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Theater review: ‘Drood’ a mirthful musical mystery with multiple endings at the Goodspeed
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 months agoYou can call it the Droodspeed. Rupert Holmes’ 1985 musical “The Mystery of Edwin Drood transformed...
From ‘Gypsy’ to ‘Dreamgirls’: Goodspeed Opera House announces its 2023 season
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA stage version of a classic Judy Garland movie, two familiar hits with strong female leads and a new musical from a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and one of the most progressive directors ...
Theater review: An imperfect but fresh ‘Anne of Green Gables’ at Goodspeed offers a modern...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA bold new version of the farm-fresh children’s classic “Anne of Green Gables” at Goodspeed Opera House reinterprets the story’s main relationships, adds some kicky dancing and a lot of chairs ...
THEATER: Local man set to perform in '42nd Street'
Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 16—A South Windsor native will be time stepping across the Goodspeed Opera House stage in the Goodspeed Musicals' production of the Harry Warren and Al Dubin musical "42nd Street," which ...
Review: New ‘Summer Stock’ musical a farm-fresh frolic at the Goodspeed
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 11 months agoConnecticut farmland has been used for theater shows and musical festivals for eons, but seldom with as much high-kicking, fresh-faced fervor as “Summer Stock,” at the Goodspeed Opera House ...
How will ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ be solved at the Goodspeed? Holmes lets the audience decide
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRupert Holmes is a mystery. He also writes them. The songwriter, playwright and novelist is the author of “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” the 1985 Broadway hit that is having a major new production ...
Show-stopping dance spectacles back at Goodspeed with ‘42nd Street’
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWith boisterous, brassy, dance-happy tunes like “We’re in the Money,” “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” and “You’re Getting to Be a Habit With Me,” the musical “42nd Street” is in a grand tradition of ...
Goodspeed reopening Norma Terris Theatre for two shows in 2023, including a musical based on Dolly...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGoodspeed Musicals is not only reopening its Norma Terris Theater space in Chester this summer for the first time in over three years, it is reverting to its old practice of doing full productions ...
Goodspeed launches new commission program to create and develop new musicals
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGoodspeed Musicals has added another method with which to bring new musical theater projects to the world. This week, the East Haddam-based theater company announced GoodWorks, through which ...
The Goodspeed premieres a modern ‘Anne of Green Gables’ musical
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGoodspeed Musicals is bringing the beloved 1908 novel “Anne of Green Gables” gently into the 21st century with a new musical version of the much-adapted story of an orphan girl who is brought ...