Friday, June 2, 2023
The Wadsworth's latest MATRIX gallery installment features Lisa Alvarado, who has been combining music with her art for over a decade.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:57AMThursday, June 1, 2023
From the opening moments of "Ain't Too Proud" to the smashing rendition of “The Way You Do the Thing You Do,” the theatrical tribute to The Temptations is in constant motion.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:05PMTuesday, May 30, 2023
Rap star and food show host Action Bronson will be in New Haven July 20 for a concert at College Street Music Hall.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:21PMRocker/rapper Machine Gun Kelly is at Mohegan Sun on Sept. 7, the first time he's played there since his hit album "Mainstream Sellout" was released.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:15AMThe new exhibit, "I Am Seen... Therefore I Am: Isaac Julien and Frederick Douglass," at the Wadsworth Atheneum features a film installation and is co-curated by Harvard historians Henry Loui…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, May 29, 2023
Jacqueline Bircher's new play, “Webster’s Bitch,” questions the power of words. It premiers at West Hartford’s Playhouse on Park May 31 through June 18.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, May 28, 2023
Broadway musical "Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations," which chronicles the legendary band's career, is at The Bushnell May 30 through June 4.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMYou wouldn’t visit an art gallery in your pajamas, but you might be tempted to when you see some on display in the “Relax! Leisure and Style” exhibit at the Wadsworth.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, May 27, 2023
Time to get smart with your art as this week's picks include music from Billy Porter to Indigo Girls to Mamaglia and Mighty Soul Drivers.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, May 22, 2023
The public visiting hours for "The Life and Legacy of Caroll Spinney" exhibit at Bracken Memorial Library in Woodstock were listed incorrectly in Sunday's Arts and Living Section.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:51PMSunday, May 21, 2023
The life and legacy of Caroll Spinney, who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on "Sesame Street" for 46 years, is the subject of a gallery show in Woodstock.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, May 20, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for May 21-27 features a wide range of shows including a femme punk band, a drag queen and a play about professional wrestling.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, May 18, 2023
Ralph Lee, an internationally acclaimed puppeteer who is the subject of a current exhibit at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut, died this week at …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:28PMSunday, May 14, 2023
Connecticut Ballet has revived its version of the comic ballet "Coppélia," which it has been doing on and off for 35 years. It is at The Bushnell's Belding Theater on May 20 and 21.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMJenn Thompson's production of "Gypsy," at the Goodspeed Opera House through June 25, has been given a deft modern makeover that returns it to its roots.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, May 13, 2023
This week's Courant's arts picks include an Audra McDonald fundraiser, a Temptations/Four Tops double bill, "RuPaul's Drag Race" queen Robin Fierce and musicals based on "The Secret Garden" …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, May 12, 2023
Mark Lamos will leave Westport Country Playhouse, where he has been artistic director for 15 seasons, in January. He has been a major force in Connecticut theater since the 1980s.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:06PMWednesday, May 10, 2023
Comedian, author and TV host Chelsea Handler still loves getting out in front of people. She brings her latest standup tour, "Little Big Bitch," to the Oakdale Theatre Sunday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:41AMTuesday, May 9, 2023
Christina Anderson's tale of Black community activism and related issues of family and the workplace has trouble connecting all the threads into a workable drama.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, May 7, 2023
The town of Roxbury wants to add Arthur Miller’s writing studio to the list of places where famous writers honed their crafts in Connecticut. Supporters of the playwright’s legacy are ra…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, May 6, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for May 7-13 range from nostalgic acts like Kool & The Gang, a '90s rewind with Vanilla Ice, comedy from Kevin Hart and a festival of local bands in New Haven.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, May 5, 2023
Jessica Dickey's funny and philosophical play "The Rembrandt," at TheaterWorks Hartford through May 14, is given not just a carefully balanced production but is augmented by its artful sceni…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMWednesday, May 3, 2023
Renowned filmmaker Spike Lee is delivering this year’s Mary and Louis Fusco Distinguished Lecture at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven on Saturday at 7 p.m. The event, to …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:29PMSunday, April 30, 2023
Four artworks that are assuredly not by Rembrandt but were once believed to be are on exhibit through July 23 at the Wadsworth Atheneum.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, April 29, 2023
The 2023-24 Waterbury Palace Broadway season will include “Pretty Woman the Musical," “Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird," “On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan," …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, April 27, 2023
The annual Meriden Daffodil Festival, this weekend at Hubbard Park, features three stages of live Connecticut music acts.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AMBeloved actor Mandy Patinkin talks with the Courant about his decades-long singing career, an upcoming Showtime series and the state of his beard before Saturday's show at the Garde Arts Cen…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, April 23, 2023
West Hartford’s Ballet Theatre Company has revived and revised its 2018 production of “Cinderella,” blending fantasy, beauty, comedy, drag, pageantry and Prokofiev’s sumptuous score …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMThe classic musical "Gypsy," about famous striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee and her pushy stage mother, is getting a fresh production at the Goodspeed Opera House. The director, Jenn Thompson…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, April 22, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for April 23-29 include John Fogerty at Mohegan Sun, a Connecticut Audubon bird event at Infinity Hall Hartford and a new play about racial injustice at the Yale Rep…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM 
