Connecticut Arts Connections-- Hartford Stage Awards News for Gentleman's Guide

Join Hartford Stage for a special Tony Awards viewing party at the Society Room (31 Pratt Street, Hartford). The evening will include dinner, drinks, and a viewing of the live broadcast on the big screen! Be there as they celebrate the successful Broadway run of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, its many award nominations, and hopefully some wins! Every ticket purchased underwrites the cost of one staff member to attend the party.

$200 per ticket. Space is limited!

To purchase tickets, contact Kristen Michaels, events manager, at
860-520-7241 or kmichaels@hartfordstage.org by May 30. 

Hartford stage's Darko Tresnjak with Diane Davis at the Drama Desk Awards Nominees Reception Wednesday in New York. Tresnjak is nominated as best director (he also has Outer Critics Circle and Tony nominations for his work on A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder.

• Westport Country Playhouse is one of 886 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant announced by Joan Shigekawa, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) acting chairman. The Playhouse is recommended for a $30,000 grant to support its community engagement initiative, “Threads of Time, Fabric of History: ‘Intimate Apparel’ in Context,” which will run concurrently with the Playhouse production of Lynn Nottage's play Intimate Apparel in October.
• Ives Concert Park is proud to announce a new partnership with the world's largest concert promoter, Live Nation. Together we will stage some outstanding shows for the 2014 Summer Concert Series. Located on the Western Connecticut State University Westside campus in Danbury, Ives has, since 1975, hosted an impressive array of classic rockers, up-and-coming indie artists, country crooners, and more. 

Grammy Award winner Peter Frampton will play the Ives on Saturday July 5 and the legendary rock band The Moody Blues will perform Sunday Aug. 17.  

The association with Live Nation Connecticut will bring a significant respected international leader in live entertainment to the Ives, a 'must experience entertainment destination' for all concert-goers. For more information, visit www.ivesconcertpark.com or  www.livenation.com.