Connecticut Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 22

BWW Reviews: OMIGOD, Connecticut Repertory Theatre Closes Season with LEGALLY BLONDE
by Jacques Lamarre - April 28, 2014

Bend and snap!...

BWW Reviews: Hartford Stage's SOMEWHERE Takes Us Somewhere Between Musical-Comedy and Drama
by Jacques Lamarre - April 21, 2014

Theeeere's a plaaaaace for us....

BWW Reviews: Music Theatre of CT Wraps Season with THE FANTASTICKS
by Lauren Yarger (@LaurenYarger) - April 15, 2014

The stage directions for the musical don't say that it should be performed at Music Theatre of Connecticut's 45-seat theater in Westport, but maybe they should. The intimate space and wonderful circus-tent-themed backdrop by scenic designer Carl Tallent are the perfect setting for the one-piano musi...

BWW Reviews: LTM's STEEL MAGNOLIAS Blooms with Strong Cast
by Jacques Lamarre - April 14, 2014

Well, you know what they say: if you don't have anything nice to say about anybody, come sit by me!...

BWW Reviews: Connecticut Repertory Theatre's GOBLIN MARKET is a Fairy Tale in Need of Magic
by Jacques Lamarre - March 29, 2014

Watch out for goblins bearing fruit....

BWW Reviews: Beatles, Bard and Billy Joe Make for a Mod Mix Musical in Yale Rep's THESE PAPER BULLETS
by Lauren Yarger (@LaurenYarger) - March 25, 2014

Take one of his classic comedies, throw in a Fab Four group sort of like the Beatles and let Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong (AMERICAN IDIOT) write the music and presto: you have a modern, interesting show called THESE PAPER BULLETS....

BWW Reviews: TheaterWorks Explores THE OTHER PLACE a Mind Can Go
by Lauren Yarger (@LaurenYarger) - March 25, 2014

Levy shows a wide arc of emotions as the character goes from educated woman in control of her life to someone not quite sure who to trust, including herself....

BWW Reviews: Ivoryton Playhouse Gives 'SHOUT! Out' to Mod '60s with Swinging England Musical
by Lauren Yarger (@LaurenYarger) - March 25, 2014

Singing 30 tunes popular in the era like 'Goldfinger,' 'Downtown,' To Sir with Love,' and the title song 'Shout,' the girls, identified only by colors that signify their personalities, try to embrace modern times while seeking the advice of columnist Gwendolyn Holmes...

BWW Reviews: This BOOK OF MORMON Gets a Warm Welcome as It Rings The Bushnell's Doorbell
by Lauren Yarger - March 21, 2014

This tour is quite well done, with strong vocals for the leads. Evans nails 'I Believe' and Ncube shows a lovely soprano in her national tour debut. O'Neill, making his professional debut, shows solid comic ability as the awkward Cunningham...

BWW Reviews: Playhouse on Park's HIGGINS IN HARLEM Takes Shaw Uptown
by Jacques Lamarre - March 08, 2014

Yoouuuuu can taaaake the A-Train, yooooou can take it all the way to Haaarlem....

BWW Reviews: Much to Make a To-Do About in This Refreshing MUCH ADO at UConn
by Lauren Yarger - March 04, 2014

This production, helmed by Paul Mullins, is delightful in every way, with wonderfully full portrayals, a fanciful set (designed by Joe Keener III) and costumes (designed by Tiffany Delligatti) that are to die for....

BWW Reviews: SONG AT TWILIGHT Dims in the Modern Age
by Lauren Yarger - March 04, 2014

In Noel Coward's time, and when one of his last plays, A SONG AT TWILIGHT was written in 1966, it must have been shocking to have the possible outing of a closeted gay man be the driving force of a plot. In 2014, when such a play is just one of a plethora of stories written by men, featuring male...

