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A tour through Goodspeed Musicals' Costume Collection

 February 19, 2012

Wandering through Goodspeed's costume collection feels like taking a sartorial tour through Broadway's recent past.

Goodspeed tickets go on sale Sunday

 February 18, 2012

Tickets for the 2012 season at the Goodspeed Opera House will go on sale Sunday beginning at 10 a.m.

William Shatner boldly goes back to Broadway

 February 16, 2012

William Shatner is standing in a mostly bare rehearsal room in Hollywood, his arms outstretched as he recites the closing lines to his Broadway-bound one-man show. Naturally, the subject of the moment is his career - that strange, constantly...

Treehouse Comedy Club holds comic contest

 February 16, 2012

We New Englanders think we're pretty damned funny.

And quite a few of our sarcastic brethren have gone onto stand-up fame: Denis Leary, Steven Wright, Dane Cook, Jay Leno, and on it goes.

Which brings us to the latest opportunity for...

Colin Quinn brings his Broadway show to Foxwoods

 February 16, 2012

That's his story, and he's sticking to it: Colin Quinn - stand-up comedian and former "SNL" cast member - has sculpted his comic world view into an acclaimed stage show, "Long Story Short." It's billed as the "History of the World...

Meet Zelda Fitzgerald at Old Lyme Library

 February 15, 2012

Rita Parisi from Waterfall Productions presents "I, Zelda," a one-act play about Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald at Old Lyme PGN Library on Sunday, Feb. 19, at 4 p.m. This original, one-woman play sheds light on the mythical life of Zelda Sayre...

Seeking actors for play about Matisse

 February 12, 2012

Stonington Players will hold open auditions for the world premiere of "Large Red Interior" by Anthony S. Maulucci on Feb. 26 from 4 to 7 p.m. and Feb. 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Stonington Community Center, 28 Cutler St. Show dates, also at the...

ETC presents new dinner-theater show, 'Ever True'

 February 11, 2012

This was a find. Mystic playwright Lisa Saunders discovered an evocative series of letters between her great-great-grandparents - a Civil War soldier and his young wife. Saunders has worked that story into a drama "Ever True: A Union...

Gala dance performance at Conn College

 February 9, 2012

As host for the American College Dance Festival Association's New England Conference, Connecticut College is wrapping the conference up with a big gala performance on Saturday.

The show will consist of student and faculty works selected by...

"Shrek, the Musical" plays the Garde

 February 9, 2012

It's become de rigeur. If you make an animated film and see it succeed wildly, you are obligated to turn it into a Broadway musical.

"Beauty and the Beast" began the trend. "The Lion King" proved its artistic possibilities.

And...

Mystic Ballet does its latest Dynamic Directions

 February 9, 2012

The images that virtually leap out of Mystic Ballet's photos are so stunning and evocative, do you really need words?

Well, fine. We'll toss a few your way.

Such as: Mystic Ballet gives its latest Dynamic Directions performance...

O’Neill seeks young playwrights

 February 6, 2012

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center is accepting scripts for its 7th annual Young Playwrights Festival to be held May 4 to 6.

Flock takes on "Emma"

 February 2, 2012

Flock Theatre is so thematically on its game. It has scheduled its production of Jane Austen's beloved "Emma" - about an inveterate matchmaker who finds herself falling in love - just in time for Valentine's Day.

Theater seeks volunteers for excellence awards

 January 28, 2012

The Spirit of Broadway Theater is seeking evaluators for its annual Connecticut High School Musical Theater Awards program which awards excellence in the production of high school musical theatre. Positions are seasonal from March to...

Picks revealed for summer Central Park plays

 January 28, 2012

The Public Theater will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Shakespeare in the Park series this summer with a little Bard and a little Sondheim.

The Public said Thursday that Daniel Sullivan will direct "As You Like It" in June with...

Producers sue 'Spider-Man' director Taymor

 January 19, 2012

After the first preview of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" on Nov. 28, 2010, Michael Cohl, a Canadian concert promoter and lead producer of the $75 million musical, declared himself "ecstatic."

"I thought the audience enjoyed it," he was...

The jury's in with Saybrook Stage Company's '12 Angry Men'

 January 19, 2012

The whole hush-hush business of what exactly goes on in a jury room remains fascinating - the debates and outright battles as they decide a person's fate.

Presto, change-o! It's the Masters of Illusion

 January 19, 2012

When I heard the Masters of Illusion show was headed to the Mohegan Sun for Saturday and Sunday performances in the Arena, I got all caught up in Magick-ness. For example, even though you're reading these words - they're not really here.

Julie Andrews returning to direct at Goodspeed

 January 15, 2012

Goodspeed Musicals' just-announced musical is a family matter: directed by Julie Andrews and co-written by Andrews and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, with sets by Tony Walton - Hamilton's father and Andrews' former husband.

The Chorus of Westerly unveils its latest “Celebration of Twelfth Night”

 January 12, 2012

It's taken on the honeycomb mythology of "Dune," only with the cherished seasonal traditions and holiday accoutrements of yore.

That's where we're at with the Chorus of Westerly's annual production of "A Celebration of Twelfth...

'Naughty' opens at Blue Gene's tonight

 January 12, 2012

The Planning Stage presents a workshop production of "Naughty" by Michael R. McGuire tonight through Saturday in Blue Gene’s Pub at the O’Neill Theater Center, 305 Great Neck Road, Waterford. Doors open at...

Goodspeed sets the stage for its Festival of New Artists

 January 12, 2012

SIDEBAR SCHEDULE

Goodspeed's Festival of New Artists

Tickets are $15 each for one show, $10 each for students. A Festival Package is $79. Call (860) 873-8668 or visit goodspeed.org for a complete schedule. Some of the highlights...

Predictions and payday stories from The Amazing Kreskin

 January 10, 2012

You think it's tough singing for your supper? How about divining for your paycheck?

Spirit of Broadway stages 'The Boy in the Bathroom'

 January 5, 2012

Brett Bernardini - who is the artistic director/CEO of Norwich's Spirit of Broadway Theater - was directing a rather unusual musical at the Curtain Call theater company in Stamford last February.

A thing of 'Beauty' with Moscow Festival Ballet

 January 5, 2012

From Bolshoi: Sergei Radchenko - once a principal dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet - founded the Moscow Festival Ballet back in 1989. His goal was simple: to use the classical elements of the Bolshoi and Kirov...

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