Tazewell Thompson News

Arena Stage will once again make history with ARENA RESTAGED, a massive, two-year festival celebrating the rich mosaic of our nation's voices.

Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe return to the helm to put the 78-year-old Connecticut theatrical landmark back on course

Westport Country Playhouse has announced that a song-filled adaptation of Charles Dickens' holiday classic A Christmas Carol will be staged for the second year in a row, November 23 through December 29. The dynamic, annual family event for ages six and up is adapted and directed by Tazewell Thompson, Playhouse artistic director.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium on 'The Writings of Henry James,' following the October 14 at 3PM matinee performance of The Turn of the Screw, a thriller adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the story by Henry James, directed by Loy Arcenas.

Westport Country Playhouse will present The Turn of the Screw, a thriller adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the story by Henry James, directed by Loy Arcenas, October 11 through October 27.

Award-winning talents Eartha Kitt, Shuler Hensley, Debra Monk, James Naughton, Bebe Neuwirth, David Hyde Pierce, Ben Vereen and Karen Ziemba honored the late Fred Ebb and John Kander, the Tony Award-winning composer/song-writing team of Chicago, Cabaret and Curtains, on Monday, September 24, at Westport Country Playhouse.

Tony Award-winning talents will take the stage of Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, Connecticut to celebrate guest of honor John Kander, the Tony Award-winning composer of Chicago, Cabaret and Curtains, on Monday, September 24.

A production of Tennessee Williams' poetic drama Sweet Bird of Youth starring Tony Award-winner Phylicia Rashad will be among the hightlights of the Westport Country Playhouse's 2007/8 season

The Westport Country Playhouse proudly presents 'Sedition' by David Wiltse, now playing through August 18; directed by Tazewell Thompson.

A world premiere play based on a true story about a college professor who stood up in defense of the freedom of speech and the price he paid for his courage will be staged at Westport Country Playhouse

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium on 'British Comedy Stylings,' following the July 15, 3 p.m. matinee performance of Relatively Speaking, a comedy by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn.

Westport Country Playhouse will present the comedy Relatively Speaking, written by Alan Ayckbourn and directed by John Tillinger, July 12 - 28.

Westport Country Playhouse presents 'an award-winning love story with unexpected twists,' Mary's Wedding, directed by Tazewell Thompson

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium on 'Insight into the War to End All Wars--- WWI,' following the June 24, 3 p.m. matinee performance of Mary's Wedding, an award-winning play of young love, set in Canada immediately before, during and after World War I.

Westport Country Playhouse presents an award-winning love story with unexpected twists, 'Mary's Wedding,' directed by Tazewell Thompson. The play, written by Stephen Massicotte, runs June 21 through July 7.

Westport Country Playhouse, led by artistic director Tazewell Thompson and managing director Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, has received its first-ever grant from The National Endowment for the Arts in the category of Access to Artistic Excellence, for $15,000.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a film documentary about the tone-deaf diva with the heart of gold, Florence Foster Jenkins, on Thursday, May 17, 7 p.m., in advance of the play Souvenir, opening later in May.

Westport Country Playhouse presents Judy Kaye re-creating her Tony Award-nominated Broadway role as the tone-deaf diva Florence Foster Jenkins in Souvenir, at Westport Country Playhouse, May 31 through June 16.

Connecticut's Westport Country Playhouse is presenting the highly anticipated new Kander and Ebb musical, All About Us, April 10 through April 28.

Arena Stage will present a major revival of the award-winning contemporary comedy The Heidi Chronicles in loving tribute to the late Wendy Wasserstein.