Katharine Hepburn’s Theater is Two Years Old!
Oh how far the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center has come in the two years she’s been in existence. Known as “The Kate” and located on Main Street in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, there have already...
View ArticleSphere’s “Romeo And Juliet”
There is a program in Ridgefield, Connecticut called Sphere. Sphere stands for Special, People, Housing, Education, Recreation and Employment. It’s mission: to improve the quality of life for...
View Article“It’s A Wonderful Life”~ A Live Radio Play
It’s pretty much Christmas year ’round for Bridgeport, Connecticut playwright, Joe Landry. Around the actual holidays things really get ramped up thanks to a play he wrote some twenty years ago. Joe...
View ArticleThe Little Historic Chapel That Could
If you don’t know bout this wonderfully historic chapel on the shoreline in Branford, Connecticut, you will after reading this. This is one of those gems that I love uncovering for you. I attended...
View ArticleGoodspeed Musical’s, Michael Price
I’ll admit it, I think that Micheal Price is the cat’s meow. I have known him and the crew over at Goodspeed Musicals for a a long time and my oldest daughter, Lindsay Johnson was at one time Price’s...
View ArticleSeymour’s Historic Strand Theatre
I found out a lot about the historic Strand Theater the other day in Seymour, Connecticut. It dates back to World War I, and the memories created here while folks were sitting back watching “talkies”...
View ArticleJoe Landry’s Radio Plays
Joe Landry, years ago came up with a novel idea…producing “radio plays” of theater, plays that you already know that you see on stage. He has taken those plays and has done a radio twist with them,...
View ArticleCelebrating 1,000 Shows At The Kate
May 3, 2014 celebrated one-thousand shows at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. “The Kate,”was just named the best small theater in Connecticut. On this evening...
View ArticleGoodspeed Honors Sheldon Harnick
Creator of Fiddler on the Roof, Fiorello! She Loves Me and many others will be presented with The Goodspeed Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre Goodspeed Musicals is delighted to...
View ArticleYa Gotta Love Sardi’s Celebrity Caricatures
Old Hollywood, love it and Sardi’s, the iconic restaurant in New York City’s Theater District. Just saw all of these caricatures on Do You Remember, Yesterday Back By Popular Demand. All this vintage...
View ArticleBallet At The Kate ~ Oct 18, 19
Eastern Connecticut Ballet is now offering Children’s Classes at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook! Come Dance with us by calling 860 739-7899 to register! We also want you...
View ArticleDion Flynn At The Palace in Danbury ~ Nov. 1
Late night TV Sensation Dion Flynn To Make CT Debut at The Palace Danbury. Danbury – Late night TV devotees are non-partisan fans of Dion Flynn as President Barack Obama. A fixture on “Late Night...
View ArticleThe Prospector Theater, A Very Special Movie Theater
The Prospector Theater, a first of its kind movie house in the U.S., is opening for business in November of 2014. It’s in downtown Ridgefield. It’s the brain child of Valerie Jensen whose sister has...
View ArticleNew Haven’s Shubert Theater is 100!
New Haven, Connecticut’s Shubert Theater is celebrating one hundred years. It opened on De cember 11th, in 1914. In the 1950′s and 60′s major stars were gracing the stage in musicals one after...
View ArticleNew Haven’s Long Wharf Theatre Celebrates 50 Years!
LONG WHARF THEATRE LAUNCHES ONLINE HISTORICAL ARCHIVE TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS NEW HAVEN — In an effort to commemorate 50 years of innovative theatre, Long Wharf Theatre has launched an online...
View ArticleSend A “Happy One Hundred Years” Video To The Shubert Theatre
The legendary Shubert Theatre in New Haven, CT is turning 100 years old on December 11, 2014! The Shubert is recognized throughout the theatre community as the “birthplace of the nation’s greatest...
View ArticleThese Theater Projects Will WOW you!
For more than fifty years, Theatre Projects Consultants, based in Norwalk has been building some of the most exciting performance spaces in the world. Senior project manager, Benton Delinger came on...
View ArticleThe Brand New Guy At Goodspeed Musicals
The nearly impossible task of replacing Goodspeed Musicals Executive Director, Michael Price after nearly fifty years at the helm been completed. The new guy heading the East Haddam venue will be...
View ArticleCharlie Brown and Snoopy Go 3-D
Oh I cannot wait for this, Charlie Brown and Snoopy go the theater in 3-D! This good clean fun is due out next November 2015 and it is cute as a button, this of course will be a mega hit with kids....
View ArticleNewtown’s “12.14 Foundation,” A New Beginning For Kids
Michael Baroody of Newtown, the father of two young children, mobilized after the tragedy in his town nearly two years ago and formed the non-profit organization called the The 12-14 Foundation. He...
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