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Bensko Earns Dean’s List at Berklee College of Music Bradley Bensko of Gales Ferry is on the Dean’s List at Berklee College of Music, having done superior work for the summer semester of the 2012 academic year. The Berklee curriculum, focusing on practical career preparation for the music industry, was founded on the principle that [...]

Critics on the Aisle: “I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti”

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

Playwright Jacques Lamarre

It’s not often that you belly laugh out loud all the way though a comedy without feeling that maybe you’ve gone stark raving mad, but when everyone else in a sold-out theater is doing the same, you’re not crazy, you’re [...]

State of Connecticut Honors the Rebbe

Hartford, CT — Republicans and Democrats, State Senators and Representatives, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, rabbis and community leaders all gathered for a special event marking the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s 18th “Yahrtzeit” (Anniversary of Passing).

Due to the Rebbe’s inspiration, thousands of educational and social service centers have been established throughout the world. In our state [...]

What’s so hot about Jacques Lamarre? Let us count the plays.

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

It’s a long-night’s work trying to fill legit theaters in these hard-knock times, but TheaterWorks in downtown Hartford seems to have a winning formula with emerging playwrights and acclaimed directors.

Jacques Lamarre (Courtesy of Jacques Lamarre)

Rob Ruggiero, interim artistic director of TheaterWorks has [...]

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Critics on the Aisle: “I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti”

State of Connecticut Honors the Rebbe

What’s so hot about Jacques Lamarre? Let us count the plays.