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'Macbeth' Reset As Vietnam Soldiers' Story At Long Wharf
The Hartford CourantEric Ting respects superstitions, especially the one that says you can't say "Macbeth" aloud in a theater without dire consequences. ("The Scottish Play" is used instead.) "I think superstition is a powerful force," says the fate-conscious Ting,...Tags: Clint Eastwood, Anna Deavere Smith, Wars and Interventions, Hospitals and Clinics, Brooklyn (New York City)
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs: Macbeth 1969 at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre
Opening this week at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre is a new world premiere adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, tilted Macbeth 1969. Set against the backdrop of the aftermath of the Vietnam War, two soldiers must recover from their wounds as they are...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Vietnam War (1955-1975), Arts and Culture
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Olympia Dukakis To Play Prospero In "Tempest" In Berkshires
Hartford CourantThere must be something in the air with “The Tempest.” Julie Taymor made a film version of it not to long ago. Yale Summer Cabaret produced it last year. Darko Tresnjak will direct his version of it in May at Hartford Stage, where he is the...Tags: Entertainment, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Arts and Culture
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Arts Input Sought for New State "Arts Office"
Hartford CourantWant to put your two cents in about the Connecticut Office of the Arts, formerly the state’s Commission on Culture and Tourism — but down-classified when it became part of the Department of Economic and Community Development? The COA will...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Westport Country Playhouse, Cultural Development, Culture
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Bell, Book, and Candle playing at New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre
Every wish you could use some otherworldly powers to just fix things? Gillian Holroyd, the protagonist in Long Wharf Theatre's current production of Bell, Book, and Candle, can totally do just that. The love of her life is engaged to her nemesis, but she'...
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February House playing at Long Wharf Theatre's Stage II in New Haven
Have you made it down to Long Wharf Theatre to see February House yet? If not, the show runs until Sun., March 18, so you've still got a few chances left. February House is a musical about several artists living together in a house in 1940s Brooklyn...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Gypsy Rose Lee, Artists
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New Musical, Shakespeare, Ibsen Highlight Tresnjak's First Season at Hartford Stage
Hartford Stage’s upcoming 49th season — and its first chosen by its new artistic director Darko Tresnjak — will begin a new Shakespearean tradition, present an Ibsen classic, feature an overlooked Beth Henley play and premiere two...Tags: Murder, Entertainment, Henrik Ibsen, Aetna Inc., Alec Guinness
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"5-50-500": New Proposal for Connecticut's Tony Award-Winning Regional Theaters
Hartford CourantIn the midst of new plans and strategies for arts funding in the state, I'd like to suggest still another -- and it's offered gratis -- without a consulting fee attached. (No, you're welcome). I'm calling it "5-50-500." It would give the five Tony...Tags: Yale Repertory Theatre, Tourism and Leisure, Politics, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Cast set for Gabriel Kahane Musical, "February House" at Long Wharf
Hartford CourantCasting is complete for the world premiere of the Gabriel Kahane musical, "February House" which begins performances Feb. 15 at Stage II New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre. The show will run through March 18. The show will also platy off-Broadway's Public...Tags: Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Audra McDonald, Artists, Gypsy Rose Lee
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TV's 'Smash' Looks At Backstage Drama Of Making Of A Broadway Musical
The Hartford CourantDavid Marshall Grant sits at his desk in a nondescript office in an unmarked building in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, near the East River. That's where Broadway magic happens, at least by way of the new NBC series"Smash," which premieres 10...Tags: Brothers and Sisters (tv program), Smash (tv program), Richard Gere, American Idol (tv program), Television
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Kate MacCluggage To Bewitch in "Bell, Book and Candle"
Hartford CourantKate MacCluggage, who was last featured in the ensemble cast of Long Wharf Theatre's "It's a Wonderful Life," will play Gillian, the bewitching witch, in the the romantic comedy "Bell, Book and Candle," a co-production with Long Wharf and Hartford Stage....Tags: Jack Lemmon, Lincoln Center, Larry Gates, Irving Berlin, James Stewart
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Long Wharf Cancels 'Sophie's Choice' Run In Spring
Hartford CourantGordon Edelstein had a tough choice to make but the artistic director of New Haven's Long Wharf Theatre decided to pull the plug of the up-coming production of David W. Rintels' stage adapation of "Sophie's Choice,' which was slated to premiere in May....Tags: Entertainment, Judaism, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Concerts, Kevin Kline
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