Longtime rocker John Mellencamp has extended his current tour and will play The Bushnell in Hartford on March 13, 2024. He last played there in 2016.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:54PMThere are many elegant definitions of the live theater experience, including “the fabulous invalid,” “the empty space” and “the seeing place.” Here’s another one, based on most…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for Oct. 29 through Nov. 4 includes the plays "Angels in America" and "To Kill a Mockingbird", a conversation with Jason Alexander as well as lively rock tributes.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMHartford Stage has a new cast and new surprises as its popular production of "A Christmas Carol" makes its returns from a three-year break starting Nov. 24.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:41PMJennifer Haigh's novel "Mercy Street" was named the 2023 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award winner with a ceremony planned for Nov. 3 at The Mark Twain House and Museum.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMNew Haven's now-itinerant Long Wharf Theatre company will stage Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge” and Adil Mansoor’s “Amm(i)gone" in the Spring of 2024.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:44PMThe Hartford Symphony Orchestra and union representatives for the musicians announced the approval of a new four-year contract Wednesday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMA new production of Kate Hamill's stage version of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" is comedy, but it is seldom played as brassily as at Hartford Stage.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMConnecticut has known for years what a pleasant place Mystic is at Christmas time. Now the rest of the world will get a glimpse as “Mystic Christmas” premiers Saturday on the Hallmark Ch…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:15PM"Private Jones," a new musical by Marshall Pailet about a deaf WWI sniper, is getting a workshop production at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theatre through Nov. 5.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"Article 92," a new movie that combines science fiction with a military-based moral dilemma, has been shooting on location in Bristol, Woodbury, Watertown, Prospect, Windsor Locks and elsewh…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMHartford Symphony Orchestra welcomed this season's artist-in-residence, violinist Melissa White, with an uplifting performance of Florence Price's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:09PMSparks flew as Sea Tea Improv presented "R Rated Twain," a selection of the author's racy and salacious writings, at The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMThe Courant's arts picks for Oct. 22-28 include Mudhoney and Pilobolus in New Haven, a paranormal convention at Mohegan Sun, Kevin Nealon being funny in Bridgeport and some Rocky Horror scre…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMGlobal superstar Bad Bunny is returning to the stage in 2024 with his North America "Most Wanted Tour" that includes a stop at Hartford’s XL Center on April 20, 2024.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMJulianne Hough and numerous familiar faces from the long-running TV competition "Dancing with the Stars" are part of the show's latest live tour coming to Mohegan Sun Arena in January.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:13PMSanaz Toossi's very funny and also very trenchant social drama "Wish You Were Here" is at the Yale Repertory Theatre through Oct. 28.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMYou’ve heard of three-ring circuses, but how about two entire separate Cirque du Soleil shows coming to two different Connecticut cities in the same month? Internationally renowned Canada-…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:41PM"Lizzie," a rock musical about the Lizzie Borden slayings, opened the TheaterWorks Hartford's season with bang that needed to be louder, angrier and bloodier.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMKids shows from "Jurassic World Live" to singer/songwriter Laurie Berkner to "Bluey's Big Play" will be in Connecticut over the next few weeks.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMark Lamos, who was artistic director at Westport Country Playhouse for 15 years, announced his retirement earlier this year when the Board of Trustees drastically changed the programming mo…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for Oct, 15-21 include 2023 Best New Artist Samara Joy, bandage-clad Here Come the Mummies, Les Claypool's Frog Brigade and new Hartford Symphony artist-in-residence…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Hartford Symphony Orchestra has extended the contract of its current music director Carolyn Kuan for three more years.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:08PMThe Goodspeed Opera House will be staging the musicals "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," "South Pacific," "Maggie" and "A Christmas Story" for its 2024 season, beginning in April.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:54AMKyle Bass' drama, "Possessing Harriet," at HartBeat Ensemble is a thought-provoking and highly entertaining play about what it was like to escape slavery in New York.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMUConn's Connecticut Repertory Theatre opens its season with an appealing coming-of-age saga by British playwright Tatty Hennessey, starring Téa Guarino as a 15-year-old girl traversing the …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:27AMKate Hamill's comical, yet thoughtful, adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" opens Hartford Stage's 60th anniversary season Oct, 12 through Nov. 5.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMBig dance events coming to Connecticut this fall include Tandy Beal's dance/music/circus show "Joy!" at Trinity College, David Dorfman Dance and Derek Hough.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for Oct. 8-14 include Lauryn Hill at Mohegan Sun, Thrice at The Webster, local musicians at the Glastonbury Apple Festival and 200th anniversary activities at Trinit…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMA new date for the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band show at Mohegan Sun Arena has been announced for April 12, 2024, following postponements in March and September.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:53PM"Mrs. Doubtfire the Musical," at The Bushnell through Sunday, is a non-stop rush of jokes, songs, dances and a heartwarming message about family.
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