Sunday, March 20, 2022
Madison Lyric Stage offers musicals, operas and dramas for small audiences in a tent next to a historic house in Madison. The company's tenth summer season has just been announced.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, March 19, 2022
Eliana Pipes' "Dream Hou$e" blends family drama and arch Absurdism for the story of two sisters selling their old family homestead via a reality TV show.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:58PMFriday, March 18, 2022
The Courant's arts picks for March 20-26 include Derby native Sammy Rae at Infinity Hall Hartford and a local benefit concert for Ukraine at Congregation Beth Israel.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, March 17, 2022
Remembering William Hurt from his earliest days as an actor, by someone for whom he babysat.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:50AMTuesday, March 15, 2022
The Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals returns to East Haddam's Goodspeed Opera House March 18-20, featuring readings of three musical theater works-in-progress, talks, seminars, cabaret per…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTickets will go on sale March 24 to the general public for the return of "Hamilton" to The Bushnell in June/July.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, March 13, 2022
Eliana Pipes' "Dream Hou$e" is a play about sisters dealing with how to leave their family home. The play is at the Long Wharf Theatre March 15 through April 3. The Long Wharf happens to be …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMFriday, March 11, 2022
The "'90s Con" brings stars of shows from "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" to "Party of Five" to Connecticut Convention Center March 11-13.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:35PMThursday, March 10, 2022
"My Fair Lady" has misogyny issues that are impossible to overcome, even in the lavish, carefully rethought Lincoln Center revival currently touring at The Bushnell through March 13.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:30PMMilton Avery, the famed mid-20th century painter who had the first-ever exhibition of his paintings at the Wadsworth Atheneum in 1915 is on the institution’s walls again over a century lat…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:32AMThe Courant's arts picks for March 13-19 include Alice Cooper, Blue Man Group and a tour of Connecticut artists at the Wadsworth Atheneum.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:53AMTuesday, March 8, 2022
The 13th annual Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford returns toAsylum Hill Congregational Church March 9-13.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:23PMMonday, March 7, 2022
Sandra Bernhard performs March 12 at Westport Country Playhouse.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:58PMSaturday, March 5, 2022
"Dishwasher Dreams" offers a multi-generational perspective on the immigrant experience, told in a longform comic monologue format by the seasoned stand-up comedian Alaudin Ullah.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:24PMFriday, March 4, 2022
Shereen Ahmed stars as Eliza Doolittle in the national tour of the recent Broadway revival of "My Fair Lady," at The Bushnell Aug. 8-13.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, March 3, 2022
The Judy Dworin Performance Project has become the Justice Dance Performance Project, though Dworin herself (who founded the troupe over 30 years ago) is "not going anywhere."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00PMWednesday, March 2, 2022
The new movie version of "Cyrano," starring Peter Dinklage, began as a stage musical which had its world premiere at Goodspeed Musical's Norma Terris Theater in Chester in 2018.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, February 28, 2022
Harrison David Rivers' "This Bitter Earth" melds political activism with romantic drama at TheaterWorks Hartford through March 20.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:29PMWednesday, February 23, 2022
An all-star Beatles tribute and a major Milton Avery retrospective are among the Courant's arts picks for Feb. 27 through March 5.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, February 18, 2022
Comedian-turned-playwright Alaudin Ullah tells of growing up as the son of Bengali immigrants and seeking a career, in "Dishwasher Dreams" at Hartford Stage Feb. 24 through March 20.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, February 15, 2022
"Today is My Birthday," the first show at the Yale Repertory Theatre in two years, is a romantic comedy about missed connections and communication difficulties that neatly suits the distance…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, February 14, 2022
The Connecticut drag scene, forthright and resilient and fabulous as ever, came through the COVID-19 shutdown virtually unscathed and may be stronger than it’s been in years.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, February 10, 2022
Russian Ballet Theatre's new tour of "Swan Lake" rehearsed at the Waterbury Palace, opened there Wednesday, and will at The Bushnell on Feb. 12.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:44PM"This Bitter Earth" explores a relationship between two men who have different attitudes towards civil protest and social issues. The timely drama by Harrison David Rivers is at TheaterWorks…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, February 8, 2022
Romance novelist E. E. Burke, who has written new books featuring the most famous characters created by Mark Twain, will appear at a virtual Valentine's-themed event held by the Mark Twain H…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, February 6, 2022
"Emergence" began as an outdoor dance piece by the Judy Dworin Dance Project, about the experience of incarcerated women and others. It was performed in October at the Harriet Beecher Stowe …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, February 3, 2022
The Courant's arts picks this week include a blues guitar prodigy, some classical music classics and a musical about a disco diva.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:47PMA rare and welcome production of the 1990s musical "Five Guys Named Moe," based on the songs of '40s bandleader Louis Jordan, features a mellifluous cast and some well-known local jazz music…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:24PMWednesday, February 2, 2022
Comedy is always around in Connecticut. It's just that the state doesn't have many actual comedy clubs. Here's a guide to a dozen reliable comedy rooms in the state.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, January 27, 2022
This week's Courant arts picks include two concerts at Hartford's Infinity Hall: Bettye Lavette on Jan. 30 and Marc Cohn on Feb. 4.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:26PM"What the Constitution Means to Me" is a sparsely staged, small cast theater event which nevertheless fills The Bushnell with big ideas and unpredictable show-within-a-show antics while cele…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:16PM 
