Westport Country Playhouse

Jill Clayburgh dies at 66; Oscar-nominated actress

2010-11-06 00:00:00

Jill Clayburgh, whose Broadway and Hollywood acting career was highlighted by her Oscar-nominated roles in the 1970s films "An Unmarried Woman" and "Starting Over," died Friday. She was 66. Her husband, Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe, said...

Patricia Neal, from Tony-winning stage actress to Oscar-winning movie star

2010-08-09 16:32:53

Actor Paul Newman dies at 83

2008-09-28 00:00:00

Paul Newman, the legendary movie star and irreverent cultural icon who created a model philanthropy fueled by profits from a salad dressing that became nearly as famous as he was, has died. He was 83. Newman died Friday at his home near Westport, Conn.,...

In Search of a State of Grace

2000-08-20 00:00:00

"He's late." "Yeah, way late." It's been more than a minute since Paul Newman's car last whizzed past the pit area of Lime Rock Park. His crew knows something's wrong, for he's been running laps in less than 55 seconds. But two minutes pass, then three,...

Clarence Brown Theatre's new managing director David B. Byrd loves the community his art creates

2013-05-18 10:34:02

David B. Byrd is managing director of the Clarence Brown Theatre. Hired in March, the native North Carolinian most recently was marketing director at the historic Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Conn. His past work includes serving as marketing...

Set Designer Creates Maze Magic For 'Twelfth Night' At Hartford Stage

2013-05-17 10:51:00

For set designer Alexander Dodge, it often starts with an image. In the case of the visual inspiration of Hartford Stage's production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," it was the suggestion of a garden maze by director Darko Tresnjak. The result is...

Two World Premieres, Musical Slated For Long Wharf Season

2013-05-13 15:34:00

World premieres by Athol Fugard and Heidi Schreck, a revival of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning “Fences,” directed by Phylicia Rashad and the two-person musical “The Last Five Years” will highlight the...

"The Dining Room" Showing at The Westport Country Playhouse Through May 18

2013-04-30 12:50:00

The Dining Room is a play that tells the tale of the American family and its vanishing traditions, set in the room where meals are eaten and generations are spanned. It's currently running at Westport Country Playhouse every day of the week except for...

2013 Summer Theater Events

2013-04-28 00:00:00

International Festival of Arts & Ideas: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" brings together the puppet masters (South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company) and director (Tom Morris) of the sensational "War Horse" which stunned audiences in London, Broadway and is...

Hartford Stage's Twelfth Night Has a Cast

2013-04-25 04:42:00

Hartford Stage knows who’s in its upcoming production of Twelfth Night, directed by the theater’s new artistic director Darko Tresnjak. Tresnjak clearly has a thing for familiar faces. Not only do the majority of the Twelfth Night actors...

The Lobstercraft Food Truck Offers Fresh Lobsters, Boat to Bun

2013-04-17 07:20:00

Like many a lobsterman in the year 2012, Captain William Michael Harden discovered he needed a new business plan. Lobsters never recovered after the die-off in 1999, and he couldn't sell the 1,000 a day he needed to make a profit. When he came home from...

Paul Giamatti's Hamlet and Douglas Sills' JFK Both Have Issues With Their Fathers

2013-04-09 08:30:00

Hamlet Ends April 13, Yale University Theatre, New Haven. Produced by the Yale Repertory Theatre. (203) 432-1234, yalrep.org Ride the Tiger Ends April 21, Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven, (203) 787-4282, longwharf.org � Greed...

Woodward is an actress and producer of television and theatre. She is arguably most remembered for her Academy Award-winning role in the 1957 film, The Three Faces of Eve. Woodward was married to actor and humanitarian Paul Newman from 1958 until his death in 2008.

2013-02-27 00:00:00

Paul Anthony Stewart and Bobby Steggert starred in the Westport Country Playhouse production of "Harbor," which will play off-Broadway this summer.

2013-01-09 08:12:00

Westport Country Playhouse scratched student performances Tuesday and Wednesday of a "A Raisin in the Sun"

2012-10-30 10:00:00