‘theatre’
Woodland theatre to present ‘Once on this Island’
BEACON FALLS — Woodland Regional High School’s theatre will soon transport audiences to the tropics with Caribbean music and choreographed dance. The club will present the musical “Once on this Island” March 30 and 31. The story follows a peasant woman named Ti Moune as she saves a wealthy man from death and nurses... »
Stage company eases writer’s cramp with laughs
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... »
Beacon Falls actress pieces together broken dreams
Growing up, Erin Moffat’s dreams of becoming an actress were shattered. “I wanted to be an actress as a kid, and it didn’t work out,” Moffet said. This weekend, those broken pieces will be put back together on stage at the Strand Theater in Seymour. “Bucket List of Unbroken Dreams: Erin K. Moffat the... »
Woodland theatre presents ‘Stage Door’
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
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... »
Drama club presents “Ladies Sigh no More”
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... »
Phoenix hits funny bone with ‘Love, Sex and the IRS’
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... »






