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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 »

If you dug February House at the Long Wharf Theatre last month, you’re probably intrigued by some of the projects being worked by the based-on-real-life inhabitants of the titular literary boarding house of the new musical. One you hear quite a lot about is the ill-fated 1941 youth opera Paul Bunyan by February House residents … Continue reading »

Two vulnerable forms of popular culture—newspaper comics and live theater—have an affinity for each other, as our latest selection of the stage-minded strips from GoComics and Daily Ink proves.