James Snyder

What did the best in Connecticut theater add up to in 2012? My four favorite shows were all world premieres, two of them musicals and two of them plays. Beyond that fresh quartet, I was smitten by two additional musical revivals from our local producing...

"The Secret World of Arrietty": The legendary Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki ("Spirited Away") and his animation house Studio Ghibli rarely miss the mark, and their latest effort, "The Secret World of Arrietty," is no exception. The film has garnered...

Writer Jeannine Dominy discusses the story behind the story of 'Dangerous Beauty,' coming to Pasadena Playhouse...

“Dangerous Beauty,” the new musical about a canny Venetian courtesan based on the 1998 movie of the same title, sets out to seduce its audience with visual opulence. The costumes by Soyon An are like a Renaissance picture book sprung......

During his misspent youth, John Waters often joked that his future lay behind barbed wire and guard towers. "I used to say that I was going to end up in prison making license plates," he says. "Little did I know." Little did Waters know that he, the...

James Snyder (Broadway's "Crybaby," Goodspeed's "Carousel") will be among the singers featured in a concert by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Goodspeed Opera House. The concert will be held on Saturday, Feb. 23...

The show: A revival of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical “Carousel” at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam. First Impressions: You can tell right away from set designer Michael Schweikardt’s gorgeously painted seashore and sky...

John Allen Muhammad and a Virginia police officer who says he encountered and questioned him a half-hour after a killing got into a testy courtroom exchange yesterday, as Muhammad repeatedly asked him the same questions. "He was trying to get me riled...

FAIRFAX, Va. - Teen-age sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo told Supermax jailers that he intended to shoot a pregnant woman at a Baltimore cemetery and a city police officer, correctional officers testified yesterday, offering fresh details about the...