Tuesday, 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 06:00AMThe Danbury native, widely proclaimed the "darling of indie horror," has worked in the field for nearly 20 years.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, October 11, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 12-18 include several acts that advocate for mental health awareness, as well as early Halloween-themed bands and events.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Bushnell will be filled with multimedia, multi-sensory arts experiences during the third annual Immersive Art Fest overseen by the Hartford theater's digital arts team.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, October 10, 2025
The 2026 Goodspeed Opera House season includes two shows set in the 1930s, a Biblical rock opera and a world premiere.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:54AMWednesday, October 8, 2025
The audience will get to decide the fate of the person onstage in Donnetta Lavinia Grays' "Where We Stand," produced by HartBeat Ensemble at Trinity College's Austin Arts Center.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, October 5, 2025
When lead singer Pat DiNizio died in 2017, the band developed a rotation of guest vocalists, including John Cowsill who will be joining them for an Oct. 10 show at The Kate.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMPlaywright Jeffrey Hatcher has crafted a new version of Patrick Hamilton's 1929 thriller "Rope," which is making its world premiere at Hartford Stage from Oct. 10 through Nov. 2.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMSaturday, October 4, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 5-11 also include renown guitarists, a New York comedy troupe and the magical illusions.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, October 3, 2025
The SCSU instructor was up late studying Taylor Swift’s new album and how it might suit her curriculum for an upcoming class on interpersonal communications.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:57PMThe theater credits Jacob Padrón with expanding the theater’s reach to underserved audiences, increasing cultural diversity and spurring a increase in first-time attendees.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMThursday, October 2, 2025
The national tour of the Broadway musical romance based on the Nicholas Sparks novel opened The Bushnell's fall season with a little affection and warmth.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMWednesday, October 1, 2025
The latest Connecticut rendition of the rock 'n' roll musical at Playhouse on Park features performers well steeped in the songs and characters.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, September 30, 2025
The first show from new management team at Seven Angeles Theatre in Waterbury is a frantic musical farce with a corpse at the center of it.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, September 29, 2025
The 2025 rendition of the community-driven performance that marks the change of seasons will take place on Oct. 4 and will also feature food trucks, info booths and activities.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:55AMSunday, September 28, 2025
This year's Mystic Film Festival, held at three locations in New London County and one in Rhode Island, features several films with Connecticut themes as well as distinctive national feature…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe fall theater season in Connecticut gets off to a grand start with openings at The Bushnell, TheaterWorks Hartford, Yale Repertory Theatre and Goodspeed's Terris Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, September 27, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Sept. 28 through Oct. 4 include a WIllimantic-based rock band, country crooners Keith Urban and Tyler Hubbard and a New Haven comedian.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, September 24, 2025
The 50th anniversary production of "A Chorus Line" is well cast and understands what made the original work so well in the first place.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:45AMTuesday, September 23, 2025
Hayes Carll, who has earned comparisons to everyone from Townes Van Zandt to Randy Newman for his blend of philosophy and humor, is at Hamden's Space Ballroom on Wednesday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:45AMMonday, September 22, 2025
Tickets for the Foo Fighters’ surprise show on Tuesday at Toad's Place in New Haven are $30 with strict provisions.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:37PMSunday, September 21, 2025
William Blake's art, which can make cosmic and supernatural subjects seem tender and accessible, is displayed in the new exhibit "Burning Bright" at the Yale Center for British Art through N…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMArtist Diane DiMassa will be discussing her work and signing copies of the new book on Sept. 25 at 6:30 p.m. at Real Art Ways in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM 
