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This years summer slate includes beloved musicals, intriguing dance performances and plenty of Shakespeare.

In 2015 a then 19 year-old Swanepoel was attacked by a great white shark and unfortunately lost his right leg. In 2015 a 19 year-old Swanepoel was attacked by a great white shark and unfortunately lost his right leg.

She wrote dreamy music but had a tongue like a machete. Calum Finlay explains why his new play about Fanny Mendelssohn had to be a raucous comedy

Arts editor HELEN MUSA talks to actor Richard Pyros in her preview of the Bell Shakespeare production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Ralph Graves reviews the Harmonia Mundi reissues of Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" and "The Fairy Queen" with William Christie.

Orlando Fringe Festival reviews: Breakneck Midsummer Night's Dream; Last One Standing; Love Crumbs; Miss. Adventure; 1,001 Red Flags (Shereen's Version); Tango Palace; and Tonight, Tonight: An Improvised Late Night Talk Show.

Highlights include "Gatsby" and "The Queen of Versailles," two musicals headed for Broadway.

You never know who may show up at a local theater.On Saturday, Chazz Palminteri came by Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury to see the show and meet the cast of "A Bronx Tale-The Musical" during the third weekend of the run. The Broadway musical is based on Palminteri's solo show and hit film. It has

MIDDLETOWN — An upcoming production dispels the notion that Shakespearean plays are “hoity-toity,” complex and aimed toward scholars, says Tabitha Jablonski.

The following events are planned May 16-19: