The He Left Quietly Review
He Left Quietly Through March 1 at the Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven, (203) 432-1566, www.yalecabaret.org By Yaël Farber. Directed by Leora Morris. Set: David Clauson. […]
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, […]
The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs Review
The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs Through Feb. 15 at the Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven. (203) 432-1566, www.yalecabaret.org By Carole Fréchette. Directed […]
Poked with a Sharp Styx
Parodies of modern musical theater usually revolve the same one old joke—the unlikeliness or inappropriateness of certain material being put to music. The Simpsons is the standardbearer of such parodies, […]
A Hedda for Alcohol
The Yale school of Drama production of Hedda Gabler (reviewed by me for the New Haven Independent, here) was noteworthy for a number of convincing details and character traits brought […]
NHTJ Comics Section
More theater-themed strips from two indispensible comics sites: GoComics.com and Comics Kingdom (formerly Daily Ink). Nice to have another ham actor featured in Joe & Miella’s Mary Worth. Others below: […]
The Defendant Review
The Defendant Through Jan. 25 at the Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven. By Elia Monte-Brown. Directed by Uahya Abdul-Mateeen II. (203) 432-1566, www.yalecabaret.org The Defendant wants to […]
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. […]