by Jess Hoffman If you are looking for a world premier of an award-winning modern playwright without having to travel to New York City, you may be in luck! Three Mothers by Ajene D. Washington won the Next Act! New Play Summit in 2022 and it is now being produced…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss “Atom…what a beautiful word.” The play opens with a sensitive adolescent, Tillie Hunsdorfer (Olivia Stickles) rhapsodizing about her love of science and all the magic and mystery it encompasses. Immersed in science and experiments, and caring for her pet rabbit, Peter, she escapes from her miserable, angry,…
by Dan Mayer The medium of live theater is often at its best when it allows us to step away from the familiar, or to witness different perspectives that shed new light on familiar experiences. But there are many ways to tell a compelling story, and there are no rules…
by Jess Hoffman Playhouse Stage Company has taken on a challenging yet rewarding project with their current production of Spring Awakening. For those unfamiliar with this musical, it is a rock musical adaptation of the 1891 German play of the same name by Frank Wedekind. It premiered in 2006 (when…
by Jeannie Marlin Woods Hilarious! Hysterical!! Stylish and Cheesy! The uproarious farce, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, is a laugh-a-minute hit you really, really do not want to miss! The intimate Majestic Theater in West Springfield, Massachusetts, closes out their 26th season with a fabulous production of this award-winning, smash…
by Dan Mayer Steven Carl McCasland is a writer on a mission. As his bio puts it, he is “dedicated to telling the stories of remarkable women and their contributions throughout history.” Circle Theatre Players‘ production of his play Little Wars presents a rare treat, a chance to see an…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss It’s a love story, which began as a best-selling novel by Robert James Waller in 1992, turned into a movie in 1995 starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, and adapted into a musical which premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2013 and moved to Broadway in…
by Jeannie Marlin Woods Hope for the future is an ephemeral sensation—sometimes seeming like a broken scrap of wood in a stormy sea. That glimmer of hope is the connecting framework of SANCTUARY CITY, a captivating and intelligent production, now playing at TheaterWorks Hartford. Set in Newark, New Jersey, in…
