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Stage company eases writer’s cramp with laughs

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

NAUGATUCK — The old bard’s at it again. The Phoenix Stage Company is poised to take its audience on a rollicking journey through pseudo-history with its latest play, “Writer’s Cramp (Or How Will Shakespeare Got Into Show Biz.” The play reimagines the “lost years” of Shakespeare’s life, when he disappeared from public records and... »

Woodland theatre presents ‘Stage Door’

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story had incorrectly reported that the Woodland Theatre Department has never produced a play. The department has not produced a play since Susan Cinoman has been director. This version has been updated to make the necessary corrections. BEACON FALLS — Theatre history is on stage with Woodland’s... »

Borough theatre puts twist on holiday classic

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

NAUGATUCK — The Phoenix Stage Company is taking a new twist on a classic Christmas tale. The theatre at 686 Rubber Avenue is presenting “It’s a Wonderful Life – A Live Radio Play” just in time for the holidays. The show recasts the 1946 drama about a well-intentioned businessman who contemplates suicide as a... »

Teens spell out P-L-A-Y

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

NAUGATUCK — This weekend, displays of memorabilia are being pushed aside and the halls of the Naugatuck Historical Society museum will be filled with music as nine talented teenagers uproot the past to make way for their own history. The Naugatuck Teen Theatre (NTT) is presenting “Spelling Bee,” a musical comedy about the 25th... »

Drama club presents “Ladies Sigh no More”

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Shakespeare may have been a great writer, but he sure put his heroines through a lot of trauma. The Naugatuck High School drama club will take a look at some of the playwright’s most famous casualties and how they deal with their emotional baggage in their performance of “Ladies Sigh No More” by Thomas... »

Slideshow: Scenes from “Love Sex and the IRS”

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

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Phoenix hits funny bone with ‘Love, Sex and the IRS’

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

For its latest production, Naugatuck’s Phoenix Stage Company will present a comedy of errors. No, not the Shakespeare play. “Love, Sex and the IRS” is a bit more modern, but just as full of comedic snafus, slapstick, and cases of mistaken identity. In the play, a pair of male roommates decide to save money... »

Hamlet hatred plays out on stage

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

NAUGATUCK – The fledgling Phoenix Stage Company may still be borrowing seats from its friends, but that’s not stopping it from spreading its wings with its fifth show in as many months. Opening night for the company’s latest production, “I Hate Hamlet,” was last Friday, and the play will be running at the Rubber... »

 

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