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Phoenix Stage Company rises into its second year

Thursday, September 15, 2011

NAUGATUCK — Phoenix Stage Company recently celebrated its one year anniversary the way it started out—with a tailgate party. In its first production of “Bleacher Bums” last September, Chicago Cubs Fans cheered on their home team. Last week, Phoenix fans cheered on Naugatuck’s community theater as it announced its second season. Phoenix supporters hope... »

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... »

Laughs keep coming in ‘The Hallelujah Girls’

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

The audience never stopped laughing during the Phoenix Stage Company’s third production, “The Hallelujah Girls.” The play was a delightful barrage of witty one-liners delivered by a group of talented middle-aged actresses. After the death of a friend who never accomplished her dream to lose weight, Sugar Lee Thompkins fulfills her own dream by... »

 

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