The Music Man at Goodspeed Is a Tuneful Delight for Audiences of All Ages
By Karen Isaacs If there is trouble on the Goodspeed stage, is is only the new pool table in River
Yale’s “Good Faith” Looks Back at a Controversial New Haven Moment
Photos by Carol Rosegg By Karen Isaacs Good Faith – Four Chats about Race and the New Haven Fire Department
Audiences Will Be “Crazy” about “Always…Patsy Cline” at MTC
Photos by Heather Hayes Always… Patsy Cline is a show that both audiences and theaters love. It’s now at MTC
Nora Reenters But She’s Still Angry in TheaterWorks “A Doll House – Part 2”
After Nora Helmar, the main character in Ibsen’s classic, A Doll’s House, slams the door leaving her husband and children,
Long Wharf’s Miller, Mississippi Is Disappointing
Photos by T. Charles Erickson The idea behind Miller, Mississippi now at Long Wharf through Sunday, Feb. 3 is promising.
“The Engagement Party” at Hartford Stage Reveals the Lies We Conceal
World premieres are unpredictable – some are very good and others show that they need extensive work or that
Connecticut Theater Goers Should Have Difficulty Choosing among Up-coming Productions This Spring
By Karen Isaacs Connecticut might be a small state, certainly in square miles (it is the third smallest behind
Memories & Reflections on Straford’s American Shakespeare Theatre
In the beginning….. It was an audacious idea and its ending was equally spectacular. The American Shakespeare Theatre
Mostly Revivals and Musicals on My Top Ten Lists for 2018
By Karen Isaacs /As I was looking back on the theater I’ve seen, like many, I wanted to
“All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914” Is One of My Top Ten of 2018
By Karen Isaacs If a screenwriter had invented the idea of the Christmas Truce of 1914 during World War I,
Fine Acting Enhances the Fascinating “The Life Span of a Fact”
By Karen Isaacs Are facts the same as the truth? For anyone interested in journalism and writing, The Lifespan
