The 2018-2019 season for the Connecticut Critics Circle (CCC) is June 1, 2018 through May 5, 2019. The following are past reviews from the current season by members of the CCC for award eligible theaters.
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- A Chorus Line, Ivoryton Playhouse
- A Civil War Christmas, Connecticut Repertory Theatre
- A Doll’s House, Part 2, Hartford Stage
- A Flea in Her Ear, Westport Country Playhouse
- Altar Boyz, Seven Angels Theater
- Always…Patsy Cline, Sharon Playhouse
- Always…Patsy Cline, Music Theatre of Connecticut
- A Night With Janis Joplin, Ivoryton Playhouse
- An Iliad, Long Wharf Theatre
- Anything Goes, Sharon Playhouse
- Barefoot in the Park, Sharon Playhouse
- Burt & Me, Ivoryton Playhouse
- Cabaret, Music Theatre of Connecticut
- Cadillac Crew, Yale Repertory Theatre
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Music Theatre of Connecticut
- Christmas on the Rocks, Theaterworks
- Disaster!, Connecticut Repertory Theatre
- Detroit ’67, Hartford Stage
- The Drowsy Chaperone, Goodspeed Opera House
- First Date, Seven Angels Theatre
- el Huracan!, Yale Repertory Theatre
- The Engagement Party, Hartford Stage
- Evita, A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut
- Flyin’ West, Westport Country Playhouse
- George and Gracie: Part 2, Seven Angels Theatre
- Girlfriend, Theaterworks
- Good Faith, Yale Rep
- The Grapes of Wrath, Connecticut Repertory Theatre
- Grease, Ivoryton Playhouse
- Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Ivoryton Playhouse
- Hand to God, Theaterworks
- Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2, CT Repertory Theatre
- Henry V, Hartford Stage
- If We Were Birds, Connecticut Repertory Theatre
- In the Heights, Playhouse on Park
- In the Heights, Westport Country Playhouse
- The Invisible Hand, Theaterworks
- Jekyll and Hyde, Music Theatre of Connecticut
- Jesus Christ Superstar Connecticut Repertory Theatre
- Kiss Me, Kate, Summer Theatre of New Caanan
- Make Believe, Hartford Stage
- Mamma Mia, A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut
- Man of La Mancha, Westport Country Playhouse
- MILLER, Mississippi, Long Wharf Theatre
- Murder for Two, Playhouse on Park
- My Name is Asher Lev, Playhouse on Park
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood, CT Repertory Theatre
- Oliver, Goodspeed Opera
- Once, Ivoryton Playhouse
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Playhouse on Park
- Paradise Blue, Long Wharf Theatre
- Perfect Nonsense, Hartford Stage
- Peter and the Star Catcher, Playhouse on Park
- The Prisoner, Yale Repertory Theatre
- The Queens of the Golden Mask, Ivoryton Playhouse
- Reel to Real, Playhouse on Park
- The Revolutionists, Playhouse on Park
- Ripchord, Seven Angels Theater
- The River, Theaterworks
- Rock ‘n’ Roll Redemption, Seven Angels Theatre
- The Roommate, Long Wharf Theatre
- Sweeney Todd, Connecticut Repertory Theatre
- Thousand Pines, Westport Country Playhouse
- Tiny Beautiful Things, Long Wharf Theatre
- Tommy, Seven Angels Theatre, Waterbury
- Twelfth Night, Yale Repertory Theatre
- The Understudy, Westport Country Playhouse
- The Will Rogers Follies, Goodspeed Opera
- Working, A Contemporary Theatre
A Chorus Line
Ivoryton Playhouse
August 8 – September 2, 2018
Geary Danihy
Tom Nissley
Tom Holehan
Don Church and Tony Schillaci
Brooks Appelbaum
