The 2022-2023 season has begun. This page will post reviews from members of the Connecticut Critics Circle (CCC) through June 1, 2023 productions.
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Reviews of Current Productions
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles
Yale Repertory Theatre
March 10 – April 1, 2023
Donald Brown
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
James Ruocco
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Music Theatre of CT
March 17 – April 8, 2023
Kiersten Bjork
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
James Ruocco
Secondo
Seven Angels Theater
March 16 – April 2, 2023
Bonnie Goldberg
Tim Leininger
Spring Awakening
Connecticut Theatre Company
Through April 2, 2023
Nancy Sasso Janis
James Ruocco
Stop Time Dance Machine
Playhouse on Park
Through April 2, 2023
Bonnie Goldberg
James Ruocco
Reviews of 2022 – 2023 Productions
- 42 Street
Goodspeed Opera House
September 16 – November 6, 2022 - 4,000 Miles
Westport Country Playhouse
August 23 – September 4, 2022 - Anne of Green Gables
Goodspeed Opera House
July 17 – September 4, 2022 - The Art of Burning
Hartford Stage
March 2 – March 26, 2023 - Athena
Thrown Stone
July 14 – August 6, 2022 - The Brightest Thing in the World
Yale Repertory Theatre
November 25 – December 17, 2022 - Cabaret
Goodspeed Opera House
May 13 – July 3, 2022 - Christmas in Connecticut
Goodspeed Opera House
November 18 – December 30, 2022 - Espejos: Clean
Hartford Stage
January 12 – February 5, 2023 - From the Mississippi Delta
Westport Country Playhouse
October 18 – 30, 2022 - Fun Home
Theaterworks Hartford
October 8 – November 6, 2022 - The Great Gatsby
Ivoryton Playhouse
September 29 – October 23, 2022 - Guys and Dolls
Sharon Playhouse
July 29 – August 14, 2022 - Guys and Dolls
ACT of CT
October 27 – November 20, 2022 - Hysterical
Thrown Stone
July 21 – August 6, 2022 - I Hate Hamlet
Music Theatre of CT
February 3 – 19, 2023 - Indecent
Playhouse on Park
January 25 – February 26, 2023 - Kim’s Convenience
Westport Country Playhouse
July 5 – 17, 2022 - Kiss My Aztec
Hartford Stage
June 1 – 26, 2022 - Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Playhouse on Park
September 28 – October 16, 2022 - Lend Me a Tenor
Music Theater of CT
November 4 – 20, 2022 - The Mousetrap
Hartford Stage
October 13 – November 6, 2022 - Once on This Island
Summer Theatre of New Canaan
July 7 – 31, 2022 - Pippin
Playhouse on Park
July 6 – August 21, 2022 - Queen of Basel
Theaterworks Hartford
February 3 – 26, 2023 - Ring of Fire
Ivoryton Playhouse
August 11 – September 11, 2022 - Rock of Ages
ACT of CT
February 23 – March 19, 2023 - Roe
CT Repertory Theatre
March 2 – 11, 2023 - Secondo
Theaterworks Hartford
July 29 – August 28, 2022 - Smokey Joe’s Cafe
Ivoryton Playhouse
June 30 – July 31, 2022 - Sunset Boulevard
Music Theatre of Connecticut
September 16 – October 2, 2022 - Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Yale Repertory Theatre
October 6 – 29, 2022
42 Street
Kiersten Bjork
Stuart Brown
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Frank Rizzo
4,000 Miles
Brooks Appelbaum
Donald Brown
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Tom Nissley
Zander Opper
Anne of Green Gables
Stuart Brown
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
Frank Rizzo
James Ruocco
The Art of Burning
Brooks Appelbaum
Donald Brown
Stuart Brown
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
James Ruocco
Athena
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
James Ruocco
The Brightest Thing in the World
Donald Brown
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
James Ruocco
Cabaret
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Tom Nissley
Frank Rizzo
James Ruocco
Christmas in Connecticut
Kiersten Bjork
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Frank Rizzo
James Ruocco
Espejos: Clean
Brooks Appelbaum
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Howard Frydman
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
James Ruocco
Fences
Fences
Bonnie Goldberg
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Fun Home
Brooks Appelbaum
Donald Brown
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
James Ruocco
From the Mississippi Delta
Donald Brown
Stuart Brown
Kiersten Bjork
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Nancy Sasso Janis
The Great Gatsby
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
Guys and Dolls
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Nancy Sasso Janis
Guys and Dolls
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Tom Nissley
Hysterical!
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Zander Opper
James Ruocco
I Hate Hamlet
Stuart Brown
Kiersten Bjork
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
James Ruocco
Indecent
Brooks Appelbaum
Donald Brown
Stuart Brown
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
James Ruocco
Kim’s Convenience
Brooks Appelbaum
Stuart Brown
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
Frank Rizzo
James Ruocco
Kiss My Aztec
Bonnie Goldberg
Howard Frydman
Tom Holehan
Tim Leininger
Frank Rizzo
James Ruocco
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Howard Frydman
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
James Ruocco
Lend Me a Tenor
Kiersten Bjork
Bonnie Goldberg
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
James Ruocco
The Mousetrap
Bonnie Goldberg
Stuart Brown
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tom Nissley
Zander Opper
Frank Rizzo
Once on This Island
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Bonnie Goldberg
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
Pippin
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Howard Frydman
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Tom Nissley
James Ruocco
Queen of Basel
Brooks Appelbaum
Donald Brown
Stuart Brown
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
James Ruocco
Ring of Fire
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
Rock of Ages
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Nancy Sasso Janis
Roe
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Tim Leininger
Secondo
Stuart Brown
Howard Frydman
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Tim Leininger
Frank Rizzo
James Ruocco
Smokey Joe’s Cafe
Stuart Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Zander Opper
James Ruocco
Sunset Boulevard
Brooks Appelbaum
Stuart Brown
Marlene S. Gaylinn
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Zander Opper
James Ruocco
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Brooks Appelbaum
Kiersten Bjork
Donald Brown
Bonnie Goldberg
Tom Holehan
Karen Isaacs
Nancy Sasso Janis
Tim Leininger
Tom Nissley
