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Ari Brand Joins Cast In Long Wharf's "Asher Lev"
Hartford CourantAri Brand plays the title role in "My Name Is...Asher Lev" at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven May 2 to 27. Brand made his Broadway debut in "The Neil Simon plays," directed by David Cromer. Since then he’s played the roles of Teddy in the...Tags: Richard Thomas, Long Wharf Theatre, F. Murray Abraham, Washington, DC, Lincoln Center
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The theater season never ends
A Spring Theater preview? But doesn't the regular theater season end in May? For some of the state's half-dozen major regional theaters, that's true. Others, which follow a spring-to-winter schedule instead of the academic-year calendar preferred in...
Tags: Gypsy Rose Lee, Long Wharf Theatre, Michael Douglas, Theater, Haddam
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"Into the Woods" Reunion At Westport Playhouse
Hartford CourantThere will be an "Into the Woods" reunion of sorts at the Westport Country Playhouse on Sunday, May 6, following the 3 p.m. performance of the revival of the play at the theater, directed by Mark Lamos. The 25th anniversary cast reunion will include...Tags: Phylicia Rashad, Celebrities, Tony Awards, Cinderella (fictional character), Music
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Can Theaters Parlay Yale's Fortunes To Make State Premiere "Placemaker" For New Works?
Hartford CourantAmerican Theater just got an historic gift. Now the question is: Can Connecticut theaters capitalize on it? The Robina Foundation gave Yale Repertory Theatre and the Yale School of Drama $18 million gift to permanently endow and continue the Yale Center...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Yale Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Tony Awards, Music
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Into the Woods playing at the Westport Country Playhouse
In 1950, Stephen Sondheim was an apprentice at Westport Country Playhouse. Now, 62 years later, they'll be staging his fractured-fairy tale musical Into the Woods throughout the month of May. It's the 25th anniversary production of the imaginative play,...
Tags: Cinderella (fictional character), Music, Westport, Entertainment
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A welcome journey 'Into the Woods'
Fairy tales seem like so much fun until you start paying attention. All that violence and vengeance, the spookiness, illusion, deceit.
"And ah, the woods," as Stephen Sondheim writes in his latest book. "The all-purpose symbol of the unconscious, the...Tags: Cinderella (fictional character), Theater, Music, Broadway Theater, Entertainment
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Lauren Kennedy, Erik Liberman Cast In 'Into the Woods' at Westport Playhouse
![<strong>Lauren Kennedy, Erik Liberman</strong> and <strong>Danielle Ferland </strong>will be featured in the <strong>Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine </strong>musical <strong>"Into the Woods,"</strong> a co-production with Baltimore's <strong>CenterStage</strong> and the <strong>Westport Country Playhouse.</strong>](http://www.courant.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/158692140-03100826.jpg "<strong>Lauren Kennedy, Erik Liberman</strong> and <strong>Danielle Ferland </strong>will be featured in the <strong>Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine </strong>musical <strong>"Into the Woods,\"</strong> a co-production with Baltimore's <strong>CenterStage</strong> and the <strong>Westport Country Playhouse.</strong>")
Hartford CourantLauren Kennedy, Erik Liberman and Danielle Ferland will be featured in the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical "Into the Woods," a co-production with Baltimore's CenterStage and the Westport Country Playhouse. Mark Lamos, artistic director of the...Tags: Les Miserables (musical), Derby, New York City, Lincoln Center, Cinderella (fictional character)
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Arts Input Sought for New State "Arts Office"
Hartford CourantWant to put your two cents in about the Connecticut Office of the Arts, formerly the state’s Commission on Culture and Tourism — but down-classified when it became part of the Department of Economic and Community Development? The COA will...Tags: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Long Wharf Theatre, Culture, Culture, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Brenda Thomas Heads Cast in TheaterWorks' "The Sty of the Blind Pig"
![Veteran actress <strong>Brenda Thomas </strong>will head the cast of TheaterWorks' production of the rarely produced <strong>Philip Hayes Dean's 1970 </strong>play, <strong>"The Sty of the Blind Pig." Tazewell Thompson</strong> directs the Hartford production which runs Jan. 20 to Feb. 26.](http://www.courant.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67153512-04113218.jpg "Veteran actress <strong>Brenda Thomas </strong>will head the cast of TheaterWorks' production of the rarely produced <strong>Philip Hayes Dean's 1970 </strong>play, <strong>"The Sty of the Blind Pig.\" Tazewell Thompson</strong> directs the Hartford production which runs Jan. 20 to Feb. 26.")
Hartford CourantVeteran actress Brenda Thomas will head the cast of TheaterWorks' production of the rarely produced Philip Hayes Dean's 1970 play, "The Sty of the Blind Pig." Tazewell Thompson directs the Hartford production which runs Jan. 20 to Feb. 26. Thonmas was in...Tags: TheaterWorks, Minority Groups, Yale Repertory Theatre, Arts and Culture, Westport
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Memorable Moments, Performances of 2011 Connecticut Theater Scene
Hartford CourantEarlier this week, I named the Ten Best Shows in Connecticut in 2011. But once you start looking back on a year, there’s just no stopping. So here’s a playful retro glance at some of the highlights, performances, newsworthy events and people...Tags: Artists, TheaterWorks, Mark Twain, Fine Artists, Brian Dennehy
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Striking 12 playing at Westport Country Playhouse on Dec. 10
The band GrooveLily brings Striking 12, their contemporary musical take on Hans Christian Andersen's holiday tale The Little Match Girl, to the Westport Country Playhouse this Saturday for two performances. In the show, which blends old-fashioned...Tags: Music, Westport, Hans Christian Andersen, Entertainment, Music Theater
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