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
Joseph Harrison
Stuart Brown
A Civil War Christmas
Connecticut Repertory Theatre
November 29 – December 9, 2018
Bonnie Goldberg
Joseph Harrison
Tim Leininger
A Doll’s House, Part 2
Theaterworks Stuart Brown A Flea in Her Ear Nancy Sasso Janis Altar Boyz Nancy Sasso Janis Always…Patsy Cline Bonnie Goldberg Always…Patsy Cline Bonnie Goldberg A Night with Janis Joplin Geary Danihy An Iliad Zander Opper Anything Goes Barefoot in the Park Geary Danihy Burt & Me Bonnie Goldberg Cabaret Geary Danihy Cadillac Crew Zander Opper Cat on a Hot Tin Roof James V. Ruocco Christmas on the Rocks Tim Leininger Detroit ’67 Bonnie Goldberg Disaster! Joseph Harrison The Drowsy Chaperone Nancy Sasso Janis el Huracan Zander Opper The Engagement Party Geary Danihy Evita Nancy Sasso Janis Good Faith Geary Danihy First Date Bonnie Goldberg Flyin’ West Karen Isaacs George and Gracie: Part 2 Marlene S. Gaylinn Girlfriend Joseph Harrison The Grapes of Wrath James V. Ruocco Grease Stuart Brown Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Don Church and Tony Schillaci Hand to God Geary Danihy Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 Henry V Bonnie Goldberg If We Were Birds Bonnie Goldberg In the Heights James V. Ruocco In the Heights Nancy Sasso Janis The Invisible Hand Zander Opper Jekyll and Hyde Donald Brown Jesus Christ Superstar Joseph Harrison Kiss Me, Kate Bonnie Goldberg Make Believe Geary Danihy Mamma Mia Geary Danihy Man of La Mancha Nancy Sasso Janis Miller, Mississippi Bonnie Goldberg Murder for Two Geary Danihy My Name is Asher Lev Joseph Harrison The Mystery of Edwin Drood Bonnie Goldberg Oliver! Geary Danihy Once Geary Danihy One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Geary Danihy Paradise Blue Tom Holehan >Perfect Nonsense Tim Leininger Peter and the Star Catcher Geary Danihy The Prisoner Zander Opper The Queens of the Golden Mask Bonnie Goldberg Reel to Real Joseph Harrison The Revolutionists Ripchord Nancy Sasso Janis The River Geary Danihy Rock ‘n’ Roll Redemption Nancy Sasso Janis The Roommate James V. Ruocco Sweeney Todd Joseph Harrison Thousand Pines Bonnie Goldberg Tiny Beautiful Things Bonnie Goldberg Tommy Nancy Sasso Janis Twelfth Night James V. Ruocco The Understudy Geary Danihy The Will Rogers Follies Geary Danihy Working Geary Danihy
January 17 – February 24, 2019
Stephanie Lyons-Keeley and Wayne Keeley
Bessy Reyna
Tom Holehan
Howard Steven Frydman
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
Bonnie Goldberg
Joseph Harrison
James V. Ruocco
Karen Isaacs
Donald Brown
Westport Country Playhouse
July 10 – 28, 2018
Bonnie Goldberg
David Rosenberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Donald Brown
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Geary Danihy
Zander Opper
Tara Kennedy
Stuart Brown
Seven Angels Theatre
September 27 – October 21, 2018
Bonnie Goldberg
Sharon Playhouse
August 17 – September 2, 2018
Nancy Sasso Janis
Howard Steven Frydman
Music Theatre of Connecticut
February 8 – 24, 2019
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Karen Isaacs
James V. Ruocco
Zander Opper
Ivoryton Playhouse
May 30 – June 24, 2018
Brooks Appelbaum
Tim Leininger
Bonnie Goldberg
Long Wharf Theatre
March 20 – April 14, 2019
David Rosenberg
James V. Ruocco
Tom Holehan
Donald Brown
Sharon Playhouse
June 15 – July 1, 2018
Sharon Playhouse
July 27 – August 12, 2018
