Fri 16 May 2008
I just saw Dessa Rose, the main stage production of the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts. It’s not your run-of-the-mill high school play. These kids kick ass and take no prisoners. Public education at its finest. Students come from participating towns in central Connecticut. Great acting, singing, dancing, live music by students and a few ringers. Call 860-757-6388 for tickets. The theater is at 359 Washington St., Hartford. Parking garage adjacent to the theater or park on the mean streets of Hartford. We did. Show times Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
May 16th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Sounds good. Do you think it’s appropriate for children…say someone who’s 8?
May 16th, 2008 at 10:24 am
There were young children in the audience Thurs. night, probably siblings of the actors.
The music and dancing will draw in kids. The story line is about the relationship between two southern women in the pre-Civil War south, one the wife of a slave owner, the other, Dessa Rose, a slave. The play has its dark moments, but nothing any classic fairy tale or Disney animated classic didn’t have.