Yale’s Final Play of the Season Doesn’t Engage
By Karen Isaacs Why? I kept asking myself that as I was watching the Yale Rep production of the ripple,
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A Look Back at 2022 – My Favorite Shows
By Karen Isaacs The Best of 2022 Here’s my list of the best Connecticut productions I saw this year. Instead
The New Play at Yale – The Brightest Thing in the World – Needs Work
By Karen Isaacs World premiere plays should be viewed as “works in progress,” allowing the playwright to see what is
Yale’s Production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wool? Reveals the Love
By Karen Isaacs Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? hit the Broadway stage in 1962 like a nuclear bomb.
Connecticut Theaters Are Still Struggling, but “cautiously optimistic” about Fall Productions.
By Karen Isaacs Carpenters are building sets, actors are learning lines, dancers are rehearsing routines, and the front-of-house people are
‘Falsettoland,’ ‘The Chinese Lady,’ and ‘Lost in Yonkers’ Top Connecticut Critics Circle Nominations
The Connecticut Critics Circle gave multiple award nominations to productions of “Falsettoland,” “Doubt,” “Walden,” “Five Guys named Moe,” “Next to Normal,” and “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,”
Can You Laugh at Your Own Culture’s Cruelty? Yale Rep’s “Between Two Knees” Encourages You to Do So
By Karen Isaacs What did you learn in school about Native Americans? I remember only a few things – about
Yale’s “Choir Boy” Is Interesting If Predictable Drama of Teen Boys
By Karen Isaacs Tarrell Alvin McCraney, the playwright in residence in what is now called the David Geffen School of
“Today Is My Birthday” Streaming from Yale Rep Explores Modern Relationships and Technology
By Karen Isaacs Have our relationships devolved into series of texts, voice mail messages and brief phone calls? In Today
Connecticut Theater Offerings Will Encourage You to Get Out of Your House
By Karen Isaacs Resist the urge to hibernate during the dark, cold wintery days. If you do, you will
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