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Troupers to present Victor Herbert's 'The Red Mill' (Photos)
On April 6 and 13 in the Norwalk Concert Hall, Troupers Light Opera will perform Victor Herbert's classic 1906 Broadway musical comedy "The Red Mill", fully costumed with orchestra and sets. Directed...
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‘The Dining Room’ is superb opening for Westport Country Playhouse (Photos)
A.R. Gurney’s 1981 classic, “The Dining Room” is being given a wonderful revival at the Westport Country Playhouse.The play opened Saturday night with six gifted actors playing over fifty different...
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Gorgeously sung ‘Sweethearts’ at Symphony Space
Light Opera of New York (LOONY) gave a beautifully sung performance of Victor Herbert’s 1913 operetta “Sweethearts” last night, with a second performance continuing tonight at Symphony Space in New...
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‘Frost/Nixon’ opens Friday at the Westport Community Theater (Photos)
Peter Morgan’s award-winning play “Frost/Nixon” about David Frost’s televised interviews of former President Richard Nixon opens this Friday at the Westport Community Theater. Based on Frost’s book,...
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‘The Showoff’ opens at Westport Country Playhouse (Photos)
George Kelley’s somewhat dated 1924 drama “The Showoff” opened this weekend at the Westport Country Playhouse directed by Nicholas Martin.This was one of Kelley’s most successful plays at the time and...
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‘As You Like It’ opens at Shakespeare on the Sound (Photos)
A group of 17 very talented young actors have put together a spirited performance of “As You Like It” at Pinkney park in Rowayton, CT for Shakespeare on the Sound. Directed by Claire Shannon Kelley,...
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‘The Pirates of Finance’ opens at New York Musical Theatre Festival (Photos)
Charles Veley’s very clever and absolutely charming musical “The Pirates of Finance” opened last night in at the Signature Theater on W 42nd St, as one of 24 different shows in this year’s New...
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‘Loot’ opens at Westport Country Playhouse (Photos)
Joe Orton’s classic dark farce, “Loot” opened yesterday at the Westport Country Playhouse directed by David Kennedy. The single elegant set by Andrew Boyce represents a large sitting room in Mr...
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‘Room Service’ opens at Westport Country Playhouse
A rapid fire bunch of Broadway con men gather in a cheesy hotel to rehearse a play that is still without financing. In John Murray and Allen Boretz’s 1937 farce directed by Mark Lamos, we watch the...
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Victor Herbert’s 'Cyrano de Bergerac' opens in New York
What was termed a “pocket” version of Victor Herbert’s early operetta “Cyrano de Bergerac” based on Rostand’s play opened for the first of two performances last night at Christ and St Stephens...
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‘A Song at Twilight’ impressive at Westport Country Playhouse
Noel Coward’s final play, “A Song at Twilight” officially opened Saturday at the Westport Country Playhouse: one of the finest Playhouse’s productions we’ve seen. The simple 4-character play tells the...
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‘Sing for Your Shakespeare’ at the Westport Country Playhouse
You might think that a musical review of songs based on Shakespeare would provoke anomie, but this lively evening at the Westport Country Playhouse does anything but. Six lively and talented...
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The Hartford Wagner Festival postponement: What really happened
When we read an advertisement last month in Opera News about the Hartford Wagner Festival, we were absolutely blindsided! Wagner in Connecticut? The whole Ring? This was surely too good to be true,...
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‘Nora’ opens at Westport Country Playhouse
Nora is Ingmar Bergman’s rewrite of Ibsen’s A Dolls House, with an English translation by Frederick J Marker and Lise-Lone Marker. It opened Saturday at the Westport Country Playhouse. The play is...
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‘Romeo and Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending’
The comedy Romeo and Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending opening last weekend in West Haven, presented by the Slant of Light Theater group. The play by Shawn and An Fraistat uses some actual Shakespeare,...
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‘Intimate Apparel’ at Westport Playhouse is just about perfect
Lynn Nottage’s play, “Intimate Apparel” opened Saturday at the Westport Country Playhouse to an enthusiastic reception. The production, directed by Mary B Robinson is one of the most perfect plays the...
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‘And a Nightingale Sang’ opens at Westport Country Playhouse
C.P. Taylor’s drama of how a Northern English family is affected by World War II opened Saturday night at the Westport Country Playhouse. Directed by David Kennedy, the play featured seven strong...
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The Republican Debate problem- choose your own debate
If you are following Republican politics, there are an awful lot of announced and potential candidates who would like to be President. Wikipedia lists 13 current candidates, two known to be planning...
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Troupers to present 'Patience' October 3
Troupers Light Opera will present 2 performances of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride" on Saturday October 3 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Stamford. Performances are at 2:30...
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When is ‘The Daily Show’ going to be good again?
Trevor Noah took over The Daily Show on September 29, and has had four weeks of shows to get into the stride of things. And now he’s taken a week off. This may be because of the World...
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