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Connecticut News Apr. 15, 2018 BROUGHT TO YOU BY... THE WIZARD OF OZ ] | | by Joseph Harrison How on

Connecticut News Apr. 15, 2018 BROUGHT TO YOU BY... [Paul Anka- Celebrating 60 Years of Hits ? His Way! in Broadway]([Paul Anka- Celebrating 60 Years of Hits ? His Way!]( (Runs 4/19 - 4/19) THE ADDAMS FAMILY]( (Runs 4/18 - 4/20) An Evening of Song and Celebration]( (Runs 4/21 - 4/21) Footloose]( (Runs 4/20 - 4/21) THE WIZARD OF OZ (RSC)]( (Runs 4/20 - 4/21) GYPSY]( (Runs 4/20 - 4/23) Carrie the musical]( (Runs 4/26 - 4/28) [VIEW ALL]( | [ADD A SHOW]( | [AUDITIONS]( [[BWW Review: THE REVISIONIST at Playhouse On Park]BWW Review: THE REVISIONIST at Playhouse On Park]( by Joseph Harrison How one defines family can vary greatly from culture to culture and from generation to generation. What that word means to one person may mean something completely different to another. These are lessons learned by Maria and David, cousins from two very different worlds that form the heart of Jesse Eisenberg's THE REVISIONIST, now playing at West Hartford's Playhouse on Park. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Review: THE REVISIONIST at Playhouse On Park&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[BWW Review: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY at Little Theatre Of Manchester At Cheney Hall]BWW Review: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY at Little Theatre Of Manchester At Cheney Hall]( by Sean Fallon An amazing cast under wonderful direction delivers a first rate performance of an emotionally intense drama about a dysfunctional family. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Review: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY at Little Theatre Of Manchester At Cheney Hall&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with LOVE QUEST at Ivoryton Playhouse]Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with LOVE QUEST at Ivoryton Playhouse]( by BWW News Desk A renowned scientist once theorized that finding "intelligent life" on other planets in the universe would be like shooting a particular blackbird in a room full of blackbirds, with the lights out. Ironically, the same probability applies for finding a "normal man (or woman)" on an online dating service. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Flash: In Rehearsal with LOVE QUEST at Ivoryton Playhouse&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[Long Wharf Theatre To Stage 4th Annual Moments & Minutes Festival April 27]Long Wharf Theatre To Stage 4th Annual Moments & Minutes Festival April 27]( by BWW News Desk Long Wharf Theatre wrestles with big ideas, both on its stages and through its education programs. A great example of the theatre's impact can be found through the Fourth Annual Moments & Minutes Festival, an evening of student created work. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Wharf Theatre To Stage 4th Annual Moments & Minutes Festival April 27&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[VIDEO: Hear Sierra Boggess Sing in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE at Hartford Stage]VIDEO: Hear Sierra Boggess Sing in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE at Hartford Stage]( by BWW News Desk BroadwayWorld has a first look at The Age of Innocence at Hartford Stage! Check out the video below! [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Hear Sierra Boggess Sing in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE at Hartford Stage&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[Photo Flash: Alec {NAME} and Kelli O'Hara Star in LOVE LETTERS at Westport Country Playhouse]Photo Flash: Alec {NAME} and Kelli O'Hara Star in LOVE LETTERS at Westport Country Playhouse]( by BWW News Desk Alec {NAME} and Kelli O'Hara starred in Westport Country Playhouse's Spring Gala performance of A. R. Gurney's play, ?Love Letters,? on Thursday, April 12, at 7 p.m. The one-night-only fundraising event honored the memory of playwright A. R. ?Pete? Gurney, who was a consistent contributor to the Playhouse stage, with 21 works produced there from 1980 through 2016. Gurney died last June at age 86. [Read More](NAME}-and-Kelli-OHara-Star-in-LOVE-LETTERS-at-Westport-Country-Playhouse-20180413) [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Flash: Alec {NAME} and Kelli O'Hara Star in LOVE LETTERS at Westport Country Playhouse&url=NAME}-and-Kelli-OHara-Star-in-LOVE-LETTERS-at-Westport-Country-Playhouse-20180413) --------------------------------------------------------------- [[Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 4/12 - LOVE NEVER DIES, FINDING NEVERLAND, FUN HOME, and More!]Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 4/12 - LOVE NEVER DIES, FINDING NEVERLAND, FUN HOME, and More!]( by BWW Special BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature LOVE NEVER DIES, FINDING NEVERLAND, FUN HOME, and More! [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 4/12 - LOVE NEVER DIES, FINDING NEVERLAND, FUN HOME, and More!&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[Jeeves & Wooster Star In PERFECT NONSENSE As Sixth Production Of The 2018-19 Season]Jeeves & Wooster Star In PERFECT NONSENSE As Sixth Production Of The 2018-19 Season]( by BWW News Desk ???????Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts today announced that Jeeves & Wooster in "Perfect Nonsense," the Olivier Award-winning comedy from brothers David and Robert Goodale, will make its North American premiere at Hartford Stage during the 2018-19 season. Original director Sean Foley will return to stage the show in Hartford. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( & Wooster Star In PERFECT NONSENSE As Sixth Production Of The 2018-19 Season&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[New Britain Youth Theater Stages Original Comedy, THE GNOME]New Britain Youth Theater Stages Original Comedy, THE GNOME]( by BWW News Desk What do a lemon tree, a dank closet, and a nine-headed dragon have in common? All three are important to the plot of New Britain Youth Theater's new original comedy The Gnome! [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Britain Youth Theater Stages Original Comedy, THE GNOME&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[Ridgefield Playhouse Will Show The Met's CENDRILLON]Ridgefield Playhouse Will Show The Met's CENDRILLON]( by BWW News Desk You shall go to the ball! Jules Massenet's bewitching adaptation of the enduring Cinderella story, Cendrillon, makes its debut at the Metropolitan Opera this season in this imaginative production from Laurent Pelly, with Joyce DiDonato reprising the glorious lead role, one of the most charming in the repertoire, after wowing audiences and critics alike in London in 2011. Romantic and glittering, Pelly's creation is witty and elegant adaptation, with astoundingly pretty sets and costumes full of rococo flourish and fairytale magic - a perfect engagement for the first time opera goer. See Cendrillon LIVE in HD on the big screen at The Ridgefield Playhouse, Saturday, April 28th at 12:55pm, part of Benchmark Senior Living at Ridgefield Crossings Live in HD & Classical Series and The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Series. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Playhouse Will Show The Met's CENDRILLON&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[Broadway Sings Stevie Wonder At Ridgefield Playhouse]Broadway Sings Stevie Wonder At Ridgefield Playhouse]( by BWW News Desk Broadway comes to Ridgefield! Broadway's hottest talents will sing completely new arrangements of the hits of the Stevie Wonder, accompanied by a 7-piece jazz band playing original orchestrations of his music in Broadway Sings Stevie Wonder at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Monday, May 14 at 7pm, part of the Ridgefield Magazine Broadway & Cabaret Series and partially underwritten by Adam Broderick Salon & Spa [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Sings Stevie Wonder At Ridgefield Playhouse&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[Square One Theatre Presents Of THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY]Square One Theatre Presents Of THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY]( by BWW News Desk The Square One Theatre Company in Stratford, Connecticut completes its 28th Anniversary Season with The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey by James Lescene. Lecesne's multihued play glows with such humanity (and robust humor) that the audience may find itself choking back a tear or two. The play, directed by Tom Holehan, is a dazzling beacon of theatrical talent. The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, hailed by The New York Times "?leaves you beaming with joy?a superlative solo show?" opens Thursday, May 3 and continues Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through May 20 (2018) at Stratford Academy located at 719 Birdseye Street in Stratford, Connecticut. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( One Theatre Presents Of THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[Fairfield Ludlowe High School Drama Club Presents PIPPIN]Fairfield Ludlowe High School Drama Club Presents PIPPIN]( by BWW News Desk Join us, we've got illusion, fantasy, intrigue, and romance! [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Ludlowe High School Drama Club Presents PIPPIN&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[The Dance Collective Comes to Hog River Brewing]The Dance Collective Comes to Hog River Brewing]( by BWW News Desk The Dance Collective is back at Hog River Brewing Co. on Sunday, May 6th at 6:30pm. Keeping the evening casual and cool, come join us and grab a pint while you sit back and enjoy professional contemporary dance performance! The Dance Collective brings you cultural & art performances outside a formal, traditional setting. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Dance Collective Comes to Hog River Brewing&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[Westport Country Playhouse Receives Gift From Bigelow Foundation]Westport Country Playhouse Receives Gift From Bigelow Foundation]( by BWW News Desk Westport Country Playhouse has received a $150,000 gift from the Eunice and David Bigelow Foundation for a new lighting communication system. Due to the speed of advancements in computer technology, the lighting system installed during the Playhouse's 2005 renovation is now almost obsolete. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Country Playhouse Receives Gift From Bigelow Foundation&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[The Ballard Institute And Museum Of Puppetry Presents 'Puppets And Film: Paul Spirito's Ancestral']The Ballard Institute And Museum Of Puppetry Presents 'Puppets And Film: Paul Spirito's Ancestral']( by BWW News Desk As part of the 2018 Spring Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will present a discussion with Paul Spirito, Helder Mira, and Sarah Nolen on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 7 p.m. in the Ballard Institute Theater, located at 1 Royce Circle in Downtown Storrs. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Ballard Institute And Museum Of Puppetry Presents 'Puppets And Film: Paul Spirito's Ancestral'&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[Photo Flash: Boyd Gaines and Sierra Boggess Star in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE at Hartford Stage]Photo Flash: Boyd Gaines and Sierra Boggess Star in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE at Hartford Stage]( by BWW News Desk Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjakand Managing Director Michael Stotts present the world premiere of The Age of Innocence. