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Connecticut Repertory Theatre
Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) at the Storrs campus of the University of Connecticut is a professional theatre run by the Department of Dramatic Arts, a part of the School of Fine Arts. Its current artistic director is Megan Monaghan Rivas; past artistic directors included Michael Bradford and Vincent J. Cardinal. Although a part of a university, the CRT is a major presence in the theatre world and sells more than twelve thousand tickets each year. CRT offers a subscription series of six plays and musicals each year—two in the 116-seat Studio Theatre, two in the 240-seat Nafe Katter Theatre, and two in the 485-seat Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre. Productions range from dramas such as '' The Children's Hour'' by Lillian Hellman to more light-hearted fare such as '' The Odd Couple'' by Neil Simon. Prominent theatre personalities who have appeared in CRT productions include actors Kim Hunter, Judy Kaye, and Aleta Mitchell, directors James Warwick and Larry Carpenter, chore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansfield, Connecticut
Mansfield is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 25,892 at the 2020 census. Pequot and Mohegan people lived in this region for centuries before the arrival of English settler-immigrants in the late 17th century. Mansfield was incorporated in October 1702 from the Town of Windham, in Hartford County. The community was named after Major Moses Mansfield, a part owner of the town site. When Windham County was formed on 12 May 1726, Mansfield then became part of that county. A century later, at a town meeting on 3 April 1826, selectmen voted to ask the General Assembly to annex Mansfield to Tolland County. That occurred the following year. The town of Mansfield contains the community of Storrs, which is home to the main campus of the University of Connecticut and the associated Connecticut Repertory Theatre. History English settler-immigrants arrived in the area that is now Mansfield in the late 17th century. The Town of Mansfield was legal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Kaye
Judy Kaye (born October 11, 1948) is an American singer and actress. She has appeared in stage musicals, plays, and operas. Kaye has been in long runs on Broadway in the musicals ''The Phantom of the Opera'', ''Ragtime'', '' Mamma Mia!'', and (in a second Tony award-winning role) '' Nice Work If You Can Get It''. Early life Kaye was born in Phoenix, Arizona, the daughter of Shirley Edith (née Silverman) and Jerome Joseph Kaye, a physician. She attended UCLA, studying drama and voice. "Her voice spans three octaves. She started out as a mezzo and now sings all the way up to an E natural...but basically she feels she is now a soprano."Lopinto, Maryan"Meet Judy Kaye - The Phantom's Diva"judykaye.com (reprint from Show Music Magazine), accessed March 19, 2011 She "easily shifts between Broadway belt and soaring soprano" according to ''Playbill.com''. Career Kaye made her Broadway debut as a replacement Rizzo in the original company of '' Grease'' in the 1970s. Her next show was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre Companies In Connecticut
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. Elements of art, such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, "a place for viewing"), itself from θεάομαι (theáomai, "to see", "to watch", "to observe"). Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from the theatre of ancient Greece, from which it borrows technical terminology, classification into genres, and many of its themes, stock characters, and plot elements. Theatre artist Patrice Pav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Ballard
Frank Willard Ballard (December 7, 1929 – June 4, 2010) was an American puppeteer and educator. Serving as Professor of Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut from 1956 to 1989, Ballard developed internationally renowned programs for puppetry education. Opened in 1996 and moved to a prominent new location in downtown Storrs in 2014, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry was named in his honor. Early life and education Born in Alton, Illinois, on December 7, 1929, Ballard began making puppets and producing shows while in elementary school. He ran his own troupe during school and college. His aunt Margaret helped build puppets, his father Glen built stages, and his mother Alice drove him to performances. Ballard earned his Bachelor of Arts from Shurtleff College in 1952 and his Master of Arts from the University of Illinois in 1953. Career After graduating, Ballard worked for three years at the University of Iowa, designing sets for local shows and educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Parichy
Dennis Parichy is an American lighting designer. He won the 1980 Drama Desk Award for ''Talley's Folly'' and the Obie Award in 1981. Career Parichy has designed lighting for 25 Broadway productions since 1976, including: '' The Price'', '' The Tenth Man'', ''Coastal Disturbances'', ''Penn & Teller'', ''Burn This'', '' The Nerd'', ''As Is'', ''Angels Fall'', ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'', ''Duet for One'', ''Crimes of the Heart'', ''The Water Engine'', and '' Knock Knock''."Dennis Parichy Credits and Awards" playbillvault.com, accessed September 4, 2015 He has designed for Off-Broadway and regional theatres as well. His first Off-Broadway show was ''Little Eyolf'' at the Actors Playhouse in 1964; he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Stevens (choreographer)
Tony Stevens (May 2, 1948 – July 12, 2011), born Anthony Pusateri, was an American choreographer, dancer, and director who worked with, danced with, and directed many of Broadway and Hollywood's theatre-centric actors and actresses, including Chita Rivera, Martin Short, Robert Redford, and Gene Kelly. Early life and performance career Stevens was born in Herculaneum, Missouri to a factory worker father and a mother who owned and operated a small town general store. He debuted on Broadway in 1969, dancing in '' The Fig Leaves Are Falling'' (book and lyrics by Allan Sherman and music by Albert Hague). This was followed by roles in the 1970s productions of ''Billy'', '' Jimmy'', '' The Boy Friend'', '' On the Town'', ''Seesaw'', and '' Irene'', in addition to the 1973 benefit concert ''Sondheim: A Musical Tribute''. Stevens also went on to perform with Chita Rivera and Christopher Chadman in Rivera's acclaimed nightclub act ''Chita Plus Two'', which he also choreographed. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Carpenter
