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Living Features • Published April 02, 2020 12:01 a.m.
‘Adversity Engenders Creativity’
Someday this current health related crisis will be under control.With all of the uncertainty and havoc it’s created, one of many questions that remains unclear is what Connecticut...
Living Features • Published March 26, 2020 12:01 a.m.
Theaters Scramble to Address Unprecedented Crisis
I went to see Girl from the North Country on Broadway on March 12, and the theater was full. Yes, there were some empty seats, but since the show was sold out and standing room, those...
Living Features • Published March 12, 2020 12:01 a.m.
A Classic Play, Broadway Satire, From Film to Stage, and More
A Classic Play: Yale Rep is presenting the classic play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry from Friday, March 13 to Saturday, April 4. The play was the first play...
Living Features • Published March 05, 2020 12:01 a.m.
Jane Eyre, the Heroine, Is a Truly Independent Woman Caught Up in a Gothic Novel
As a teenager reading Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, I was caught up in the story of the rags to riches (or at least prosperity) heroine and the seemingly doomed love story...
Living Features • Published Feb. 27, 2020 12:01 a.m.
Changes, PlayDates, Elvis in East Haddam, Sad News, and Summer Camp
Another Major Change: Michael Gennaro, the executive director of Goodspeed since 2015, will be stepping down at the end of the season. Gennaro had the unenviable task of...
Living Features • Published Feb. 27, 2020 12:01 a.m.
Long Wharf Tells a Fascinating True Story in ‘I Am My Own Wife’
Even the simplest human being is complicated, and Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, the central character in I Am My Own Wife, is more so than most. She is incredibly complex and her story is...
Local News • Published Feb. 20, 2020 12:01 a.m.
The Morgan School 2nd Quarter Honor Roll
The following students have been named to The Morgan School Second Quarter Honor Roll:Grade 12High Honors: Matthew Alexander Alvarez-Hidalgo, Alexander Paul Amendola,...
Living Features • Published Feb. 20, 2020 12:01 a.m.
Lifespan of a Fact at TheaterWorks Explores When Is a Fact Accurate?
The central question in Lifespan of a Fact, which is getting a magnificent production at TheaterWorks in Hartford through Sunday, March 8, is: Do verifiable facts tell the real story?...
Living Features • Published Feb. 13, 2020 12:01 a.m.
Centuries Change, But the Story Is the Same, in Yale Rep’s Manahatta
Manahatta, now at the Yale Rep through Saturday, Feb. 15, offers a great deal to think about. It is getting its east coast premiere, having had its initial production at the Oregon...
Living Features • Published Feb. 13, 2020 12:01 a.m.
Creative Women, Changes at the Goodspeed, the Governess and Mr. Rochester, and More
Inside Notes and Comments About Connecticut and New York Professional Theater...
Living Features • Published Jan. 30, 2020 12:01 a.m.
Every Brilliant Thing, A Man and His Dog, A Local Story, And More
Addition to Schedule: Every Brilliant Thing has been added to the TheatreWorks schedule for a short run. It will run just two weeks (Thursday, March 12 to Sunday, March...
Living Features • Published Jan. 30, 2020 12:01 a.m.
Humor, Pathos, Raw Emotion in Pike St. at Hartford Stage
Nilaja Sun first came to my attention with her solo piece No Child... that received numerous awards. It was based on her experiences as a teaching theater artist in the New York public...
Living Features • Published Jan. 23, 2020 12:01 a.m.
New Plays, Some Setbacks, Trailblazers, In Memoriam, and More
Reading Series of New Plays: From A to Z by Monica Raymond is next in the Playhouse on Park’s new play reading series in West Hartford. It is scheduled for Sunday, ...
Living Features • Published Jan. 08, 2020 07:00 a.m.
Connecticut Theater Offerings You Won’t Want to Miss
Resist the urge to hibernate during the dark, cold, wintery days. If you do, you will miss many promising theater productions and events.In January, with Goodspeed’s spring...
Living Features • Published Jan. 08, 2020 07:00 a.m.
Revivals and Transfers Dominate Broadway this Spring
Broadway will welcome a number of revivals (mostly of plays), some transfers from off-Broadway and London, as well as some new musicals. Of course, any of this could change at any time. Schedules...
Living Features • Published Jan. 09, 2020 12:01 a.m.
Sweet Music, Looking to Spring, and Manhatta
Saying Goodbye: 2019 ended on a sad note with the passing of composer/lyricist Jerry Herman. He gave us some of the most engaging musicals of the last half of the 20th century,...
Living Features • Published Dec. 19, 2019 12:01 a.m.
Long Wharf’s Pride and Prejudice Not for Jane Austen Purists
Kate Hamill, playwright of Long Wharf’s current production Pride and Prejudice, has created somewhat of a cottage industry adapting famous 19th century novels by Austen and...
Living Features • Published Dec. 19, 2019 12:01 a.m.
Here’s Hoping, Year End Lists, and A Wish for the New Year
An Unnerving Reality: It’s no secret that theaters all across the country are facing challenges. Still, it’s unnerving when the chatter turns to specific theaters...
Living Features • Published Dec. 19, 2019 12:01 a.m.
Talents of Will Eno on Display in Yale Rep World Premiere
Playwright Will Eno has a unique way of blending reality, perception and expectations. This talent is on display at the Yale Rep in the world premiere production of The Plot through...
Local News • Published Dec. 12, 2019 12:01 a.m.
Morgan School 1st Quarter Honor Roll
The following students have been named to the Morgan School First Quarter Honor RollGrade 12High Honors: Carlo Joseph Arnoldi, Sarah Elizabeth Auletta, Thomas Alexander Baker, Emma...
Living Features • Published Dec. 03, 2019 11:26 a.m.
A Must See, Closings, Holiday Gifts, and More
A Must See: Even if you think you have seen enough stage adaptations of A Christmas Carol, you still need to see the new production on Broadway through Sunday, Jan. 5. It ...
Living Features • Published Dec. 05, 2019 12:01 a.m.
A Very Special Christmas Carol, and More Holiday Fun Planned in Connecticut
Kathleen Turner as Scrooge?Yes, and, thanks to a collaboration between Jacqui Hubbard’s Ivoryton Playhouse and the New Haven Symphony, there will be five opportunities in four...
Shore Special Pubs • Published Nov. 21, 2019 05:33 p.m.
New Takes on Holiday Favorites This Theater Season
Santa Claus may be coming to town, the mall, and parties, but for Connecticut theaters, it's Tiny Tim who attracts the audiences.Versions of the Charles Dickens novella will turn up on...
Living Features • Published Nov. 21, 2019 12:01 a.m.
Hilarious Jane, a Tiny Plot of Land, Fun Home, and More
“Hilarious Jane Austen": Most Jane Austen fans wouldn’t use that adjective, but Long Wharf Theatre uses it to describe the production of Pride and Prejudice ...
Living Features • Published Nov. 14, 2019 12:01 a.m.
New Mothers Can’t Win, No Matter What Their Choices, in Cry it Out
Becoming a mother—particularly for the first time—is a challenging time for most women. From the audience reactions, it’s clear that Cry It Out now at Hartford Stage...
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