Connecticut Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 24

BWW Reviews: Playhouse on Park's LEND ME A TENOR Visits the Silly Side of Othello
by Jacques Lamarre - January 26, 2014

The Moor of Venice is back at Playhouse on Park, this time all-singing and all-slamming!...

BWW Reviews: Hartford Stage, Hartford Symphony Orchestra Collaborate on Dreamy MIDSUMMER NIGHT
by Lauren Yarger - January 10, 2014

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Yale Rep Brings 1969 to Present with Political Farce of ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST
by Lauren Yarger - December 15, 2013

Actor Steven Epp and Director Christopher Bayes who teamed up for A Doctor in Spite of Himself and The Servant of Two Masters at Yale Rep join forces again for Dario Fo's bizarre political farce Accidental Death of an Anarchist - and count on Epp to interject a whole lot about the modern US economic...

BWW Reviews: Hartford Stage's A CHRISTMAS CAROL Gets a Few Updates at its Old Haunt
by Lauren Yarger - December 15, 2013

Apparently quite a few (more than 250,000 have seen the Michael Wilson adaptation getting its 16th run at Hartford Stage). This year's annual holiday tradition gets a bit of an update, all supervised by Wilson and directed by Maxwell Williams, that includes redesigned costumes; enhanced flying effec...

BWW Reviews: HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Dogs Other Spoofs of Classics, but Loses the Trail
by Lauren Yarger - December 15, 2013

With the success of THE 39 STEPS, a spoof of the Alfred Hitchcock film, it is no surprise that other similar shows would find their way onto the stage. Playhouse on the Park in west Hartford is hosting a run of one wannabe, THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES....

BWW Reviews: Raise Your Glass to a New Holiday Tradition: CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS at TheaterWorks
by Lauren Yarger - December 09, 2013

The customers are grown up versions of children from holiday classics. Bringing them together here is the brainchild of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero, who expertly directs a three-actor team: Carroll as the bartender and Harry Bouvy and Christine Pedi, who bring to life male and female characters i...

BWW Reviews: Hole in the Wall's WHACKED Explores in a Group What is Best Done Solo
by Jacques Lamarre - November 25, 2013

Scott Stephen Kegler whips out...a delicate subject and puts it through the Hole in the Wall.Theatre: Hole in the Wall Theater Location: 116 Main Street, New Britain Production: Written and Directed by Scott Stephen Kegler; Set and Sound Design by Bill Arnold; Lighting Design by Jim Nason; Costume...

BWW Reviews: Swordplay Highlights THE THREE MUSKETEERS at Connecticut Rep
by Lauren Yarger - November 30, 2013

It's the age-old story: young D'Artagnan (Will Haden) arrives in Paris looking for adventure and to pursue his father's place as one of the king's special guard. He is befriended by The Three Musketeers, Athos (Thomas Brazzle), Porthos (Anthony J. Goes) and Aramis (James Jelkin) and soon finds himse...

BWW Reviews: FOOTLOOSE's Kids Are All Right at Broad Brook Opera House
by Jacques Lamarre - November 16, 2013

Kick off your Sunday shoes! Jeez! Louise!...

BWW Reviews: A CHRISTMAS STORY at The Bushnell Kicks Up its Leg Lamps
by Jacques Lamarre - November 14, 2013

A CHRISTMAS STORY sticks to what works...a flagpole....

BWW Reviews: Little Theatre of Manchester's FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Is a Wonder of Wonders
by Jacques Lamarre - November 09, 2013

Ain't too many sunrises and sunsets before Tevye & Co. get hustled out of Anatevka. Better get to Cheney Hall!...

BWW Reviews: Anchored in '50s, SEVEN YEAR ITCH Fails to Find Sea of Humor
by Lauren Yarger - November 04, 2013

Publisher Richard Sherman (David Conaway) is left on his own at their Gramercy Park apartment when his wife, Helen (Emma O'Donnell) and son, Ricky (Carson Waldron) leave for to the summer at the beach.......

BWW Reviews: OWNERS at Yale Rep Makes Us Want to Foreclose
by Lauren Yarger - November 04, 2013

The conflict of two perspectives on ownership: the "western imperative to own everything: meets the "Eastern acceptance of owning nothing....

BWW Reviews: TheaterWorks' MRS. MANNERLY Causes Audiences to Guffaw in Public
by Lauren Yarger - October 25, 2013

Dale Hodges and Raymond McAnally reprise roles as etiquette expert Mrs. Mannerly and her 9-going-on-10-year-old student in Jeffrey Hatcher's brisk and funny memoir play opening the 2013-2014 season at TheaterWorks, Hartford....

BWW Reviews: Suffield Players' LION IN WINTER Needs More Bite
by Jacques Lamarre - October 19, 2013

Suffield's LION IN WINTER comes in like a lamb, goes out like a lion....

BWW Reviews: FLASHDANCE - THE MUSICAL is a Splashy, Flashy Rehash at The Bushnell
by Jacques Lamarre - October 16, 2013

I'm a maaaaniac, maaaaaaniac at The Bushnell!...

BWW Reviews: Windsor Jesters' FUNNY MONEY a Tale of Big Bucks and Moderate Yucks
by Jacques Lamarre - October 15, 2013

Cash in on a few laughs with Windsor community theatre...

BWW Reviews: A Most Happy Production of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA Entertains at Goodspeed
by Lauren Yarger - October 11, 2013

This revival is a sweet romance made delightful by Nolte's portrayal of Tony Esposito and a strong performance from Mamie Parris as his love interest, Rosabella....

BWW Reviews: CT Rep's BIG LOVE Finds Modern Themes in Ancient Play
by Lauren Yarger - October 11, 2013

Marisa Desa as Olympia (lower left), Briana Maia as Lydia (right) and Olivia Saccomanno as Thyona (rear). Photo: Gerry Goodstein....

BWW Reviews: Playhouse on Park's Presents a Contemporary OTHELLO
by Jacques Lamarre - October 09, 2013

PoP production of The Tragedy of the Moor of Venice tries to have sympathy for the devil....

BWW Reviews: Couples Explore What Makes Relationships Happen in I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE at Ivoryton
by Lauren Yarger - September 30, 2013

A lighthearted musical romp through relationships gets a nice production as Off-Broadway's longest running music revue, I LOVE YOU YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, comes to Ivoryton Playhouse....

BWW Reviews: Yale Rep's STREETCAR Driven By the Women Jumps Stanley Off the Track
by Lauren Yarger - September 30, 2013

As directed by Mark Rucker and fueled by a strong performance by Sarah Sokolovic as Stella and a fascinating characterization by Rene Augusen that takes Blanche utra deep, this production ends up being more of a study of the relationship between the sisters. Stanley, despite the display of his very...

BWW Reviews: A Dark, Unforgettable MACBETH Creeps Out of the Fog at Hartford Stage
by Lauren Yarger - September 26, 2013

Director Darko Tresnjak focuses on the darkness of evil and the psychological depths of the pit it offers to anyone choosing to follow it. It's dark -- literally....

BWW Reviews: LA DISPUTE Transports Hartford Stage to 18th Century France
by Lauren Yarger - September 23, 2013

Just who was unfaithful first: Man or Woman? If that's a burning philosophical question you can't wait to have answered, then Marivaux' 18th century play LA DISPUTE, opening Hartford Stage's 50th anniversary season, is just the ticket for you....

BWW Reviews: Playhouse on Park Goes to the Edge with RED LIGHT WINTER
by Jacques Lamarre - September 20, 2013

Adam Rapp's 2005 drama is stunningly revived in an all-too-brief run....