Monthly Archives: August 2010

  Brian Dennehy thrilled Long Wharf Theatre audiences with his performance in Eugene O’Neill’s Hughie a couple of seasons ago. He continues to win accolates for his performance as Erie Smith, this time receiving a Jeff Award nomination for his work in … Continue reading →

After last week’s work building the set for the upcoming production of Ella, one could very plausibly argue that Long Wharf Theatre’s carpenters are the fittest people on the staff. Or at least the most tired. Long Wharf Theatre’s carpenters … Continue reading →

Long Wharf Theatre’s Lucille Lortel Award winning production of The Glass Menagerie is about to make its latest stop. Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein has begun rehearsals in New York for the play’s run at the Mark Taper Forum in Los … Continue reading →

Annie DiMartino put on a CD in the rehearsal hall on a Wednesday afternoon a couple of weeks ago. It was for the soundtrack of her upcoming youth production of The Taming of the Shrew. When the first song came on … Continue reading →

Paul Perroni, the 30-year-old star of Defending the Cavemen, recalls quite fondly his days in high school playing Harold Hill in the The Music Man. He thinks he probably wasn’t too bad for a 17-year-old. But after that star turn, … Continue reading →

Long Wharf Theatre mourns the passing of actor Paul Rudd, who performed in several of the theatre’s seminal productions of the 1970s, including David Rabe’s Streamers. Rudd passed away this past Thursday. Frank Rizzo of the Hartford Courant posted a … Continue reading →

From time to time, we’ll be posting information and photos from some of the most noteworthy shows in Long Wharf Theatre’s history. So, for our first posting, lets start at the beginning. Forty-five years ago, Long Wharf Theatre kicked off … Continue reading →

Welcome to Long Wharf Theatre’s blog, the Loading Dock! Throughout the theatre’s history, we’ve tried to communicate with our valued patrons in a variety of different ways, through print publications like newsletters and and, more recently, through e-blasts and e-newsletters. … Continue reading →