Saturday, July 9, 2022
A new musical based on "Anne of Green Gables," with modern twists, premieres at the Goodspeed Opera House July 17 through Sept. 4.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, July 8, 2022
Our picks for things to do in Connecticut the week of July 10 to 16 are rife with legends and classics: a Shakespeare Festival at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, outdoor jaz…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:25PM"Awesome and Awesomer," a revue of songs by Phoebe Kreutz featuring a four-woman cast and a pianist, is at the Legacy Theater in Branford through July 16.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:33PMThursday, July 7, 2022
Texas-based composer Quinn Mason is the first recipient of a new artist-in-residency grant to work with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. The symphony will premiere a new Mason composition of…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:55PMTwo different productions of the 1972 musical "Pippin" are happening this month: at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford and Madison Lyric Stage in Madison.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, July 6, 2022
The new "Hartford Live" concert series will bring national, regional and local bands to the lawn outside the Old State House on Thursdays from early August to mid-September. The concerts are…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:15PMTuesday, July 5, 2022
Bestselling novelist Fiona Davis will discuss her latest book, "The Magnolia Palace," and her writing journey during an in-person appearance on Thursday at the Mark Twain House and Museum.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:32PMSaturday, July 2, 2022
It's a long summer of great jazz in Connecticut, a lot of it outdoors.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMReviews of five local Connecticut bands that will get your energy up in a hot July.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, June 30, 2022
Real Art Ways is one of the first recipient of a new national grant honoring arts organizations that work well with artists and arts communities. The Ruth Arts grants could not be applied fo…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:00AMWednesday, June 29, 2022
Foxwoods Resort Casino has a new outdoor summer "Bash on the Grass" series starting July 1, with local bands and food trucks.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:11PMMore than 130 Connecticut museums will again offer free admission this summer for children, as well as an adult accompanying them.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:24PMSummer Shakespeare shows are back, with Capital Classics' Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival marking its 30th anniversary.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, June 24, 2022
"Hamilton" makes a triumphant return to The Bushnell through July 10. The cast is especially good at the hip-hop elements of the multi-faceted musical and is rowdier than the one that played…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:26PMThursday, June 23, 2022
The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at UConn is hosting another Summertime Saturday Puppet Show Series, with three free performances in July by puppet troupes from Massachusetts and…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:39PMA conversation with Stephanie Jae Park, who plays Eliza in the national tour of "Hamilton" that is playing at The Bushnell through July 10.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, June 21, 2022
The new Matthew Lombardo comedy, "When Playwrights Kill," was scheduled for an out-of-town tryout run at The Bushnell in late July and early August. The play will now be developed in New Yor…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:02PMMonday, June 20, 2022
New Haven’s Shubert Theater announced its five-show 2022-23 Broadway series on Monday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:26PMLin-Manuel Miranda’s massive hit musical “Hamilton” visits The Bushnell for a second time starting Wednesday through July 10.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, June 16, 2022
"And All Things Hushed," a multi-media performance/installation project by local choreographer Peter Kyle at Real Art Ways June 17-25, is opening up unused spaces in the buiding that houses …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00PMWednesday, June 15, 2022
Hartford Symphony Orchestra's 2022-23 season will feature Gershwin, Copland, Debussy, Ravel, Tchaikovsky and of course Beethoven, but also several great Black American composers, new works a…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:00PMTuesday, June 14, 2022
Ann Leary’s latest novel, “The Foundling,” is the vivid, often alarming, tale of a young woman named Mary who works at the Nettleton State Village for Feebleminded Women of Childbearin…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:24PMMonday, June 13, 2022
In practice, "Kiss My Aztec!," a new musical comedy about the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in the 16th century at the Hartford Stage, just wants to make you laugh. It just doesn’t care h…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:20PM“Hamilton” is returning to The Bushnell, and so is the chance to win $10 tickets to the show through an online lottery.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:55PMMany of the talents who nabbed Tony awards on Sunday night have been seen at Connecticut theaters, and some like Patti LuPone and the late Stephen Sondheim, have called the state home.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:30PMSaturday, June 11, 2022
The Beat is a new archive of Hartford music created by the Hartford Public Library. The site is curated by local arts leaders and music professionals who will select 40 albums for The Beat e…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe International Festival of Arts & Ideas, has returned to its old form in New Haven, with weeks of indoor and outdoor events throughout June.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, June 9, 2022
The Courant's arts picks for June 12-18 includes comedy and dance at the Arts & Ideas festival, the "Masked Singer" tour at Foxwoods and a punk nostalgia night at the Space Ballroom.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:49PMNaama Tsabar's installation of shattered electric guitars, "Melodies of a Certain Damage (Opus 6)," is at the Wadsworth Atheneum's Matrix gallery through Sept. 11. On its closing weekend, a …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, June 7, 2022
As New York cartoonist David Sipress prepares to discuss his memoir, "What's So Funny?: A Cartoonist's Memoir," in a virtual event hosted by the Mark Twain House and Museum on Thursday, he s…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:36PMMonday, June 6, 2022
"The Agitators" at Playhouse on Park dramatizes the decades-long friendship between Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony. The play by Mat Smart is at Playhouse on Park through June 12.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:49PM 