Larry Carpenter (born August 12, 1948) is an American theatre and television director and producer. In the theatre, he has worked as an artistic director, associate artistic director, a managing director and general manager in both the New York and Regional arenas. He also works as a theatre director and is known primarily for large projects, working on musicals and classical plays equally. In television, he works as a director for New York daytime dramas. He has served as executive vice president of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, the national labor union for professional stage directors and choreographers. He is also a member of the Directors Guild of America PAC. Biography Early life and career Born and raised in Brockport, New York, Carpenter became involved in the theatre at age 12. In his hometown, SUNY Brockport offered a Theatre Arts major and produced a semi-professional summer theatre where he worked as a backstage hand and as a young actor with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Warwick (actor)
James Warwick (born 17 November 1947) is an English actor and director, best known for his roles on television and his theatre work in London's West End and New York's Broadway. Early life Warwick was born in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England. Career Television Warwick has had leading roles in UK television including the detective series ''The Terracotta Horse'' (1973) and the BBC science fiction horror serial '' The Nightmare Man'' (1981) (co-starring with Celia Imrie). This was followed by a major guest role in the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''Earthshock'' (1982) as Lieutenant Scott. Other notable credits include '' Jason King'', ''The Onedin Line'', '' Lillie'' (with Francesca Annis), '' Rock Follies'', '' Tales of the Unexpected'', ''Howards' Way'', '' Bergerac'' and Iris Murdoch's '' The Bell'' with Ian Holm. Warwick appeared in several adaptations of the works of Agatha Christie including ''Why Didn't They Ask Evans?'' (1978) (alongside Francesca Annis), ''The Seven Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleta Mitchell
Aleta Mitchell is an American film, television and theatre actress Career Filmography She has appeared in films including * 1986 '' No Mercy'' (directed by Richard Pearce) as Cara * 1988 '' The Serpent and the Rainbow'' (directed by Wes Craven) as Celestine Durand * 1989 '' Valmont'' (directed by Miloš Forman) as Victoire * 1992 ''Malcolm X'' (directed by Spike Lee) as Sister Robin * 1997 ''Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'' (directed by Clint Eastwood) as Alphabette * 1998 '' O.K. Garage'' (directed by Brandon Cole) as Louise Television work Mitchell has also appeared in television series including * 1985 ''The Cosby Show'' as Mrs. Randall * 1991-1994 ''Law & Order'' as Helene Carter / Joanne Preston Theatre She has appeared in various Off Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Hunter
Kim Hunter (born Janet Cole; November 11, 1922 – September 11, 2002) was an American theatre, film, and television actress. She achieved prominence for portraying Stella Kowalski in the original production of Tennessee Williams' ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', which she reprised for the 1951 film adaptation, and won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Decades later, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the soap opera '' The Edge of Night''. She also portrayed the chimpanzee Zira in ''Planet of the Apes'' (1968), and its sequels '' Beneath the Planet of the Apes'' (1970) and '' Escape from the Planet of the Apes'' (1971). Early life Hunter was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Grace Lind, who was trained as a concert pianist, and Donald Cole, a refrigeration engineer. She was of English and Welsh descent. Hunter attended Miami Beach High School. Career Hunter's first film role was in the 1943 film noir '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tolland County, Connecticut
Tolland County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of the 2020 census, its population was 149,788. It is incorporated into 13 towns and was originally formed on 13 October 1785 from portions of eastern Hartford County and western Windham County. The county is included in the Hartford-East Hartford- Middletown, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area. Counties in Connecticut have no governmental function; all legal power is vested in the state, city and town governments. The office of High Sheriff in Connecticut counties was officially abolished by ballot in 2000, and corrections and court services were transferred to the state marshals. Tolland County has the same boundaries as the Tolland Judicial District. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.6%) is water. It is the second-smallest county in Connecticut by land area and smallest by total area. Adjacent counties *Hartford C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Simon
Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He has received more combined Oscar and Tony Award nominations than any other writer. Simon grew up in New York City during the Great Depression. His parents' financial difficulties affected their marriage, giving him a mostly unhappy and unstable childhood. He often took refuge in movie theaters, where he enjoyed watching early comedians like Charlie Chaplin. After graduating from high school and serving a few years in the Army Air Force Reserve, he began writing comedy scripts for radio programs and popular early television shows. Among the latter were Sid Caesar's '' Your Show of Shows'' (where in 1950 he worked alongside other young writers including Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart and Selma Diamond), and ''The Phil Silvers Show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
