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
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
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
Through July 10, 2022
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Hartford Stage
Through June 1 – 26, 2022
Bonnie Goldberg
Howard Frydman
Tom Holehan
Tim Leininger
Frank Rizzo
James Ruocco
BMA Broadway Method Academy
Through June 26, 2022
Nancy Sasso Janis
Reviews of Past Productions
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- The Agitators
Playhouse on Park
May 25 – June 12, 2022 - A Grand Night for Singing
Goodspeed Opera House
October 24 – November 28, 2021 - Ah, Wilderness
Hartford Stage
October 14 – November 7, 2021 - Angry, Raucous & Shamelessly Gorgeous
Hartford Stage
January 13 – February 6, 2022 - The Buddy Holly Story
Music Theater of CT
March 18 – April 10, 2022 - The Chinese Lady
Long Wharf Theatre
October 12 – 31, 2021 - Choir Boy
Yale Repertory Theatre
April 1 – 23, 2022 - Dishwasher Dreams
Hartford Stage
February 24 – March 20, 2022 - Doubt
Westport Country Playhouse
November 2 – 21, 2021 - Dream Hou$e
Long Wharf Theater
March 15 – April 3, 2022 - Falsettoland
Music Theatre of CT
November 5 – 21, 2021 - Fires in the Mirror
Long Wharf Theater
January 19 – February 6, 2022 - Five Guys Named Moe
Playhouse on Park
January 26 – February 27, 2022 - Having Our Say
Ivoryton Playhouse
August 12 – September 5, 2021 - Honky Tonk Angels
Summer Theatre of New Caanan
July-August 2021 - It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
Hartford Stage
November 26 – December 26, 2021 - Into the Woods
Playhouse on Park
July 28 – August 22, 2021 - Jesus Christ Superstar
A Contemporary Theatre of CT
March 24 – April 17, 2022 - Lost in Yonkers
Hartford Stage
April 7 – May 1, 2022 - Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberly
Playhouse on Park
December 1 – 19, 2021 - The Mountaintop
Music Theater of CT
February 4 – 20, 2022 - Murder for Two
Ivoryton Playhouse
July 8 – August 1, 2021 - Native Gardens
Ivoryton Playhouse
May 19 – June 12, 2022 - Next to Normal
Westport Country Playhouse
April 6 – 24, 2022 - Nickel Minds
A Contemporary Theatre of CT
January 20 – 30, 2022 - The Porch on Windy City
Ivoryton Playhouse
September 23 – October 17, 2021 - Queen
Long Wharf Theatre
May 17 – June 5, 2022 - Rent
ACT of CT
May 26 – June 19, 2022 - Say Goodnight, Gracie
Ivoryton Playhouse
October 28 – November 21, 2021 - Smokey Joe’s Cafe
A Contemporary Theatre of CT
September 30 – October 24, 2021 - Star of Freedom
Ivoryton Playhouse
April 7 – May 1, 2022 - Straight White Men
Westport Country Playhouse
May 24 – June 5, 2022 - The Suburbs
Thrown Stone
August 26 – September 12, 2021 - Tenderly
Music Theatre of CT
September 17 – October 3, 2021 - This Bitter Earth
Theaterworks
February 16 – March 20, 2022 - Tiny House
Westport Country Playhouse
June 29 – July 18, 2021 - Today is My Birthday
Yale Repertory Theatre
January 28 – February 19, 2022 - Two Jews Walk Into a War
Playhoue on Park
September 22 – October 10, 2021 - Walden
Theaterworks
July 27 – August 29, 2021 - The Who & The What
Theaterworks
August 16 – August 29, 2021 - Zoey’s Perfect Wedding
Theaterworks
April 30 – June 5, 2022
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
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Into the Woods
Brooks Appelbaum
Karen Isaacs>
Nancy Sasso Janis
James Ruocco
It’s a Wonderful Life
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
The Porch on Windy City
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