Friday, April 23, 2021 at 7pm

Grand Opening with Broadway’s Telly Leung

Celebrate the official Grand Opening at the Legacy Theatre!

Legacy Theatre’s Grand Opening, with Broadway and Television Star, Telly Leung

Telly Leung is a New York City native. His Broadway & national touring credits include Aladdin in Disney's "Aladdin" on Broadway, Broadway's first a cappella musical In Transit, Allegiance (with George Takei & Lea Salonga), Godspell, Rent (final Broadway company), Wicked (Boq, original Chicago company), Stephen Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures, and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song. In 2010, he starred as Angel in Rent at the Hollywood Bowl opposite Wayne Brady, directed by Neil Patrick Harris. Television audiences will remember him as Wes the Warbler on Glee, as well as his guest star appearances on Instinct, Odd Mom Out, Deadbeat and Law and Order: Criminal Intent. He was featured as one of the Broadway coaches for the Jimmy Awards guiding the next generation of young theatre up-and-comers in the PBS Documentary, Broadway or Bust. Telly is featured on many original Broadway cast recordings and he has released two solo albums, I’ll Cover You (2012) and Songs for You (2016) on The Yellow Sound Label. He has performed in concert all over the world from New York City's Carnegie Hall to Tokyo’s Theatre Orb. He holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University. Website: www.tellyleung.com. Twitter / Instagram: @tellyleung

Saturday, July 3, 2021
at 2pm & 7pm

Carole’s Kings

An iconic singer-songwriter gets a brand-new sound in Carole’s Kings, the world’s first all-male Carole King tribute. Dubbed as “striking, energetic, and romantic” by TotalTheatre.com, this unique show is filled with lush orchestrations, witty banter, and a cast of three incredibly talented New York stage veterans (one of whom plays live piano throughout the show). Come see what the Observer declared as the “best homage there is” and “bask in brilliance of our composer” (Talkin’ Broadway) as you are treated to chart-topping sensations such as “The Locomotion,” “I Feel the Earth Move,” “You’ve Got A Friend,” and many more. An expanded set also includes songs by King’s friends and collaborators Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, James Taylor, and Joni Mitchell. Amazing vocals, personal stories, and fresh interpretations of an iconic song-book ranging from 1958 until now make Carole’s Kings a unique experience that’s fun for the whole family!

The Legacy Theatre’s concert of Carole’s Kings stars DJ Bucciarelli, Michael Linden, and Evan Jay Newman, whose Broadway and touring credits include Jersey Boys, Les Miserables, Beauty and the Beast, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair and Saturday Night Fever. Having performed everywhere from Caesars Palace to small intimate cabaret spaces, they are beyond excited to be singing this nostalgic songbook for the Legacy Theatre’s audiences.

Please check us out on social media on facebook and instagram @carolesKINGS or visit us on our website www.carolesKINGS.com

Sunday, July 11, 2021
at 1pm

Expanded Voices: The Great 8

Live on stage a dramatic series of eight stories will be inter twined to raise awareness and provoke thought...

Join us for an afternoon of hard truths, human struggle and heartwarming accounts of life after incarceration told by eight individuals recently inducted into a CT museum for their extraordinary transformation and contributions to CT communities. This unique first in the Nation program will take the audience behind the scenes of eight individuals whose life’s stories began as the cliché of urban existence but ends in tremendous success through inner strength and support of a re-entry community.

Friday, July 9, 2021 at 7pm
Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 7pm
Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 2pm

Blood Type: Ragu

Blood Type: RAGU is a wonderfully funny and genuinely moving one-man play exploring a first-generation immigrant child’s delicate dance between culture, identity, and forgiveness. Writer/Performer Frank Ingrasciotta gives a tour-de-force portrayal of over 20 characters who live, love and laugh, in this fast-paced journey that is not just a comedy, not just a drama — It’s family -- and we all have one! The show delighted audiences Off-Broadway at the Actors’ Playhouse in NYC receiving a glowing New York Times review. It has continued to tour nationally and internationally. Blood Type: RAGU is the recipient of the Westchester Council Arts Award for Outstanding Artist, a Sons of Italy Recognition Award, and the winner of two United Solo Award for Best Comic Actor and Best Comedic Script (nominated alongside Fiona Shaw, Bette Midler, Hugh Jackman & John Leguizamo). It also performed for Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NY State Legislators where it received honors on the house floor of the New York State Capital. Blood Type: RAGU is also chronicled and analyzed in Prof. Fred Gardaphe’s book, From Wiseguys to Wisemen: The Gangster and Italian-American Masculinities.

Sunday, July 18, 2021
at 1pm

Soundview Summer

A Staged Reading of A Play by Kate Gill
Directed by Toby Armour

Nice salary, good hours, Billy and Jack thought they landed the ideal summer job... at the Soundview Nuclear Power Plant. Now, years later, they’re paying dearly for it.

“Soundview Summer is a gripping play that keeps you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end!”  - Anthony J. Piccione, OnStage Contributing Critic

“Truly thought provoking theatre, and it was comical and emotional to boot.” - Laurel Labryn, Theatre 0

Sunday, July 25, 2021
at 1pm

Expanded Voices: Jamal

Three friends navigate life after high school in a tough low income neighborhood of Hartford, CT. Jamal, is far from the stereotypical “black dude” from the hood despite being born and raised there. His best friend Dougie a high school dropout is insecure, volatile and soon to be a father with his true love and “ride or die” white urban girlfriend Harmony. Jamal makes a controversial decision in his attempt to achieve his dream of a college degree. Will he succeed and break the generational curse or will he become a judicial statistic?

Sunday, August 29, 2021
at 1pm

Film: Orson Rehearsed

A Prestidigitation
Music, Words, Film & Conception by Daron Hagen

Orson Rehearsed is a 60-minute multi-media Joycean stream of consciousness dreamscape film/opera/concert work/ web installation comprised of the Zuzu's petals-like memory shards of life streaming through the mind of American filmmaker, actor, activist, and visual artist Orson Welles during the last hour of his life. Welles is portrayed by three singers, accompanied by musicians and performed live to three synchronized 70-minute montages and an extensive electro-acoustic soundscape and visual images that correspond to musical and textual motives in the piece. The work, conceived, composed, and directed by Daron Hagen, debuted in its staged form at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago in September 2018, starring Robert Orth, Robert Frankenberry, and Omar Mulero of the New Mercury Collective, in association with Atlas Arts Media, and the Fifth House Ensemble.