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"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" spreads its melodic wordy mirth at Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury through Feb. 5.
John Guszkowski of Pomfret is scheduled to compete on "Jeopardy!" Thursday night. He's the third Connecticut resident to compete on the show in the past two weeks.
Christine Quintana's drama about two women concealing some personal dilemmas, "Espejos: Clean," is a bilingual, multi-media visual feast with emotional underpinnings at Hartford Stage throug…
A new documentary. "Holding Space for Each Other: New London's LGBTQ+ Community," highlights the small riverfront city where the LGBTQ community has had a visible presence for over 60 years.…
The three drag queens from Connecticut competing on "RuPaul's Drag Race" this season spoke to the Courant about the local drag scene, how they ended up on the show and what the future may b…
Connecticut is known for sending shows to Broadway and beyond. Many of them eventually return to the state. Four shows at various theaters around the state in the next few weeks had their wo…
The Broadway hit "Six" fits beautifully into the concert hall atmosphere of The Bushnell. The show, a modern look at the six wives of Henry VIII, is in Hartford through Sunday.
The literally underground anything-goes theater space run by graduate students at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale is opening its spring season with "Hot and Cold Showers: An Evening…
The national tour of the Broadway hit "Six," a brash modern take on the six wives of Henry VIII, is at The Bushnell Jan. 17-22.
Hartford Public Library's Baby Grand Jazz series has been relocated to Center Church. Its first concert was abruptly postponed, but the series continues following the extensive flooding of t…
The three Connecticut contestants on the 15th season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" distinguished themselves in the first two episodes: One for safely and elegantly passing on "safely" to the next …
"Espejo: Clean," at Hartford Stage Jan. 12 through Feb. 5, is presented in both English and Spanish. The play concerns two women who meet at a resort hotel in Cancun where one of them works.
For its first show since leaving its longtime home on Sargent Drive in New Haven, the Long Wharf Theatre is presenting a multi-week run of "Live From the Edge" by the company UNIVERSES at th…
Connecticut-based drag performers Amethyst, Loosey LaDuca and Robin Fierce are all contestants on the new season of "RuPaul's Drag Race," premiering Friday at 8 p.m. on MTV.
Intriguing arts trends of 2023 include Japanese anime soundtracks performed live by orchestras and rock bands, a spate of classic murder mysteries and major acts like Bruce Springsteen retur…
The Courant's arts picks for the first week of 2023 includes Blue Man Group, Disney on Ice, a live tribute to emo/punk sounds of the '90s at the Webster Theatre and such dynamic local musici…
Local train museums are having their last excursions of the year, and some won't start up again until spring. Events include a 20th Century Limited-themed excursion and screening of "North b…
Lisa Lampanelli brings her full-cast cabaret theater show "Big Fat Failure," full of songs and stories about ignoble experiences, to West Hartford Dec. 30 as a benefit for Playhouse on Park.
The year in theater brought everything from rampaging "Straight White Men" to a stand-up soliloquoy with a live tabla soundtrack to a clown walking upside down. These are the most memorable …
Rap pioneer Kurtis Blow discusses his decade of hosting "The Hip Hop Nutcracker," which has two shows in Connecticut before year's end: Dec. 30 at the Shubert Theater in New Haven and Dec. 3…
The hit musical "Come From Away," about connections made in a small Newfoundand town when airplanes are diverted there on 9/11, returns to The Bushnell Tuesday through Saturday with much of …
The Courant's arts picks for Dec. 18-24 include a Fairfield tribute to the historic New York rock club CBGB, a benefit at Seven Angels Theater for the Colorado LGBTQ club shooting and severa…
Cirque du Soleil's "Corteo" transforms the XL Center into an extravagant, acrobatic, invigorating art installation through Sunday.
"The Nutcracker Suite & Spicy" returns to the Wadsworth Atheneum for the hip holiday show's first full-length live performances since 2019. Digital video excerpts of the show can also be…
The world premiere musical "Christmas in Connecticut," at the Goodspeed Opera House through Dec. 30, rethinks the classic Barbara Stanwyck movie to make it more relevant for modern times, th…
