The 2025-2026 season has begun. This page will post reviews from members of the Connecticut Critics Circle (CCC) through June 1, 2026 productions. Click here for to access archival reviews from 2017 – 2025.
Beauty and the Beast
The Bushnell
April 7 – 12, 2026
REVIEWS:
Kiersten Bjork
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Laura Hayden
Nancy Sasso Janis
I’m Connecticut
Ivoryton Playhouse
March 26 – April 19, 2026
REVIEWS:
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Jerry’s Girls
Center Stage Theatre
April 10 – 19, 2026
REVIEWS:
Bonnie Goldberg
Reviews of 2025 – 2026 Productions
- A Chorus Line
Goodspeed Musicals
September 5 – November 2, 2025 - A Christmas Carol
Hartford Stage
November 22 – December 28, 2025 - A Sherlock Carol
Westport Country Playhouse
December 13 – 21, 2025 - About Time
Goodspeed’s Terris Theatre
May 24 – June 15, 2025 - All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914
Playhouse on Park
December 5 – 21, 2025 - All Shook Up
Goodspeed Musicals
June 27 – August 24, 2025 - Almost Famous
ACT of CT
October 18 – November 23, 2025 - Annie
Sharon Playhouse
July 26 – August 10, 2025 - Art of Murder
Seven Angels Theatre
November 14 – 30, 2025 - The Baroness
Playhouse on Park
June 4 – 22, 2025 - Christmas on the Rocks
Theaterworks Hartford
November 25 – December 23, 2025 - Death of a Salesman
Hartford Stage
February 27 – March 29, 2026 - English
Theaterworks Hartford
October 2 – November 8, 2025 - English
Long Wharf Theatre
January 22 – February 1, 2026 - Frozen
ACT of CT
February 5 – March 15, 2026 - Gem of the Ocean
Long Wharf Theatre
February 27 – March 15, 2026 - Gutenberg! The Musical!
Playhouse on Park
January 21 – February 8, 2026 - Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Yale Repertory Theatre
January 20 – February 7, 2026 - Hedda Gabler
Yale Repertory Theatre
November 28 – December 20, 2025 - Hurricane Diane
Hartford Stage
June 5 – 29, 2025 - Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Ivoryton Playhouse
October 2 – October 26, 2025 - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Ivoryton Playhouse
June 26 – July 27, 2025 - The Little Mermaid
Summer Theatre of New Canaan
July 26 – August 10, 2025 - Long Days
Legacy Theatre
June 12 – 29, 2025 - Lucky Stiff
Seven Angels Theatre
September 26 – October 12, 2025 - Mark Twain Tonight
Theaterworks Hartford
August 12 – August 24, 2025 - Million Dollar Quartet
Sharon Playhouse
June 20 – July 6, 2025 - Million Dollar Quartet
Playhouse on Park
September 24 – November 2, 2025 - My Fair Lady
Ivoryton Playhouse
August 7 – September 7, 2025 - Noises Off
Legacy Theatre
September 18 – October 12, 2025 - Playhouse Holiday Jamboree
Ivoryton Playhouse
November 20 – December 21, 2025 - Rent
Music Theatre of Connecticut
September 26 – October 12, 2025 - Rhinoceros
Yale Repertory Theatre
March 6 – 28, 2026 - Rope
Hartford Stage
October 10 – November 2, 2025 - Scrooge and Marley
Legacy Theatre
December 3 – 14, 2025 - Singing in the Rain
Playhouse on Park
July 16 – August 17, 2025 - Spunk
Yale Repertory Theatre
October 3 – 25, 2025 - Sweeney Todd
Legacy Theatre
August 7 – August 31, 2025 - Sylvia
Sharon Playhouse
August 29 – September 7, 2025 - The Cottage
Hartford Stage
January 16 – February 8, 2026 - The Counter
Theaterworks Hartford
February 12 – March 15, 2026 - The Fox on the Fairway
Music Theatre of Connecticut
November 7 – 23, 2025 - The Great Emu War
Norma Terris Theatre
October 3 – 26, 2025 - The Importance of Being Earnest
Westport Country Playhouse
October 28 – November 15, 2025 - The Irish… And How They Got That Way
Music Theatre of CT
March 6 – 22, 2026 - The Mountaintop
Playhouse on Park
March 4 – 22, 2026 - The Mousetrap
Sharon Playhouse
September 26 – October 5, 2025 - The One Good Thing or “Are Ya Patrick Swayze?”
