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Misha, 'Man In A Case,' At Hartford Stage
The Hartford CourantMikhail Baryshnikov remembers studying a short story by Anton Chekhov, "Man in a Case," which was required reading in Russia when he was 14. "I feel deeply personal towards this piece," says the actor-dancer-arts entrepreneur in his sleek modern...Tags: Artists, Samuel Beckett, Lincoln Center, Music, Arts
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Olympia Dukakis, John Douglas Thompson Star In 'Mother Courage'
Hartford CourantOver at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass. the main stage shows presented in repertory are: Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” and “Richard II” and Bertolt Brecht’s “Mother Courage and Her...Tags: Bertolt Brecht, Long Wharf Theatre, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Olympia Dukakis
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SITI's Cafe Variations Comes to Fairfield Friday, March 1
Earlier this month the Mabou Mines company descended upon Wesleyan University with its brash rearrangement of Tennessee Williams texts, tempered with Grand Guignol horror-theater posturings. On March 1 at 8 p.m., another vaunted New York-based...
Tags: Fairfield University, Wesleyan University, Education, Colleges and Universities, Music
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Blind Date For 40-Year-Olds Leads To 30-Year Marriage
The Hartford CourantAmy Lynn was the new kid in town at age 40. "I had come up from the Washington, D.C., area to take a job," Amy says. Her best friend's brother asked her if she would like to meet somebody. "I said sure." Stephen Silverman, 44, a friend of the brother,...Tags: Hudson River, Passover Seder, Ceremonies, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease
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Connecticut's Oscar Favorites From Those In The Know
The Hartford CourantThe Academy Awards bring out the critic in everyone. It starts when the nominations are announced — "Whaddya mean, Ben Affleck wasn't nominated?" — and lasts long after Oscar night. That annual ritual takes place Sunday night and will be...Tags: Les Miserables (movie), Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tony Kushner, Jennifer Lawrence, Tommy Lee Jones
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Cast Named for Beth Henley's "Abundance"At Hartford Stage
Hartford CourantMonique Vukovic (Buddy Cop 2, Atlantic Theater Company and Housebreaking, Cherry Lane Theatre), Brenda Withers (Cyrano, Folger Theatre and The Tempest, The Pearl Theatre Company), Kevin Kelly (Henry V, Two River Theater Company and Richard III, The...Tags: Leonard Thompson, Pulitzer Prize Awards, The New York Times, David Byrne, Entertainment Events
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Marc Kudisch Joins Cast Of "Hamlet" At Yale Rep
Hartford CourantMulti-Tony Award nominee Marc Kudisch (Hartford Stage's "Summer and Smoke") joins the Yale Repertory Theatre production of "Hamlet" starring Emmy Award winner and Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti. Kudisch plays Claudius and the Ghost of Hamlet's Father....Tags: Tony Awards, Yale Repertory Theatre, Patrick Kerr, Marc Kudisch, Paul Giamatti
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A Classical Voice For Hartford Stage's 'Breath & Imagination'
The Hartford CourantJubilant Sykes has sung classical and spiritual music at the Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, London's Barbican Centre and the Hollywood Bowl. But Hartford Stage is a decidedly different venue for a veteran of...Tags: Leap of Faith (musical), Nat King Cole, Sony Corp., Music, California State University, Fullerton
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Hartford's 'Water By The Spoonful' Opens Off-Broadway
The Hartford CourantIs it possible to fall in love with all the characters in a play, even those who see themselves as less-than-worthy members of the human race? And then, after more than a year, fall in love with them all over again? That's what happened to me with...Tags: USA Today, Other Desert Cities (play), Frankie Faison, Music, The Huffington Post
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"Moonlight and Magnolias" About Script Struggles of "Gone With the Wind"
Hartford Courant"Moonlight and Magnolias," Ron Hutchinson's comedy about the making of the script to "Gone With the Wind" begins performances this week at West Hartford's Playhouse on Park, 244 Park Road. Previews begin Wednesday, Jan,. 23, opens Friday, Jan. 25 and...Tags: West Hartford, Entertainment
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Hartford Stage Tackles the Life of African-American Classical Singer Roland Hayes
Breath & Imagination dramatizes the life of pioneering African-American classical singer Roland Hayes (1887-1977), who went from singing on a Georgia plantation to wowing European monarchs. Hayes is played by baritone Jubliant Sykes (pictured), who can...
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Who's Breathing and Imaginative in the New Play-With-Music Breath & Imagination at Hartford Stage
Breath & Imagination, Hartford Stage's new show (running Jan. 11 through Feb. 9) about groundbreaking African-American lyrical tenor vocalist Roland Hayes, has announced its cast. It’s a small cast—two singers and a piano accompanist, but...
Tags: Music Theater, The Drowsy Chaperone (musical), Music, Shrek (fictional character), Entertainment
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