Conquering ‘The Norman Conquests’ Without Going Broke
Northern Stage, Dorset Theatre Festival, and Weston Playhouse team up to bring Alan Ayckbourn’s trilogy to life.
New England
Coverage of theatre in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Distilling Chekhov in ‘The Square Root of Three Sisters’
Russian director Dmitry Krymov’s first English-language production at Yale transcends language and form.
Vincent J. Cardinal to Depart Connecticut Repertory Theatre
The artistic director and head of the department of dramatic arts at UConn will step down in July.
Reflections on Race and American Greatness at Trinity Rep
The mythic past of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ proves no match for the bracing relevance of Baldwin’s ‘Blues for Mr. Charlie.’
‘Anastasia’ Takes Home 7 Connecticut Critics Circle Awards
The Broadway-bound musical from Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, currently running at Hartford Stage, was lauded last night.
‘Anastasia,’ All Grown Up With Somewhere to Go
Adapting the beloved animated musical film for the stage, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Terrence McNally make another journey to the past.
Found in Translation: Arab Dramas as Mirrors of American Dilemmas
In staging two contemporary Egyptian plays in the U.S., how to eliminate exoticism without erasing specificity? With care, context—and some poetic license.
Kathleen Marshall Says Bonjour to ‘My Paris’
The choreographer/director discusses the new Toulouse-Lautrec musical at Long Wharf Theatre, with music by Charles Aznavour.
Boston Children’s Theatre Gets $100,000 Disney Musical Grant
Disney Theatrical Group provides funding for theatre programs at Boston elementary schools.
Exclusive: O’Neill, NNPN, Kennedy Center and SDC Foundation Name 2016 National Directing Fellows
Jessica Holt, Laley Lippard, Jeff Liu, Madeline Sayet, and M. Graham Smith will be the second group to participate in the program.
