by Chris Rohmann | Feb 12, 2009 | Stage
For the first five minutes of Dead Man's Cell Phone, now playing at TheaterWorks in Hartford, we're way ahead of the heroine, Jean, as she dines alone in a caf?, because we know the play's title and she doesn't. So when the phone on the table next to...
by Tom Sturm | Feb 12, 2009 | Stage
Those touched by President Obama's inauguration speech may find actor/playwright Michael Fox Kennedy's Even we here… (featuring Abraham Lincoln in a monologue) equally inspiring. With words culled directly from the 16th president's speeches, letters...
by Alyssa King | Feb 19, 2009 | Stage
Those looking for something more than dinner and a movie this Valentine's Day can celebrate—and support local community service organizations—at The Amherst Club's annual charity event Love Notes. The event begins with a showcase of local talent,...
by Chris Rohmann | Feb 26, 2009 | Stage
From its not-so-humble beginnings in the mid-'90s as the Off-Broadway sensation that dared people to say its title, The Vagina Monologues has grown into a movement. Less than a play and more than just a piece of theater, this collection of first-person anecdotes,...
by Chris Rohmann | Mar 5, 2009 | Stage
Two classics this week—one the stage adaptation of a beloved American novel and its iconic film version, the other a classical tale that barely squeaks into the Shakespearean canon. Both productions, now playing on area stages, are interesting, instructive and,...
