Capital Classics Announces Cast of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING At University Of Saint Joseph
by A.A. Cristi
- May 25, 2022
Capital Classics Theatre Company announced today the complete cast and artistic team behind Much Ado About Nothing, the centerpiece of the company's 2022 Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival. The production will run for three weekends, July 14 through 31, 2022, on the grounds of the University of Saint Joseph (1678 Asylum Avenue in West Hartford, CT).
Gerrilyn Sohn Returns To Don't Tell Mama With SOMETHING COOL
by Stephi Wild
- October 19, 2019
Gerrilyn Sohn returns to Don't Tell Mama for an encore performance of her cabaret debut show 'Something Cool' on November 3, 2019 at 5:30pm. (www.donttellmamanyc.com, 343 West 46th Street, NYC, 212-757-0788). Directed by Gretchen Reinhagen, with Musical Director David Gaines, this show pays tribute to some of Gerrilyn's favorite musical influences, be they shows or artists, with an eclectic mix of songs from Broadway and The Great American Songbook and the stories that go along with them. This show premiered at Don't Tell Mama on June 23, 2019.
Annual 5x5 Dance Festival Returns To Connecticut
by Stephi Wild
- October 16, 2019
The University of Saint Joseph's acclaimed 5X5 Dance Festival brings together choreographers, performers, educators, and students to study, perform, and, of course, celebrate the multifaceted art of dance. Artists, students, and audiences share their experience, talent, and inspiration through master classes, workshops, discussions, and performances. The 17th Annual 5X5 Dance Festival performances and master classes will be held in the University of Saint Joseph's Autorino Center in West Hartford, Conn. on Saturday, Nov. 2, with a showcase performance at 7:30 p.m. Pre-show, site-specific performances will occur in the Bruyette Athenaeum starting at 7 p.m.
New Members Join Playhouse Theatre Group, Inc Board Of Directors
by Julie Musbach
- August 12, 2019
David Figliuzzi, Lisa Greene, Jacqueline Moller, and Brittany N. Stephenson join the Playhouse Theatre Group, Inc Board of Directors as Playhouse on Park finishes its tenth season. These individuals will each serve a three-year term.
NBYT Announces New Artistic Director
by Stephi Wild
- April 22, 2019
Entering its tenth year of producing quality performances and educational theater programs for children and teens in Connecticut, No Boundaries Youth Theater is proud to announce that longtime NBYT artistic staff member Nicki LaPorte will become the company's new Artistic Director.
16TH ANNUAL 5X5 CONTEMPORARY DANCE FESTIVAL Announced for Connecticut
by A.A. Cristi
- October 24, 2018
The celebrated 5X5 Dance Festival brings together choreographers, performers, educators and students to learn and perform. Artists, students and audiences share their experience, talent and inspiration through master classes, workshops, discussions and performance. The 16th Annual 5X5 Dance Festival will be held in the University of Saint Joseph's Bruyette Athenaeum in West Hartford, Conn. on Saturday, November 3 with the main showcase performance at 7:30 p.m.
The University of Saint Joseph Announces THE HEALING WORLD PROJECT
by A.A. Cristi
- April 10, 2018
The University of Saint Joseph (USJ), Central Connecticut State University, and the University of Hartford will introduce The Healing World Project at 7:30 p.m. on April 14, 2018 at the Autorino Center for the Arts and Humanities in the Bruyette Athenaeum on USJ's West Hartford campus, located at 1678 Asylum Ave. The Healing World Project, funded by a grant from the Hartford Consortium for Higher Education, aims to present and record the music of refugee and recent immigrant musicians living in Connecticut. Working with students and faculty from the three universities, these musicians create music works that are presented in public performance, toured throughout Connecticut, and recorded for distribution. During the 2017-18 academic year, students and faculty from each university have been working with musicians to produce and record the music, schedule concerts, design promotional materials, promote the concerts on social media, and document the project in photography and video.