TheaterWorks News

David Mamet's jeremiad on RACE inflames and exhausts at TheaterWorks in downtown Hartford.

Andrew Benator is probably the most beloved actor to ever set foot on stage at TheaterWorks. He has performed hilariously and unforgettably in productions including Lobby Hero, Proof, and The SantaLand Diaries.

Dixon Place & Tweed Theaterworks present Dr. Julia Wonder, PhD IMHO *IN MY HUMBLE OPINION

Making its regional premiere with TheaterWorks Silicon Valley [title of show] is a fresh, funny and fabulous production about - what else - two guys writing a show about writing a show - on deadline.

The Hangar Theatre hits one out of the park with the opening of its first show of the season, Richard Dresser's baseball comedy Rounding Third. Performances begin on June 3, 2011.

The New Musical Foundation and Off The Leash Productions are proud to announce that David Eric Davis' and Sam Forman's critically-acclaimed F#@KING UP EVERYTHING will premiere as part of the 2011 Capital Fringe Festival.

Writer, Producer, Director, Actor and 'all around nice guy' FRANK ZAGOTTIS returns to Don't Tell Mama with his sell-out cabaret show BACK 2 BASICS on Saturday, June 25 at 6pm for a special Gay Pride Weekend performance

The American Repertory Theater is pleased to welcome actress Amy Brenneman back onto the Loeb Stage, with her autobiographical show Mouth Wide Open, created with longtime collaborator Sabrina Peck.

The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe opens its 52nd season with 2012 - THE MUSICAL! Wilma Bonet (Posibilidad, Too Big To Fail) directs Lizzie Calogero (Red State, Too Big To Fail), Keiko Shimosato Carreiro (GodFellas, Doing Good, Veronique of the Mounties), Michael Gene Sullivan (Posibilidad, Too Big to Fail, GodFellas), and Victor Toman (Making A Killing, GodFellas, 1600 Transylvania Ave), along with Cory Censoprano and Siobhan Marie Doherty, who make their San Francisco Mime Troupe debuts in this lively satire about corporate funding and the art of mass distraction.

Director Tazewell Thompson talks about his upcoming production of David Mamet's controversial play RACE at TheaterWorks in Hartford, CT.

FRANK ZAGOTTIS returns to Don't Tell Mama with his sell out cabaret show BACK 2 BASICS on May 25th at 7pm with an additional 'Gay Pride Weekend' performance on Saturday, June 25 at 6pm.

The American Repertory Theater is pleased to welcome actress Amy Brenneman back onto the Loeb Stage, with her autobiographical show Mouth Wide Open, created with longtime collaborator Sabrina Peck.

RACE, by David Mamet. Multiple Award-winning playwright David Mamet tackles America's most controversial topic in a provocative new tale of sex, guilt and bold accusations.

FRANK ZAGOTTIS returns to Don't Tell Mama with his sell out cabaret show BACK 2 BASICS on May 25th at 7pm with an additional 'Gay Pride Weekend' performance on Saturday, June 25 at 6pm.

FRANK ZAGOTTIS returns to Don't Tell Mama with his sell out cabaret show BACK 2 BASICS on May 25th at 7pm with an additional 'Gay Pride Weekend' performance on Saturday, June 25 at 6pm.

Colman Domingo, a 2011 Tony Award nominee for his performance in The Scottsboro Boys (best featured actor in a musical), will be performing his one-man show, A Boy and His Soul, for over 700 New York City high school students who are participating in Theatre Development Fund's Stage Doors Program.

With uncanny precision and unforgettable pizzazz, John Epperson - also known as Lypsinka - pays homage to ultimate screen-queen Joan Crawford. Using the actress' own words, The Passion of the Crawford is a fantasia on the persona of this 20th Century cultural icon. Washington City Paper has called Lypsinka 'certifiably fabulous,' while the Los Angeles Times dubbed her 'a geyser of glamour!' Daily Variety raved: 'Watching a Lypsinka show is like channel-surfing in Heaven.'

TheaterWorks in Downtown Hartford presents a gripping tale of Chicago police in A STEADY RAIN. The poetic drama closes May 8, 2011.

The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present the heavenly musical, Church Basement Ladies on June 23-August 7. Tickets go on sale Monday, May 9 at 10:00 a.m. at the Marcus Center Box Office.

Colman Domingo, a 2011 Tony Award nominee for his performance in The Scottsboro Boys (best featured actor in a musical), will be performing his one-man show, A Boy and His Soul, for over 700 New York City high school students who are participating in Theatre Development Fund's Stage Doors Program.