Ambridge Community Theater Auditions
Did an item earlier on BBC Radio 4 Extra, which is celebrating the National Theatre’s 50th anniversary with a series of broadcasts of some of the theater’s most important productions. […]
New Haven Theater Jerk Comics Section
When I’m not reading plays or theater bios, I’m reading the syndicated comic strip sites gocomics.com and dailyink.com. I like to share the theater-themed offerings on those fine sites with […]
By fountain clear, or spangled starlight sheen
Some see Midsummer Night’s Dream as a light comedy. Other imagine it a dark play in a shadowy forest. Others see it as a black perfumey candle for the […]
Sister Christmas: My favorite nun, Nonie Newton-Breen, returns to Long Wharf Stage II December 4-15
Sister—and more importantly, Nonie Newton-Breen as Sister—is returning to Long Wharf Theatre Stage II, December 4-15. It’s been two and a half years since she last appeared in the city, […]
Listening to the National Theatre’s 50th Birthday
Oodles of American regional theaters are turning 50 this year or pretty darn soon. Locally, the Goodspeed is just concluding its 50th anniversary, while Hartford Stage’s is next year, with […]
The The Most Beautiful Thing in the World Review (belated)
The Most Beautiful Thing in the World Closed. Oct. 3-5 at the Yale Cabaret, 217 York St., New Haven. (203) 432-1566, www.yalecabaret.org Concept, direction and Projection Design by Gabe […]
Theater Books from Other Realms: Waxing Eloquent About Mary Wickes
Mary Wickes: I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before By Steve Taravella (University Press of Mississippi) There’s nothing “meta” about this biography of a hardworking, long-living actress whose career […]
Theater Jerk Comics Section
The latest round-up of theater-themed strips, mined from the awesome sites www.gocomics.com and www.dailyink.com. Subscribe to these fine syndicated comics purveyors. They both now have smart phone apps as well […]
National Theatre Live brings out your dead
A slew of National Theatre Live screenings at Connecticut arts venues this month, with markedly morbid themes. Ridgefield Playhouse and Fairfield University’s Quick Center both offer the series, which emanates, […]
Pipa Part Two
Not exactly a theater story, but it bears mentioning here. At June’s International Festival of Arts & Ideas, I was the first to write the full story of how the […]