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The classic Queen album 'A Night At The Opera' is performed live in sequence, in its entirety, by Fairfield Center Stage. This has been a truly amazing performance, showing an incredibly high level of talent.

Fairfield Center Stage continues its inaugural season with the award-winning musical DREAMGIRLS, running six performances only, March 1-9. All performances will take place at the theater at Black Rock Church, 3685 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield CT 06824. Fairfield Center Stage, under the leadership of Executive Producer Eli Newsom and Artistic Director Christy McIntosh-Newsom, has dedicated its inaugural season to putting Fairfield 'center stage' by highlighting several of Fairfield's prominent venues with environmental theater.

FCS musicians will recreate Queen's iconic album 'A Night At The Opera' in its entirety, featuring a house band and rotating cast of singers performing classics such as 'You're My Best Friend' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' at this one-night-only concert at The Acoustic on Saturday, February 9 at 8:00 PM.

For A CHRISTMAS CAROL EXPERIENCE like you have never seen before, I highly recommend the way that Fairfield Center Stage and The Fairfield Museum bring you this classic story. In Fairfield's Burr Mansion the audience follows the story from room to room, watching this extremely talented cast act out this classic tale.

"At the turn of the century, worlds will collide in America!" The Axelrod Performing Arts Center begins its inaugural season as a professional theater with Luis Salgado's beautiful new staging of Ragtime the Musical. See the video of the Axelrod company in final rehearsals below!

RAGTIME will play at The Axelrod Performing Arts Center (APAC) in Deal Park, NJ. March 3-25.

Lorraine Hansberry's A RAISIN IN THE SUN is presented at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre in Bridgeport CT, by a stellar cast who provide first rate performances in a manner universally appealing to audiences of different backgrounds.

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center (APAC) in Deal Park, NJ, in cooperation with Salgado Productions, will bring Ragtime, The Musical to the stage from March 3-25, in a new production directed and choreographed by Luis Salgado, who is returning to the theater after last year's successful production of In the Heights.

It is always a thrill when you discover a hidden gem in your own backyard. This was the experience I had last night attending my first show by the Connecticut Theatre Company in New Britain, Connecticut. It is appropriate that my first review for this company would be for RAGTIME, the Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty musical (with book by Terrence McNally) that includes a variety of themes including a focus on new experiences, changes in perspective, and listening to new music . I am thrilled to report that CTC's RAGTIME is a powerful and high-quality telling of the classic E.L. Doctorow tale. It hits all the right notes (literally and figuratively) and may be one of the best ensemble casts I have seen on a community theatre stage in Connecticut.

A fun loving show with incredible cast and heartening tale of love and acceptance.

Voting has opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of November 27th. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31.

Voting has now opened for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of November 27th.

The sisters are back! The Castle Craig Players will present the hilarious habit-forming musical NUNSENSE A-MEN! tonight, February 20-March 1 at the Almira F. Stephan Memorial Playhouse in Meriden. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in costume below!

The sisters are back! The Castle Craig Players will present the hilarious habit-forming musical NUNSENSE A-MEN! February 20-March 1 at the Almira F. Stephan Memorial Playhouse in Meriden. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in costume below!

The Sisters are Back! The Castle Craig Players will present the hilarious habit-forming musical NUNSENSE A-MEN! February 20-March 1 at the Almira F. Stephan Memorial Playhouse in Meriden.

The Bijou Theatre presents their second main stage production, Stephen Sondheim's Assassins! Shows run for two weekends, November - the 7th & 8th at 8pm, the 14th at 8pm, the 15th at 3pm & 8pm, and the 16th at 5pm.

The Bijou Theatre presents their second main stage production, Stephen Sondheim's Assassins! Shows run for two weekends in November - the 7th & 8th at 8pm, the 14th at 8pm, the 15th at 3pm & 8pm, and the 16th at 5pm.

Upper West Side Story, sort of

Bridgeport Theatre Company, soon to celebrate four years since it was founded, is presenting Dreamgirls, the big, bold, groundbreaking musical. The Henry Krieger-Tom Eyen show premiered in 1981 and is loosely based on Diana Ross and The Supremes and other singers who helped make Motown a huge crossover success. More than 30 years later, it is still a terrific show, but a little cutting would make it easier for today's audiences to digest.

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