At Goodspeed, bouncy Americana on a Hudson River cruise ship by E. Kyle Minor

EAST HADDAM � Capturing the correct tone and style of an age-old musical often proves an elusive endeavor. Goodspeed Musicals� latest revival of Jerome Kern�s "Very Good Eddie," however, is enjoyable proof that it can happen.
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Westport�s witty �Hay Fever� a pleasurable rainy weekend in hell by E. Kyle Minor

Cole Porter�s �Anything Goes� delivers a toe-tapping evening at the Shubert by E. Kyle Minor

With Klea Blackhurst.
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At Hartford Stage, Tennessee Williams gets a short-play festival all his own by E. Kyle Minor

Love�s keen arrows strike a bull�s-eye in �As You Like It� by E. Kyle Minor

On Human Terms By: Jillian Kalonick

Blair Brown directs Leslie Ayvazian's newest play, a revised family history, at Passage Theatre.

Singing the summertime blues may be a salve for Hartford Stage by E. Kyle Minor

It seems that Hartford Stage Company is evolving into a year-round operation: a regional theater that also presents other people�s productions during the summer.

Engendering Change by Laura Collins-Hughes

O'Neill Playwrights conference hauls in novel catch: a female majority

The Year of Frog and Toad by E. Kyle Minor

Children�s theater wins a seat at the grownups� table

Dame Edna dreams of Yale (and dead wombat) by E. Kyle Minor

The accidental actor by Laura Collins-Hughes

Hamden native William Biff McGuire and the career he didn't intend
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In �Sixteen Wounded,� Martin Landau does what he became an actor to do: perform onstage by E. Kyle Minor

In hiding from the Nazis, with an anti-Semite as protector by E. Kyle Minor

WESTPORT � In his new World War II drama, "The Good German," playwright David Wiltse reminds us that characters are ultimately defined by their actions rather than their words.

'Mame' takes audience on fun trip through early 20th century By KELLY FENNESSY

The Garden Stage by: Stuart Duncan

Our theater critic notes the intriguing changes on New Jersey stages during the past 25 years.

Yale Rep's 'Black Monk' a shining moment by E. Kyle Minor

NEW HAVEN - Theatergoers may debate why Anton Chekhov devised "The Black Monk" as a novella rather than a play. Those wise enough to take in Yale Repertory Theatre's striking production of this provocative story about the dangers of genius will simply applaud David Rabe for finally delivering it to the stage.
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�Paper Doll� doesn�t do justice to popular author by E. Kyle Minor

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Goodspeed Musicals revamps a Rodgers and Hart classic by E. Kyle Minor

Musical theater wags have long maintained that Rodgers and Hart's "Babes in Arms" is blessed with a great score and cursed by a hackneyed book.

Fork in the Road by: Amy Brummer

Illustrations by Ben Solowey and Al Hirschfeld tell the story of Broadway.

Compromising Situations by: Matt Smith

In a dual role as playwright and actress, Francesca Faridany discusses her upcoming production at McCarter Theatre in Princeton.
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Tom Jones and Joseph Thalken reinvent 'Harold and Maude' at Paper Mill. By: Jillian Kalonick

With a wink and a nod, a melodrama set to music at Westport by E. Kyle Minor

There is the distinct fragrance of burning gaslights, ripe greasepaint and gooey mustache wax to accompany the sporadic sound of scenery-chewing at Westport Country Playhouse as it closes its season with a campy revival of Dion Boucicault�s 1857 melodrama, "The Streets of New York."
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Shakespeare in nationwide release: Coming soon to a theater near you

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia has touted it as the largest Shakespeare tour in American history, and yet its launch may be the one high-profile theatrical event in Conn…

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Anne Bogart speaks language born of rapacious curiosity, reinvention by Laura Collins-Hughes

Building on tradition by Laura Collins-Hughes

Jane Alexander returns to another American institution: Eugene O�Neill

Chaz Esposito of Orange flashes his 'Mack the Knife' off-Broadway by Fran Fried

Chaz Esposito, now playing Bobby Darin at the off-Broadway Theatre at St. Peter�s in New York City, first performed as the legendary crooner in the late �90s at Amarante�s in New Haven.
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In �Brooklyn,� a rarity dusted off and polished by E. Kyle Minor

According to Goodspeed, this obscure piece of musical Americana has not been professionally produced in 25 years. To the average theatergoer, that is small wonder.

Dreyfuss and Clayburgh provide fuel for discussion in Westport's 'All My Sons' by E. Kyle Minor

"All My Sons" remains one of the best modern tragedies by this age�s master of the genre. Too bad this uneven production doesn�t render all of its dramatic potential.

100 Years of Harold Arlen By: Susan Van Dongen

More from Faith Prince.
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A Familiar Face By: Matt Smith

Veteran TV, film and stage actor Peter Scolari stars in 'My Fair Lady' and 'The Sound of Music' at Bucks County Playhouse.

AND THAT'S THE TRUTH by E. Kyle Minor

For one-person shows, Lily Tomlin has set the standard