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02/13/2019 11:01 PMLooking at 1967: Another play by Dominique Morisseau, Detroit ‘67 will be at Hartford Stage, through Sunday, March 10. This is the second in Morisseau’s trilogy on Detroit. You may remember that Long Wharf presented the earlier play, Paradise Blue, late last fall. Detroit ‘67 is set in a period of nationwide civil and racial unrest that tore apart Detroit. Siblings who run after-hour parties in their basement clash after a mysterious woman enters their lives. Jade King Carroll is directing this collaboration with New Jersey’s McCarter Theatre. For tickets, visit hartfordstage.org or call 860-527-5151.
Discussion: Stony Creek’s Legacy Theatre is presenting a series of discussions of various plays. On Saturday, Feb. 23 the director and some cast members from its March performance of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion will be at the Stony Creek Museum to discuss the work. Theater Manager Jeremy Funke will lead the discussion of all aspects of the play. The talk runs from 2 to 4 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
The Revolutionists: The next production at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford sounds interesting: four “badass” women and the French Revolution in this comedy, which runs Thursday, Feb. 20 to Sunday, March 10. It’s described as “Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris.” For tickets, call 860-523-5900 or visit playhouseonpark.org.
From Movie to Stage: The Bushnell will present the national tour of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tuesday, Feb. 19 through Sunday, Feb. 24. The show features songs from the movie plus new songs by the writers of Hairspray. The show ran on Broadway in 2017. For tickets, visit bushnell.org or call 860-987-5900.
Advice to the Lovelorn: Next up at Long Wharf is an adaptation by Nia Vardalos of the popular novel Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed. It runs through Sunday, March 10. The play and novel are all about an anonymous online advice column that attracted worldwide readers who could say anonymously what they normally would not say. The cast includes Cindy Cheung as the columnist plus three letter writers. For tickets, visit longwharf.org or call 203-787-4282.
A Dickens Mystery: The Tony winning musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood will be on the stage of the Connecticut Repertory Theater on the UConn campus in Storrs, Thursday, Feb. 28 to Sunday, March 10. The show is based on an unfinished work by Charles Dickens—a mystery to which he never revealed a solution. In the musical, which is set somewhat in British music style, the audience gets to vote on who the murdered is. Thus it can change every night. For tickets, call 860-486-2113 or visit crt.uconn.edu.
Karen Isaacs is an East Haven resident. To check out her reviews for New York and Connecticut shows, visit 2ontheaisle.wordpress.com. She’s a member of both the Connecticut Critics Circle and New York’s Outer Critics Circle.