Connecticut Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 29

BWW Reviews: Westport's Intelligent TARTUFFE, Now thru 8/4
by Sherry Shameer Cohen - August 01, 2012

It can happen to anyone....

BWW Reviews: Capital Classics' TWELFTH NIGHT a Fine Night
by Jacques Lamarre - July 30, 2012

Capital Classics doesn't let a little rain dampen the proceedings....

BWW Reviews: Bated Breath's INTERLUDES are Fleeting, Intriguing and Frustrating
by Jacques Lamarre - July 29, 2012

Edgy theatre finds awkward home at Real Art Ways with INTERLUDES....

BWW Reviews: Weigh Anchor for CRT’s Mighty PIRATES OF PENZANCE
by Jacques Lamarre - July 14, 2012

CRT's PIRATES OF PENZANCE anything but a dead man's chest!...

BWW Reviews: Spirit of Broadway's DESPERATE MEASURES an OK Musical at the OK Corral
by Jacques Lamarre - July 09, 2012

Wild West take on 'Measure for Measure' shows the play's the thing....

BWW Reviews: 1962 Baltimore Comes to Life in Ivoryton Playhouse's HAIRSPRAY
by Lauren Yarger - July 05, 2012

It's 1962 Baltimore, where racial tension and segregation provide a backdrop for teen angst and lots of catchy tunes by Marc Shaiman (lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman) performed to stage-defying choreography by JR Bruno who manages to get some 15 ensemble members bopping around at times without c...

BWW Reviews: Playhouse on Park Transformed by Splashy METAMORPHOSES
by BWW News Desk - July 01, 2012

Playhouse on Park in West Hartford is offering theatergoers a rare treat this summer: a chance to hang around the pool and get smarter while doing it. You may not get a tan at this intimate venue, but you will expand your mind while lounging around an inviting, shimmering, and often foreboding, po...

BWW Reviews: CRT's THE ODD COUPLE is Sajaktion-Packed
by Jacques Lamarre - June 23, 2012

Neil Simon's 1965 chestnut gets warmed up with production featuring Pat Sajak and Joe Moore....

BWW Reviews: Playhouse on Park Transformed by Splashy METAMORPHOSES
by Jacques Lamarre - June 16, 2012

Playhouse on Park in West Hartford is offering theatergoers a rare treat this summer: a chance to hang around the pool and get smarter while doing it. You may not get a tan at this intimate venue, but you will expand your mind while lounging around an inviting, shimmering, and often foreboding, po...

BWW Reviews: Connelly Sparks Some Life into Simon's Aging Comedy LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS
by Lauren Yarger - June 15, 2012

R. Bruce Connelly, one of Connecticut theater's gems, gives Neil Simon's LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS at Ivoryton Playhouse a shot in the arm with some charm and comic timing, but he and a willing cast can't fully resuscitate an aging play that's rather dated...

BWW Reviews: Terrence Mann - a Noble MAN OF LA MANCHA at CRT
by Jacques Lamarre - June 13, 2012

CRT achieves the Impossible Dream - they got me to like 'Man of La Mancha.'...

BWW Reviews: SEX AND THE CITY, LOVE, LOSS & WHAT I WORE, BAD DATES all Get Together Over a Delizioso Pasta Dinner in I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI
by Lauren Yarger - June 11, 2012

Antoinette LaVecchia sparkles like a fine Chianti in Connecticut playwright Jacques Lamarre's stage adaptation of Giulia Melucci's bestselling memoir I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti getting a delectable world premiere at TheatreWorks in Hartford....

BWW Reviews: LTM’s VAGINA MONOLOGUES is Thigh-Opening
by Jacques Lamarre - June 10, 2012

Little Theatre of Manchester reminds us why it is worth poking around THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES....

BWW Reviews: Twyla Tharp and Sinatra Soar Somewhat in COME FLY AWAY at Bushnell
by Jacques Lamarre - May 30, 2012

Sinatra songbook gets stretched further than a Tharp dancer's hamstring in COME FLY AWAY....

BWW Reviews: Spirit of Broadway’s NUMBER THE STARS a Child’s Eye View of World War II
by Jacques Lamarre - May 21, 2012

Sean Hartley counts on Lois Lowry's NUMBER THE STARS at Spirit of Broadway...

Hole in the Wall's REEFER MADNESS offers a contact high
by Jacques Lamarre - May 20, 2012

Hard-hittin' New Britain starts bong-hittin' with REEFER MADNESS at Hole in the Wall....

GOLDA’S BALCONY at Playhouse on Park offers a view of history
by Jacques Lamarre - May 20, 2012

Playhouse on Park's GOLDA'S BALCONY is historic and frenetic...

BWW Reviews: Contemporary Politics Could Write Seven Angels' TEDDY & ALICE
by Lauren Yarger - May 18, 2012

Even though the musical depicts events from more than 100 years ago, 'not much has changed.'...

BWW Reviews: Hartford Stage’s TEMPEST - Both Stormy and Placid
by Jacques Lamarre - May 17, 2012

Is Tresnjak's first Shakespeare at Hartford Stage a TEMPEST in a tea pot? You decide....

BWW Reviews: Goodspeed Charms the Husk Right Off of This Production of MAME
by Lauren Yarger - May 14, 2012

Tony nominee Louise Pitre (MAMMA MIA) brings to life a legendary stage persona in an engaging and well staged production of the Jerry Herman musical MAME to open the Goodspeed Opera House's 2012-2013 season....

BWW Reviews: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Broad Brook Opera House Ruffles Feathers
by Jacques Lamarre - May 08, 2012

Opera House Players' LA CAGE AUX FOLLES shows the fun and folly of Herman/Fierstein musical...

BWW Reviews: Westport Takes a Pleasant Trip INTO THE WOODS
by Lauren Yarger - May 07, 2012

Mark Lamos directs an impressive kickoff at Westport Country Playhouse with a 25th-anniversary production of Stephen Sondhheim's funny and thought-provoking musical INTO THE WOODS....

BWW Reviews: Keeping Up with THE REALISTIC JONESES Isn't So Easy
by Lauren Yarger - May 02, 2012

Knowing chuckles sputter throughout the audience during the world premiere of Will Eno's THE REALISTIC JONESES at Yale Rep. The story is about everything - and nothing - just like the dialogue, but sooner or later you recognize a character you know, or perhaps yourself, and suddenly the seemingly po...

BWW Reviews: I LEFT MY HEART Celebrates Music of Tony Bennett at MTC
by Lauren Yarger - April 24, 2012

A mostly grey-haired matinee audience smiling, bopping heads, tapping feet and singing along with classics like 'Fly Me to the Moon,' Night and Day,' 'That Old Black Magic,' and of course, 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco.'...

BWW Reviews: A Look Back at ETC's COURT MARTIAL AT FORT DEVENS Makes Its Case, Closing Tonight
by Jacques Lamarre - April 22, 2012

Jeffrey Sweet's military drama casts a spotlight on racism during World War II....