Steve Martin is enjoying his own theatrical renaissance. In Connecticut alone, his play The Underpants was given a stretchy new production by director Gordon Edelstein. The co-production played two Connecticut […]
Aaron Jafferis, the New Haven-based playwright and hip-hop poet, helped foment THE WORD: A Citywide Youth Poetry Jam where the youth in question are middle-school students at Columbus Family Academy […]
Through April 19 at the Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven. (203) 43201566, www.yalecabaret.org By Lee Ryan Campbell. Direted by Sara Holdren. Dramaturg: Helen Jaksch. Set: Jean Kim, Izmir […]
You know what I do here. I post comic strips with theater themes. This time, they’re all from the invaluable GoComics, at http://www.gocomics.com. You should subscribe. I do. Herewith: • […]
When the International Festival of Arts & Ideas announced its line-up, you could instantly surmise what was going on at a couple of other local arts institutions: • The Shubert […]
The previous item was about Berkeley Rep and Yale Rep’s co-production of The House That Will Not Stand. That show was just at Berkeley and will open next week at […]
What’s the advance word on Marcus Gardley’s The House That Will Not Stand, which begins performances April18 at the Yale Rep? Well, what does the phrase “run extended” mean […]
Brick Shakespeare: The Comedies Construction and Photography by John McCann. Edited and narrated by Monica Sweeney and Becky Thomas. (Skyhorse Publishing, 2014) Since irony is a big element in John […]
The New Haven Symphony Orchestra has announced its 20014-15 season, plus a couple of special events. I mention it here not just because I’ve been doing a little more classical […]