Hartford Stage

'Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder' heads to Broadway

2013-05-16 13:32:00

The musical comedy “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” may be nearly as nimble as its lead actor, Jefferson Mays, who plays multiple characters and dies no less than eight times in the production. In its third incarnation, the...

Jefferson Mays' fractured personality

2013-03-12 17:48:00

While Jefferson Mays was performing in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" in the fall of 2012 at Hartford Stage, he recalls, his wife kept overhearing variations on the same remark at intermission: "Isn't it wonderful how they got actors who all...

Place your bets on these spring theater picks

2013-03-08 10:00:00

An American classic staged by a veteran actor, a musical farce to delight Anglophiles, and a reworking of a landmark 19th century drama are just a few of the more promising theater offerings this season. Predicting which will become a hit is always a...

Quiara Alegria Hudes' 'Water by the Spoonful' wins drama Pulitzer

2012-04-16 16:32:15

Horton Foote's children keep his plays alive

2012-01-15 00:00:00

Old Globe summer season includes Shakespeare, 'God of Carnage'

2011-11-16 16:33:04

Horton Foote's 'The Orphans' Home Cycle' named best play by New York Drama Critics' Circle

2010-04-30 21:32:50

Monster Mash: Tim Burton exhibition heading to LACMA in 2011; Diller Scofidio + Renfro gets Berkeley commissions

2010-06-24 16:33:06

Three shows lead nominations for off-Broadway's 25th Lucille Lortel Awards

2010-04-01 21:32:51

Horton Foote dies at 92; playwright, screenwriter chronicled small-town Southern life

2009-03-05 00:00:00

Horton Foote, whose bittersweet stories of heartbreak and regret set in small Southern towns earned him wide popular acclaim as well as two Academy Awards and a Pulitzer Prize, died Wednesday. He was 92. Foote died in his sleep at his apartment in...

Remembering Horton Foote

2009-03-05 00:00:00

If one were to choose a single phrase to distill the essence of Horton Foote's distinctive literary grace, the title of the 1983 film for which he won an Academy Award for screenwriting, "Tender Mercies," could hardly be bettered. For it is this quality...

Tonys To Regionals: Move Over, Here Comes New York City Theaters

2013-06-14 09:38:00

Suddenly, the competition to get a Tony Award for outstanding regional theater just got more crowded. The administration committee for the Tony Awards announced last week that New York-based theater companies will now be eligible to receive the regional...

Here is a sketch of Alexander Dodge's design for the set of the Hartford Stage production of 'Twelfth Night.'

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Set designer Alexander Dodge stands in the maze that is the setting for the Hartford Stage production of 'Twelfth Night.'

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Left to right, Jed Usich, Kim Casazza, Margot Rothmann and Doug Rothmann at the Horns & Halos annual fundraiser for Hartford Stage.

2013-04-27 00:00:00