Stuart Brown
Tom Nissley
Ivoryton Playhouse
March 20 – April 7, 2019
James V. Ruocco
Tim Leininger
Stuart Brown
Howard Steven Frydman
Zander Opper
Stephanie Lyons-Keeley and Wayne Keeley
Karen Isaacs
Music Theatre of Connecticut
March 29 – April 14, 2019
Donald Brown
James V. Ruocco
Bonnie Goldberg
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Karen Isaacs
Zander Opper
Stuart Brown
Yale Repertory Theatre
April 26 – May 18, 2019
Bonnie Goldberg
James V. Ruocco
Donald Brown
Bessy Reyna
Dave Rosenberg
Tim Leininger
Karen Isaacs
Music Theatre of Connecticut
November 2 – 18, 2018
Geary Danihy
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Bonnie Goldberg
Zander Opper
Donald Brown
Theaterworks
November 27 – December 23, 2018
Karen Isaacs
Bonnie Goldberg
Joseph Harrison
James V. Ruocco
Hartford Stage
February 14 – March 10, 2019
Geary Danihy
Zander Opper
James V. Ruocco
Donald Brown
Tim Leininger
Stuart Brown
Karen Isaacs
Connecticut Repertory Theatre
June 7 – June 16, 2018
Bonnie Goldberg
Tim Leininger
Karen Isaacs
Stuart Brown
Stephanie Lyons-Keeley and Wayne Keeley
Goodspeed Opera House
September 21 – November 25, 2018
Joseph Harrison
Zander Opper
Stuart Brown
Geary Danihy
Bonnie Goldberg
James V. Ruocco
Donald Brown
Don Church and Tony Schillaci
David Rosenberg
Brooks Appelbaum
Tim Leininger
Karen Isaacs
Tom Holehan
Stephanie Lyons-Keeley and Wayne Keeley
Lauren Rosenay
Yale Repertory Theatre
September 28 – October 20, 2018
Geary Danihy
Tom Nissley
Bonnie Goldberg
James V. Ruocco
Donald Brown
Brooks Appelbaum
David Rosenberg
Joshua Gorero
Tom Holehan
Tim Leininger
Bessy Reyna
Hartford Stage
January 10 – February 3, 2019
Bessy Reyna
Howard Steven Frydman
David Rosenberg
Zander Opper
Tim Leininger
Stuart Brown
Stephanie Lyons-Keeley and Wayne Keeley
Donald Brown
Tom Holehan
James V. Ruocco
Joseph Harrison
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Frank Rizzo
A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut
October 4 – November 11, 2018
Tom Nissley
James V. Ruocco
Karen Isaacs
Geary Danihy
Zander Opper
Susan Granger
Stuart Brown
Yale Repertory Theatre
February 1 – 23, 2019
Donald Brown
Zander Opper
James V. Ruocco
David Rosenberg
Bonnie Goldberg
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Stuart Brown
Karen Isaacs
Seven Angels Theatre
March 14 – April 7, 2019
Karen Isaacs
Stuart Brown
Tim Leininger
Westport Country Playhouse
May 29 – June 16, 2018
Zander Opper
Bonnie Goldberg
Lauren Yarger
Marlene Gaylinn
Susan Granger
Stuart Brown
Stephanie Lyons-Keeley and Wayne Keeley
Seven Angels Theatre
January 31 – February 24, 2019
Howard Steven Frydman
Tim Leininger
Bonnie Goldberg
Theaterworks
March 22 – April 28, 2019
Bonnie Goldberg
Tim Leininger
Bessy Reyna
James V. Ruocco
Wayne and Stephanie Keeley
Tim Leininger
Donald Brown
Zander Opper
Karen Isaacs
Tom Holehan
Stuart Brown
Frank Rizzo
Tara Kennedy
Connecticut Repertory Theatre
October 4 – 14, 2018
Bonnie Goldberg
Bessy Reyna
Tim Leininger
Ivoryton Playhouse
July 5 – 29, 2018
Bonnie Goldberg
Geary Danihy
Don Church and Tony Schillaci
Tim Leininger
Brooks Appelbaum
Zander Opper
Karen Isaacs
Howard Steven Frydman
Ivoryton Playhouse
April 24 – May 12, 2019
Tim Leininger
Brooks Appelbaum
Karen Isaacs
Zander Opper
Theaterworks
July 20 – August 26, 2018
Stuart Brown
Joseph Harrison
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Tim Leininger
Howard Steven Frydman
