Brilliant Performances Mark ‘Dancing Lessons’ at Barrington Stage
By Karen Isaacs Dancing Lessons which is getting its world premier at Barrington Stage Company through Aug. 24 is a
Author: Two on the Aisle
Ever since I saw my first live theater performance -- at the ripe old age of 4 -- I've been hooked,. Since then I've been an avid theater goer and for more than 30 years, a theater critics. I'm a founding member of the Connecticut Critics Circle and a member of the Outer Critics Circle. In addition to a career in journalism, marketing and public relations -- and as a University instructor in those fields -- I have also performed in musicals and cabaret.
‘Woody Sez’ — Tuneful and Informative
By Karen Isaacs “This Land Is Your Land ” is a song almost all of us know. School children learn
Hartford History, Update on ‘Amazing Grace’ and Ackybourn at Westport
Inside notes and comments about Connecticut and New York Professional Theater By Karen Isaacs From Chester to Chicago to Broadway:
Ivoryton’s ‘La Cage’ Proves It Is a Difficult Show
By Karen Isaacs It’s only when you see a tepid production of La Cage aux Folles do you realize how
Lithgow’s Lear Moved Me
By Karen Isaacs As a longtime admirer of John Lithgow — from his performance in The Changing Room at Long
My Elaine Stritch Story — Scarcely awards attire
By Karen Isaacs So many theater people have so many great stories about Elaine Stritch. Unfortunately, I can’t contribute very
Barrington Stage’s Breaking the Code” Features Fine Performances
By Karen Isaacs Breaking the Code by Hugh Whitemore is a fascinating exploration of the life of Alan Turing. Don’t
“Woody Sez”, “Newsies” in Connecticut and Broadway Readings
Inside notes and comments about Connecticut and New York Professional Theater By Karen Isaacs Newsies on Tour: The first Connecticut
An Almost Perfect Production of “Fiddler on the Roof” at Goodspeed
The stage at Goodspeed Musicals has been transformed into a eastern European shtetl for a magnificent production of Fiddler on
“Nora” — Westport’s Production Misses
Westport Country Playhouse is presenting the great Swedish director Ingmar Bergman’s adaptation of the classic play A Doll’s House by
