CT Critics Circle Awards Top Honors to PRIMARY TRUST and RAGTIME at 33rd Annual Ceremony
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 27, 2025
The Pulitzer Prize winning play, Primary Trust, a moving, bittersweet drama about loneliness and friendship, which played at TheaterWorks Hartford, and a powerful, emotionally stirring production of Ragtime at Goodspeed Musicals took top honors at the 33rd annual Connecticut Critics Circle Awards (ctcritics.org) held on Monday, June 23.
Hartford Stage Announces Holiday Production of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY
by Stephi Wild - Nov 2, 2022
Usher in the season with the holiday hit It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play at Hartford Stage, starting performances November 25. In this stage adaptation directed by Zoë Golub-Sass, Connecticut playwright Joe Landry has refashioned the 1946 Jimmy Stewart movie into a play reminiscent of the Golden Age of Radio.Originally co-directed by Melia Bensussen and Rachel Alderman, the staging, complete with a Foley sound effects artists and period commercials, is certain to charm and entertain.
Cast Announced for Kathy Ng's HAPPY LIFE with The Hearth at Walkerspace
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 10, 2022
The Hearth Theater Company will present the World Premiere of Happy Life by Kathy Ng (Clubbed Thumb’s Early Career Writers’ Group; New Georges affiliated artist), directed by Kat Yen (Leah Winkler’s Two Mile Hollow; Noah Diaz’ The Juniors), July 22-August 6 at Walkerspace (46 Walker St, New York, NY 10013).
The Burry Fredrik Foundation Marks 10 Years Of Support For Connecticut's Non-Profit Professional Producing Theaters
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 31, 2022
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Burry Fredrik Foundation championing the growth and continuing health of Connecticut's non-profit professional producing theaters. Since 2012, the Foundation has granted over $3 million to a dozen Connecticut theaters with a proven track record of accomplishments. In 2022, $500,000 will be awarded. The Foundation was established by Burry Fredrik (1925-2012), a Tony Award-winning producer and noted director, who lived in Weston, CT.
Introducing Yale School Of Drama's Design Class Of 2020
by A.A. Cristi - May 21, 2020
YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA introduces the 2020 Class of scenic, costume, lighting, sound, and projection designers, who matriculated this week. A showcase of these artists' work will be held in New York when conditions allow. More information will be shared online at drama.yale.edu/designshowcase2020 when possible.
BWW Review: THE PLOT at Yale Repertory Theatre
by Andrew Beck - Dec 16, 2019
There is indeed a lot of plot in the world premiere of 'The Plot' at the Yale Repertory Theatre now through December 21, especially for a play by Will Eno. The author of 'Thom Pain (based on nothing),' 'Wakey, Wakey,' and 'Title and Deed' confused and confounded audiences with those plays, while impressing them with a precision of language that earned him the title of 'a Samuel Beckett of the Jon Stewart generation.'