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The Victims And Their Stories
Killed in Friday's horrific shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School were 20 children, ages 6 and 7, and six adults. In the day since the worst massacre at a primary school in the country's history, stories of heroism in the face of death and of young...
Tags: Biography (genre), Human Interest, Entertainment, New York City, Social Media
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"The Realistic Joneses," "February House," "Love/Murder" Top Best Of Year List
The Hartford CourantWhat did the best in Connecticut theater add up to in 2012? My four favorite shows were all world premieres, two of them musicals and two of them plays. Beyond that fresh quartet, I was smitten by two additional musical revivals from our local producing...Tags: TheaterWorks, Human Interest, Tony Awards, Entertainment, Entertainment Events
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$50,000 Grant From Mercer Foundation Launches Goodspeed Artists Colony Project
Hartford CourantIs Connecticut becoming the home of music theater residencies? A $50,000 grant from The Johnny Mercer Foundation will help launch the first year of Goodspeed Musicals' new four-week residency program from music theater writers. This will make a...Tags: East Haddam, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Johnny Mercer, Haddam
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James Snyder Heads HSO Concert Honoring Goodspeed
Hartford CourantJames Snyder (Broadway's "Crybaby," Goodspeed's "Carousel") will be among the singers featured in a concert by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Goodspeed Opera House. The concert will be held on Saturday, Feb. 23...Tags: Culture, East Haddam, Entertainment, Haddam, Next to Normal (musical)
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Three New Musicals In Development At Goodspeed Festival
Hartford CourantThe Eighth Annual Goodspeed Festival of New Artists begins its three-day festival of three new works on Friday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Goodspeed Opera House with a staged reading of "Nine Wives," followed on Saturday, Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. with...Tags: TheaterWorks, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Theater, Music Theater
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'Urinetown' Team Will Be First Artists At Goodspeed 'Colony'
Hartford CourantGreg Kotis, book writer and lyricist and composer Mark Hollmann who both won Tonys for the Broadway music “Urinetown” will be among the artists working on new material during the first first year of Goodspeed Musicals' new four-week residency...Tags: East Haddam, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Johnny Mercer, Haddam
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Amahl and the Night Visitors Comes to Visit the Bushnell in Hartford
Amahl and the Night Visitors Nov. 24, 8 p.m., $35, The Bushnell's Autorino Great Hall, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford, (888) 824-2874, thebushnell.org. We tend not to think of operas as made-for-TV holiday entertainment, but back in the '50s popular...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Holidays, Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, David Hartman, Opera (genre)
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Cast Named For 15th Annual "Christmas Carol" At Hartford Stage
Hartford CourantHas there been a Connecticut production with more productions than Hartford Stage's holiday presentation of "A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story iof Christmas?" I can't think of any. (Can you?) It's 15th annual production returns tothe Church Street theater...Tags: Religious Festivals, Michael Wilson, Steven Spielberg, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character)
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eighth blackbird Plays at University of Hartford on Nov. 15
The Hartt School of Music's affiliation with the Richard P. Garmany Fund has brought some tremendous talent to the area over the last couple of years, including the Bang On A Can All-Stars, pianist Christopher Riley, the Emerson String Quartet,...
Tags: Music, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Awards and Prizes, Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Rocker at the Gate: Shredder Tony Spada Gigs With the Hartford Symphony Orchestra
The thought of performing as a soloist in front of a world-class orchestra would make most long-haired rockers quake in their snakeskin boots. Not guitarist Tony Spada. Not one bit. Spada will be the featured soloist when the Hartford Symphony...
Tags: Culture, Johnny Winter, Entertainment, Jimi Hendrix, Yngwie Malmsteen
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'Marie Antoinette' at Yale Rep Visually Stunning, Politically Pointed
Hartford CourantThe show: World premiere of “Marie Antoinette” at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven First impressions: David Adjmi's surreal look at the madness of politics, power and celebrity gets a wild and wooly (as in sheep) dream of a production...Tags: Tony Awards, Yale Repertory Theatre, Republic of Ireland, Entertainment Events, David Greenspan
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"Miss Saigon" At Hartt School, Staged By One Who Knows
Hartford CourantKevin Gray knows a few things about the musical "Miss Saigon." After all he played the lead role of The Engineer in the Los Angeles and Toronto productions of the show. Now as a Hartt School drama faculty member at the University of Hartford, Gray stages...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut), Music Theater, University of Hartford
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