The Fantasticks will play a limited run in Norwalk Love, adventure and magic are in the air as the Carriage House Arts Center prepares to present the longest-running show in the world, The Fantasticks. Created by Tom Jones (book and lyrics) and Harvey Schmidt (music), this beloved musical will open October 14 and will run through October 29. More Oct 6, 2011 - 5:58 AM
Fairfield University presents North American premier of Perpetual Peace Three dogs — Emmanuel, Odin, and John-John — awake to find themselves in a strange and dark holding pen. There, they will be invited by a dog in charge (Casius) to compete with one another for “the collar,” a coveted job in the elite K-7 unit of the state anti-terrorism service. But what are they willing to do, how far are they willing to go, to get the job? More Oct 5, 2011 - 9:45 AM		Hartford Stage announces renowned director Darko Tresnjak as new artistic director Hartford Stage’s Board of Directors, under the leadership of President Paul Bourdeau and Vice-President and search committee chair Jill Adams, announced this week the appointment of Darko Tresnjak as the Tony Award-winning theatre’s new Artistic Director, succeeding Michael Wilson. He will work in partnership with Hartford Stage Managing Director Michael Stotts. More May 13, 2011 - 11:56 PM
Blindsided by a Diaper extols "joys" of parenting A brand-spanking new musical comedy born of the good, and not so good, of raising children will play for a limited run in Curtain Call's Dressing Room Theatre beginning May 12. BLINDSIDED BY A DIAPER will play Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:00pm through May 28. More May 5, 2011 - 10:30 AM		WAC presents final storytelling event of the season Westport Arts Center’s successful Storytelling Program, “Awake After Dark,” ends its season run on Tuesday, April 26, with a program themed, “Money Talks.” Ticket holders will be treated to unforgettable tales told by a team of storytellers, hand-picked for their ability to deliver a memorable story. More Apr 14, 2011 - 5:58 AM
Tell It Slant showcases talents of 2011 class Storrs, CT — The William Benton Museum of Art is proud to present The 2011 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition through May 8, 2011. This marks the 22nd year of the Art and Art History Department’s MFA program at the University of Connecticut. The collaborative exhibition, entitled Tell It Slant, features the works of five art students. Each piece invites the viewer to experience the gradual unfolding of the truth, a “revealing fragment of human experience.” More Apr 13, 2011 - 9:52 AM		The Kite Runners comes to The Bushnell A live adaptation of the modern day classic by Khaled Hosseini will be performed at The Bushnell on Monday, April 4, 2011. On Monday, April 4 at 7:00 p.m., The Bushnell, in collaboration with New York City’s American Place Theatre, will present a theatrical adaptation of the book The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini. This Literature to Life® award-winner, adapted for the stage in 2004, features fifty minutes of verbatim performance from the first half of this best selling contemporary novel – upwards of eight characters brought to life by the virtuosic performance of a single actor. The Kite Runner is a part of The Bushnell’s Literature to Life series, sponsored by Aetna. More Mar 10, 2011 - 5:58 AM
Curtain Call announces auditions The final two shows of Curtain Call's 2010-2011 season include one of Broadway's longest-running shows of all times and a brand new musical written by a local author. A CHORUS LINE and BLINDSIDED BY A DIAPER will be presented by Stamford's longest-running and only year-round, non-profit producing theatre company, Curtain Call. Auditions for both shows will take place on March 7 and 8, in the evening, at The Sterling Farms Theatre Complex, 1349 Newfield Avenue, Stamford. More Feb 24, 2011 - 5:58 AM		Jigsaw Jones Mystery to be presented at WCP Westport Country Playhouse will present “A Jigsaw Jones Mystery – The Case of the Class Clown,” as part of its Family Festivities Series on Sunday, March 6, at 1 and 4 p.m. Recommended for grades one through four, the production is a mystery with music, based on the book by renowned author James Preller, produced by ArtsPower. Tickets are $15. More Feb 14, 2011 - 7:32 PM
A Caribbean fairy tale provides great fun for families! Once on this island on a stormy night, as legend tells it, a small girl cries in fear as the thunder booms. To comfort her a group of Caribbean peasants tell her the story of Ti Moune, a beautiful peasant girl who rescues and falls in love with Daniel, a wealthy boy from the other side of the island. When Daniel is returned to his people, the fantastical gods who rule the island guide Ti Moune on a quest to test the strength of her love. Thus is the story of Once On This Island, Curtain Call's 20th annual Summer Youth Theatre presentation. More Aug 2, 2010 - 12:19 PM		Free Shakespeare on stage in Stamford An unearthly prophecy. A plot to kill a head of state. Obsession, deception, witches and warriors...and that's just in the first 15 minutes of Shakespeare's Macbeth! One of the best-known works of Shakespeare - and certainly his shortest tragedy - Macbeth is Curtain Call's 7th annual Shakespeare on the Green production, playing outdoors at Sterling Farms in Stamford, July 9 - 17. Performances are held nightly at 7:30pm on the great lawn alongside The Royal Green Restaurant at Sterling Farms on Newfield Avenue. Direction is by Curtain Call's Associate Artistic Director, Peter Barbieri, Jr. More Jun 24, 2010 - 9:28 AM
The winner wins again The authors of the new musical “Buddy’s Tavern,” winner of Curtain Call’s 2010 American Harmony Prize, are going to have to clear a little more room on their mantles. Yesterday, it was announced that “Buddy’s Tavern” has also been named by the Acardemy of Arts and Letters as the winner of the 2010 Richard Rodgers Award, one of the most prestigious honors given to developing works of musical theater. In addition to recognition, the Richard Rodgers Award carries with it funding for reading and productions of the winner musical. More Feb 11, 2010 - 11:43 AM		A Merry Mulberry Street Musical gets ready to begin run “Think Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton (of The Honeymooners)…that’s how I view the relationship between Piccino Morello and Angelo Baccolini in our Mulberry Street presentations,” said Lou Ursone, author of A Merry Mulberry Street Musical, a brand new romantic, musical comedy playing in Stamford at Curtain Call’s Dressing Room Theatre, November 20 through December 20. “These two patriarchs are full of bluster and fun as they try to make their way in New York’s Little Italy in the 1940s,” he added. More Nov 10, 2009 - 6:42 PM

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