Amazing Tales from CT: The Show Must Go On - Even Outdoors

We encourage you to tune in to our newest program, Amazing Tales from Off and On Connecticut's Beaten Path, which airs Sunday afternoons at 4:30 right after the Opera.

 

Amazing Tales uses a story-telling format to focus on historically significant people, places, and events from Connecticut’s past. Host Mike Allen interviews subject matter experts on a variety of historical topics.

 

He specializes in bringing local history to life, by using his journalism and story-telling skills with podcasting and public speaking. For 15 years, Mike worked as a radio journalist, both at NPR's Boston affiliate WBUR and as News Director at i-95 (WRKI-FM) in western Connecticut. He subsequently worked in government and corporate before retiring and starting his podcast. As a resident of Connecticut for more than 50 years, Mike also makes public appearances throughout the state, speaking on topics of local history.

 

If you’ve never been to an outdoor theatrical performance, you should definitely put it on your bucket list. While you’re enjoying the show, however, you might have no idea about all of the activities that went on behind the scenes to pull it off. In Connecticut, no one has done this longer than the Musicals at Richter team in Danbury – 37 straight summers and counting. Hear from the duo who started the tradition back in 1985 (Executive Director Greg Cenwek and Director Bradford Blake), current Executive Director Bobby Bria and Actress/Publicity Manager Priscilla Squires as they share the history of the challenges, mishaps, successes, and pure satisfaction of creating the outdoor theater experience.