Donald Brown
Tom Nissley
Tara Kennedy
Zander Opper
Karen Isaacs
Brooks Appelbaum
Bessy Reyna
CT Repertory Theatre
April 25 – May 5, 2019
Hartford Stage
October 11 – November 11, 2018
Zander Opper
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
James V. Ruocco
Donald Brown
Joseph Harrison
Karen Isaacs
Connecticut Repertory Theatre
March 28 – April 7, 2019
James V. Ruocco
Tim Leininger
Westport Country Playhouse
April 23 – May 19, 2019
Donald Brown
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Dave Rosenberg
Bonnie Goldberg
Playhouse on Park
June 13 – July 29, 2018
Bonnie Goldberg
Geary Danihy
Joseph Harrison
Zander Opper
Brooks Appelbaum
Tim Leininger
Donald Brown
Karen Isaacs
Bessy Reyna
Theaterworks
May 24 – June 23, 2018
Tim Leininger
Bonnie Goldberg
Stuart Brown
Joseph Harrison
Stephanie Lyons-Keeley and Wayne Keeley
Music Theatre of Connecticut
September 28 – October 14, 2018
Bonnie Goldberg
James V. Ruocco
Geary Danihy
Stuart Brown
Tom Nissley
Zander Opper
Marlene Gaylinn
Connecticut Repertory Theatre
July 12 – 22, 2018
Bonnie Goldberg
Nancy Sasso Janis
Howard Steven Frydman
Tim Leininger
Stuart Brown
Donald Brown
Stephanie Lyons-Keeley and Wayne Keeley
Summer Theatre of New Caanan
June 28 – July 29, 2018
Geary Danihy
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Susan Granger
Zander Opper
David Rosenberg
Stuart Brown
Tom Nissley
Hartford Stage
September 6 – 30, 2018
Joseph Harrison
James V. Ruocco
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Joshua Gorero
Zander Opper
Frank Rizzo
Howard Steven Frydman
Stuart Brown
Karen Isaacs
Tom Nissley
A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut
June 7 – July 1, 2018
Tom Holehan
Susan Granger
Westport Country Playhouse
September 25 – October 14, 2018
Tom Nissley
Bonnie Goldberg
Geary Danihy
James V. Ruocco
Tom Holehan
Zander Opper
Joey Meyers
Marlene S. Gaylinn
David Rosenberg
Donald Brown
Karen Isaacs
Stephanie Lyons-Keeley and Wayne Keeley
Frank Rizzo
Long Wharf Theatre
January 9 – February 3, 2019
Geary Danihy
Zander Opper
Tim Leininger
Tom Holehan
Donald Brown
James V. Ruocco
Joshua Gorero
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Karen Isaacs
Playhouse on Park
January 16 – February 3, 2019
Joseph Harrison
Stuart Brown
Tim Leininger
James V. Ruocco
Bonnie Goldberg
Zander Opper
Donald Brown
Playhouse on Park
April 24 – May 12, 2019
Zander Opper
Bonnie Goldberg
James V. Ruocco
Donald Brown
Tim Leininger
CT Repertory Theatre
February 28 – March 10, 2019
James V. Ruocco
Don Church and Tony Schillaci
Stuart Brown
Howard Steven Frydman
Tim Leininger
Joseph Harrison
Goodspeed Opera House
June 29 – September 13, 2018
Nancy Sasso Janis
Joseph Harrison
Zander Opper
Bonnie Goldberg
Don Church and Tony Schillaci
Frank Rizzo
Brooks Appelbaum
Tim Leininger
Karen Isaacs
Howard Steven Frydman
Tara Kennedy
Bessy Reyna
Tom Nissley
Tom Holehan
Amy Barry
James V. Ruocco
David Rosenberg
Ivoryton Playhouse
September 19 – October 14, 2018
Zander Opper
Brooks Appelbaum
James V. Ruocco
Susan Granger
Tim Leininger
Karen Isaacs
Bonnie Goldberg
Playhouse on Park
October 31 – November 18, 2018
Nancy Sasso Janis
Joseph Harrison
Tom Nissley
Donald Brown
Zander Opper
James V. Ruocco
Bonnie Goldberg
Stuart Brown
Tim Leininger
Joshua Gorero
Stephanie Lyons-Keeley and Wayne Keeley
Long Wharf Theatre
November 23 – December 16, 2018
Donald Brown
Zander Opper
Tim Leininger
