This week's Courant arts picks features the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, pianist Jim Brickman, comedian Faizon Love, folk legends and holiday drag show.
Director Rob Ruggiero and one of the show's stars, Jen Cody, dish on the new changes to "Christmas on the Rocks," Nov. 29 through Dec. 24 at TheaterWorks Hartford.
The national tour of the Broadway musical version of the Baz Luhrmann film "Moulin Rouge" is at The Bushnell Nov. 21 through Dec. 3.
Hartford Stage has brought back Michael Wilson, the original director of its version of "A Christmas Carol," to refresh its magic. There's also a new Scrooge in town.
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 19-25 include Patti LaBelle, horror rockers Ice Nine Kills, a New Haven Symphony tribute and two annual Thanksgiving celebrations.
Oodles of Scrooges, a herd of cirques and several elves are on the way to Connecticut stages this holiday season.
Open Studio Hartford is holding its biggest in-person event since 2020, with 100 artists displaying work at five venues in Hartford and West Hartford.
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 12-18 include comedian Lewis Black, Dave Matthews Band, ABT dancers and a conversation with "The Sopranos."
"The Triple Moon Tour" featuring Alanis Morissette, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Morgan Wade will be at the Xfinity Theatre in Hartford on July 6, 2024.
The pop trio AJR will be at the XL Center in Hartford in 20024 as part of their just-announced "Maybe Man Tour."
A new exhibit at the Wadsworth, drawn from the museum's own collection, considers the conceptual art movement as it developed in the 1960s through today.
The '80s musical "Dreamgirls," about a '60s pop group and its struggles and sacrifices gaining mainstream success, is coming to the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 5-11 include indie rock great Ty Segall, TV's "Masters of Illusion" on tour and Broadway favorite "Come From Away."
Marshall Pailet's musical, "Private Jones," is fount of theatrical invention as it tells the story of a Welsh WWI sniper who happens to be deaf.
There are fresh changes in store for TheaterWorks Hartford's "Christmas on the Rocks."
The revived and refreshed Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will make two Connecticut stops in 2024.
New Kids on the Block's Magic Summer 2024 Tour will play the Xfinity Theater in Hartford on Aug. 2, 2024, with Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff.
Robert Brustein, who founded the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1966 and Harvard's American Repertory Theater, has died at the age of 96.
Longtime rocker John Mellencamp has extended his current tour and will play The Bushnell in Hartford on March 13, 2024. He last played there in 2016.
There are many elegant definitions of the live theater experience, including "the fabulous invalid," "the empty space" and "the seeing place." Here's another one, based on most of my theater…
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 29 through Nov. 4 includes the plays "Angels in America" and "To Kill a Mockingbird", a conversation with Jason Alexander as well as lively rock tributes.
Hartford Stage has a new cast and new surprises as its popular production of "A Christmas Carol" makes its returns from a three-year break starting Nov. 24.
Jennifer Haigh's novel "Mercy Street" was named the 2023 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award winner with a ceremony planned for Nov. 3 at The Mark Twain House and Museum.
New Haven's now-itinerant Long Wharf Theatre company will stage Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge" and Adil Mansoor's "Amm(i)gone" in the Spring of 2024.
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra and union representatives for the musicians announced the approval of a new four-year contract Wednesday.