Sunday, December 8, 2024
"MJ the Musical," at The Bushnell in Hartford from Dec. 10-15, offers live renditions of Michael Jackson's lifetime of hit songs.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, December 7, 2024
The Ivoryton Playhouse will start its 2025 season with "Hank Williams: Lost Highway," followed by "Tea at Five," about Katharine Hepburn, as well as four other plays.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for Dec. 8-14 include Big Time Rush on Ice, Macaulay Culkin screening "Home Alone," R&B legend Babyface and hot jazz combo Squirrel Nut Zippers.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, December 6, 2024
A star-studded cast including Tony Shalhoub, David Strathairn and Jill Eikenberry will perform in a reading of Elizabeth Diggs' play at the Mark Twain House & Museum in January.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:40AMWednesday, December 4, 2024
The Legacy Theatre in Branford has announced its 2025 season, which includes a drama, a comedy, a musical, a song revue and the return of the Sunday Broadway series.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:03AMTuesday, December 3, 2024
"'Twas the Night Before...," Cirque du Soleil's first Christmas-themed show, looks different than a lot of the company's other tours but has its own colorful chaotic style.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:28AMMonday, December 2, 2024
Joey Batts' annual series of Hip Hop for the Homeless benefit concerts has hit another plateau, with 10 events happening in Connecticut and Massachusetts between Dec. 5 and 21.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, December 1, 2024
Whitney White returns to New Haven to star in her distinctive take on a Shakespeare classic, "Macbeth in Stride," at the Yale Repertory Theatre Dec. 5-14.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThere are plenty of "Nutcracker" ballets happening around the state, but there are also several dance events on the weekend of Dec. 5-8 that are spreading holiday cheer.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, November 30, 2024
This year there's a wide range of Scrooges from immersive shows to musicals with songs by the composer of “The Little Mermaid” to one starring an actor from “Cheers.”
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for Dec. 1-7 include stand-up comedy from Taylor Tomlinson and Tony Rock and live shows from the podcasts "Stiff Socks" and "Giggly Squad."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, November 29, 2024
West Hartford's April May Webb, who is in the local jazz duo S.O.A.R., was recently named the winner of the Sarah Vaughan International Vocal Competition in New Jersey.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, November 24, 2024
"Christmas on the Rocks" returns to TheaterWorks Hartford Nov. 29 through Dec. 22 with a familiar cast but without one long-familiar scene.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM“Twas the Night Before…,” a holiday-themed Cirque du Soleil spectacular that has never played in Connecticut, is coming to the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford Nov. 29 through Dec. 8.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, November 23, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 24-30 include legendary local acts like Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez, Max Creek and the participants in Dean Falcone's annual Vomitorium show.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, November 22, 2024
The main villain of the piece Simba’s uncle "Scar" is a superior bad guy: pensive & brooding rather than angry or shill. PETER HARGRAVE brings gravity to the show, contrasting with all tho…
SOURCE: www.yahoo.com at 11:36AMTuesday, November 19, 2024
What "The Lion King" looks like is well known almost three decades after its premiere, but what’s remarkable is how fresh it still looks at The Bushnell through Dec. 1.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, November 18, 2024
The Goodspeed's current version of the holiday musical, running through Dec. 29, falls short of the silliness and comic exaggeration of the original story.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, November 17, 2024
Bell Biv Devoe's Michael Bivens is sharing the love for Connecticut, his second home, before his legendary R&B group performs at Foxwoods on Nov. 23.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMichael Wilson is back after remounting his long-running and much-beloved Hartford Stage production of "A Christmas Carol" last year.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, November 16, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 17-23 include music shows ranging from New Haven hip-hop stalwart Ceschi, power pop legends The Smithereens and jam/rock act Dave Matthews Band.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, November 13, 2024
Little Theatre of Manchester is offering a concert version of "The Rocky Horror Show" played simultaneously by voiced and deaf/hard of hearing actors.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, November 12, 2024
Tony Todd, the recognizable voice of horror and supervillain characters, was raised in Hartford and performed at local theaters well into his 20s.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, November 10, 2024
The 83-yard old, whose music career started as teen, is showing no signs of stopping as he prepares to perform at the Warner Theatre on Nov. 13.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe North American tour of "The Lion King" returns to The Bushnell for a 2 1/2-week run starting Nov. 13. The show was last in Hartford in 2018.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, November 9, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 10-16 include rappers, folk punk acts, pop legends, Christmas shows from Pentatonix and the Ivoryton Playhouse and more.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:32AMA new history of the Yale Repertory Theatre, "The Play's the Thing" by James Magruder, covers the first half-century of the groundbreaking regional theater.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, November 4, 2024
Revered Black filmmakers Charles Burnett and Shaka King will visit Wesleyan for the "Black Voices and Visionaries" seminar.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, November 3, 2024
Griffin Dunne, whose family is filled with famous writers, will discuss his memoir "The Friday Afternoon Club, A Family Memoir" Nov. 7 at the Mark Twain House & Museum.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMPatti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye is "Celebrating 60 Years of Rock & Roll & Literature" with a solo show Nov. 8 at Small Batch Cellars in North Haven.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, November 2, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 3-9 include holiday shows, theater featuring "A Bronx Tale” and “Of Government" and some pop and arena rock impersonators.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM 