Seven Angels Theatre
March 6 – 22, 2026 - Waitress
ACT of CT
May 29 – June 22, 2025 - White Christmas
Goodspeed Musicals
November 14 – December 31, 2025 - Your Name Means Dream
TheaterWorks Hartford
June 3 – July 6, 2025
A Chorus Line
Brooks Appelbaum
Kiersten Bjork
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Laura Hayden
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Tina M. Manus
Zander Opper
A Christmas Carol
Stuart Brown
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
A Sherlock Carol
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Bonnie Goldberg
About Time
Kiersten Bjork
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Laura Hayden
Karen Isaacs
All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914
Stuart Brown
Kimolee Eryn
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
All Shook Up
Kiersten Bjork
Stuart Brown
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Laura Hayden
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
Almost Famous
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Nancy Sasso Janis
Annie
Stuart Brown
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Tina M. Manus
Art of Murder
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Nancy Sasso Janis
Zander Opper
The Baroness
Howard Frydman
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Nancy Sasso Janis
Zander Opper
Christmas on the Rocks
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Death of a Salesman
Donald Brown
Stuart Brown
Kimolee Eryn
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Zander Opper
English
Donald Brown
Stuart Brown
Kimolee Eryn
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
English
Frozen
Kiersten Bjork
Stuart Brown
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Zander Opper
Gem of the Ocean
Donald Brown
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Zander Opper
Gutenberg! The Musical!
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Donald Brown
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Tim Leininger
Tina M. Manus
Hedda Gabler
Donald Brown
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
Hurricane Diane
Kiersten Bjork
Kimolee Eryn
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Kiersten Bjork
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Tina Manus
The Little Mermaid
Kiersten Bjork
Stuart Brown
Marlene Gaylinn
Bonnie Goldberg
Tina Manus
Zander Opper
Long Days
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Lucky Stiff
Stuart Brown
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Zander Opper
Mark Twain Tonight
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Laura Hayden
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Million Dollar Quartet
Million Dollar Quartet
Stuart Brown
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
My Fair Lady
Brooks Appelbaum
Kiersten Bjork
Stuart Brown
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
Noises Off
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Playhouse Holiday Jamboree
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Rent
Bonnie Goldberg
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Nancy Sasso Janis
Zander Opper
Rhinoceros
Donald Brown
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Zander Opper
Rope
Donald Brown
Stuart Brown
Kimolee Eryn
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Laura Hayden
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Scrooge and Marley
Singing in the Rain
Stuart Brown
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Spunk
Donald Brown
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Sweeney Todd
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Zander Opper
Sylvia
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
The Cottage
Donald Brown
Stuart Brown
Kimloee Eryn
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
The Counter
Donald Brown
Stuart Brown
Kimolee Eryn
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Laura Hayden
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Tina M. Manus
Zander Opper
The Fox on the Fairway
Stuart Brown
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Bonnie Goldberg
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
The Great Emu War
Kiersten Bjork
Stuart Brown
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Laura B. Hayden
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Tina M. Manus
The Importance of Being Earnest
Donald Brown
Stuart Brown
Marlene Gaylinn
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
The Irish… And How They Got That Way
Stuart Brown
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Zander Opper
The Mountaintop
Stuart Brown
Kimolee Eryn
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Laura Hayden
Nancy Sasso Janis
The Mousetrap
Bonnie Goldberg
Nancy Sasso Janis
The One Good Thing or “Are Ya Patrick Swayze?”
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Nancy Sasso Janis
Waitress
Kiersten Bjork
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Zander Opper
Nancy Sasso Janis
White Christmas
Kiersten Bjork
Stuart Brown
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Laura Hayden
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
