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, […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
I’m a silent film fan, and get a lot of rare flicks on DVD from the hardy and reliable archivists at Grapevine Video. Grapevine’s list of “new” releases for October […]
Long Wharf is doing its next Discovery Day on November 2. It’s a pay-what-you-can, family-fun event with an enveloping theme that leads to tours of the theater and backstage glimpses […]
Speculative Music Poems by Jeff Dolven (Sarabande Books 2013) Speculative Music, a new book of poems by Yale grad Jeff Dolven, does not really betray the fact that, as […]