Performances

Magical, best describes the Westport Country Playhouse’s performance of the Lerner and Loewe musical, Camelot! The play shines brilliantly under the direction of Mark Lamos and its exceptional cast lead by Tony award winning actor Robert Sean Leonard, with Stephen Mark Lucas, Britney Coleman, Patrick Andrews, Michael De Souza, Mike Evariste, Brian Owen, Jon-Michael Reese, and Sana "Prince" Sarr. Camelot is the perfect finale for the Westport Country Playhouse’s 2016 play season, and should definitely be on your "must see" …

The New Riders of the Purple Sage (NRPS): Buddy Cage, Michael Falzarano, Ronnie Penque, and Johnny Markowski and friends: Rob Wilson and Ron Harrison took the audience on a memorable journey of country rock at Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne in Fairfield, Connecticut. Although David Nelson was not with the band due to a serious injury, the band and friends performed the songs that we have all come to know and love.

Playwright Joe Orton’s play, What The Butler Saw at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut, is brilliantly funny, fast-paced, non-stop, witty British humor at its best. Directed by John Tillinger with an exceptional cast – Julian Gamble, Chris Ghaffari, Patricia Kalember, Sarah Manton, Robert Stanton, and Paxton Whitehead, the play runs from August 23, 2016 until September 10, 2016.

Jeff "Tain" Watts Quartet heated up Jazz Standard in the Flatiron district of New York City with a memorable evening of improvisational Jazz with Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums, Troy Roberts on saxophone, Benito Gonzalez on piano, and Orlando LeFleming on bass.

Ayad Akhtar’s political thriller "The Invisible Hand" will keep you on the edge of your seat at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut. The play directed by Westport Country Playhouse’s Associate Artistic Director David Kennedy, features the talented ensemble of Jameal Ali, Eric Byrant, Fajer Kaisi, and Rajesh Bose, and runs from July 19, 2016 – August 6, 2016.

Actor Michael Urie shines brightly in the "must-see" hilariously witty, fast-paced, award-winning one-man play Buyer & Cellar at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut. Written by Jonathan Tolins and directed by Stephen Brackett, the play runs from June 14 until July 3, 2016.

Actors Stephen Rowe and Patrick Andrews give gripping performances as the artist Mark Rothko and his assistant in Playwright John Logan’s Tony award-winning dramatic play, Red, at Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut. Directed by Mark Lamos, Red runs from May 3 – 29, 2016. If you love art, do go to see the play!

Art, the Tony award-winning comedy by French Playwright and Novelist Yasmina Reza at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut, is brilliant! Plato said "Beauty lies in the eyes of the holder," which could be applied to the play whose plot is the purchase of an expensive painting and the reactions to it by three friends. Fast-paced witty dialogue makes for an evening of hilarity. Directed by Mark Lamos, Art runs from May 4 – 28, 2016.

The Jazz group, Fourplay: Bob James, Nathan East, Chuck Loeb, and Harvey Mason, celebrated their 25th anniversary at the Blue Note New York with a rousing performance to promote their new CD, Silver, released on the Heads Up International label, a division of Concord Music Group; it was a not-to-be-missed evening of music.

The Westport Country Playhouse celebrates Arthur Miller’s 100th birthday with his play Broken Glass, a late Miller work that is a powerfully, intense drama that takes place in a Jewish home in 1938 Brooklyn, New York, centering on Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) in Berlin, Germany, and how its impact rippled across the world. This brilliant production of Arthur Miller’s masterpiece left us with goose bumps at the play’s conclusion! Director Mark Lamos elicits the best from the impressive cast …