Author Archives: Christopher Arnott

My Name is Asher Lev Through May 27 at the Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Dr., New Haven. (203) 787-4282, www.longwharf.org. By Aaron Posner, adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok. Directed by Gordon Edelstein. Set design: Eugene Lee. Costume design: Ilona Somogyi. Lighting design: Chris Akerlind. Sound design: John Gromada. Stage manager: Bonnie Brady. … Continue reading »

The Long Wharf had their big 2012-13 season announcement last night at a pizza-studded press conference/subscriber event in the theater’s Stage II space. Long Wharf was the last major theater in the state to unveil its 2012-13 slate. Seems like there was some last-minute scheduling involved, but the LWT also reports that subscription renewals were … Continue reading »

A superficial reading of a complex Sondheim lyric (see last panel), perhaps, but you know what school superintendents are like.

The Yale School of Drama and the Yale Repertory Theatre were given a ton of money last week by the Robina Foundation for doing what the Rep has always done best: developing new work and supporting emerging theater artists. The bounty is a whopping $18 million, given to the four-year-old Yale Center for New Theatre. … Continue reading »

  The Tony Awards did not even exist during George Gershwin’s lifetime. This year, shows he co-wrote are nominated for a combined 21 of ‘em. It’s the composer’s best showing since Crazy for You won Best Musical in 1992. One of those shows had its rewritten revival roots in a Connecticut production in 2001. How … Continue reading »

Through May 12 at the Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel St., New Haven. (203) 432-1234, www.yalerep.org.   By Will Eno. Directed by Sam Gold. Scenic and Costume Desinger: Mark Barton. Sound Designer: Ken Goodwin. Projection Designer: Paul Lieber. Production Dramaturgs: Amy Boratko and Anne Seiwerath. Stage Manager: Jenna Woods. Performed by Johanna Day (Jennifer Jones), … Continue reading »

One of many Archie stories in which judicious heckling inspires an otherwise lackluster stand-up comedy set from prankster-turned-comedian Reggie Mantle. One of the more fanciful live-performance cliches perpetrated in the Archie comics.

Salvage Presented by Theatre 4 through May 6 at The Gallery at Upcrown Entertainment, 216 Crown St., New Haven. (203) 654-7711, www.t4ct.org. By George Brant. Directed by Maryna Harrison. Set design by Daniel Nischan. Lighting design by Christopher Hoyt. Sound design by Darlene Richardson. Costume Coordination by Caitlin Headley. Production Stage Manager: Sarah Iannarone. Production … Continue reading »

Love the blending of the dramatic and musical arts. The 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama went to a writer previously best known for writing the book to a musical, and who studied Music Composition as an undergraduate before shifting to playwriting as her graduate study. The 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Music went to an opera. … Continue reading »

Did another Play in a Day yesterday, Calderon’s The Lady Phantom. It’s the first time we’ve tried a Spanish epic. I’ve posted the production (all 10 minutes of it) on the New Haven Theater Jerk Play in a Day page is here. It’s actually a taping of a dress rehearsal, since two cast members bowed … Continue reading »