Goodspeed’s “Festival of New Artists” heats up January

by Don Church & Tony Schillaci, Critics On The Aisle™

Cast from" Lincoln in Love" by David Friedman at Festival of New Artists Goodspeed 2010. PHOTO BY DIANE SOBOLEWSKI

The Sixth Annual Festival of New Artists, produced by Goodspeed Musicals in East Haddam, Connecticut, launches its three-day event of original new musical works, new [...]

“There’s No Business Like Show Business” For Director Rob Ruggiero And Goodspeed Musicals

Rob Ruggiero directing Jenn Gambatese as Annie Oakley.

by Don Church and Tony Schillaci, Critics On The Aisle™ photo by Elisa Hall, Goodspeed Musicals

When it comes to multitasking, Connecticut-based director Rob Ruggiero is a super-star with his recent directorial debut on Broadway, a gig at TheaterWorks in [...]

Lusty Knights and Busty Maidens Romp in Goodspeed’s New “Camelot”

(l-r) Maxime de Toledo, Bradley Dean, Alan Snyder, and Brandon Andrus.

by Don Church & Tony Schillaci photo Courtesy of Goodspeed Opera House

There’s no time like the hard-knock present to do some happily ever-aftering at Goodspeed’s production of the Tony Award-winning “Camelot.”

As acclaimed director [...]

A Tap Dancing, Tuneful “42nd Street” Sparkles At Goodspeed

by Tony Schillaci & Don Church photo by Diane Sobolewski

Tony Award-winning “42d Street” is the golden chestnut of backstage musicals on film and on stage. It has been a perennial favorite of audiences from the 1933 Warner Brothers movie to the original Broadway stage production that opened [...]