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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Meet Bedroom Farce's Cecilia Hart & Paxton Whitehead by Westport Country Playhouse

Bedroom Farce marks the fifth time that actors Paxton Whitehead & Cecilia Hart have 'married' to each other in an Alan Ayckbourn play. Watch as these Playhouse favorites share their moments …

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Friday, August 7, 2015

A Day in the Life of an Actor: Gabriel Brown by Westport Country Playhouse

By Alexandra ScordatoMarketing InternMany actors who perform on our Playhouse stage commute to Westport from New York City. Before the show, every actor has a different routine and way of se…

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Thursday, August 6, 2015
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

WICC's Interview with Maureen Anderman by Westport Country Playhouse

Audio courtesy WICCActress Maureen Anderman plays the character of Corneila Cunningham in A.R. Gurney's world premiere comedy, Love & Money (co-produced with New York's Signature Th…

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Thursday, July 16, 2015

Matthew Morrison to Honor Kelly O'Hara at 2015 Gala by Westport Country Playhouse

By Charlie NorkIndividual Giving ManagerWe are thrilled to announce that Broadway and television star Matthew Morrison will be joining us on September 21st to honor 2015 Tony Award winner Ke…

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Join us to discuss A.R. Gurney's Love & Money by Westport Country Playhouse

By Don RebarCommunity Engagement & Digital Content ManagerDuring the upcoming run of A.R. Gurney's Love & Money (co-produced with Signature Theatre), we invite you to attend a "Post-…

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New Works Circle Visits the O'Neill by Westport Country Playhouse

By Don RebarCommunity Engagement & Digital Content ManagerFounding members of the WCP New Works Circle recently visited the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT to take a close…

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Meet our 2015 Woodward Interns! by Westport Country Playhouse

by Alexandra Scordato Marketing InternEach summer the staff of Westport Country Playhouse welcomes a group of aspiring theater professionals to join them in numerous areas of production…

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Mark Lamos introduces A.R. Gurney's "Love & Money" by Westport Country Playhouse

Mark Lamos discusses the themes of A.R. Gurney's world premiere comedy "Love & Money."

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Front Row – A Q&A with A. R. Gurney by Westport Country Playhouse

Connecticut MagazineJuly 2015By Kate Hartman

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Monday, July 13, 2015

Love & Money by Westport Country Playhouse

by Thomas G. FifferWeston Magazine GroupJuly 2015

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

A Creative Escape: An Interview with A.R. Gurney and Mark Lamos by Westport Country Playhouse

By Nathaniel FrenchCourtesy Signature Theatre CompanyMark Lamos & A. R. Gurney. Photo by Peter Chenot.Over the course of more than forty plays, Residency One playwright A.R. (P…

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Notes from Annie's Garden: Working with playwright A.R. Gurney by Westport Country Playhouse

By Annie KeefeAssociate ArtistI finally met A.R. (Pete) Gurney in 2000 when he graciously waived the royalties on his beautiful play LOVE LETTERS so that the newly minted board of the Playho…

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

WCP Celebrates 84th Birthday by Westport Country Playhouse

By Chad KinsmanArtistic & Management CoordinatorYou wouldn’t know it by looking at us, but on June 29ththe Playhouse celebrates its 84th birthday (we’re slightly younger than the Emp…

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'Make Do & Mend' - Fashion at the time of And a Nightingale Sang by Westport Country Playhouse

By Alysia MillerPatron Services Supervisor/1st Time Subscriber ConciergeThe start of WWII, in 1939, brought much change for the fashion of the day in Britain. Rationing, which began on June…

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Meet actress Brenda Meaney - Helen Stott in "And a Nightingale Sang" by Westport Country Playhouse

England on the Eve of WWII. The working-class Stott family spend their days gabbing, singing songs, and soldiering on despite their meager rations. When Helen, the eldest daughter, finds…

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Friday, June 19, 2015

An Al Hirschfeld original for WCP by Westport Country Playhouse

Al Hirschfeld, who will be celebrated at Westport Country Playhouse on Monday evening, June 29, created an original work of art exclusively for the Playhouse in 1987.Twenty famous stars who …

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Thursday, June 18, 2015
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Monday, June 15, 2015

Vera Lynn, the Andrews Sisters & the music of "And a Nightingale Sang" by Westport Country Playhouse

By Alexandra ScordatoMarketing InternDame Vera Lynn.  Image Source.Vera Lynn was born on March 20thin what we know now as East London and began performing at a very young age. She …

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Nylons: To Paint or not to Paint? by Westport Country Playhouse

By Alexandra ScordatoMarketing Intern Image SourceIn the late 1930s, fashionable women desired to wear nylons, a sheer nude pantyhose with a black seam up the back. The DuPont Company, a la…

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Friday, June 12, 2015

Hirschfeld at the Playhouse: A Special Event Celebrating the Work of Al Hirschfeld by Westport Country Playhouse

Mr. Hirschfeld presenting a special drawing commissioned by the Playhouse. By Charlie NorkIndividual Giving ManagerYou don’t have to go to a museum – or even New York – to see som…

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Friday, June 5, 2015

The Tony Awards & WCP by Westport Country Playhouse

by Bruce MillerCompany ManagerDid you know the Tony Award was namedfor Antoinette Perry, an actress, director, and producer?  Ms. Perry directed two productions at Westport Country Play…

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Monday, June 1, 2015
Friday, May 29, 2015

Meet the Directors of THE LIAR and BEDROOM FARCE by Westport Country Playhouse

Along with Artistic Director Mark Lamos and Associate Artistic Director David Kennedy, we have a great lineup of directors for the 2015 Season!Penny Metropulos, directing The Liar, by D…

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