"Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill" gives a balanced musical and dramatic portrayal of jazz legend Billie Holiday late in her career. Playhouse on Park's production of Lanie Robertson's well-known play, which has been around since the 1980s, stars Danielle Herbert as Holiday and Nygel D. Robinson as her longsuffering accompanist and is directed by Stephanie Pope Lofgren. It runs through Oct. 16.
It’s the type of scenario that can sully an institution’s reputation in an instant: A star researcher fabricates the results of experiments funded by grants. The data is published, the.
As the 2022 fall theater season kicks off in Connecticut, here are The Courant's 10 shows to look forward to, from "The Mousetrap" to "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
The Courant's top arts picks for the week include the musical "Mean Girls" at The Bushnell, "American Idol" alumnus Scarypoolparty at the Space Ballroom and farewell tours for The B-52s and the Emerson String Quartet.