Sunday, November 16, 2025
The Illharmonic, which combines classical and hip-hop sounds and features around two dozen live performers, is performing in New Haven on Nov. 22.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AMMichael Wilson is returning to Hartford Stage for another revisiting of his adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," which he first brought to the theater in 1998.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe legendary stand-up comic and TV host shares memories of his favorite teachers, tales of doing comedy in Boston and how New Englanders keep him humble.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMSaturday, November 15, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Nov 16-22 include Rage Against the Machine founder Tom Morello, Ozzy Osborne's longtime guitarist Zakk Wylde and British legend Sting.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMRob Zombie's loud screaming paintings fill the walls at the Morrison Gallery in Kent. Zombie, a longtime Connecticut resident, studied art before his career as a musician and filmmaker.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMWednesday, November 12, 2025
The owner, a longtime music journalist, created a reimagined record store that feels like a museum of recording history.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:30AMSunday, November 9, 2025
Kelli Barclay has been involved with multiple Goodspeed shows, but the upcoming “White Christmas," running Nov. 14 through Dec. 28, is particularly close to her heart.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"Pronounced Ah-Beetz" explores everything from how the world-renowned pies are made to the parts of New Haven it comes from.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMSaturday, November 8, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 9-15 include comedy from Bert Kreischer, Sea Tea Improv, Randy Rainbow, The Naked Magicians, Chris Hardwick, Steve-O and Shakespeare.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, November 7, 2025
The musical is still a standout piece of well-crafted, history-minded, socially conscious entertainment that doesn’t feel out of touch since it debuted a decade ago.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMThe American rock band, which formed in 1973, recently announced its "Final Frontier Tour," which will make a stop at PeoplesBank Arena in 2026.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMWednesday, November 5, 2025
Oscar Wilde's classic comedy hits all the right notes, "not just accurately but with wonderful expression," at Westport Country Playhouse.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:30AMSunday, November 2, 2025
The short story collection doesn't just touch on cultural themes Twain would have appreciated, it deals in the sort of wordplay and conscious undermining of literary formats he popularized.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMLin-Manuel Miranda's mix of American history, theatrical diversity and contemporary hip-hop is returning to Hartford for a two-week run Nov. 4-16.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, November 1, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 2-8 include diss tracks, classical concerts, comedy Q&As and some "Sweeney Todd."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, October 27, 2025
Bridgeport resident Christopher Shaw Myers will be speaking about his book, "Robert Shaw: An Actor's Life on the Set of 'Jaws' and Beyond," on Oct. 29 in Stamford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:15AMGoodspeed Musicals has broadened its programming and its audiences, leading to projections that the current season will be the highest grossing in the theater's history.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, October 26, 2025
Brad will be hosting a screening of the cult classic on Oct. 30 at the Warner Theatre in Torrington in celebration of the film's 50th anniversary.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"Self-Help," the latest movie for Newington natives Erik and Carson Bloomquist, uses a horror film framework to delve into deeper social issues.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMSaturday, October 25, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 26 through Nov. 1 include "Misery" and comedy, Broadway stars, legendary singers and scary storytelling.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, October 24, 2025
The world premier of the musical is a worthwhile exercise in turning a true Australian tale of a militarized overreaction to an animal infestation into a nonstop romp.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMWednesday, October 22, 2025
Jeffrey Hatcher's adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's "Rope's End" reverts from realism and instead uses a theatrical, melodramatic approach at Hartford Stage.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, October 21, 2025
The latest edition of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will be in Bridgeport, where P.T. Barnum lived, and Hartford in 2026.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:11PMSunday, October 19, 2025
Everclear is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its "Sparkle and Fade" album with a show at the legendary New Haven venue, where the band played when it was first released.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMA small local theater company's homage to Rod Serling and "The Twilight Zone" is among the many plays, concerts and comedy shows happening this week in Connecticut.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMUnable to return to their homeland, Ukraine's Grand Kyiv Ballet company continues to tour the U.S., with two upcoming performances in Connecticut.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:30AMSaturday, October 18, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 19-25 include Shakespeare adaptations, live history podcasts, a dance troupe and '90s rockers.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"Spunk" is getting its long overdue world premiere after its rediscovery in 1997 in a spirited production at the Yale Repertory Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:45AMFriday, October 17, 2025
The actor, now sober for eight years, is examining his past with a new book, a Netflix documentary and a live tour coming to the Shubert Theatre on Oct 19.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:30AMTuesday, October 14, 2025
Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, one that makes you feel OK about your own struggles to fit in, is a good start to TheaterWorks Hartford’s 2025-26 season.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, October 12, 2025
Ailey II, the second company of New York's Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, is performing at the Warner Theatre in Torrington and the Shubert Theatre in New Haven this week.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM 
