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12/01/2022 12:00 AMAnother Holiday Show: The New York City Opera presents All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 with an all-male cast of 14, on Wednesday, Dec. 11 through Sunday, Dec. 11 at Sacred Heart University Community Theater in Fairfield. I was deeply moved when I saw the show in NYC. The story is familiar – British and German soldiers during WWI meeting on Christmas Day in “no man’s land” to share the greeting. This retelling is based on firsthand accounts and features traditional holiday and patriotic songs. The show truly captures the meaning of Christmas. For tickets visit SHUCommunityTheatre.org/buy-now. The theater is located in the center of Fairfield.
Award-Winning Musical: Come From Away is making a return visit to the Bushnell in Hartford, Tuesday, Dec. 20 through Saturday, Dec. 24. (The Saturday show is at 1 p.m. and there will be matinees on Thursday and Friday.) The musical – which won critical acclaim and awards – just closed on Broadway in October. It’s a great fit for the holidays – Come from Away tells a story of people and the community coming together to house and feed strangers stranded in their midst. For tickets visit Bushnell.org.
Go See These Connecticut Productions: Connecticut is brimming with holiday productions for the entire family from Bridgeport’s Downtown Cabaret’s The Santa Story and Pantochino’s Christmas Carol Panto to A Christmas Carol at Legacy Theatre, Christmas on the Rocks at TheaterWorks Hartford, It’s a Wonderful Life - the radio play at Hartford Stage, the new musical Christmas in Connecticut at Goodspeed, and MTC’s holiday cabarets.
Pulitzer-Prize Winner: Tickets are on sale for Next to Normal, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning musical, presented by students at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. The show runs from Saturday, Dec. 10 to Friday, Dec. 16. For tickets visit drama.yale.edu/productions.
From Hartford to Broadway: Kiss My Aztec, the musical that closed Hartford Stage’s season last year will open on Broadway in 2023. John Leguizamo is a co-writer of the show.
NYC Notes: August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson is extending its run on Broadway through Sunday, Jan. 15. The revival which stars Samuel L. Jackson and Danielle Brooks got great reviews. Oscar winner Jessica Chastain will star as Nora in a revival of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House this spring. Two musicals celebrated Broadway milestones in November: The Lion King celebrated its 25th anniversary of its opening and Chicago celebrated 26 years on Broadway. The Bob Fosse musical, Dancin’ will return to Broadway in March. The 1978 musical ran for over 1700 performances.
New Museum for Theater Lovers: I can’t wait to visit The Museum of Broadway which has opened on West 45th Street. It is described as an “interactive, multi-floor museum” highlighting over 500 productions from the 1700s to the present. The first special exhibit features the drawings theater caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. Visit MuseumOfBroadway.com for information and tickets.
Tickets on Sale: Tickets for the up-coming Lincoln Center revival of Camelot are now on sale. The production is directed by Bartlett Sher who has directed award-winning productions of The King & I and South Pacific. It has a revised book by Aaron Sorkin. Camelot stars Andrew Burnap as King Arthur, Phillipa Soo as Guenevere, and Jordan Donica as Lancelot. Previews begin March 9. Visit LCT.org.
Karen Isaacs is an East Haven resident. To check out her reviews for New York and Connecticut shows, visit 2ontheaisle.wordpress.com. She’s a member of the Connecticut Critics Circle, New York’s Outer Critics Circle, the League of Professional Theater Women and the American Theatre Critics Association.