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The lives of Westport actors, directors and philanthropists Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, singly and together, are having a big moment.

Mark Lamos will step down as Westport Country Playhouse artistic director after 15 seasons, effective January 15, 2024.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a musical concert, “Ari Axelrod - A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway,” on Monday, May 15, at 7 p.m. The internationally acclaimed, award-winning show honors the songs, stories, and contributions to American musical theater by Jewish composers, such as Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Carole King. Tickets are $25.

Though she has been absent from the public eye since 2007, when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Joanne Woodward – the Oscar-winning actress, director and former artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse – has nonetheless been very much a part of the public consciousness in recent months with the release of the HBO […]

Westport Country Playhouse will stage “Kim’s Convenience,” a funny and touching comedy about a Korean family who owns a Toronto convenience store, written by Ins Choi and directed by Nelson T. Eusebio III, from July 5 through July 17.

Westport Country Playhouse announces its 2022 Joanne Woodward Internship class of seven theater career aspirants who will enhance their professional skills and gain on-the-job experience working directly with Playhouse senior staff from June through mid-August.

Westport Country Playhouse is staging the comic satire, “Straight White Men,” by Young Jean Lee, from now through June 5, directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director. The show’s 2018 Broadway run made Lee the first Asian American female playwright to have a work produced there.

The debut of Rev. Edward Thompson’s “Step Into the Night” is just one of the items...

The debut of Rev. Edward Thompson’s “Step Into the Night” is just one of the items...

Westport Playhouse Story Hour with Jenny on June 6 Written by Pat Blaufuss Westport Country Playhouse’s “Story Hour with Jenny,” a live, in-person series to engage children, grades K-3, will present an in-person, interactive reading of the picture book, “Lubaya’s Quiet Roar,” on Sunday, June 6, at 11 a.m., on the Playhouse campus.   Written by Newbery Honor winner Marilyn Nelson, with paintings by Philomena Williamson, ©2020, “Lubaya’s Quiet Roar” is a lyrical...