Hartford Stage

Eli has worked with Michael Lamb of Lamb Studios for several of his big auditions, including landing a role at Hartford Stage and a lead role in "Mame" at the Goodspeed Opera House. Now, Eli will be starring in NBC's "The Family Guide," directed by David...

For set designer Alexander Dodge, it often starts with an image. In the case of the visual inspiration of Hartford Stage's production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," it was the suggestion of a garden maze by director Darko Tresnjak. The result is...

The musical comedy “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” may be nearly as nimble as its lead actor, Jefferson Mays, who plays multiple characters and dies no less than eight times in the production. In its third incarnation, the...

Hartford Stage Adult Studio launches the new MainStage MasterClass series this June, featuring two special topic workshops, Clown for Actors, and Melodrama. Both workshops will be taught by distinguished guest artist, Gregor Paslawsky, who is appearing at...

Long Wharf Theatre previewed its 2013-2014 season Monday at a reception at its Stage II, unveiling a lineup that includes "Fences," its first production of an August Wilson play, with Tony Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad making her Long Wharf...

World premieres by Athol Fugard and Heidi Schreck, a revival of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning “Fences,” directed by Phylicia Rashad and the two-person musical “The Last Five Years” will highlight the...

Actor and Hartford native Wayne W. Pretlow wins Boston's I.R.N.E Award for best supporting actor in a musical for his portrayal of Nicely Nicely Johnson in "Guys and Dolls" at Bill Haney's North Shore Music Theater. Pretlow credits his formative...

Michael Wilson, former artistic director of Hartford Stage, will be directing Betty Buckley, Lois Smith and Hallie Foote in the world premiere of Horton Foote’s “The Old Friends” at off-Broadway’s Signature Theatre Company, which...

In a Year With 13 Moons Through May 18 at the Yale Repertory Theatre, corner of Chapel and York streets, New Haven. (203) 432-1234, http://www.yalerep.org. Based on the film and screenplay by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Adapted for the stage by Bill...

Oh, the Places You'll Go this summer with Hartford Stage Summer Studio and The Summer of Seuss youth education programs. Young performers can choose from multiple programs featuring classes focused on theatrical techniques including improvisation,...

It's been a good couple of years for the Gershwins. Composer George (who died in 1937 at the age of 38) and lyricist Ira (who outlived his brother by nearly half a century, dying age 86 in 1983) are currently represented by two very different Broadway...

Hartford Stage will hold auditions for local actors who are current members of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional American theater actors, for the upcoming 2013-2014 season on May 10 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Hartford Stage Rehearsal...