Chucho Valdés Announces Tour Stop with Afro Cuban Messengers In CT
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 27 5:00 AM) - Pianist and composer Chucho Valdés will embark on a U.S. tour with the Afro-Cuban Messengers in January and February 2012, featuring performances from the Grammy Award-winning album, Chucho’s Steps.

The Bushnell Hosts SalsaPalooza 1/27/2012
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 27 4:45 AM) - The irresistible Latin grooves of Salsa stars Gilberto Santa Rosa and Grupo Niche will move and shake Mortensen Hall at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, January 27, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. with one unforgettable performance that can only be described as SalsaPalooza.

Chucho Valdes Comes To Storrs 1/27-28
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 27 1:30 AM) - Pianist and composer Chucho Valdés will perform in Storrs, CT with the Afro-Cuban Messengers on Jan 27 & 28, 2012, featuring performances from the Grammy Award winning album, Chucho's Steps.

The WTCAE Announces the First of its Master Class Series
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 26 10:55 PM) - The Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education has announced the first of its 2012 Master Class Series with Best-Selling Magic Tree House Series authors, Mary Pope Osborne and Will Osborne. The class will be held in the Carole and Ray Neag Performing Arts Center Studio Theatre Lobby on Saturday, March 10 from 2-3:30pm.

Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Announces 22nd Annual National Puppetry Conference
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 26 10:48 PM) - The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center today announced the 22nd Annual National Puppetry Conference. The Conference begins June 9, 2012 and culminates with public performances June 16 & 17. Pre-Conference intensive workshops run June 6-8. The Conference is open to puppeteers, theatre designers, actors, musicians, directors, artists, producers, playwrights and students as an ideal venue to experiment and develop new work.

Geneva Carr, Frank Converse Lead WCP's Morning’s at Seven Reading 2/13
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 26 3:42 PM) - Casting is announced for “Morning’s at Seven,” a Script in Hand play reading of the Tony Award-winning comedy by Paul Osborn, at Westport Country Playhouse, on Monday, February 13, 7 p.m. Tickets to the one-night-only event are $15.

The Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education Announces its Spring Semester Open House
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 25 11:19 PM) - Please join us at The Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education’s Spring Open House on Thursday, February 2 from 6-7:30pm.

NEIL BERG'S 100 YEARS OF BROADWAY Comes To The Bushnell 2/19
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 25 5:30 PM) - Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway Song and Dance recreates moments from the musicals of the century.

Encore Screening of The Met: Live in HD's Anna Bolena Held 1/28 At Warner
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 25 4:15 PM) - On Saturday, January 28 The Met: Live in HD series will continue with an encore performance of Donizetti’s Anna Bolena at the Warner’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre at 1pm.

Kim Zimmer, Guiding Light’s Reva Shayne, Stars in CRT’s Odysseus D.O.A.
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 24 10:09 PM) - Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present the regional premiere of Stephen Svoboda’s Odysseus D.O.A. starring Kim Zimmer, February 23 – March 4, 2012 in the Nafe Katter Theatre, Storrs. For tickets and information, call 860-486-4226 or visit www.crt.uconn.edu.

Playhouse on Park Announces My Favorite Kindergarten Teacher Contest
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 24 2:31 PM) - In honor of its upcoming musical, "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" by Robert Fulghum, Playhouse on Park is holding a special contest where it will name one winner as "My Favorite Kindergarten Teacher"!

Photo Flash: Hartford Stage Hosts Boeing Boeing Thru 2/12
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 24 12:33 PM) - Hartford Stage, under the leadership of Darko Tresnjak, Artistic Director and Michael Stotts, Managing Director today announced the cast and creative team for Boeing-Boeing the high-flying Tony Award-winning comedy that will land at Hartford Stage from January 12 through February 12, 2012.

Louise Pitre Takes On MAME At Goodspeed Opera House 4/20
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 24 11:05 AM) - Goodspeed Musicals has announced that Tony Award nominee Louise Pitre, known as Canada’s “first lady of musical theatre,” will take on the coveted role of Mame Dennis in Mame at the Goodspeed Opera House beginning April 20th.

Photo Flash: First Look at Denny Dillon, Claire Brownell in Hartford Stage's BOEING-BOEING
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 24 11:05 AM) - Hartford Stage, under the leadership of Darko Tresnjak, Artistic Director and Michael Stotts, Managing Director today announced the cast and creative team for Boeing-Boeing the high-flying Tony Award-winning comedy that will land at Hartford Stage through February 12, 2012. Check out production shots below!

Louise Pitre is MAME at Goodspeed Starting April 20th
by BWW

(Jan. 24 7:38 AM) - Goodspeed Musicals has announced that Tony Award nominee Louise Pitre, known as Canada’s “first lady of musical theatre,” will take on the coveted role of Mame Dennis in Mame at the Goodspeed Opera House beginning April 20th.

Bristol Riverside Theatre's 25th Anniversary Season Breaks Records
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 23 11:18 PM) - Bristol Riverside Theatre has announced a banner year of unprecedented successes during its 25th Anniversary Season, with an enhanced season, a dramatic increase in subscription sales, and their highest grossing show to date.

The BROADWAY BOYS to Perform in Westport, CT 2/12
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 23 4:05 PM) - The Broadway Boys return to Westport on Sunday, February 12. The 4 p.m. benefit concert, made possible in part by Melissa and Doug Bernstein of Melissa and Doug Educational Toys, features material ranging in style from soul and gospel, to jazz and pop.

Windham Theatre Guild Presents THE BOYS NEXT DOOR, 2/3
by BWW News Desk

(Jan. 23 1:37 PM) - The Windham Theatre Guild continues their 2011-2012 season with The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin, opening Friday, February 3rd at the Burton Leavitt Theater.