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…
Golden Age Classic Makes Its Goodspeed Premiere Beginning June 14 EAST HADDAM, Conn. (June 10, 2024) – Goodspeed Musicals proudly welcomes Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific on Friday, June 14, as its second production of the 2024 season. Already a hit with ticket buyers, three matinee performances have been added due to popular demand.…
by Mark G. Auerbach Special to Berkshire on Stage Goodspeed has opened its 40th season at its Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, CT, doing what it does best there…premiering a new musical. A Complicated Woman, the biography of summer stock producer John Kenley opens the season, running through June 2. John…
Tony Award-Nominee L Morgan Lee Cast as Nina Mae EAST HADDAM, Conn. (April 10, 2024) – Goodspeed Musicals proudly announces the cast for A Complicated Woman, a new musical about embracing your true identity that features a gender-diverse cast. A Complicated Woman will appear at Goodspeed’s Terris Theatre from May 10 – June 2 in…
Annual Prize Supports Emerging Musical Theatre Professionals EAST HADDAM, Conn. (March 27, 2024) – Goodspeed Musicals is pleased to announce that Keirsten Hodgens has been selected as this year’s recipient of The Andrew A. Isen Prize at Goodspeed Musicals. This award is funded through a generous gift given by DC-based entrepreneur and…
Rob Ruggiero Directs Musical Comedy Whodunit Wherethe Audience Chooses a New Ending at Each Performance EAST HADDAM, Conn. (Feb. 20, 2024) – Goodspeed Musicals proudly welcomes The Mystery of Edwin Drood as its first production of the 2024 season. You’re invited to solve a crime in an uproarious murder mystery at The Goodspeed from April…
Staged Readings of Three Brand-New Musicals and Special Events Celebrate the Best & Brightest in Musical Theatre – January 12-14, 2024 EAST HADDAM, Conn. (Dec. 5, 2023) – Come in from the cold and check out what’s hot at the 18th Annual Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals. The much-anticipated three-day festival of brand-new works will…
