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Playing a new role: New London City Clerk Nathan Caron stars in ‘The Visitor’

 June 20, 2013; Updated: 11:34 am

In his day job, Nathan Caron is New London's city clerk.

When he's off work, though, he takes on another role - literally.

Caron is starring in Eugene J. Celico's new play, "The Visitor," in Westerly.

Acting isn't a new...

Stage tip: "I'm Connecticut"

 June 20, 2013; Updated: 11:35 am

Ivoryton Playhouse
103 Main St., Ivoryton
Nutmeggers, this show is for you! Well, and for anyone who loves a breezy romantic...

Seth Meyers does stand-up at MGM Grand at Foxwoods

 June 20, 2013; Updated: 11:34 am

Seth Meyers is going through a transition phase - in a very, very good way.

He's been tapped to replace Jimmy Fallon as the host of NBC's "Late Night." That shift will happen sometime in early 2014, when Fallon takes over "The Tonight...

O'Neill's Music Theater Conference begins

 June 20, 2013; Updated: 11:34 am

Over its 35 years, the O'Neill's National Music Theater Conference, led by Artistic Director Paulette Haupt, has helped develop nearly 115 new musicals - among them, "Nine," "Avenue Q" and "In the Heights."

The three musicals chosen from...

Broadway in a barn and more at Theatre By The Sea

 June 15, 2013; Updated: 4:20 pm

Theatre By The Sea, which offers Broadway shows in an old barn setting in Rhode Island, is celebrating its 80th birthday. Or rather, "she" is celebrating her birthday, as owner Bill Hanney likes to say.

On the write track: Exploring puppet narrative at O'Neill conference

 June 13, 2013; Updated: 9:24 am

Puppet artist Robert Smythe is leading sessions on "Writing the Puppet Narrative" during the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 23rd Annual National Puppetry Conference, which culminates in public performances Saturday and Sunday.

Flock Theatre stages "As You Like It"

 June 13, 2013; Updated: 1:57 pm

All the world's a stage: This is Flock Theatre's 20th year presenting Shakespeare in the Arboretum, and it's beginning its anniversary season with "As You Like It." This Bard comedy bows Friday and continues through June 28.

'Kinky Boots' struts off with the most Tony Awards

 June 10, 2013; Updated: 6:24 am

The feel-good musical "Kinky Boots," with songs by pop star and Broadway newcomer Cyndi Lauper, strutted away with a leading six 2013 Tony Awards on Sunday, including best musical, best original score and best leading man.

International Festival of Arts & Ideas: Where elevators, bicycles and fairies meet

 June 9, 2013; Updated: 4:02 pm

New worlds, big and small, will emerge at this year's International Festival of Arts & Ideas, kicking off June 15 in New Haven.
The festival theme, "Dreaming New Worlds - Big and Small," reflects a...

Jay Mohr does stand-up at MGM Grand at Foxwoods

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 12:39 pm

During a phone interview I conducted a few years back with standup giant Jay Mohr, he responded to an observation I made by chortling and commenting, "Hilarious!"

Does this mean Professional Comedy is so easy that even I can do...

Actors beckoned to ‘Blue Yonder’

 June 4, 2013; Updated: 4:34 pm

Stonington Players announces open auditions on June 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. and on June 24 from 7 to 9 p.m. for "Blue Yonder," by Kate Aspengren. Both sessions will be held at the Stonington Community Center Annex, 45 Cutler St. Performances will be...

ETC seeking actors

 May 31, 2013; Updated: 12:17 am

Emerson Theater Collaborative is seeking actors for the summer youth theater program's production of "King of Beasts: Aesop's Fables," written and directed by Bob Gautreau.
Adult actors ages 30 to 80...

The stage comedy 'I'm Connecticut' by ‘Simpsons’ writer Mike Reiss plays Ivoryton

 May 30, 2013; Updated: 12:55 am

When Mike Reiss was giving a speech about children's books at the University of Connecticut a while ago, a passing comment got him thinking about writing a play about Connecticut.
He did, after all,...

