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When Michael Wilson arrived from Houston's Alley Theatre to take over Hartford Stage in 1998, he was recognized as an energetic, optimistic wunderkind -- a dazzling people-person full of ideas, projects and dreams. Under Wilson's leadership, Hartford Stage has focused on the development of new work, with 14 world premieres, eight new festivals, six Broadway or Off-Broadway transfers, as well as the creation of the Hartford Courant's 2005-Tapestry award winning education and community outreach programs. Wilson's tenure has been busy from the start. He expanded the number of the productions to include a holiday extravaganza, which provides a stable, annual source of profits; a summer series of shows; and the...
When Michael Wilson arrived from Houston's Alley Theatre to take over Hartford Stage in 1998, he was recognized as an energetic, optimistic wunderkind -- a dazzling people-person full of ideas, projects and dreams. Under Wilson's leadership, Hartford Stage has focused on the development of new work, with 14 world premieres, eight new festivals, six Broadway or Off-Broadway transfers, as well as the creation of the Hartford Courant's 2005-Tapestry award winning education and community outreach programs. Wilson's tenure has been busy from the start. He expanded the number of the productions to include a holiday extravaganza, which provides a stable, annual source of profits; a summer series of shows; and the launch of his multi-year Tennessee Williams Marathon. He brought distinguished actors and playwrights to its stages as works introduced here moved on to other stages, including Broadway. He also started a new annual Christmas tradition, "A Christmas Carol." Wilson's awards include the Daryl Roth 2002 Creative Spirit Award, Lincoln Center Theater; the Princess Grace Foundation, 2001 Statue Award and 1992 Theatre fellowship; and numerous awards from the Connecticut Critics Circle, including the 2005 Tom Killen Award for Outstanding Contribution to Connecticut Theatre.
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The sad saga of a soldier from Long Island
martin.evans@newsday.comThe March 2003 image became one of the most iconic of the U.S. invasion of Iraq: that of a bespectacled American soldier carrying an Iraqi child to safety. The photograph of Army Pfc. Joseph Dwyer, who was raised in Mount Sinai, was used by news outlets...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Family, Vehicles, Terrorism, Armed Forces
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FOOD SHACKS
JT's on the Bay FOOD (One 1/2 Stars) 1 Curtis Rd. Blue Point 631-363-2205 You'll have to use paper and plastic dinnerware to enjoy chef Michael Wilson's creative American fare at this waterside hut with indoor and outdoor seating. At lunch, you can... -
$1 Million Gift Gives Theater Major Boost
COURANT STAFF WRITERHartford Stage is expected to announce today a $1 million pledge toward its new renovation/expansion/endowment project from philanthropists and entrepreneurs George and Laura Estes, The Courant has learned. The announcement — one of the largest...Tags: Sales, Theater, Carrie Fisher, Bank of America Corp., Aetna Incorporated
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Dennehy in 'Hughie' At Long Wharf Theatre
Courant Staff WriterIt will be only a single bill of Eugene O'Neill's one-act "Hughie" starring Brian Dennehy at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven this fall. The one-act was to be paired with another one-act, Samuel Beckett's "Krapp's Last Tape," but that production has...Tags: Film Festivals, Awards and Prizes, Theater, Al Pacino, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Hospitals in L.A., Orange counties are fined for putting patients at risk
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThirteen hospitals, including five in Los Angeles and Orange counties, have been fined for placing patients at risk of serious injury or death, California health officials said Wednesday. Two Los Angeles County public hospitals, Harbor-UCLA and Olive...Tags: Orange County (Virginia), Therapies, Garden Grove, Medical Staff, Orange (Orange, California)
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"Cirque Shaghai: Gold" vs. Cirque du Soleil's "Kooza": Which cirque is right for you?
Tribune staff reporterOne is inspired by Chinese history, the other by the "cirque nouveau" style ("new circus," meaning no three rings, no animals) it helped create. One is on Navy Pier, the other pitches a tent in a United Center parking lot. Both are new shows from...Tags: Architecture, United Center, Chicago Skyline, Tickets, Chicago Transit Authority
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Padres cuestionan el suicidio de su hijo
Hace cuatro semanas, María y Rafael Alarcón llevaron a su hijo Jorge al hospital, preocupados de que éste estuviera psicótico. Tras meses de una extraña conducta, le dijo a su madre que él era un león. En una ocasión, trató de morder a su papá.
El solo...Tags: Basketball
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'The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore' Superb at Hartford Stage
Special To The Courant"The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," which opened Wednesday at Hartford Stage, is the last production in a 10-year Tennessee Williams "marathon" undertaken by the theater's artistic director, Michael Wilson. Surely it cannot be the last...Tags: Kevin Anderson, Theater, Tennessee Williams, New York, Peggy Guggenheim
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A new regime, direction for Split Pillow
Chicago filmmaking collective Split Pillow celebrates its fifth anniversary Memorial Day weekend, signaling a new direction with new leadership. Dennis Belogorsky, a longtime board member with the non-profit, replaces founder and executive director Jason...Tags: Irving Park, Charlton Heston, Illinois, Music Box Theatre, Movies
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Theater Of Color
Courant Staff WriterWhat's the most popular play on Broadway? It's not Pulitzer Prize winner "August: Osage County," or "Macbeth," starring Patrick Stewart. It's the all-black cast production of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," whose weekly grosses have hit...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Theater, James Baldwin, Patrick Stewart, Toni Morrison
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