Tuesday, December 9, 2025
The annual holiday treat returns to TheaterWorks Hartford with a couple of big changes but lots of comical confidence.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:00AMMonday, December 8, 2025
Connecticut connections include shows at the Goodspeed, Yale Rep and Long Wharf, as well as actors, musicians and producers educated at Yale and Wesleyan.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:28PMThe loose and energetic production of the Christmas musical based on the 1954 movie raises holiday spirits at the Goodspeed Opera House.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:30AMSunday, December 7, 2025
Amanda Robles, who grew up in Orange and started doing theater when she was at Amity High School, plays the female lead in the first national tour of the Broadway revival.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:25PMJustice Dance Performance Project returns to Hartford Stage for the first time since 2019 to perform a new piece that uses books as a metaphor for current social issues.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMSaturday, December 6, 2025
Currents, who recently took its tour international, returns to Connecticut for a Oakdale Dome show with four other bands on Dec. 13.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for Nov. 7-13 include '60s-styled British pop, '90s indie rockers, alt-country acts and a slew of holiday performances.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, December 4, 2025
The new EP of holiday songs includes an array of local R&B, pop, jazz and hip-hop artists including Zaccai Curtis, Doobie Powell and a Connecticut mayor.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:45AMWednesday, December 3, 2025
There is widespread new interest in both old strips, created by a longtime Connective resident who died in 1982, and new efforts by other cartoonists.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, December 1, 2025
The upcoming season features a number of shows in line with the U.S. Semiquincentennial, including "1776" and "A Piece of My Heart."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMSunday, November 30, 2025
The dramatic truth is that there is no difference between "theater" and "theatre," Connecticut has just added to both the clarification and the confusion.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMProductions of holiday classic are happening throughout the state, including a ballet backed by a live orchestra for the first time in over 15 years.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, November 29, 2025
The Manchester CT Jazz Festival features eight acts over two days ranging from high school ensembles to New York talent.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMThe Courant's arts picks for Nov. 30 through Dec. 6 also include comedy from Steve Martin, Martin Short, Jess Hilarious, Dave Attell and Pete Davidson.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, November 23, 2025
The exhibit covers the British/Guyanan artist's career from his painted photographs to detailed model houses to brightly adorned boats and melted plastic sculptures.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMThe annual holiday show gets another facelift: Two scenes have been removed, two others have been rewritten and restored plus there's a brand new actor in the cast.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMHenrik Ibsen's classic will be director's swan song as he prepares to step down as artistic director of the Yale Repertory Theatre and dean of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMSaturday, November 22, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Thanksgiving week includes Christmas shows, musical gatherings and nostalgic acts.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, 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 06:00AM 
