REVIEW: “Forever Plaid” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Gail M. Burns Forever Plaid has been around for 30+ years now and I have seen dozens of productions, starting with one at The…
REVIEW: “Shear Madness” at the Sharon Playhouse
by Macey Levin On a recent Thursday evening hundreds of people in Sharon, Connecticut suffered from a similar malady. Their sides were aching from the…
REVIEW: “Measure for Measure” at Shakespeare & Company
by Barbara Waldinger Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, now being staged at Shakespeare & Company’s Tina Packer Playhouse, is known as a “problem play.” Neither tragedy…
REVIEW: “Waiting for Godot” at Barrington Stage
by Macey Levin One of the first plays of the Theatre of the Absurd was Jean Genet’s “The Maids” in 1947 which was followed by…
REVIEW: Berkshire Opera Festival’s “Don Giovanni”
by Barbara Waldinger In the age of Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein, how is a director embarking on a production of one of the many…
REVIEW: “Thirst” at the Dorset Theatre Festival
by Barbara Waldinger “Set during Eugene O’Neill’s classic Long Day’s Journey Into Night, failure, denial and passion roil as two Irish servants and an American…
TheaterWorks Hartford Announces 2022-2023 Season
TheaterWorks Hartford, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero, is thrilled to announce details for its upcoming 2022–2023 season which is filled with great music, captivating stories,…
REVIEW: “The Full Monty” at the Mac-Haydn Theatre
by Jeannie Marlin Woods THE FULL MONTY, which opened August 18th at the Mac-Haydn Theatre ends with a big,show-stopping song and dance number called “Let…