Review: THE TOXIC AVENGER at Town Players Of New Canaan
What did our critic think of THE TOXIC AVENGER at Town Players Of New Canaan? The show is a comic satire with an irreverent, kooky edge, similar in style to “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Urinetown” and “Zombie Prom”. The opening number describes the play’s setting as “a place between heaven and hell”: New Jersey. In the fictional town of Tromaville, a mild-mannered nerd, Melvin Ferd the third is an aspiring earth scientist
GROUNDHOG DAY THE MUSICAL to Have Connecticut Premiere at Curtain Call
It may have been baseball great, Yogi Berra, who coined the phrase, 'It's deja vu all over again,' but for that feeling of the same things happening over and over again, no property tells the tale better than Groundhog Day, The Musical, making its Connecticut premiere at Curtain Call.
Westport Country Playhouse Stages World Premiere of THOUSAND PINES
Westport Country Playhouse's world-premiere drama, "Thousand Pines," brings the national dialogue about gun violence to the stage, October 30 through November 17. Written by Matthew Greene, and directed by Austin Pendleton, the new play was part of the Playhouse's 2017 New Works Circle Initiative, a program dedicated to the discovery, development, and production of new live theatrical works.
Theater Barn Opens 2018-2019 Season with URINETOWN, THE MUSICAL
Opening their 53rd season, the Ridgefield Theater Barn will present Urinetown, The Musical, music & lyrics by Mark Hollmann, book & lyrics by Greg Kotis, beginning Thursday, September 6th at 8pm. Sponsored by J. Mulvaney Plumbing and Young's Fencing, performances will continue Friday and Saturday evenings through September 28th, with Sunday matinees September 16th & 23rd at 5pm, and a special Thursday performance September 27th at 8pm.
Westport Country Playhouse Presents Sunday Symposium with Cast of THE UNDERSTUDY
Cast members from "The Understudy" will be guest speakers at Westport Country Playhouse's Sunday Symposium on August 19, following a 3 p.m. performance of the backstage comedy about a Hollywood action star making his Broadway debut amid tensions with his understudy. The recent Off-Broadway hit is written by Theresa Rebeck, creator of NBC's show business drama "Smash."