HartBeat Ensemble, the Hartford theater dedicated to social justice and anti-racism, is staging "Bee Trapped Inside the Window," a play about modern slavery, this month at its Carriage House…
Tarell Alvin McCraney's "Choir Boy" gets a new production at the Yale Rep, where McCraney heads the Geffen School of Drama's playwriting program. The play, set in a prestigious African-Ameri…
The top 12 theater shows for a renewed spring arts season include the return of "Hamilton," a local production of "Rent," several sociopolitical dramas and some outrageous comedy.
Backyard Theater Ensemble is performing Caryl Churchill's cloning conundrum "A Number" at Hole in the Wall Theater in New Britain through April 9.
Goodspeed has announced a new musical based on the classic holiday movie, "Christmas in Connecticut." It will play at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam from Nov. 18 through Dec. 30.
Arte Popular, a new collective of Hartford artisans who have immigrated from Spanish-speaking countries, held its first event Monday at the Park Street Library at the Lyric to promote local …
A new statue honoring women's suffrage and titled "The Art of Perseverance" by Canton-based artist Marilyn Parkinson Thrall was unveiled March 29. This strong, unyielding female figure no…
The "Punk is Coming" exhibit at MoCA Westport is an amazing explosion of work that concentrates on the early years of punk. The show runs through June 5.
Courant arts picks for April 3-9 include Diana Krall, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and indie rock exemplars Spoon.
A prank with higher pretensions, the American Museum of the Free Publication Distribution Box draws attention to derelict newspaper vending boxes on Hartford streets. A project by local come…
The Trinity International Hip Hop Festival returns March 31 through April 3 with dozens of live musicians, rappers, dancers, graffiti artists, speakers, historians and filmmakers. The festiv…
The national tour of "Dear Evan Hansen" provides all the gravitas, angst and lilting melodies that first drew audiences to this downbeat Broadway hit five years ago. The show is at The Bushn…
Mike Miller, who helped boost community spirits in Hartford when he worked with Billing Forge, now lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he's using those same skills to promote the peo…
Best Actor Oscar winner Troy Kotsur began his acting career in the early 1990s with Connecticut's National Theatre of the Deaf.
The Hartt School turned 100 two years ago and is continuing to celebrate the milestone with talks and concerts that reflect current concerns about diversity, inclusion and social awareness.
Courant arts picks for March 27 through April 2 include the national tours of the musical "Dear Evan Hansen," the Christian pop stare TobyMac and the horror podcast "Last Podcast on the Left…
The national tour of the Broadway hit "Dear Evan Hansen" comes to The Bushnell two years after it was originally scheduled, delayed by the COVID shutdown. The musical, which was recently tur…
Goodspeed Musicals has been working with consultants on issues of racial equity and inclusion to increase diversity both in the workplace and on the stage.
Connecticut-born magician TJ Salta, an entrepreneurism major at Quinnipiac University, will be performing his magic act in a new Cirque du Soleil show, "Mad Apple," in Las Vegas starting in …
Real Art Ways offers a real service to local artists and arts-lovers, with four gallery spaces, a cinema and special live events including the monthly Creative Cocktail Hour.
Alex Segura will discuss his new novel "Secret Identity" March 29 in a virtual event held by the Mark Twain House and Museum,
Madison Lyric Stage offers musicals, operas and dramas for small audiences in a tent next to a historic house in Madison. The company's tenth summer season has just been announced.
Eliana Pipes' "Dream Hou$e" blends family drama and arch Absurdism for the story of two sisters selling their old family homestead via a reality TV show.
The Courant's arts picks for March 20-26 include Derby native Sammy Rae at Infinity Hall Hartford and a local benefit concert for Ukraine at Congregation Beth Israel.
Remembering William Hurt from his earliest days as an actor, by someone for whom he babysat.