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Flash: Boyd Gaines and Sierra Boggess Star in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE at Hartford Stage&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[The University of Saint Joseph Announces THE HEALING WORLD PROJECT]The University of Saint Joseph Announces THE HEALING WORLD PROJECT]( by BWW News Desk ???????The University of Saint Joseph (USJ), Central Connecticut State University, and the University of Hartford will introduce The Healing World Project at 7:30 p.m. on April 14, 2018 at the Autorino Center for the Arts and Humanities in the Bruyette Athenaeum on USJ's West Hartford campus, located at 1678 Asylum Ave. The Healing World Project, funded by a grant from the Hartford Consortium for Higher Education, aims to present and record the music of refugee and recent immigrant musicians living in Connecticut. Working with students and faculty from the three universities, these musicians create music works that are presented in public performance, toured throughout Connecticut, and recorded for distribution. During the 2017-18 academic year, students and faculty from each university have been working with musicians to produce and record the music, schedule concerts, design promotional materials, promote the concerts on social media, and document the project in photography and video. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( University of Saint Joseph Announces THE HEALING WORLD PROJECT&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[CCSU Responds to Allegations of Theater Professor's Sexual Misconduct]CCSU Responds to Allegations of Theater Professor's Sexual Misconduct]( by Danielle Gutierrez Central Connecticut State University President Zulma R. Toro has issued a statement following recent allegations of a faculty member's sexual misconduct. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Responds to Allegations of Theater Professor's Sexual Misconduct&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[Westport Country Playhouse Announces Script In Hand Playreading On April 23]Westport Country Playhouse Announces Script In Hand Playreading On April 23]( by BWW News Desk ???????Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of the comedy, "Breaking Legs" by Tom Dulack, on Monday, April 23, at 7 p.m. The reading will be directed by Anne Keefe, Playhouse associate artist and curator of the playreading series. Tickets are $20 each. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Country Playhouse Announces Script In Hand Playreading On April 23&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[CT Repertory Theatre Ends 2017-18 Season With AS YOU LIKE IT]CT Repertory Theatre Ends 2017-18 Season With AS YOU LIKE IT]( by BWW News Desk Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) ends its 2017-18 season with William Shakespeare's "As You Like It". Kristin Wold will direct. Performances will be held in the Harriet S. Jorgenson Theatre from April 19th through April 29th, 2018. For tickets and information please visit crt.uconn.edu or call (860) 486-2113. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Repertory Theatre Ends 2017-18 Season With AS YOU LIKE IT&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[Sacred Heart University Theatre Arts Links IN THE HEIGHTS With Puerto Rican Fundraiser]Sacred Heart University Theatre Arts Links IN THE HEIGHTS With Puerto Rican Fundraiser]( by BWW News Desk The Theatre Arts Program at Sacred Heart University presents In the Heights, by Lin-Manuel Miranda, winner of four Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Score. In the Heights was the debut Broadway musical for Miranda, who also wrote the smash hit, Hamilton. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Heart University Theatre Arts Links IN THE HEIGHTS With Puerto Rican Fundraiser&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[Breaking: COME FROM AWAY Tour Will Launch from Seattle in October; Full Schedule Announced!]Breaking: COME FROM AWAY Tour Will Launch from Seattle in October; Full Schedule Announced!]( by BWW News Desk Junkyard Dog Productions announces today that the North American Tour of the Tony Award-winning smash hit Broadway musical COME FROM AWAY will launch at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre on Tuesday, October 9, 2018. The tour will go on to play more than 60 cities including Los Angeles, CA (The Ahmanson); Denver, CO (Buell Theatre); San Francisco, CA (Golden Gate Theatre); Vancouver, BC (Queen Elizabeth); Calgary, AB (Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium); Orlando, FL (Dr. Phillips Center); Cleveland, OH (Connor Palace); Ottawa, ON (National Art Centre) and many more across the United States and Canada. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( COME FROM AWAY Tour Will Launch from Seattle in October; Full Schedule Announced!&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[NY Gilbert & Sullivan Prepares for RUDDIGORE]NY Gilbert & Sullivan Prepares for RUDDIGORE]( by BWW News Desk ???????New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, America's preeminent professional Gilbert & Sullivan repertory company, continues its exhilarating 2017-18 Season on Saturday, April 14 (2PM) with its spring offering, Ruddigore, at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (East 68th Street between Park & Lexington Avenues). Scenic designer Albere has been working overtime putting finishing touches on the scenery for the production design paying homage to the iconic illustrator Edward Gorey. Ruddigore will play a strictly limited engagement April 14 & 15 with a family bonus, Family Overture Series on Sunday, April 15th at 1:45PM. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Gilbert & Sullivan Prepares for RUDDIGORE&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- [[WCSU Wins 10 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Awards]WCSU Wins 10 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Awards]( by BWW News Desk The Western Connecticut State University Department of Theatre Arts hosted the Region One Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) in late January for the third year in a row. The department once again came out strong by giving a public performance of the nominated fall theatre production, 'Evita,' in the MainStage Theatre of the Visual and Performing Arts Center. [Read More]( [Share on Facebook]( [Tweet]( Wins 10 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Awards&url= --------------------------------------------------------------- Click [here]( to manage your BWW e-mail alerts. 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