by Mark G. Auerbach Rob Ruggiero, Artistic Director of TheaterWorks Hartford, is planning the theatre’s 40th anniversary season. Meanwhile, he stages Dear Evan Hansen at St. Louis Muny, July 28-August 3, and the 50oth anniversary production of A Chorus Line at Goodspeed which runs September 5-October 28.. For tickets to the latter: www.goodspeed.org. Ben Scranton,…
James Taylor, WMass resident, may see his music on Broadway. According to Broadway News, Tracy Letts (August Osage County) is penning Fire and Rain, an original musical using the music of the James Taylor songbook. For details: https://www.broadwaynews.com/new-musical-is-in-the-works-featuring-the-songs-of-james-taylor/ Jane Scheckter, the Springfield native who started her career Off-Broadway and in Improv and moved to the…
Plays in Progress: Readings of New Works “The Back Porch Gang” by Ben Scranton Thursday, May 30thBar opens at 6PM, the reading begins at 7PM at the Bennington Theater, 331 Main Street in Bennington, VT. The Back Porch Gang exposes the personal struggles and complicated relationships seniors have with family,…
Bing Productions presents  a reading of The Back-Porch Gang written and directed by Ben Scranton January 27 at 7:30 pmTrinity Methodist Church, 361 Sumner Avenue Springfield, MA A fun-filled journey with seniors experiencing love, loss, and renewal in a retirement community. Free. General seating. No reservation needed.
From the New Play Alliance Newsletter: The Equity Library Theater of New York presentsField Tripby Ben Scrantonstreaming nowdirected by Michelle Joyner Lee faces her husband’s controlling nature on a daily basis. Lately it has gotten worse. Trust issues surface when Lee’s elderly mother, who is struggling with dementia, recalls a childhood…
