Review: "Raging Skillet" at TheaterWorks
by Mark G. Auerbach TheaterWorks ends its stellar season with the world premiere of Hartford playwright Jacques Lamarre's stage adaptation of foodie TV star Chef Rossi's autobiography Raging…
by Mark G. Auerbach TheaterWorks ends its stellar season with the world premiere of Hartford playwright Jacques Lamarre's stage adaptation of foodie TV star Chef Rossi's autobiography Raging…
by Mark G. Auerbach Discount Tickets At Berkshires Theatres If you're a Broadway bargain hunter, you know about the TKTS booth in Times Square, where you can purchase discounted tickets for …
by Mark G. Auerbach Barrington Stage has opened its Boyd-Quinson Mainstage season with a handsome production of Ragtime, beautifully staged by Joe Calarco with an assist from Shea Sullivan's…
by Mark G. Auerbach Darko Tresnjak's back in Hartford, after steering Anastasia to Broadway, and Hartford Stage is presenting his take on George Bernard Shaw's comedic and caustic Heartbreak…
by Mark G. Auerbach Jeff McCarthy is "Kunstler" in Barrington Stage Season Opener Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA presents The Creative Place I…
by Mark G. Auerbach Heartbreak House Closes Hartford Stage Season George Bernard Shaw's comic and caustic masterwork, Heartbreak House closes Hartford Stage's current season, May 11-June 11.…
by Mark G. Auerbach I had never heard about Pink Martini until a couple of years ago, when a friend shared a video of NPR reporter and All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro performing with …
by Mark G. Auerbach Countdown to The Tony Awards Last year, one musical, Hamilton, dominated the Tony Awards race. This season, there are at least eleven competing for the slot of "Best Musi…
AMHERST – One of the nation's foremost dance companies, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall Tuesday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. Procla…
by Mark G. Auerbach Saturday Night Fever With its solid gold Bee Gees score and a smart story about a high-stepping disco dancer, from the streets of New York, played to perfection by John T…
Review: "The Book of Mormon" at The Bushnell by Mark G. Auerbach Broadway's super-hit The Book of Mormon zipped into the Bushnell about three years ago, and completely lived up to its hype a…
by Mark G. Auerbach Road Trip: The Night of The Iguana at American Repertory Theater in Cambridge The American Repertory Theater at Harvard, best known as A.R.T. has been, in recent years, a…
by Mark G. Auerbach Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors is one of the Bard's most popular comedy hits. Going back to a plot familiar to the ancient Greeks and Romans, he tells the tale of two…
by Mark G. Auerbach Amadeus: A Majestic Musical Rivalry at The Majestic Amadeus, Peter Shaffer's sweeping fictionalized history of the rivalry between classical music composers Wo…
by Mark G. Auerbach Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Broadway's still hot ticket, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, kicks off the New Year at The Bushnell in Hartford, with performances …
Outstanding Performances in a Musical  Rhett Guter as the Elvis-type rock star who captivates the people in a small midwest town, as Conrad in Bye Bye Birdie, at Goodspeed. He tu…
by Mark G. Auerbach So much to choose from and so little time to see everything. Outstanding Production of A Play and Outstanding New Play: American Son by Christopher Demos-Brown, Barringto…
by Mark G. Auerbach  2016: The Year in Review, Part I  It's been a great year for the arts, and over the next three weeks, we'll recap the news, and best of the plays, musicals, and …
by Mark G. Auerbach Once, Again If you missed Once, the multi-Tony Award-winning musical on Broadway, or its national tour at The Bushnell, there's yet another opportunity for one performanc…
by Mark G. Auerbach Two Americans in Paris An American in Paris, the new Gershwin musical based on the beloved movie, plays The Bushnell in Hartford on November 15-20. Director Christoph…
by Mark G. Auerbach The Berkshire Theatre Awards: A New Way to Recognize Excellence in Theatre Broadway has its Tony Awards for excellence in theatre.. Chicago has the Joseph Jefferson Award…
by Mark Auerbach "A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder" Returns to Hartford Four years after its world premiere at Hartford Stage, and three years after it opened on Broadway, and pi…
by Mark G. Auerbach For over forty years, the UMass Fine ArtsCenter has been the area's year-round go-to venue for international music, dance, jazz, and theatre. They've opened their new…
by Mark G. Auerbach Broadway Week Returns, September 5-18 Broadway's on sale in September with two-for-one tickets available for many Broadway hits. Some of the participating shows include: …
by Mark G. Auerbach Hartford Stage Opens Season With a World Premiere: "Queens For A Year" Hartford Stage opens its 2016-17 Season with the world premiere of T.D. Mitchell's Queens For A Yea…