STRATFORD, Conn. — It was a scene of “woe, destruction, ruin and decay” — as William Shakespeare himself once wrote — early Sunday in Stratford, Connecticut, where the town’s historic American Shakespeare Theatre burned to the ground. The theater had been closed since 1989 but efforts were underway to restore the local landmark. Stratford Mayor Laura Hoydick issued a statement calling the “total loss” of the building devastating and saying the cause of the fire is under investigation. Hoydick added […]
