Friday, May 29, 2020
New Haven's progressive, community-oriented Artspace has had to postpone aspects of its multi-media exploration of the Black Panther trials that took place in the city 50 years ago. The "Rev…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, May 28, 2020
Two shows on The Bushnell's fall schedule have been affected by ongoing coronavirus concerns. The multi-week September run of "Wicked" has been canceled and "Hadestown"'s October dates will …
Linked From Hartford Courant at 02:18PMShelley Quiala is the new executive director of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. She joins the 25-year-old festival after 17 years with the Ordway Center for the Performing A…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 01:56PMLarry Kramer, who died Wednesday, was remarkable for how his plays and novels, meant to be outspoken and controversial for the times in which they were written, hold up beautifully today.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 01:43PMFriday, May 22, 2020
Connecticut theaters, dancers, DJs, drag artists and more go online with virtual performances.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, May 20, 2020
TheaterWorks Hartford's 2020-21 season will include two postponed shows from the current season ("Fun Home" and "The Who & the What"), plus "The Sound Inside," "Zoey's Perfect Wedding" a…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 03:29PMThursday, May 14, 2020
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas has announced key events in its Democracy-themed Ideas series. The festival will be largely online this year, running from late May through the…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, May 12, 2020
It’s hard to be seen as a shelter, a sanctuary, or a temple of knowledge when your doors are closed. But Hartford Public Library, its buildings shut since March 13, has taken to the air an…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 09:29AMSunday, May 10, 2020
Three major Connecticut summer arts festivals planning to go ahead this summer: two by going online, and one through innovative socially distanced programming.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, May 2, 2020
A May 6 auction in Westport displays historical treasures ranging from signed Bob Dylan lyrics to a stock certificate owned by Mark Twain and Jack Kerouac's pajama bottoms.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, May 1, 2020
Connecticut theaters, dancers, DJs, drag artists and more go online with virtual performances.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 01:22PMMonday, April 20, 2020
Connecticut theaters, dancers, DJs, drag artists and more go online with virtual performances.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 04:49PMFriday, April 17, 2020
Hartford Stage has been able to keep "Ah, Wilderness!" and "The History of Comedy (Abridged)" on the schedule by postponing them until October. The theater's 2020-21 season will now start in…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 08:24AMConnecticut club DJs have taken their turntables and controllers online, spinning sets through Facebook, Twitch and other platforms for a fervent crowd of stuck-indoor dancers.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, April 15, 2020
Dozens of community theater artists from throughout Connecticut are taking part in the Virtual One Act Festival April 18. The festival includes eight plays, and will be available online foll…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, April 11, 2020
Drag artists, with performance venues closed and their loyal audiences scattered, have turned their homes into stages, channeled their bravado through their Facebook pages, and are keeping s…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, April 1, 2020
Hartford Stage, TheaterWorks and Playhouse on Park each has announced a series of virtual events to engage both employees and patrons while fostering a sense of community and hope for the fu…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, March 31, 2020
Connecticut comedy has gone online, largely via Facebook Live and Zoom, during the coronavirus crisis.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 02:23PMMonday, March 30, 2020
The Bushnell has announced a 2020-2021 that features multi-week bookings of two blockbusters, "Hamilton" and "Wicked," plus the recent Broadway offerings "Hadestown," "Mean Girls," "Pretty W…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 07:30PMThursday, March 26, 2020
Many of the canceled or postponed theater shows that were set for Connecticut this month are based on books, people or things that can be accessed elsewhere. Keep your theatergoing spirits u…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, March 25, 2020
Hartford Stage has announced most of its 2020-21 season, including an acclaimed Chicago-based production of "Frankenstein," a new play by Martin Zimmerman, a Pearl Cleage feminist comedy and…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 03:07PMMonday, March 23, 2020
A "porch musical" livened up an isolated Sunday night in Hartford's West End neighborhood.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 06:19PMFriday, March 20, 2020
When the managing director of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas learned that Smilow Cancer Hospital needed masks, she put out a call for helps, and got overnight results.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 01:00PMHartford Stage has eliminated eight staff positions and furloughed dozens of employees due to the need to cancel shows and other events during the coronavirus crisis.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 12:52PMThursday, March 19, 2020
"Every Brilliant Thing," a play about clinical depression and expressions of hope during troubled times, had its run cut short at TheaterWorks due to coronavirus precautions but was speaking…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 01:41PMMonday, March 16, 2020
One of the only plays being performed in the state last weekend, "Always a Bridesmaid" at Seven Angels Theatre, couldn't help but seem out of synch with the times.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 03:53PMFriday, March 13, 2020
A listing of theater cancellations throughout Connecticut.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 04:37PMThursday, March 12, 2020
Hartford Stage has canceled the remaining performances of "Jane Eyre" and the entire run of its next show, "The King's Speech," due to coronavirus concerns.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 03:32PMBesides taking special cleanliness precautions based on CDC guidelines, TheaterWorks is shrinking the audience size for each performance of its current production, "Every Brilliant Thing."
Linked From Hartford Courant at 11:41AM"The Chinese Lady" by Lloyd Suh is about the first Chinese immigrant to the United States, a young woman brought to be displayed as a curiosity. The play is at the Long Wharf Theatre March 1…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, March 11, 2020
The Long Wharf Theatre has announced its 2020-21 season, which brings it major changes to how (and where) the theater will produce its shows.
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