by Macey Levin When entering the Sharon Playhouse to see Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 classic A Raisin in the Sun the audience is guided to stairs leading up to the stage. Seating is on four bleachers toward the rear of the stage and the set occupies the rest of the playing…
Justin Boccitto directs and choreographs the production, featuring Broadway veterans Amanda Lea LaVergne, C.K. Edwards, Lauralyn McClelland, and Robert Anthony Jones Connecticut’s Sharon Playhouse opens its production of Guys and Dolls July 29 in the Bobbie Olsen Theater. Performances continue through August 14. Starring are Broadway veterans Amanda Lea LaVergne…
by Macey Levin Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the first successful show written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice; it was followed by smash hits Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita. First produced in England in 1974 it had its initial Off-Broadway showing in 1981 and then…
by Macey Levin The famous tale of Beauty and the Beast had its origin in 1740 when a French woman first put it to paper. Through the centuries it has been adapted by other authors. The story was first filmed in 1946 by Jean Cocteau and starred Jean Marais…
