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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: ‘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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
‘42 Street,’ Tom Jones, ‘Gatsby,’ Jill Sobule among the 10 best things to do the week beginning...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHere are The Courant’s art picks for the 10 best things to do in Connecticut the week of Sept. 11 to 17. It’s a great week for greatness in Connecticut arts as the state welcomes one of the ...
Two ‘Pippin’ productions hit Connecticut stages: at Playhouse on Park and at Lyric Theatre
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“Pippin” is a 50-year-old musical about the son of an eighth-century monarch that gets called timely and relevant every time it’s done. This month in Connecticut, two separate productions are ...
Crowd-pleasing favorites ‘Come From Away’ and ‘Chicago’ highlight Shubert Theatre’s 2023-24 Broadway...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Shubert Theatre in New Haven has announced a crowd-pleasing 2023-24 season full of Broadway favorites on tour for years (“]“Come From Away” and “Chicago”, a new tour of “Annie” with some ...
Things to see this week in CT include an ‘Office’ favorite, a Tony winner and a bluegrass icon
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA lot of acts on Connecticut stages this week may never have sat at the top of the charts and may not be household names but are legendary all the same. Madeleine Peyroux has the voice of an ...