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Connecticut’s “The O’Neill” Is 50!
We are so blessed in Connecticut with so many wonderful theaters, we are chocked full. New Haven’s Shubert Theater is celebrating its 100th year, Torrington’s, Warner Theatre goes back to the art deco...
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Waterbury, Connecticut’s Rosiland Russell
Academy Award nominee, Actress Rosiland Russell was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on June 4, 1907. She was one of seven children born to James Edward and Clara A. (née McKnight) Russell. According to...
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Trinity-On-Main, A Beautiful Venue In New Britain, CT
Look at this beautiful art space in New Britain! Trinity-on-Main is described as: Central Connecticut’s premier venue for live performances, events and rental space. We present everything from rock...
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Grammy Award Winning Pianist George Winston At “The Kate”
GEORGE WINSTON Tuesday, April 14, 7:30pm Grammy Award-winning pianist George Winston weaves worlds with his deeply interpretive playing, evoking hushed forests blanketed in snow, majestic mountains...
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Frank Sinatra~ Walter Cronkite
I never got to interview Frank Sinatra, but I did get to spend a couple of hours with “The Most Trusted Man in America,” the late, Walter Cronkite in 2000. It was just me and Cronkite on the stage at...
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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...
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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...
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“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...
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The 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...
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Goodspeed 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...
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Seymour’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”...
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Joe 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,...
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Celebrating 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...
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Goodspeed 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...
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Ya 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...
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Dion 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...
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The 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...
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New 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...
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A Brand New Executive Director At “The Kate!”
It is my pleasure to introduce to you the brand new Executive Director of the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center & Theatre in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. I am “over the moon” that Brett Elliott...
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Westport Country Playhouse’s Michael Ross~ Italian American
Michael Ross is the Managing Director of Westport Country Playhouse. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin but has called Connecticut home for decades. His Dad was from Sicily, his Mom was Danish, he...
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