By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Hartford Stage is a respected regional theater in the U.S. Its celebration of its 50th anniversary is a big deal for the cultural scene of Connecticut. And Bristol will be key to the theater’s celebration when Hartford Stage’s traveling exhibit, “Stagecraft: 50 Years of Design at Hartford,” comes to the city’s New England Carousel Museum in March. The exhibit offers up costumes, props, and scenic elements from Hartford Stage’s inventory from its storied performance history. The exhibit has been or will be on display at several prestigious institutions in the state. It opened at the Hartford Public Library’s ArtWalk, traveled to the New Britain Museum of American Art, and is currently being shown at the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford. After it leaves Bristol, the exhibit then heads to the state capitol in Hartford before wrapping up at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. As Louise DeMars, the Carousel Museum’s executive director said, this keystone of Bristol’s cultural scene is now hanging with the “big boys.” DeMars credited Michael Nicastro, the former president and CEO of the Central Connecticut Chambers of Commerce and a member of Hartford Stage’s Board of Directors, for the [...]
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