Wednesday, July 24, 2024
The 2024 Great Hartford Shakespeare Festival's presentations of "Hamlet" and "The Taming of the Shrew" mixes enthusiastic amateurs with some striking performances in the lead roles.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, July 21, 2024
As the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz ends, half a dozen other big Connecticut music festivals are ready to go from Black-Eyed & Bluesfest to Jam at the Dam to the Charles Ives Music …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"The One Who," a spiritual, socially conscious outdoor theater experience from Marcella Trowbridge, has two performances at The Sanctuary in East Haddam on July 27.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, July 20, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for July 21-27 include comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Maher, Vicki Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, blink-182, Sammy Hagar and Loverboy and Phish.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, July 17, 2024
UConn's Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs has announced its fall 2024 season of concerts, children's theater shows, comedy and more.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMA new Christmas-themed Cirque du Soleil will play Nov. 29 through Dec. 8 at a venue the company has never visited before, the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, July 16, 2024
"The Prom" is another strong summer musical choice for Playhouse on Park, and the final show of the theater’s 2023-24 season.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, July 14, 2024
Three-actor, opera-loving musical comedy "Ask for the Moon" debuts at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theatre in Chester July 19 through Aug. 11.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWhen Benj Gershman picks up his bass to play with O.A.R. on July 21 at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport, you can see it as another jam but also as a personal triumph.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, July 13, 2024
Director Chay Yew brings a special down-to-earth feel to Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1949 hit "South Pacific," at the Goodspeed Opera House through Aug. 11.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for July 14-20 include comedian Kevin Hart, the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz, the Hartford Latino Fest and Joshua Quimby's Back Home Fest.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, July 9, 2024
Legendary British band Duran Duran, which continues to release new albums and shake up its set lists, will play Mohegan Sun Arena on Oct. 25.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:38AMA documentary about Max Corvo, who lived in Middletown and conducted espionage missions in Italy during World War II, will be screened Wednesday at Middletown High School.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, July 7, 2024
The LGBTQ-themed musical comedy "The Prom" is the summer musical offering at Playhouse on Park. The show was a hit on Broadway in 2018 and was made into a movie in 2020.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe popular biographical revue "Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie" returns to TheaterWorks Hartford for a three-week run July 13-28.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, July 6, 2024
Connecticut, with its wide range of historic rail museums with operational locomotives and trolleys, is featuring a number of special train events in July.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, July 3, 2024
Bands announced for this year's free Hartford Live series outside the Old State House include The New Pornographers, Ripe and Connecticut's own Max Creek and Eggy.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, July 2, 2024
The Capulet Fest was planned for three days at Thompson Speedway with 55 bands. It ended up with a couple dozen bands at The Webster in Hartford before the plug was pulled.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, July 1, 2024
It’s far from Jay Lewis’ first time around the "American Ninja Warrior" obstacle course. This year may be the charm for the 19-year-old Cheshire native.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:26AMThe local music Audio Feed music series will feature 24 acts over 12 weeks. The shows are at noon on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, June 30, 2024
In acknowledgement of its growing audiences, the Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival is doing two plays this summer, will offer a wider variety of food concessions and will mike the perfor…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"Robert Frost: This Verse Business," based on recordings of the speaking engagements of one of the most famous American poets of all time, has a single performance at The Kate.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, June 29, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for July 1-7 include Hartford Bonanza, Hartford Symphony Orchestra's annual "Celebrate America!" concert at Simsbury Meadows and Alanis Morissette at Xfinity Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, June 28, 2024
Musician Jon Batiste, author Nikole Hannah-Jones, retired Admiral James Stavridis and chef José Andrés are some of the speakers featured in The Connecticut Forum's 2024-25 season.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, June 23, 2024
The Capitol Groove, a new two-day music festival of groove, jam, rock, soul, hip-hop and other bands rocks out at Bushnell Park on June 29 and 30.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"Midas," a feature film shot entirely in Hartford, was written, directed and produced by Connecticut native TJ Noel-Sullivan. It opens June 28 in theaters around the state.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, June 22, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for June 23 through 29 includes music legends Janet Jackson and Roger Daltrey, country stars Lainey Wilson and Brad Paisley and comedian Pete Davidson.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, June 20, 2024
Katerina McCrimmon does Fanny Brice proud in the first national tour of "Funny Girl," playing at The Bushnell through Sunday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, June 19, 2024
Hundreds of music events are planned around Connecticut for Make Music Day on Friday. Here are some of the top performances around the state.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, June 17, 2024
Many of the Broadway theater artists who won at the 2024 Tony Awards on Sunday night have honed their crafts in Connecticut.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:40PMSunday, June 16, 2024
Katerina McCrimmon, who appeared in "Ah, Wilderness!" at Harford Stage in 2021, returns to Connecticut as the star of the national tour of "Funny Girl" at The Bushnell June 18-23.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM 