A good impression: Terry Fator at MGM Grand at Foxwoods

 May 30, 2013; Updated: 1:20 pm

Terry Fator is a man of a hundred voices. Scratch that: make it more than a hundred.
He can impersonate singers ranging from Dean Martin to Lady Gaga, and he brings to life the ventriloquist characters...

Kevin James does stand-up at Mohegan Sun

 May 30, 2013; Updated: 1:06 pm

Kevin James has pretty much cornered the market on turning idiosyncratic jobs into broadly comic movies.
He was "The Zookeeper." He was "Paul Blart: Mall Cop." And there's been talk about his starring...

Pop songwriters find excitement in stage musicals

 May 25, 2013; Updated: 5:33 pm

There was a time when most of the songs played on the radio came from Broadway. Now some popular hit makers like Cyndi Lauper and Sting are finding it still feels like home.
"Look, they don't break...

Absolutely 'Fabulous'

 May 25, 2013; Updated: 5:29 pm

In "The Fabulous Lipitones," a long-running singing group loses a member and has to scurry to find a fill-in in time for Nationals. Much comedy ensues - especially since this show is created by John Markus, who was the head writer for...

Saturday night live at Foxwoods, with Dana Carvey, Dennis Miller and Kevin Nealon

 May 23, 2013; Updated: 1:44 pm

Live! From Foxwoods! It's Saturday niiiiiiiiight!

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

How could I, considering that Saturday at MGM Grand at Foxwoods, three of "Saturday Night Live's" alums team up for a night of stand-up.

Dana...

Groton's Kate MacCluggage stars in Hartford Stage's "Twelfth Night"

 May 18, 2013; Updated: 5:33 pm

Last time Kate MacCluggage starred in a show at Hartford Stage, it was 2012's romantic comedy "Bell, Book and Candle." And here's what the New York Times critic had to say about her turn as good witch Gillian: "As played by the...

Penn & Teller perform at MGM Grand at Foxwoods

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 2:23 pm

Timing is everything in magic - and, really, in all forms of entertainment.

So how perfectly synergistic that Penn & Teller are performing Saturday at MGM Grand at Foxwoods - just two weeks after Penn Jillette's team won a challenge...

Eastern Connecticut Ballet debuts "Ballerina Swan"

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 2:23 pm

The facts: Eastern Connecticut Ballet gives the debut performance of "Ballerina Swan" Sunday at the Garde Arts Center.

The creators: Gloria Govrin, who is ECB's artistic director, choreographed "Ballerina Swan," based...

Fun time: George Lopez at MGM Grand at Foxwoods

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 2:23 pm

Comic George Lopez is everywhere.

Go to the bookstore and see a copy of his just-released "I'm Not Gonna Lie: And Other Lies You Tell When You Turn 50," a follow-up to his New York Times bestselling autobiography "Why You Crying: My Long,...

Garde welcomes Step Afrika!

 May 16, 2013; Updated: 2:23 pm

Step by step: When Step Afrika! formed in 1994, it became the first professional company anywhere dedicated solely to stepping. Stepping, if you didn't know, is a percussive dance that began in African-American...

Eastern Connecticut Ballet debuts ‘Ballerina Swan’

 May 14, 2013; Updated: 5:13 pm

Eastern Connecticut Ballet's newest piece, "Ballerina Swan," has quite a lofty pedigree.

It's both adapted for the stage and based on a book written by celebrated former New York City Ballet soloists for whom the legendary George Balanchine...

Note to 'Don Giovanni' director: Never skip the chorus of demons

 May 11, 2013; Updated: 12:30 am

Friday night at the Garde, the Connecticut Lyric Opera ended its 10th season a performance that succeeded by riding the momentum of Mozart's long ensembles and weaving voices into the action while the music hurtles the plot forward.

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