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2012 BWW Connecticut Regional Awards - LIVE Update 12/24 - Final Week to Vote!
by BWW Special Coverage - Dec 24, 2012


Voting is now underway for the Connecticut Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January.

2012 BWW Washington, DC Regional Awards - LIVE Update - Gardiner, Rowan and More Lead - 12/18!
by BWW Special Coverage - Dec 18, 2012


Voting is now underway for the Washington, DC Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below.

2012 BWW Connecticut Regional Awards - LIVE Update - Snyder, Dennehy and More in the Lead - 12/17!
by BWW Special Coverage - Dec 17, 2012


Voting is now underway for the Connecticut Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below.

2012 BWW Washington, DC Regional Awards - LIVE Update - James Gardiner and More in the Lead - 12/10!
by BWW Special Coverage - Dec 10, 2012


Voting is now underway for the Washington, DC Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below.

2012 BWW Connecticut Regional Awards - LIVE Update Teal Wicks and More in the Lead - 12/10!
by BWW Special Coverage - Dec 10, 2012


Voting is now underway for the Connecticut Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below.

2012 BWW Washington, DC Regional Awards - LIVE Update - 12/3!
by BWW Special Coverage - Dec 3, 2012


Voting is now underway for the Washington, DC Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below.

2012 BWW Connecticut Regional Awards - LIVE Update - 12/3!
by BWW Special Coverage - Dec 3, 2012


Voting is now underway for the Connecticut Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the latest standings below.

2012 BWW Connecticut Regional Awards - LIVE Update - 11/26!
by BWW Special Coverage - Nov 26, 2012


Voting is now underway for the Connecticut Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below!

2012 BWW Connecticut Regional Awards - LIVE Update - 11/19!
by BWW Special Coverage - Nov 19, 2012


Voting is now underway for the Connecticut Awards and continues until December 31, 2012. Winners will be announced in early January. Check out the live standings below!

Parker Esse to Direct Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at Catholic University's FINIAN'S RAINBOW
by Kelsey Denette - Oct 10, 2012


There's gold at the end of the rainbow - and a leprechaun, of course - in Finian's Rainbow, the fall musical of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at Catholic University. Performances are set for Friday, Oct. 26, and Saturday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 28, at 2 p.m. at Hartke Theatre.

BWW Reviews: Colorful Backdrop, Soothing Music Soften Carousel's Harsh Tale
by Lauren Yarger - Aug 3, 2012


Director Rob Ruggierio's production of the classic, like the ups and downs experienced while riding a carousel horse (the carousel is wonderfully recreated for the prologue on the restrictive Goodspeed stage), has moments of delight and some disappointments.

Photo Flash: Highlights of Goodspeed's CAROUSEL Opening Night Cast Party
by BWW News Desk - Aug 2, 2012


Goodspeed Musicals presents Carousel to the main stage, now playing through September 23 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. Check out the pictures from the opening night cast party below!

BWW Interviews: James Snyder in Goodspeed's CAROUSEL
by Joseph F. Panarello - Jul 30, 2012


There's a moment in the current production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's CAROUSEL at Connecticut's Goodspeed Opera House where James Snyder steps onto the dock which is constructed over the orchestra pit to deliver Billy Bigelow's famous "Soliloquy" that absolutely electrifies the audience. Snyder's strong stage presence and powerful singing voice had enraptured the crowd for most of the first act. Now he was literally in their laps singing of his character's concerns regarding impeding fatherhood. The moment has them sharing his outpouring of emotion.

BWW Reviews: MUSIC MAN at Arena Stage - A Melodious Masterpiece
by Charles Shubow - Jun 17, 2012


This is a Music Man not to be missed. It's filled with great music, superb acting, lovely voices, and superb dancing.

Teal Wicks & More Lead Goodspeed Musicals' CAROUSEL This Summer, 7/13 - 9/23
by Jessica Lewis - May 30, 2012


Goodspeed Musicals will welcome Carousel to the main stage this summer. The classic Golden Age musical will run from July 13 - September 23 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn. Carousel and will celebrate an official opening night on August 1, 2012.

Molly Smith Helms THE MUSIC MAN at Arena Stage, 5/11-7/22
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 13, 2012


Crafty con-man Harold Hill brings mischief and the magic of music to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater this spring in Meredith Willson's The Music Man. This five-time Tony Award-winning musical is directed by Artistic Director Molly Smith, whose cultural dynamism made Oklahoma! a record-breaking audience favorite last season. With choreography by Parker Esse and music direction by Lawrence Goldberg, The Music Man runs May 11-July 22, 2012 in the Fichandler Stage, with all performances in May already sold out.

Photo Flash: Katie Couric and David Hyde Pierce Visit RATED P FOR PARENTHOOD
by BWW News Desk - Apr 2, 2012


On Saturday night, March 31, Katie Couric and David Hyde Pierce attended a performance of RATED P FOR PARENTHOOD and posed for pictures with the cast. Check them out below!

Photo Flash: Suze Orman Visits RATED P FOR PARENTHOOD
by Kelsey Denette - Mar 28, 2012


With book and lyrics by Sandy Rustin, music and lyrics by Dan Lipton & David Rossmer and direction by Jeremy Dobrish, Rated P for Parenthood 'chronicles every stage of modern-day parenting, from conception to college, with giant doses of heart and humor. A versatile cast of four takes the audience through the ups and downs of childrearing - from the sublime to the ridiculous - in a series of comic and musical vignettes in under 90 minutes. A hilarious, fresh, and decidedly irreverent look at an age old topic, Rated P provides all the wistful joy of childrearing ...at a fraction of the cost of braces.'

RATED P FOR PARENTHOOD Ends Off-Broadway Run 4/8
by Kelsey Denette - Mar 26, 2012


Rated P for Parenthood, the Off-Broadway musical comedy, has announced the final two weeks of performances upstairs at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street) before playing its final performance on Sunday, April 8, 2012.

Photo Flash: RATED P FOR PARENTHOOD Welcomes First Marriage Proposal At Westside Theatre
by David Green - Mar 8, 2012


Rated P for Parenthood, a new musical comedy in its Off-Broadway debut now on stage upstairs at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street), welcomed its first marriage proposal following the evening performance on Wednesday, March 7th. Long Island resident David Troy joined the cast following the curtain call to call his girlfriend, Dellene Kornitsky on stage. As the audience applauded, Mr. Troy popped the question. Ms Kornitsky answered, "Of course!"

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