BWW Reviews: A Witty Prequel for Adults Flies in PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at The Bushnell
by Lauren Yarger - February 19, 2014

Ropes become rooms and oceans, people become doors, gloves become birds and some very clever staging, directed by Roger Rees and Alex Timbers....

BWW Reviews: Little Theatre of Manchester's NOISES OFF is a Door-Slamming Delight
by Jacques Lamarre - February 16, 2014

Make some noise for this raucous comedy!...

BWW Reviews: CABARET at Broad Brook Opera House Manages to be Derivative and Devastating
by Jacques Lamarre - February 16, 2014

Broad Brook's dishes up a CABARET with something old, something new, something borrowed and a dash of blue....

BWW Reviews: Reality, Fantasy Clash in FAIRYTALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS at Yale Rep
by Lauren Yarger - February 07, 2014

Once upon a time we could go to the theater and enjoy a play that made sense, challenged our thinking, moved our hearts and made us feel enlightened when the curtain fell....

BWW Reviews: A Tale of Friendship, Love, War Gallops to the Stage in Tour of WAR HORSE at The Bushnell
by Lauren Yarger - January 30, 2014

A sweeping tale of friendship and devotion amidst the horrors of war combines with spectacular puppetry to bring Michael Morpurgo's children's novel WAR HORSE, to life on stage. It reins in for a tour stop at The Bushnell through Sunday....

BWW Reviews: THE CONSULTANT in Great Recession Triggers Questions, Depression in World Premiere at Long Wharf
by Lauren Yarger - January 27, 2014

The Dow may be plunging, but angst is at an all-time high at the pharmaceutical advertising company of Sutton, Feingold and McGrath where recent layoffs have the remaining employees pinning their hopes to an all-important presentation coming up by Jun Suk (Nelson Lee)....

BWW Reviews: Matters of Life and Death Fuel Debate about God in FREUD'S LAST SESSION at TheaterWorks
by Lauren Yarger - January 27, 2014

How can a person with keen intelligence believe in a God that can't be proven?...

BWW Reviews: Playhouse on Park's LEND ME A TENOR Visits the Silly Side of Othello
by Jacques Lamarre - January 26, 2014

The Moor of Venice is back at Playhouse on Park, this time all-singing and all-slamming!...

BWW Reviews: Hartford Stage, Hartford Symphony Orchestra Collaborate on Dreamy MIDSUMMER NIGHT
by Lauren Yarger - January 10, 2014

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Yale Rep Brings 1969 to Present with Political Farce of ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST
by Lauren Yarger - December 15, 2013

Actor Steven Epp and Director Christopher Bayes who teamed up for A Doctor in Spite of Himself and The Servant of Two Masters at Yale Rep join forces again for Dario Fo's bizarre political farce Accidental Death of an Anarchist - and count on Epp to interject a whole lot about the modern US economic...

BWW Reviews: Hartford Stage's A CHRISTMAS CAROL Gets a Few Updates at its Old Haunt
by Lauren Yarger - December 15, 2013

Apparently quite a few (more than 250,000 have seen the Michael Wilson adaptation getting its 16th run at Hartford Stage). This year's annual holiday tradition gets a bit of an update, all supervised by Wilson and directed by Maxwell Williams, that includes redesigned costumes; enhanced flying effec...

BWW Reviews: HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Dogs Other Spoofs of Classics, but Loses the Trail
by Lauren Yarger - December 15, 2013

With the success of THE 39 STEPS, a spoof of the Alfred Hitchcock film, it is no surprise that other similar shows would find their way onto the stage. Playhouse on the Park in west Hartford is hosting a run of one wannabe, THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES....

BWW Reviews: Raise Your Glass to a New Holiday Tradition: CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS at TheaterWorks
by Lauren Yarger - December 09, 2013

The customers are grown up versions of children from holiday classics. Bringing them together here is the brainchild of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero, who expertly directs a three-actor team: Carroll as the bartender and Harry Bouvy and Christine Pedi, who bring to life male and female characters i...