When you enter the Goodspeed Opera House, you see a scrim onstage that resembles a present. The name of the current show, “A Christmas Story, The Musical,” is emblazoned on a giant gift tag. The rest ...
Rob Sheffield, a longtime journalist at Rolling Stone, has been a fan of Taylor Swift’s for a long time — back to the eras when the music industry and other journalists weren’t taking her all that ser...
The 1983 movie “A Christmas Story” wasn’t a huge hit when it was released, but its television screenings every December turned it into a cult classic. Certain phrases and moments became iconic: “You’l...
The Mystic String Quartet, which consists of four community-based musicians in the Mystic area, is working to counter “the recent currents of hate with a beautiful musical collaboration.”
That collab ...
The costume design team nominated for an Emmy for “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” — which included Hanna Shea, who grew up in North Stonington — were assigned seats in the last available row of the audit...
Mashantucket — It was 6:30 a.m. May 7 at Foxwoods Resort Casino. A sun-drenched Tuesday morning might usually be quiet there, but not this day. A crew of people who tended to be dressed in jeans and ...
A woman sits in an armchair. Music plays and she begins to sway — just a little, as she remains seated. Eventually, she stands and moves, stiffly at first, almost as if she’s holding onto invisible fu...
Groton Regional Theatre stage the popular comedy “The Nerd” this weekend and next.
And maybe we should include the word “finally,” since GRT tried twice before to produce the show, only to have the pa...
Old Saybrook — When actress Laura Linney was honored with the Spirit of Katharine Hepburn Award on Saturday, she looked at the sculpture that is the award — it’s the image of the legendary actress Hep...
Writers/composers Marcus Perkins Bejarano and Kim Jinhyoung have been working with a game company on a character who is a zombie.
“So from beginning of this year, we have really been mulling on what i...
Editor’s Note:
Ever wonder what’s the story behind that person you see picking up roadside garbage in Old Lyme? Or what’s the deal with that usher at the Garde Arts Center in New London who ta...
Donna Lynn Hilton, the artistic director of Goodspeed Musicals, got a head’s up early last year about a new musical that might be ideal for Goodspeed.
It is called “Maggie,” about a Scottish widow ra...
Here’s an intriguing concept: Under the Umbrella is a spoken word event where people share their stories that were never meant to be shared. We’re talking texts, emails, journals, and on it goes.
Unde...
One of the most popular traditions in Lyme, the Hamburg Fair, returns this weekend. And, yes, there will be rides and games, along with exhibits of farm animals and produce.
But expect more offbeat an...
Mark your calendar for this weekend.
That’s when one of Mystic’s most iconic events, the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival, returns.
Nearly 270 artists line the quaint streets of Mystic with their work, as ...
Waterford ― Carolyn Greenspan is becoming the first new chair of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s Board of Trustees in 24 years.
She takes over for Tom Viertel, who, after 24 years as board chair, ...
Everyone talks about the stars that “American Idol” birthed, but what about “Nashville Star”?
The reality TV show, which ran from 2003 to 2008, was where many viewers got their first listens to Mirand...
The Mystic Museum of Art has focused this year on a specific theme: pathways.
What does that mean? The museum’s exhibitions are exploring how people who had no traditional route open to them to pursu...
In talking about dreaming up his new musical “Ask for the Moon,” Darko Tresnjak said this:
“I just wanted to do a show about two badass women who get away with it.”
Let’s back up.
Tresnjak, the Tony-w...
Celebrate East Lyme is Saturday, and what better way for the Niantic Bay Playhouse to get into the spirit than by opening a new show?
The theater, located in the former Niantic Cinemas building, start...
The fact that the Fourth of July falls on a Thursday this year has one good impact: The events celebrating Independence Day are spilling over into multiple days.
See below a list of some of the firewo...