by Mark G. Auerbach Special to Berkshire on Stage Anything goes when you sail away on Darko Tresnjak’s new musical, Ask for The Moon, having its world premiere at Goodspeed’s Terris Theatre in Chester, CT. It’s an hilarious evening of madcap comedy, staged with finesse, and populated by three actors and…
by Mark G. Auerbach Special to Berkshire on Stage Goodspeed Musicals had plans to open its 2020 season with South Pacific. The show was in production, cast, and about to begin rehearsals, when the pandemic shut it down. Four years later, South Pacific sails into Goodspeed, and it’s well worth the…
A Mischievous Comedy from Tony Award-Winner Darko Tresnjak EAST HADDAM, Conn. (June 20, 2024) – Goodspeed Musicals proudly announces the cast for Ask for the Moon, an outrageous comedy about greed, revenge and…murder. Ask for the Moon will appear at Goodspeed’s Terris Theatre from July 19 – August 11 in Chester, Conn. Opened in 1984…
EAST HADDAM, Conn. (March 16, 2023) – Goodspeed Musicals proudly welcomes Gypsy as its first production of its 60th anniversary season. The ultimate stage mother fighting for her daughters’ success will appear on the Goodspeed stage for the very first time and will run from April 28 – June 18 at The Goodspeed in East…
by Roseann Cane What do you get when you bring together a thoroughly brilliant cast of singing, dancing actors, a preternaturally gifted director, and a supremely inspired choreographer? You get a hit, a palpable musical theater hit, and if you want savor the recipe, you’d be well advised to reserve…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 On January 5, 2010, “my” soap opera, ABC’s All My Children, will celebrate 40 years on the air. And it is a fairly young soap, Guiding Light debuted on radio in 1937. Two members of the cast will celebrate their 40th anniversary on the show at…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, July 2009 If I were the Artistic Director of the WTF, and I knew that finances were tight this season and I would have to cut down sharply on the number of shows I could present, I would choose those shows very carefully. Ticket sales…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August, 2008 Normally I make note of especially funny or poignant lines from a show to mention in my review, but John Rando’s production of A Flea In Her Ear moves so rapidly and the laughs come so quickly one on the heels of the other, that…
