Connecticut Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 30

BWW Reviews: ETC's COURT MARTIAL AT FORT DEVENS Makes Its Case
by Jacques Lamarre - April 16, 2012

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

BWW Reviews: CRT's SPRING AWAKENING Comes in Like a Lamb
by Jacques Lamarre - April 15, 2012

Connecticut Repertory Theatre's SPRING AWAKENING does not totally rock, but it's not totally f**ked, either....

BWW Reviews: FIDDLER Does Not Exactly Blow ROOF off The Bushnell
by BWW News Desk - April 15, 2012

National Tour pulls into Hartford by way of Anatevka....

Little Theatre of Manchester's CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF sizzles and simmers
by Jacques Lamarre - April 14, 2012

Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winner manages to set the roof on fire, but needs a little more heat....

BWW Reviews: FIDDLER Does Not Exactly Blow ROOF off The Bushnell
by Jacques Lamarre - April 11, 2012

National Tour pulls into Hartford by way of Anatevka....

BWW Reviews: RED at TheaterWorks Hartford Could Use More Layers
by Lauren Yarger - April 11, 2012

Cynical, angry artist Mark Rothko (Jonathan Epstein) hires a young idealistic assistant, Ken (Thomas Leverton) to work with him on his newest commission: a series of four murals to hang in the newly constructed Four Seasons Restaurant in Manhattan. A smart dialogue about painting and about American ...

BWW Reviews: Hartford Stage's BELL, BOOK & CANDLE is Magical through April 29
by Jacques Lamarre - April 10, 2012

Darko Tresnjak's fabulous 50s romantic comedy casts a spell with a bewitching Kate MacCluggage....

BWW Reviews: THE WINTER'S TALE, Complete with a Bear, Shines at Yale Rep
by Lauren Yarger - April 02, 2012

A De 'light full' Productions of Shakespeare's tale of love and jealousy....

BWW Reviews: The Windsor Jesters as Desperate Housewives in THE ODD COUPLE through March 31
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2012

Gender-blender Female Version of Neil Simon's 1965 classic puts Oscar and Felix in heels at The Windsor Jesters....

Connecticut Repertory Theatre's THE WINTER'S TALE Arrives in Time for Spring Through April 1
by Jacques Lamarre - March 24, 2012

Round #1 of 'The Winter's Tale' smackdown: UConn's CRT vs. Yale Rep....

BWW Reviews: Charming Lead Bewitches in Long Wharf's BELL, BOOK & CANDLE
by Lauren Yarger - March 22, 2012

A bewitchingly beautiful Kate MacCluggage plays Gillian Holroyd, a witch who sets her sights on mortal Shepherd Henderson (Robert Eli) who lives upstairs from her red-swathed, moonlit New York apartment in Long Wharf Theatre;s production of John Van Druten's play with subtle commentary on social is...

BWW Reviews: Country Singing Legend Comes to Life in ALWAYS PATSY CLINE
by Lauren Yarger - March 22, 2012

Always Patsy Cline, playing at the Ivoryton Playhouse brings to life the true friendship between Patsy (Jacqueline Petroccia) and one of her biggest fans, Louise Seger (Laurie Dawn). Penned and originally directed by Ted Swindley, the show packs almost 30 tunes around the story of how the women met ...

BWW Reviews: The Bushnell’s 25th Anniversary Tour of LES MISERABLES - Better Than Original
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2012

Boublil-Schonberg classic revisited in a highly worthwhile tour revival at The Bushnell...

BWW Reviews: EVERYTHING I REALLY NEED TO KNOW… Teaches Life Lessons at Playhouse on Park
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2012

Playhouse on Park schools us with KINDERGARTEN through March 11....

BWW Reviews: The Bushnell’s 25th Anniversary Tour of LES MISERABLES - Better Than Original
by Jacques Lamarre - March 08, 2012

Boublil-Schonberg classic revisited in a highly worthwhile tour revival at The Bushnell...

BWW Reviews: Repertory Theatre's IVANOV is One Chekhov Not Worth Checking Out through March 17
by Jacques Lamarre - March 05, 2012

IVANOV has critic crying "I vant my three hours back" at The Repertory Theatre of New Britain....

BWW Reviews: Hartford Stage’s THE WHIPPING MAN - A Stunning Surprise Through March 18
by Jacques Lamarre - March 05, 2012

Director Hana Sharif steers Matthew Lopez's terrific drama with an assured hand....

BWW Reviews: Art Imitates Life as an Idea Doesn't Quite Come to Fruition in FEBRUARY HOUSE
by Lauren Yarger - March 02, 2012

The idea is a good one -- both in real life, where editor George Davis dreams of running a boarding house for artists in Brooklyn, and and in the theater, where book writer Seth Bockley brings the residents' stories to the stage, but a lack of practical planning in both cases fails to bring the idea...

BWW Reviews: When the Lie is Cast. Romance Can't Break It in CENTENNIAL CASTING
by Lauren Yarger - March 02, 2012

What does a 47-year-old single guy need to do to get a date with the girl of his dreams? Well, if you're Vincent DiDonato (Lou Martini, Jr.) in Gino DiIorio and Nancy Bleemer's comedy Centennial Casting playing at Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury, you pretend you are a casting director and pretend ...

BWW Reviews: EVERYTHING I REALLY NEED TO KNOW… Teaches Life Lessons at Playhouse on Park
by Jacques Lamarre - March 02, 2012

Playhouse on Park schools us with KINDERGARTEN through March 11....

BWW Reviews: ODYSSEUS D.O.A. Sets Sail at Connecticut Repertory Theatre
by Jacques Lamarre - February 29, 2012

Stephen Svoboda's AIDS-era take on 'The Odyssey' is an epic and intimate journey....

BWW Reviews: ADDAMS FAMILY Neither Trick Nor Treat at The Bushnell Through February 26
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2012

Rebooted National Tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY lurches into Hartford....

BWW Reviews: The Opera House Players Offer Razzle Re-Dazzle with CHICAGO through February 26
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2012

Broad Brook Opera House production of CHICAGO offers deja vu dames....

BWW Reviews: ADDAMS FAMILY Neither Trick Nor Treat at The Bushnell Through February 26
by Jacques Lamarre - February 22, 2012

Rebooted National Tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY lurches into Hartford....