Bonnie Goldberg
Stuart Brown
Joshua Gorero
Lauren Rosenay
Hartford Stage
March 21 – April 20, 2019
Don Church and Tony Schillaci
James V. Ruocco
Joseph Harrison
Zander Opper
Howard Steven Frydman
Donald Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Tara Kennedy
Playhouse on Park
September 12 – October 14, 2018
Nancy Sasso Janis
James V. Ruocco
Donald Brown
Zander Opper
Bonnie Goldberg
Joseph Harrison
Karen Isaacs
Howard Steven Frydman
Tom Nissley
Stuart Brown
Yale Repertory Theatre
November 2 – 17, 2018
James V. Ruocco
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Nissley
Tim Leininger
Donald Brown
Lauren Rosenay
Ivoryton Playhouse
October 31 – November 18, 2018
Brooks Appelbaum
Tim Leininger
Donald Brown
Karen Isaacs
Zander Opper
Lauren Rosenay
Playhouse on Park
March 27 – April 7, 2019
Geary Danihy
Tim Leininger
Bonnie Goldberg
Playhouse on Park
February 20 – March 10, 2019
Geary Danihy
Joseph Harrison
Stuart Brown
James V. Ruocco
Donald Brown
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
Karen Isaacs
Bonnie Goldberg
Seven Angels Theatre
November 8 – December 2, 2018
Bonnie Goldberg
Tim Leininger
Theaterworks
October 4 – November 11, 2018
Joseph Harrison
James V. Ruocco
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Tom Nissley
Tim Leininger
Donald Brown
Zander Opper
Stuart Brown
Bessy Reyna
Karen Issaacs
Howard Steven Frydman
Stephanie Lyons-Keeley and Wayne Keeley
Seven Angels Theatre
May 17 – June 17, 2018
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Bonnie Goldberg
Long Wharf Theatre
October 10 – November 4, 2018
Donald Brown
Tom Nissley
Susan Granger
Zander Opper
David Rosenberg
Bonnie Goldberg
Tim Leininger
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Tom Holehan
Stuart Brown
Lauren Rosenay
Karen Isaacs
Connecticut Repertory Theatre
June 21 – July 1, 2018
Nancy Sasso Janis
Bonnie Goldberg
Stuart Brown
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
Stephanie Lyons-Keeley and Wayne Keeley
Westport Country Playhouse
October 30 – November 17, 2018
Tom Nissley
James V. Ruocco
Susan Granger
Zander Opper
David Rosenberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Geary Danihy
Joshua Gorero
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Stuart Brown
Donald Brown
Stephanie Lyons-Keeley and Wayne Keeley
Lauren Rosenay
Long Wharf Threatre
February 13 – March 10, 2019
Tom Nissley
Zander Opper
Stuart Brown
Donald Brown
Tim Leininger
James V. Ruocco
Tom Holehan
David Rosenberg
Karen Isaacs
Seven Angels Theatre
April 25 – May 19, 2019
Bonnie Goldberg
Donald Brown
Tim Leininger
Yale Repertory Theatre
March 15 – April 6, 2019
Tom Holehan
Zander Opper
Tim Leininger
Bonnie Goldberg
Donald Brown
Karen Isaacs
Westport Country Playhouse
August 14 – September 1, 2018
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Susan Granger
Tom Holehan
Zander Opper
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Brooks Appelbaum
Tara Kennedy
Goodspeed Opera House
April 13 – June 21, 2018
Don Church & Tony Schillaci
Nancy Sasso Janis
Zander Opper
Tim Leininger
Bessy Reyna
David Rosenberg
Howard Steven Frydman
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Bonnie Goldberg
Stuart Brown
Lauren Yarger
Joseph Harrison
A Contemporary Theatre
February 14 – March 10, 2019
James V. Ruocco
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Stuart Brown
Donald Brown
Zander Opper
Karen Isaacs
