Entertainment & Arts
Long a mainstay of one Connecticut town, the Goodspeed Opera House is being courted by another, and the offer is hard to resist.
Dec. 13, 2003
A Musical Quack-Up: The Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn., which specializes in the resurrection of old musicals, has come up with a winner in its reworking of “Animal Crackers,” a 1920s Marx Brothers show better known today from its 1930 film version.
Nov. 5, 1992
The popular production of the musical “Oh, Kay!”
Dec. 22, 1989
When legendary songwriter Frank Loesser’s “The Most Happy Fella” opened on Broadway in 1956, some three dozen musicians were in the orchestra pit.
Oct. 13, 1991
Sandy, the stray mutt that was rescued from the pound and went on to star in the Broadway smash “Annie,” died this morning in his sleep.
Aug. 29, 1990
Albert W.
June 9, 1987
The sun won’t come out tomorrow for “Annie.”
Jan. 25, 1990
Time isn’t kind to most musicals, but it’s treating Frank Loesser’s 37-year-old “Most Happy Fella” very kindly indeed.
Oct. 20, 1993
Julie Andrews is coming back to “The Boy Friend.”
Aug. 10, 2004
Reid Shelton, who originated the role of Daddy Warbucks in the Broadway production of “Annie,’ has died of a stroke at 72.
June 10, 1997