Where My Reviews Are When They’re Not Here
Thought I should hip you to the reviews I’ve been publishing over at the New Haven Independent. It’s where my longform reviews have been going as of late, and it’s […]
NHTJ Comics Section
More mirth drawn from the invaluable strip site GoComics. The comics this time are by Scott Hilburn (The Argyle Sweater), Brian Anderson (Dog Eat Doug), Dan Thompson (Lost Sheep), Tak […]
“Late Night” Theater
I’ve been digging the new Seth Meyer Late Night because of its laid-back, low-maintenance atmosphere. It really feels like talk shows did in the ’60s (or before), eschewing the flashy […]
Hartford Stage 2014-15 Season: Some New Works, Same Old Faces
William Shakespeare. Noel Coward. Matthew Lopez. Charles Dickens. A musical. A former artistic director returning to direct. Seems that Darko Tresnjak has found a winning formula. The slate for […]
Measured in Safety Pins
Theatre Fairfield, which is what Fairfield University calls its theater productions, is doing a ‘70s punk-themed Measure for Measure, April 10-15 at the school’s PepsiCo Theatre. Martha LoMonaco, who teaches […]
Once again, into the breach: The Bushnell Announces Its 20014-2015 Broadway Series
The Bushnell’s announced its 2014-2015 Broadway Series. Compared to recent years, there’s a touch less modernity (or post-modernity) and slightly fewer shows adapted from films or books. Pretty strong, […]
CNN Says Arts & Ideas is the top “something fun to do” in Connecticut in 2014
The CNN Travel website did a new year’s piece picking “a travel suggestion for each of the 50 states.” You can read it here. The Connecticut pick is New Haven’s […]
Sickert at Play
A sextet of sculptures by Nicola Hicks, plus some modern art pieces which have been shifted while the second floor is being renovated, have enlivened the fourth floor of the […]
Blockheads
Every year at Christmastime I treat myself to the latest two-volume box set of The Complete Peanuts. Fantagraphics Books has been issuing installments of this “definitive collection of Charles M. […]
The Circus in Winter to Grace Goodspeed Next Fall
My critic pal Lou Harry in Indianapolis handed me a Connecticut theater scoop. Lou wrote here that The Circus in Winter, which began as a student project at Indiana’s Ball […]