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Musical Written By Yale Grad Who Died In Crash Headed To NYC Festival

By FRANK RIZZO, frizzo@courant.com — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

'Independents' Is Work Of Journalist And Playwright Marina Keegan Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page

"Independents," a folk rock musical written by Marina Keegan, the 22-year-old journalist-playwright who died Saturday in a car accident on Cape Cod days after graduating magna cum laude at Yale, may have a life in the theater.

Stage Review: Sinatra And Tharp Their Way: 'Come Fly Away' Sexy And Exciting

By FRANK RIZZO, frizzo@courant.com — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:01:00 EDT

'Come Fly Away' At Bushnell Follow CT Lifestyle & Entertainment News On The Courant's Features Buzz Facebook Page

The Show: "Come Fly Away" at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford.

Sean Martin Hingston Stars in "Pirates" at Nutmeg Summer Series

by FRANK RIZZO, rizzo@courant.com — Tue, 29 May 2012 22:43:00 EDT

Sean Martin Hingston who was in Broadway's "Pormises, Promises," "Curtains," "Contact" and "Crazy for You" will star as the Pirate King in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "The Pirates of Penzance," the third and final selection of Connecticut Repertory Theatre's Nutmeg Summer Series on thre UConn campus at Storrs.

Lamarre's "Pierce" To Receive Reading In Hartford

By FRANK RIZZO, rizzo@courant.com — Tue, 29 May 2012 12:01:00 EDT

Drama Based On Reclusive First Lady

Jacques Lamarre is a pretty busy man these days.

Teal Wicks, James Snyder To Star In "Carousel" At Goodspeed

By FRANK RIZZO — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:42:00 EDT

Teal Wicks and James Snyder will star as Julie Jordan and Billy Bigelow in Goodspeed Opera House ’s production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Carousel.”

CT Free Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" To Play Stratford

By FRANK RIZZO, rizzo@courant.com — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:55:00 EDT

Free Shows Set For Three Venues

Ct Free Shakespeare 's production of "Romeo and Juliet" will not only play at Bridgeport's Beardsley Zoo and McLevy Green but at the American Shakespeare Festival Theater , 1850 Elm St., Stratford.

"Romeo and Juliet" Cast for Shakespeare On The Sound

By FRANK RIZZO, rizzo@courant.com — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:56:00 EDT

David Cale As The Friar

The outdoor theater company Shakespeare on the Sound will present a newly conceived production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, under the direction of Joanna Settle, this June and July for the company’s 17 th season.

Music Director Don Pippin To Speak To Goodspeed Members

By FRANK RIZZO, rizzo@courant.com — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:26:00 EDT

Donald Pippin , the original music director for the Broadway production of "Mame" will offer his multi-media memoirs presentation for Goodspeed Musical members on Friday, June 8.

Noah Racey, Jayne Atkinson, Dan Butler In Berkshire Theatre Group Casts

by FRANK RIZZO, rizzo@courant.com — Tue, 22 May 2012 22:50:00 EDT

Jackie Hoffman, Jill Eikenberry, Michael Tucker, Too

Jayne Atkinson, Noah Racey, Dan Butler, Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker are among the actors who will be featured in plays and musicals this summer at the Berkshire Theatre Group, which operates the Berkshire Theatre Festival i n Stockbridge and the Colonila Theatre in Pittsfield.

Brad Oscar, Joanna Glushak in Barrington's "Fiddler"

By FRANK RIZZO, rizzo@courant.com — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:26:00 EDT

Brad Oscar ( Broadway’s “The Producers”) will be Tevye and Joanna Glushak (Broadway's "Sweet Smell of Success," tour of "Young Frankenstein") will be Golde in “Fiddler on the Roof” at the Barrington Stage Company ’s main stage June 13 to July 14. Gary John La Rosa directs the show.