Wham City in Elm City April 24
More New Haven Theatre Company news: The company’s not heretofore been known for producing events it does not star in itself. But on April 24 NHTC is hosting the Baltimore […]
NHTC to be Shipwrecked! (Again?) May 1-10
New Haven Theatre Company is presenting Shipwrecked! An Entertainment: The Amazing Adventures of Louis De Rougemont (As Told By Himself). We’ve heard this before. We’ve typed that long title […]
Matilda to Materialize at the Shubert
I threw this tidbit into a review for the New Haven Independent weeks ago, but hadn’t yet posted it here. The Shubert Theater in New Haven—which hasn’t yet released its […]
Photo Shubertness
If live theater is considered an archaic form of entertainment by, say, film fans, what are we to make of old-fashioned photography where you get to hold the pictures in […]
The buds of May: 2014 Carlotta Festival Plays Announced
The Yale Rep has announced the slate for its ninth annual Carlotta Festival of New Plays, may 9-16 at the university’s Iseman Theater (1156 Chapel St., New Haven). This is […]
Realistic Joneses Regionalized
Will Eno’s The Realistic Joneses opened on Broadway last week, at the Lyceum. I wrote two reviews of the play’s world premiere production at the Yale Repertory Theatre in May […]
The In the Mood Review
I previewed this show for CTNow, here. It was at the Shubert last night, April 5, and has two other Connecticut stops this month: for seven performances April 16-20 at […]
The The Mystery Boy Review
I had the unusual, serendipitous experience tonight of seeing a bunch of middle school students perform a grown-up musical, then seeing a bunch of young adults create a play out […]
Fugard Closing In on Himself
My review of The Shadow of a Hummingbird, the new play by Athol Fugard starring Athol Fugard, is on the New Haven Independent site, here. I have enduring memories of […]
Arts & Ideas 2014 Announcement: The Theater Subset
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, a New Haven institution now 19 years old, has just announced its 2014 offerings. As usual, it’s an overwhelming list of concerts, talks, […]