Come on over to Never Ending Books, 810 State Street, around 6 p.m. tonight (Sunday the 9th). We’re reading Lou Harry’s play Lightning & Jellyfish, a character-driven comedy-tinged drama set in […]
My friend Lou Harry, a theater critic and playwright from Indiana, is in the area for a few days. Monday is the latest of my regular monthly Get to […]
I have not been able to attend the Yale Cabaret yet this semester, despite my longtime support for the place and my deep curiosity about all the new works they’re […]
I love Archie Comics’ whimsical view of celebrity.
Realizing that I was going to miss the world premiere of Mike Reiss’s new comedy Comedy Is Hard at the Ivoryton Playhouse (it closed a couple of weeks ago), I […]
The Cinderella Killer—A Charles Paris mystery By Simon Brett (Severn House, 2014) It’s just wonderful that Simon Brett is writing Charles Paris mysteries again, after forsaking the character for so […]
The new TV comedy series Selfie, starring the woman who played Amy Pond on Doctor Who, is loosely based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion (and by extension its more-popular musical […]
My latest Get to the Point! storytelling/reading/playing show is tonight (Monday, Oct. 13) at Cafe Nine. It’s actually a comeback edition, since my family’s recent move to Bethany impeded my […]
Just added a useful new page to this site. It’s charmingly titled “Connecticut Theater Season 2014-2015,” and you’ll see it under the “Pages” heading on the homepage. This is essentially […]
Here’s an audience-engagement idea I can really get behind. Much better than a singles night in the lobby. You get to bury your nose in a book. Hartford Stage is […]