Constantine Maroulis performs Thursday, Feb. 2, at the Ridgefield Playhouse.

Maroulis, who received a Tony Award-nomination for his star turn in Broadway’s “Rock of Ages,” said in a recent telephone interview that being a single dad may be full of challenges, but that his 6-year-old daughter Malena is his first priority. Maroulis brings his magnificent voice – he also starred in “Rent” on tour and “Jekyll and Hyde” on Broadway – to the Ridgefield Playhouse on Thursday, Feb. 2. New York folksinger/songwriter Brian Dunne also is on the bill.

Adolf Dehn captures – essence of the city’ in the 1950s

Adolf Dehn’s “Autumn in Central Park,” 1956, a watercolor on paper, will be on view at the Fairfield University Art Museum from Jan. 27 to April 7. It’s on loan from a private collection in Washington, D.C. less Adolf Dehn’s “Autumn in Central Park,” 1956, a watercolor on paper, will be on view at the Fairfield University Art Museum from Jan. 27 to April 7. It’s on loan from a private collection in Washington, … more “The Battery,” in Manhatttan, by mid-20th-century artist Adolf Dehn, will be on view at the Fairfield University Art Museum from Jan. 27 to April 7. “The Battery,” in Manhatttan, by mid-20th-century artist Adolf Dehn, will be on view at the Fairfield University Art Museum from Jan. 27 to April 7. “White, Central Park,” in Manhatttan, by mid-20th century artist Adolf Dehn, will be on view at the Fairfield University Art Museum from Jan. 27 to April 7. “White, Central Park,” … (more)

Actors, mayors rally at inauguration eve Trump demonstration

Actors Robert De Niro, Sally Field and Mark Ruffalo joined hundreds of other people outside a Donald Trump building on Thursday for a pre-inauguration demonstration organizers said was meant to energize those concerned about the Republican president-elect’s policies. The event, staged in front of Trump International Hotel and Tower near Central Park in Manhattan, was a rally for city residents who have vowed to pursue their own policies on health care, the environment and other issues during the Trump administration.