Connecticut Theaters
Hartford Stage Goes Darko
PHOTO FROM DARKO TRESNJAK’S 2007 PRODUCTION OF JOHN VAN DRUTEN’S PLAY BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE AT THE OLD GLOBE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL THEATRE IN SAN DIEGO. PHOTO BY CRAIG SCHWARZ. When announcing Long Wharf’s impending co-production of John Van Druten’s Bell, Book and Candle, that theater’s artistic director Gordon Edelstein mentioned that the deal was struck … Continue reading
Foundering is fun at the Long Wharf
LONG WHARF FOUNDERS AWARD RECIPIENTS CHARLES KINGSLEY (PARTNER IN WIGGIN & DANA LAW FIRM), ANNE SCHENCK (LONGTERM LONG WHARF SUPPORTER AND WIDOW OF LONG WHARF FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER NEWT SCHENCK, WHO WAS HIMSELF A WIGGIN & DANA PARTNER), VAL CAPOBIANCO (OF BRAZI’S), GORDON EDELSTEIN (WHO’S BEEN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE LONG WHARF THEATRE FOR A … Continue reading
A Pained Pause
YOUR HUMBLE REPORTER IN EDVARD MUNCH MODE, REACTING TO THE PROSPECT OF THE RETURN OF MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL TO THE LONG WHARF MAINSTAGE THIS SUMMER. For a body (like the Long Wharf Theatre) to grow and mature and challenge itself, there need to be adjustment periods which unfortunately may sometimes bring extraordinary discomfort, awkwardness, confusion … Continue reading
The Long Wharf 2011-2012 Season Announcement, annotated with awe
GABRIEL KAHANE PERFORMING AT THE LONG WHARF THEATRE’S 2011-12 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT. PHOTO COURTESY OF LONG WHARF THEATRE. The Long Wharf Theater’s 2011-12 season looks pretty good on paper—two musicals, a Shakespeare, a Christmas show, a supernatural comedy set in the 1950s and a dark human drama set in the ’40, plus one show still to … Continue reading
The Italian-American Reconciliation Review
Italian-American Reconciliation By John Patrick Shanley. Directed by Eric Ting. Set design by Scott Bradley. Costume design by Lindo Cho. Lighting design by Russell Champa. Sound design by Sarah Pickett. Stage manager: Megan Scwarz Dickert. Performed by John Procaccino (Aldo), Lisa Birnbaum (Janice), Mike Crane (Huey), Stephanie DiMaggio (Teresa) and Socorro Santiago (Aunt May). Through … Continue reading
Coffee with the Carlotta Playwrights: Christina Anderson, Dipika Guha and Meg Miroshnik
Tonight marks the start of the sixth annual Carlotta Festival of New Plays at the Yale School of Drama. I had coffee this morning at Willoughby’s on York Street with the three playwrights for whom the festival marks the end of their three years in the School of Drama program. No tech-week anxiety or opening-night … Continue reading
Water Works
The current issue of the Atlantic—the first annual “Culture Issue” for the 153-year-old magazine—features a short discussion with playwright Sarah Ruhl and set designer Scott Bradley about how she conceived, and he brought to vivid stage life, this stage direction from her mythic update Eurydice: The sound of an elevator ding. An elevator door opens. … Continue reading
The Yale Rep Season Announcment
This site is still brand new, so there’s some catching up to do. Back on March 10, the Yale Rep announced five-sixths of its 2011-2012 season: While it doesn’t exactly stream light into the room after so many dark, downbeat shows over the last couple of seasons, the slate promises much amusement—of the introspective, culture-satire … Continue reading