214 stories from ShowRiz
Take two, and not a moment too soon. Lea Michele steps into one of Broadway's most iconic roles, which in her mind " or at least the mind of Rachel Berry, the character she played in TV's "G…
David Fay of The Bushnell
As the pandemic continues to fade and most Connecticut theaters lift COVID-19 restrictions, there's a m…
The opening moments of this exuberant, thought-provoking and radical revival of "1776" makes it clear who was missing from John Trumbull's famous painting of the signers of the Declaration o…
Pun Bandhu confesses to having been naive when he graduated from the Yale School of Drama in 2000. After having no difficulty being cast in a wide variety of roles in plays while at school, …
It was sometime in the late 1970s when I attended my first show at Long Wharf Theatre.
I was new to New Haven and only knew of the theatre"then just a dozen years old"by its reputation for p…
It's taken more than two years but the Yale University Art Gallery has finally returned to pre-pandemic attendance numbers, a significant accomplishment in the arts industry, which was hit h…
ALL PHOTOS BY JOAN MARCUS
Get thee to Arden " or at least to the Arden depicted in the glorious, delightful and big-hearted musical…
Here's a bunch of pictures from photographer Steve James off the 8th Annual Middlebury Filmmakers Festival which concludes today in this charming Vermont college town.,
Amtrak's Ethan Alle…
The second day of the festival was also filled with film, films and more films, both short and feature length from the U.S. as well as from around the world. What I liked about these films w…
When our friends invited us up from New Haven to Middlebury, Vermont, it did't take long to dash and buy our Amtrak tickets to the town's new train stop on the Ethan Allen line (leaving fr…
Transformative changes are ahead for the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, fueled by a historic multimillion-dollar gift that will create new outreach initiatives and a new home for its performa…
The show: "Secondo" at TheaterWorks Hartford
What is it?: Jacques Lamarre's sequel to his play-with-food show, "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti," based on the stories of author Giulia Melu…
The show: "Anne of Green Gables" at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.
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Connecticut VOICE, the state's premier magazine dedicated exclusively to the LGBTQ+ community, will present the Inaugural Connecticut VOICE Honors Gala on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 6 p.m., at F…
NEW YORK"The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) and Foundation ATCA have announced the first recipient of the ATCA Helbing fellowship for LGBTQ+ theater writers. Members of the Helb…
The show: "The Kite Runner" by Matthew Spangler at Helen Haynes Theatre, NYC
What is it?: Play based on Khaled Hosseini's fictional memoir and popular debut novel in 2003 about two Afghan b…
My uncle Peter is seated peacefully in a lounge chair in a suburban Boston backyard. Feeling the sun warming his face, a gentle spring breeze against his skin and the call of a nearby goldfi…
The show: "Kim's Convenience" by Ins Choi at Westport Country Playhouse
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All photos by Matt Murphy and Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade.
The show: "Into the Woods" at the St. James Theatre in NYC.
What is i…
Review of John Leguizamo's musical "Kiss My Aztec!" It's been presented at Berkeley Rep and La Jolla and this is 3rd perch with hopes to go to NYC. next. The Hartford Courant didnt care for…
\What to do with the 60 acres of open waterfront space on the Hartford-Windsor border that Riverfront Recapture acquired last year?
The private, nonprofit organization is planning a riverwal…
Susan Haefner receiving her honor for "Tenderly." All photos by Mara Lavitt
NEW HAVEN " The U.S. premiere of "Walden" at TheaterWo…
Sad news about the death of James Rado, co-creator of "Hair."
I interviewed the 90-year-old Rado for a story for Encore Monthly magazine last fall. Joan Marcus took this terrific portrait of…
In 1988, Eric Marcus was working as an associate producer at CBS when he left his position to embark on an oral history project that would change his life"and affect the lives of so many oth…
I never thought I'd do drag for a living," says the six-foot-two muscleman wearing a Meat Rack cap, industrial strength necklace, a black tank-top and an anchor tattoo on his bulging bicep.
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