Displaying items 61-72 of 242
» View wsbtradio.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-21
•
Next >
-
Elections Throw Wrench In Some Theater Programming
Hartford CourantFor many Connecticut theatergoers, the best show around during a presidential election is not on local stages -- which may account for some disappointing box office figures when expectations were higher for some shows. "Whenever there's a national...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Wicked (musical), Hurricane Sandy (2012)
-
Hal Holbrook To Be Honored At Mark Twain House In Hartford
Hartford CourantHal Holbrook, the Tony, Emmy Award winning (and Oscar-nominated) actor will be in Hartford later this month when the Mark Twain House & Museum dedicates its Great Hall at its museum center in honor of the actor who has spent more than 60 years playing the...Tags: NPR, Celebrities, Arts and Culture, Hal Holbrook, Mark Twain
-
U.S. Premiere of Christopher Shinn's "Now or Later": The Politics of Family
Hartford CourantThe show: Christopher Shinn's "Now of Later" by the Huntington Stage Company, at Wimberly Theater at the Boston Center for the Arts. Traveling around a bit, no? Connecticut connections pulled me to Beantown for the U.S. premiere of a play by Hartford-...Tags: Entertainment Events, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Freedom of the Press, Media Industry, Elections
-
A Proposal For a New Way Theaters Can Eliminate Subscriptions, Get Advance Bucks and Make Everyone Happy
The mixed-but-very-vocal reaction in the blogasphere surrounding the concept of premium pricing for not-for-profit theaters (let the market decide; think airline tickets) got me to thinking... ...About thinking outsode the box office. What would I...
Tags: Gypsy Rose Lee, Long Wharf Theatre, Prices, Media Industry, Arts and Culture
-
Felix Solis, Patch Darragh, Nick Westrate Cast In "Brand:NEW" Play Reading Fest
Hartford CourantFelix Solis, Patch Darragh and Nick Westrate are some of the actors cast in the annual play reading series at Hartford Stage, "Brand:NEW: Fall Festival of New Works," running Oct. 25 to 28. The festival will feature five new plays by Octavio Solis,...Tags: Felix Solis, Festive Events, Arts and Culture
-
'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder' at Hartford Stage Offers Melodrama and Flair
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Through Nov. 11, Hartford Stage, 50 Church St., (860) 527-5151, hartfordstage.org Frothy, outrageous, and expertly performed, this brand new musical updates the familiar tropes of Edwardian melodrama and music...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Entertainment Events, Theater, Music Theater
-
The '60s Classic 'A Raisin In The Sun' Still Has Plenty Wisdom to Impart
A Raisin in the Sun Through Nov. 3 at the Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, Westport, westportplayhouse.org Better late than never, Lorraine Hansberry's game-changing 1959 Broadway hit A Raisin in the Sun is making its Westport Country...
Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Sanaa Lathan, Eugene O'Neill, Westport Country Playhouse, Bruce Norris
-
Student Winners Named For Hartford Stage's "Write On" Contest
Hartford CourantAbigail Kehoe, Alyssa Slotnick, Christopher Snow, Joe Buchek and Jonas Shivers are the winners of Hartford Stage's "Write On" contest, its annual young playwrights' competition for students in grades nine to 12. The theater sent me information about each...Tags: Literature, Schools, Burlington (Hartford, Connecticut), Magnet Schools, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
-
New York Theater Casting With Connecticut Connections
Hartford CourantRecent Yale School of Drama grad Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Tony nominee for “Ghost”), Chris Bauer (“True Blood”), Aimee Carrero (Cartoon Network’s live-action series “Level Up”) and Seana Kofoed will be featured in...Tags: Cartoon Network (tv network), Drama (genre), Arts and Culture
-
Review: Psycho-Sexual 'Venus In Fur' Sizzles At TheaterWorks
Hartford CourantThe show: "Venus in Fur" at Hartford's TheaterWorks First impressions: The notion of role-playing has a multitude of meanings in David Ives' clever psycho-sexual comedy, that takes Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's infamous erotic 1870 novella and places it...Tags: TheaterWorks, Celebrities, Tony Awards, Entertainment Events, Comedy (genre)
-
Mulitple Murders, For A Song, At Hartford Stage
The Hartford CourantHow do you make a serial killer likable? One way is by having him sing, which is what the leading character does in the premiere of the “drop dead” musical comedy, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” which begins...Tags: Literature, Romance (genre), Music, Cinderella (fictional character), Sundance Film Festival
-
Pizza, Tweets And Murder For College Theatergoers At Hartford Stage
Hartford CourantFor $15 Hartford area college students can take in an evening of pizza, prizes and theater as part of Hartford Stage's "College Night" promotion for its new musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder." The event will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday,...Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities, Murder
Nov 6, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
Nov 4, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
Oct 28, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
Oct 24, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
Oct 22, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
Oct 24, 2012
|Story| WTXX-LTV
Oct 23, 2012
|Story| WTXX-LTV
Oct 25, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
Oct 23, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
Oct 12, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
Oct 7, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
Oct 10, 2012
|Story| Hartford Courant
Original site for Hartford Stage topic gallery.