The Father is a critically acclaimed play by French writer Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton. It has been staged internationally, and adapted into a successful film. The play premiered in London’s West End in October 2015 and opened on Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club in March 2016. Along the way, it picked up major honors, including the Molière Award for Best Play, as well as Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Actor.
There’s something wonderfully nuts about The Town Players of New Canaan taking on One Man, Two Guvnors, Richard Bean’s 2011 hit based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni. The original, written in 1743, is a classic commedia dell’arte comedy built on disguises, twins, and glorious chaos.
There’s something wonderfully nuts about The Town Players of New Canaan taking on One Man, Two Guvnors, Richard Bean’s 2011 hit based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni.
For many, the mention of The Shawshank Redemption instantly recalls the iconic 1994 film that brought Stephen King’s novella, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, to life. Etched into the American consciousness, it’s a slow-burn tale of cruelty, resilience, and—ultimately—hope.
For many, the mention of The Shawshank Redemption instantly recalls the iconic 1994 film that brought Stephen King’s novella, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, to life. Etched into the American consciousness, it’s a slow-burn tale of cruelty, resilience, and—ultimately—hope.
The Importance of Being Earnest was Oscar Wilde’s last and most famous play, a brilliant farce that satirizes Victorian society. It premiered on February 14, 1895, at the St. James Theatre in London.
The play selections at TPNC have always intrigued me. I consistently leave their shows with new insights and feeling thoroughly entertained, or emotionally roused. Currently playing is Terra Nova, which won playwright Ted Tally an OBIE Award for its 1984 New York production. Tally also won an Oscar for his adapted screenplay of The Silence Of The Lambs in 1991.
Ted Tally’s Obie Award winning play, Terra Nova, tells the compelling story of the ill-fated British expedition based on facts and the letters and journals found on Captain Robert Scott’s frozen body. Briefly, in 1911-12, teams of five Englishmen and five Norwegians competed to get to the South Pole first. Five men did not return home.
What did our critic think of THE TOXIC AVENGER at Town Players Of New Canaan? The show is a comic satire with an irreverent, kooky edge, similar in style to “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Urinetown” and “Zombie Prom”. The opening number describes the play’s setting as “a place between heaven and hell”: New Jersey. In the fictional town of Tromaville, a mild-mannered nerd, Melvin Ferd the third is an aspiring earth scientist
This is a must see version of Reginald Rose's classic play, 12 ANGRY MEN. School is over. Bring your teens.
What did our critic think of THE FANTASTICKS at Powerhouse Performing Arts Center?
On Friday, April 8, The Town Players of New Canaan will open Noël Coward’s delightful comedy, HAY FEVER at the Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny Park as its next mainstage show for 2022. The curtain rises at 8:00 p.m. for a three week run. The production is directed by Deborah Burke and produced by Sheila Toner.
SONIC SEA highlights how noise from a range of man-made sources has affected whales in recent years, including the mass stranding of whales around the planet
SONIC SEA highlights how noise from a range of man-made sources has affected whales in recent years, including the mass stranding of whales around the planet
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