The Madison Lyric Stage on the Connecticut shoreline has announced its 2023 mainstage season. The season opens with Tony Kushner’s play “Angels in America: Part I, Millennium Approaches.” In Part 1 of “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes,” Kushner tells the story of a handful of people trying to make sense of the world. Performance Dates: June {…}
Madison Lyric Stage will present Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd.” Performances, which re set to take place on June 9 through 19, will be performed at the brand-new deluxe tent on the grounds of Madison’s Deacon John Grave House. The production will star Marc Deaton in the title role and Val Moranto as Mrs. Lovett. Deaton also directs and Kelly Horsted {…}
The Madison Lyric Stage announced that the first production of it 2022 10th anniversary mainstage season will be a double bill of Kurt Weill’s “The Seven Deadly Sins” and Benjamin Britten’s “Curlew River.” The works will be presented for four performances on May 12-15 and will be held in Madison Lyric Stage’s brand-new deluxe tent on the grounds of the {…}
Madison Lyric Stage has announced its 10th anniversary season. The company will present four productions starting with a double bill in May. All performances will be held in a new tent on the grounds of the Deacon John Grave House. “We are thrilled to be celebrating our tenth year serving the shoreline community, and we couldn’t be more excited to {…}
Madison Lyric Stage has announced that it has raised $1,622 for the New Haven Pride Center via its “The Boys in the Band” production. Money was raised from a portion of ticket sales for the July production as well as a nightly request for audience donations throughout the run. “Our production of ‘The Boys in the Band’ exceeded all of {…}
The Madison Lyric Stage in Connecticut is set to end the 2021 mainstage season with Puccini’s “Suor Angelica” and Schoenberg’s “Erwartung.” The production, which is set to run from Sept. 9 through 19, will be performed at Madison’s Deacon John Grave House. In a statement, the company noted that “by pairing these operatic pieces, the performance will delve into the {…}
Madison Lyric Stage has announced a return to live, in-person performances starting this June. For this return, the company will showcase three evenings of “The Sun Sits Low: An Evening of Stephen Sondheim” with a cast of 14 singers and several musicians. Performances will take place outdoors at the Deacon John Grave House on June 11, 12, and 13. Among {…}
Madison Lyric Stage has announced that it will be returning to the stage this summer for an all-outdoor 2021 season. “It has been a long and painful year of loss and isolation for so many of us,” said Marc Deaton, Artistic Director of Madison Lyric Stage in a press release. “We are thrilled to be able to once again present {…}
The Madison Lyric Stage is set to present “Suor Angelica” in a double bill with “Erwartung” starting on March 26, 2020 The performances, which will take place the Deacon John Grave House in Madison, Connecticut, will be directed by Marc Deaton, who will star in the Schoenberg piece. Meanwhile, Allison Waggener will take on the title role of the Puccini {…}
The Madison Lyric Stage has announced its 2020 mainstage season which will include two operas and two musicals. For the purposes of this release, we will only concentrate on the two operas and one musical the season will offer. This season the Madison Lyric Stage will continue its partnership with the Deacon John Grave House in the Madison historic district {…}
The Madison Lyric Stage will showcase tenor Marc Deaton in “Hotel Fables: Episodes in a Life” on Nov. 15-17 at the Deacon John Grave House in Madison, Connecticut. The program will feature scenes from “Billy Budd,” “The Rape of Lucretia,” “Samson et Dalila,” “Manon Lescaut,” “Play,” “The Dressers,” “Cavalleria Rusticana,” “Fidelio,” and “Die Tote Stadt.” The perfomance will also feature {…}