Matthew Chiappetta Memorial Concert was held March 15, 2010 at our Ben Franklin Theater and this year's scholarship winners were presented and congratulated by Matthew's family.

Curtain Call's popular Musical Mondays series finishes its ninth season of presenting new musical theater works in concert on Monday, April 19, 7:30 pm with 'Take Me, America.

The Hartt School's Dance Division will open its doors for an exciting Hartt Dance Division Open House Week, March 29 through April 2, 2010, at the Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center, 35 Westbourne Parkway, Hartford.

Students of The Hartt School present Music a la Carte at the Pond House Café (Elizabeth Park), 1555 Asylum Avenue, West Hartford, on Sunday, March 28, at 5:00 PM.