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A new production of Kate Hamill's stage version of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" is comedy, but it is seldom played as brassily as at Hartford Stage.
Connecticut has known for years what a pleasant place Mystic is at Christmas time. Now the rest of the world will get a glimpse as "Mystic Christmas" premiers Saturday on the Hallmark Channe…
"Private Jones," a new musical by Marshall Pailet about a deaf WWI sniper, is getting a workshop production at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theatre through Nov. 5.
"Article 92," a new movie that combines science fiction with a military-based moral dilemma, has been shooting on location in Bristol, Woodbury, Watertown, Prospect, Windsor Locks and elsewh…
Hartford Symphony Orchestra welcomed this season's artist-in-residence, violinist Melissa White, with an uplifting performance of Florence Price's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major.
Sparks flew as Sea Tea Improv presented "R Rated Twain," a selection of the author's racy and salacious writings, at The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford.
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 22-28 include Mudhoney and Pilobolus in New Haven, a paranormal convention at Mohegan Sun, Kevin Nealon being funny in Bridgeport and some Rocky Horror scre…
Global superstar Bad Bunny is returning to the stage in 2024 with his North America "Most Wanted Tour" that includes a stop at Hartford's XL Center on April 20, 2024.
Julianne Hough and numerous familiar faces from the long-running TV competition "Dancing with the Stars" are part of the show's latest live tour coming to Mohegan Sun Arena in January.
Sanaz Toossi's very funny and also very trenchant social drama "Wish You Were Here" is at the Yale Repertory Theatre through Oct. 28.
You've heard of three-ring circuses, but how about two entire separate Cirque du Soleil shows coming to two different Connecticut cities in the same month? Internationally renowned Canada-ba…
"Lizzie," a rock musical about the Lizzie Borden slayings, opened the TheaterWorks Hartford's season with bang that needed to be louder, angrier and bloodier.
Kids shows from "Jurassic World Live" to singer/songwriter Laurie Berkner to "Bluey's Big Play" will be in Connecticut over the next few weeks.
Mark Lamos, who was artistic director at Westport Country Playhouse for 15 years, announced his retirement earlier this year when the Board of Trustees drastically changed the programming mo…
The Courant's arts picks for Oct, 15-21 include 2023 Best New Artist Samara Joy, bandage-clad Here Come the Mummies, Les Claypool's Frog Brigade and new Hartford Symphony artist-in-residence…
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra has extended the contract of its current music director Carolyn Kuan for three more years.
The Goodspeed Opera House will be staging the musicals "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," "South Pacific," "Maggie" and "A Christmas Story" for its 2024 season, beginning in April.
Kyle Bass' drama, "Possessing Harriet," at HartBeat Ensemble is a thought-provoking and highly entertaining play about what it was like to escape slavery in New York.
UConn's Connecticut Repertory Theatre opens its season with an appealing coming-of-age saga by British playwright Tatty Hennessey, starring Téa Guarino as a 15-year-old girl traversing the …
Kate Hamill's comical, yet thoughtful, adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" opens Hartford Stage's 60th anniversary season Oct, 12 through Nov. 5.
Big dance events coming to Connecticut this fall include Tandy Beal's dance/music/circus show "Joy!" at Trinity College, David Dorfman Dance and Derek Hough.
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 8-14 include Lauryn Hill at Mohegan Sun, Thrice at The Webster, local musicians at the Glastonbury Apple Festival and 200th anniversary activities at Trinit…
A new date for the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band show at Mohegan Sun Arena has been announced for April 12, 2024, following postponements in March and September.
"Mrs. Doubtfire the Musical," at The Bushnell through Sunday, is a non-stop rush of jokes, songs, dances and a heartwarming message about family.
Playhouse on Park's third Jane Austen-inspired show, "The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged," is literary fun that won't offend the sensibilities of her fans.
