Saturday, May 18, 2024
From magical (Penn & Teller) to fabulous (“Kinky Boots”) to “Fun, Fun, Fun” (The Beach Boys), it’s a week of flights of fancy on Connecticut stages. Consider this the unofficia…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, May 17, 2024
The Yale Repertory Theatre has announced its 2024-25 schedule featuring one world premiere, a cutting-edge off-Broadway success and modern variations on classic plays.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMBroadway legend Patti LuPone has loosened up for her latest concert show, "A Life in Notes," coming to The Bushnell in Hartford on Sunday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, May 14, 2024
Foo Fighters, Noah Kahan, Boyz II Men, Norah Jones, The Kills and Lisa Loeb are among the bands playing the Soundside Music Festival in Bridgeport in September.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:37AMSunday, May 12, 2024
Two Holocaust-themed documentaries are being screened in Connecticut this month, telling the story of that tragic period in world history from fresh angles.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMPeter Anton's sculptures of a gigantic Pop-Tart, a four-foot-wide cruller and other delicacies are on display at the Fairfield University Art Museum through July 27.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, May 11, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for May 12-18 include a Jewish a cappella group, indie bands, the Travelers Chorale, Connecticut Lyric Opera and rising salsa star Daniela Darcourt.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, May 10, 2024
Connecticut theaters large and small are throwing fundraising galas featuring "Glee" veterans with Darren Criss for Long Wharf and Alex Newell for the Shubert.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:01AMThursday, May 9, 2024
Two of the biggest concert promoters in Connecticut, Live Nation and Manic Presents, are offering $25 tickets to dozens of major concerts and standup comedy shows.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:26AMTheater producer Tom Viertel has stepped down from his post as board chair of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford after 24 years.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, May 8, 2024
The Hartford Business Improvement District has announced the eight horror films it is screening as part of its "Spooky Popcorn" free outdoor movie series in July and August.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:58AMThe lives of Chinese immigrants in the U.S. during the early 20th century is delicately explored in Lloyd Suh's "The Far Country" at the Yale Repertory Theatre through May 18.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, May 6, 2024
Cirkus Smirkus, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and "Let's Sing Taylor" are among the highlights of Simsbury Meadows' 2024 summer schedule.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, May 5, 2024
"A Complicated Woman," coming to The Terris Theatre, explores the life of renown theater producer John Kenley, who led a secret second life as a woman.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMany of the 2024 nominees for Tony Awards have stared in shows in Connecticut. There are also numerous Yale graduates and some Nutmeg State natives.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, May 4, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for May 5-11 include some beautiful voices, like an Elton John tribute at the Garde, Madeleine Peyroux at Ridgefield Playhouse and three R&B hitmakers at Foxwood…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, May 3, 2024
The Wood Brothers guitarist Oliver Wood dishes on solo projects and how the trio, playing Infinity Hall Hartford on Sunday, maintains balance after over two decades.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:26AMThursday, May 2, 2024
Nine Shakespeare plays are happening in Connecticut from June through August, most of them outdoors.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, April 30, 2024
Dominican rapper El Alfa will be performing at Bridgeport's Total Mortgage Arena on Dec. 7 as part of his "El Mejor del Planeta" tour.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:21AMThe 2024-25 Broadway series at the Palace Theater in Waterbury includes new tours of "The Addams Family" and "Mystic Pizza," musicals that haven't played Connecticut yet.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:05AMMonday, April 29, 2024
The Meriden Daffodil Festival, happening May 4 and 5 in Hubbard Park, is known for showcasing Connecticut's local music scene.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, April 28, 2024
The "Connecticut's Bookshelf" exhibit at the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History explores centuries of literary culture in the state, from comics to banned books.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe new Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, coming to the XL Center in Hartford May 3-5, is about massive artful distraction. They try to explain it, but they don’t need to.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, April 27, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for April 28 through May 4 include Lyle Lovett and Lisa Loeb in New London and Journey and Toto in Bridgeport, dance shows and drag star Varla Jean Merman .
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"Wicked" is a musical for the young and the old and is as wacky and wise as ever in a spirited return to The Bushnell through May 12.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, April 25, 2024
Fairfield resident Jeremy Simon will court Jenn Tran on the upcoming season of "The Bachelorette," which will air this summer.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:34PMWednesday, April 24, 2024
Melia Bensussen stages a subtle production of Arthur Miller's often shouty "All My Sons" at Hartford Stage through May 5.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:36AMPitbull and T-Pain's just-announced Party After Dark tour will play Hartford's Xfinity Theatre on Sept. 13.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, April 23, 2024
Hartford Symphony Orchestra's 2024 Talcott Mountain Music Festival in Simsbury will feature tributes to the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac and country music.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:18AMMonday, April 22, 2024
Rupert Holmes' musical "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" lets the audience decide whodunnit. The 1985 Broadway hit is getting a fun revival at the Goodspeed Opera House through June 2.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:46AMSunday, April 21, 2024
The musical "Wicked" returns to The Bushnell for a three-week run April 24 through May 12.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM 
