Reviews of Current Productions (2021 – 2022)

The 2021-2022 season has slowly begun. This page will post reviews from members of the Connecticut Critics Circle (CCC) through June 1, 2022 productions.

Click here for reviews from the abbreviated 2020-2021 season.
Click here for reviews from the abbreviated 2019-2020 season.
Click here for reviews from the 2018-2019 season.
Click here for reviews from the 2017-2018 season.

Reviews of Current Productions

  • Cabaret
    Goodspeed Opera House
    May 13 – July 3, 2022
    Howard Frydman
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger
    Tom Nissley
    Frank Rizzo
    James Ruocco

  • Hamilton – National Tour
    Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
    Through July 10, 2022

    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger

  • Kiss My Aztec
    Hartford Stage
    Through June 1 – 26, 2022
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Howard Frydman
    Tom Holehan
    Tim Leininger
    Frank Rizzo
    James Ruocco

  • Sweeney Todd
    BMA Broadway Method Academy
    Through June 26, 2022
    Nancy Sasso Janis

    Reviews of Past Productions

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    The Agitators

    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger

    A Grand Night for Singing

    Stuart Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Karen Isaacs
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper
    James Ruocco

    Ah, Wilderness!

    Brooks Appelbaum
    Howard Frydman
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger
    James Ruocco
    Zander Opper

    Angry, Raucous & Shamelessly Gorgeous

    Stuart Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Haley Napier [Haley is a Western CT State U. student participating in the CT Critics Mentor program]
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper

    The Buddy Holly Story

    Stuart Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper

    The Chinese Lady

    Brooks Appelbaum
    Donald Brown
    Stuart Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger
    James Ruocco

    Choir Boy

    Brooks Appelbaum
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper
    Frank Rizzo

    Dishwasher Dreams

    Stuart Brown
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger

    Doubt

    Donald Brown
    Stuart Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper
    Sydney Reynolds

    Dream Hou$e

    Brooks Appelbaum
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper
    James Ruocco

    Falsettoland

    Donald Brown
    Stuart Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper
    James Ruocco

    Fires in the Mirror

    Donald Brown
    Stuart Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper

    Five Guys Named Moe

    Stuart Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper
    James Ruocco

    Having Our Say

    Bonnie Goldberg
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger

    Honky Tonk Angels

    https://ctcritics.org/honky-tonk-angels-review-by-bonnie-goldberg/

    Into the Woods

    Brooks Appelbaum
    Karen Isaacs
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    James Ruocco

    It’s a Wonderful Life

    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tim Leininger

    It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

    Bonnie Goldberg
    Howard Frydman
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger

    Jesus Christ Superstar

    Stuart Brown
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger
    Jim Ruocco

    Lost in Yonkers

    Brooks Appelbaum
    Stuart Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Howard Frydman
    Tom Holehan
    Maciej Pradziad [Maciej is a Trinity College student participating in the CT Critics Mentor program]
    Zander Opper
    Jim Ruocco

    Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberly

    Howard Frydman
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper
    James Ruocco

    Mountaintop

    Stuart Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper

    Murder for Two

    Bonnie Goldberg
    Karen Isaacs
    Nancy Sasso Janis

    Native Gardens

    Bonnie Goldberg
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger

    Next to Normal

    Stuart Brown
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper
    Jim Ruocco

    Nickel Mines

    James Ruocco

    The Porch on Windy City

    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger

    Queen

    Brooks Appelbaum
    Donald Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger
    Frank Rizzo
    James Ruocco

    Rent

    Nancy Sasso Janis
    James Ruocco

    Say Goodnight, Gracie

    Brooks Appelbaum
    Stuart Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger

    Smokey Joe’s Cafe

    Stuart Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger
    James Ruocco

    Star of Freedom

    Stuart Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Howard Frydman
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger

    Straight White Men

    Brooks Appelbaum
    Donald Brown
    Marlene S. Gaylinn
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger
    James Ruocco

    The Suburbs

    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper

    Tenderly

    Marlene S. Gaylinn
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    James Ruocco

    This Bitter Earth

    Brooks Appelbaum
    Donald Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger
    Maciej Pradziad [Maciej is a Trinity College student participating in the CT Critics Mentor program]
    Zander Opper
    James Ruocco

    Tiny House

    Susan Granger
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Zander Opper

    Today is My Birthday

    Brooks Appelbaum
    Donald Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger

    Two Jews Walk Into a War

    Stuart Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger
    James Ruocco

    Walden

    Bonnie Goldberg
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger
    James Ruocco

    The Who & The What

    Donald Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Karen Isaacs
    Nancy Sasso Janis
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper

    Zoey’s Perfect Wedding

    Brooks Appelbaum
    Donald Brown
    Bonnie Goldberg
    Tom Holehan
    Karen Isaacs
    Tim Leininger
    Zander Opper
    Frank Rizzo
    James Ruocco

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