Epic American Saga Makes Its Goodspeed Premiere, Marks Theatre’s 200th Production EAST HADDAM, Conn. (March 14, 2025) – Goodspeed Musicals proudly welcomes Ragtime as its first production of the 2025 season. A powerful musical about the dreams of three American families woven together with ragtime, jazz and show tunes, Ragtime will run from April 25 –…
19 Brand New Musicals Will be Developed During This Year’s Exclusive RetreatThis Year’s Participants Boast Credits as Diverse as: Songwriter, composer, singer named one of Forbes “100 Most Creative Mexicans in the World” (Jimena Caballero) Writer on the CBS TV show FBI (Jared Corak) Student Emmy winner for Best Original Composition (Jordan Kamalu) Co-songwriters…
EAST HADDAM, Conn. (Jan. 17, 2025) Goodspeed Musicals is seeking local Connecticut children for its 2025 production of Ragtime. Auditions will be held on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. Goodspeed is seeking Non-Equity child actors to play and understudy the roles of Little Boy (the character is White, ages 8-12), Little Girl (the character is Jewish,…
Of the limited numbers of shows I saw, 2024 was the year of brilliant solo performances, particularly Felicia Curry in David Cade’s Sandra at TheaterWorks Hartford, and Jay Sefton in his and Mark Basquiill’s Unreconciled, which for me was the best new play of the year., 2024 was also the year that video and projections became a major…
EAST HADDAM, Conn. (Oct. 15, 2024) – Goodspeed Musicals is holding local Connecticut Equity auditions for its 2025 Goodspeed and Terris season, on Saturday, Nov. 16, starting at 10 a.m. in East Haddam, Conn. Goodspeed is seeking Equity adult actors. Local child audition dates will be at a later date. All auditions are…
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…
David B. Byrd Departing for New Opportunity EAST HADDAM, Conn. (July 29, 2024) – Goodspeed Musicals announces that they are embarking on a search for a new managing director to replace David B. Byrd, who will depart depart his role as Goodspeed’s first Managing Director at the end of September. Byrd is…
Inspired by True Story, Makes U.S. Premiere at The Goodspeed EAST HADDAM, Conn. (July 22, 2024) – Goodspeed Musicals proudly welcomes the U.S. premiere of Maggie as its third production of the 2024 season. A heartwarming story about home, family and community, Maggie will run at The Goodspeed from Aug. 23 – Oct.…
