TheaterWorks Hartford,under the direction of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Managing Director Jeff Griffin, announces an extension of the second show in their 40th anniversary season, THE COUNTER by Meghan Kennedy. The play is now set to close on Sunday, March 22, 2026. The Counter is a funny, surprising, and moving story about how everyday…
Performances run from February 12 – March 15, 2026 TheaterWorks Hartford, under the direction of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Managing Director Jeff Griffin, announces details for its 25/26 production of The Counter by Meghan Kennedy. This is the second production in TheaterWorks Hartford’s historic 40th anniversary season. The Counter is a funny, surprising,…
Directed by TheaterWorks’ Artistic Director, Rob Ruggiero Featuring Tim DeKay from TWH’s Fever Dreams (of Animals on the Verge of Extinction), Justis Bolding (ABC’s One Life to Live), and Erika Rolfsrud (Good People at TWH) Performances run from February 12 – March 15, 2026 TheaterWorks Hartford,under the direction of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and…
TheaterWorks Hartford, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero, is proud to present THE REMBRANDT by Jessica Dickey, directed by Maria Mileaf, running April 21 – May 14, 2023. THE REMBRANDT opens in a modern-day art museum, where three individuals yearn to experience firsthand the wonder and glory of Rembrandt’s work. When a museum guard decides to touch…
by Barbara Waldinger In a Study Guide for Barrington Stage Company’s production of American Underground, the playwright, Brent Askari, asserts that he likes telling “genre stories”—in this case, thrillers. Publicity for this World Premiere, winner of a Bonnie and Terry Burman New Play Award, asks: “How do you put a…
by Barbara Waldinger In Time Flies and Other Comedies, Barrington Stage Company draws from the canon of David Ives, a playwright crowned by The New York Times as “maestro of the short form,” owing to the quality of his one-act plays. The evening features six sketch comedies, varying between silly…
by Barbara Waldinger Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? Berkshire Theatre Group’s production of Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story is an enormous undertaking, featuring nineteen cast members, forty-five songs, a revolving stage and multiple projections. Trotting out dozens of 1950s classics and…
by Macey Levin In 1945, Tennessee Williams gave us The Glass Menagerie which earned him a number of awards and propelled him into his ranking as a major American playwright. His canon of plays led by A Streetcar Named Desire, Summer and Smoke, The Rose Tattoo, Cat on a Hot…
