Behind The Curtain: Connecticut Theater Reviews - Courant.com

Review: A Beautifully Staged, Fun 'Twelfth Night'

By FRANK RIZZO, frizzo@courant.com — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

The show: "Twelfth Night" at Hartford Stage

Shirley MacLaine's Daughter Sachi Parker Has Her Say

By FRANK RIZZO, frizzo@courant.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:36:00 EDT

New Haven Stage Show Based on Autobiography 'Lucky Me'

People would often come up to Sachi Parker to say she must be so lucky to have such a wonderful mother, Oscar-winning actress Shirley MacLaine.

Calling On Dr. Ruth About Her Play At TheaterWorks

By FRANK RIZZO, frizzo@courant.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:45:00 EDT

One-Woman Show Looks At Her Life As Holocaust Orphan, Israeli Sniper And Sex Counselor

The doorbell of the apartment in a modest brick building in a quiet residential neighborhood in Washington Heights rings like Big Ben announcing the queen.

Three In Connecticut To Receive Governor's Arts Awards

By FRANK RIZZO, rizzo@courant.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:55:00 EDT

Eliizabeth Alexander, Jimmy Greene, Olu Oguibe

Sneak Peek At TheaterWorks' 'Becoming Dr. Ruth'

By FRANK RIZZO, rizzo@courant.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:57:00 EDT

Tim Altmeyer, Erika Rolfsrud, Cast in TheaterWorks' "Time Stands Still"

By FRANK RIZZO, rizzo@courant.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:46:00 EDT

Long Wharf's Eric Ting Receives Obie Award

By FRANK RIZZO, rizzo@courant.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:33:00 EDT

A Year After Her Death, Yale Crash Victim Marina Keegan's Play Opens

By FRANK RIZZO, frizzo@courant.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:21:00 EDT

On the night before the first anniversary of the death of Marina Keegan, the 22-year-old writer who was killed in a car crash on Cape Cod days after graduating magna cum from Yale, her play "Utility Monster," will have its world premiere at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, not far from where she spent vacations at her family's summer home.

Nominations Announced For Connecticut High School Music Theater Awards

By FRANK RIZZO, frizzo@courant.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:46:00 EDT

Nominations are out for the annual Connecticut High School Music Theater Awards . Winners will be revealed at a ceremony at the Palace Theater in Waterbury on Tuesday, June 4. Tony Award-winning Broadway actress Debbie Gravitte will be host of the awards ceremony.

Set Designer Creates Maze Magic For 'Twelfth Night' At Hartford Stage

By FRANK RIZZO, frizzo@courant.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:51:00 EDT

Alexander Dodge Creates Solid Settings But Under His Own Terms

For set designer Alexander Dodge, it often starts with an image.