Auditions Begin in March to Find Local Connecticut Girls for Goodspeed’s 50th Anniversary Production of Annie EAST HADDAM, Conn. (Feb 26, 2026) – Goodspeed Musicals proudly announces the Annie Audition Experience, the first step of the audition process to find local Connecticut girls to play Annie and the orphans for Goodspeed’s 50th anniversary production of Annie this fall.…
by Suzanne Wells, Special to Berkshire on Stage The Goodspeed Opera House’s production of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas,” directed by Hunter Foster, is the perfect way to usher in the holiday season with warmth and joy. Adapted from the beloved film, this stage version masterfully blends comedy, dance, and song,…
by Suzanne Wells, Special to Berkshire on Stage The Goodspeed‘s Terris Theatre presents “The Great Emu War,” a farcical story from the point of view of the Emus. Based on a true story, the “Great Emu War” of 1932 saw a flock of 20,000 towering, long-legged emus migrate into Western…
EAST HADDAM, Conn. (Sept. 3, 2025) – Goodspeed Musicals proudly welcomes A Chorus Line on Friday, Sept. 5, as its third production of the 2025 season. Due to soaring demand by ticket buyers, an additional nine performances have been added. Don’t miss the groundbreaking backstage musical about the hopes and dreams of Broadway dancers…
EAST HADDAM, Conn. (July 30, 2025) – Goodspeed Musicals proudly welcomes A Chorus Line as its third production of the 2025 season. The groundbreaking backstage musical about the hopes and dreams of Broadway dancers makes its Goodspeed debut from Sept. 5 – Oct. 26 at The Goodspeed in East Haddam, Conn. A Chorus Line is…
EAST HADDAM, Conn. (July 22, 2025) – Two-time Tony Award-winning Goodspeed Musicals announces that Irving Berlin’s White Christmas will replace Mrs. Santa Claus as the final production of the 2025 season, due to scheduling conflicts. White Christmas will run from Nov. 14 – Dec. 28 at The Goodspeed in East Haddam, Conn. “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is a treasured holiday musical…
20th Anniversary Production of a Broadway Show That Began at Goodspeed’s Terris Theatre EAST HADDAM, Conn. (May 22, 2025) – Goodspeed Musicals proudly welcomes All Shook Up as its second production of the 2025 season. Featuring the hit songs of Elvis Presley, which fuel the romantic tale of a small town turned upside down…
by Suzanne Wells, special to Berkshire on Stage “Ragtime, The Musical” is a dramatic, inspiring, and entertaining production by Goodspeed Musicals, directed by Christopher D. Betts. Representing three demographics during the Gilded Age of America—the wealthy, the immigrants, and the children of freed slaves—”Ragtime” captures the disappointments, struggles, hopes, and…
