Top-notch 'Twelfth Night' at Bridgeport's Beardsley Park Zoo
Beardsley Zoo setting, cast make for a wonderful 'Night' Irene Backalenick, Correspondent In a wealth of companies offering Shakespeare in the open, what makes Connecticut Free Shakespeare stand out? ... CFS's ...
The Good Old Days in Darien -- An era of plenty for literary arts
The musical, "Pajama Game," starred a long-legged, red-headed dancer named Gwen Verdon, who was a regular visitor in Darien during the fifties when her son was enrolled in Cherry Lawn School (now a town park) on ...
Rowe, former UConn men's coach, to speak at Beardsley
A VIP reception from 5-7 p.m. will be held at the Beardsley Carousel at the Beardsley Park Zoo facilities in Bridgeport.
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Malloy presiding at the Beardsley Park Zoo in Bridgeport.
Peacock gives state troopers the slip
While not a native bird to Connecticut, peacocks have roamed the grounds of Bridgeport’s Beardsley Park zoo for years.
Beardsley Zoo celebrates endangered wolves during ‘Lobo Week’
Wolves celebrated at Beardsley Park Zoo By Cedar Attanasio BRIDGEPORT—Sometimes when the sirens screech down Route 8, the wolves howl. ... At least one of those frequencies intrigues the wolves, who hear the ...
North Haven Rotary honors two Students of the Month
He then reviewed his own impressive list of activities: swim team captain, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Science Honor Society, both drama & film clubs, Thespian Honor Society, Future Problem Solving, ...
Community Postings: Choral champs, Eco champions...
The award was announced June 3 at the Beardsley Park Zoo in Bridgeport. ... Hannah Landesberg of Fairfield during the Triangle Community Center's annual Pride in the Park celebration, Mathews Park, Norwalk, ...
Community Channel: Dog fest raises $7k, Eco champions...
The award was announced June 3 at the Beardsley Park Zoo in Bridgeport. ... Parking emblems can be purchased at WestportRecreation.com or at the Parks and Recreation Department office, Longshore Club Park, 260 ...
Nancy Marchand and other stage luminaries remembered
The Connecticut Free Shakespeare production of "Romeo and Juliet" arrives in Stratford after two separate engagements in Bridgeport, first at its longtime home in the Beardsley Park Zoo, and then a series of performances on McLevy Green in downtown.
Barnum's birthday party moved to Beardsley Zoo
"After the land was donated to Bridgeport to establish Beardsley Park, there was a campaign to start a city zoo. Barnum & Bailey circus donated some of their retired animals, which eventually led to Beardsley ...
A quirky cross between 'Northern Exposure' and 'Six Feet Under'
SHAKESPEARE AUDITIONS The Connecticut Free Shakespeare Co. that presents the Bard's work every summer in Bridgeport's Beardsley Park Zoo will conduct auditions for Equity and Non-Equity adults and teens Feb. 21 ...
Bridgeport’s free Make Music Day concerts all day Thursday
From classical to folk, hip-hop to opera, Latin jazz to punk rock, live music of all kinds will resound on streets, sidewalks, porches, plazas, parks, gardens, storefronts and other public spaces on the longest ...
Free Shakespeare setting a 'Dream
Not the least of its charm is the Beardsley Park Zoo setting -- within the Peacock Pavilion, to be exact.
Open house held on grounds of Shakespeare theater
(The group which stages shows every summer at Beardsley Park Zoo in Bridgeport.) ... Hansberry's story inspired this year's Tony-winning play "Clybourne Park," by Bruce Norris, which looks at the story from the ...
Welcome getaway from long, hot summer
The publisher of this newspaper, John DeAugustine, was invited to do a brief walk-on appearance in the Connecticut Free Shakespeare production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," presented at the Beardsley Park Zoo. ...
Shanley hit 'Doubt' presented by Westport's MTC
Last week, the group announced that it will be doing the Bard's romantic comedy, "Twelfth Night," in Bridgeport's Beardsley Park Zoo and on the Guilford Green this summer.
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She was walking around the Beardsley Park Zoo in front of the tiger cage, she remembers.
Experience the wit of Moliere
A magical evening of theater at the zoo. ... All you need is a lawn chair or blanket, a picnic dinner if desired, a little bug spray and an optional flash light or sit at one of the many picnic tables at ...