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Capital Classics, the bard-loving local theater troupe which produces the annual Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival shows at the University of St. Joseph, has dealt with the necessary can…
New Haven's progressive, community-oriented Artspace has had to postpone aspects of its multi-media exploration of the Black Panther trials that took place in the city 50 years ago. The "Rev…
Two shows on The Bushnell's fall schedule have been affected by ongoing coronavirus concerns. The multi-week September run of "Wicked" has been canceled and "Hadestown"'s October dates will …
Shelley Quiala is the new executive director of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. She joins the 25-year-old festival after 17 years with the Ordway Center for the Performing A…
Larry Kramer, who died Wednesday, was remarkable for how his plays and novels, meant to be outspoken and controversial for the times in which they were written, hold up beautifully today.
Connecticut theaters, dancers, DJs, drag artists and more go online with virtual performances.
TheaterWorks Hartford's 2020-21 season will include two postponed shows from the current season ("Fun Home" and "The Who & the What"), plus "The Sound Inside," "Zoey's Perfect Wedding" a…
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas has announced key events in its Democracy-themed Ideas series. The festival will be largely online this year, running from late May through the…
It's hard to be seen as a shelter, a sanctuary, or a temple of knowledge when your doors are closed. But Hartford Public Library, its buildings shut since March 13, has taken to the air and …
Three major Connecticut summer arts festivals planning to go ahead this summer: two by going online, and one through innovative socially distanced programming.
A May 6 auction in Westport displays historical treasures ranging from signed Bob Dylan lyrics to a stock certificate owned by Mark Twain and Jack Kerouac's pajama bottoms.
Connecticut theaters, dancers, DJs, drag artists and more go online with virtual performances.
Connecticut theaters, dancers, DJs, drag artists and more go online with virtual performances.
Hartford Stage has been able to keep "Ah, Wilderness!" and "The History of Comedy (Abridged)" on the schedule by postponing them until October. The theater's 2020-21 season will now start in…
Connecticut club DJs have taken their turntables and controllers online, spinning sets through Facebook, Twitch and other platforms for a fervent crowd of stuck-indoor dancers.
Dozens of community theater artists from throughout Connecticut are taking part in the Virtual One Act Festival April 18. The festival includes eight plays, and will be available online foll…
Drag artists, with performance venues closed and their loyal audiences scattered, have turned their homes into stages, channeled their bravado through their Facebook pages, and are keeping s…
Hartford Stage, TheaterWorks and Playhouse on Park each has announced a series of virtual events to engage both employees and patrons while fostering a sense of community and hope for the fu…
Connecticut comedy has gone online, largely via Facebook Live and Zoom, during the coronavirus crisis.
The Bushnell has announced a 2020-2021 that features multi-week bookings of two blockbusters, "Hamilton" and "Wicked," plus the recent Broadway offerings "Hadestown," "Mean Girls," "Pretty W…
Many of the canceled or postponed theater shows that were set for Connecticut this month are based on books, people or things that can be accessed elsewhere. Keep your theatergoing spirits u…
Hartford Stage has announced most of its 2020-21 season, including an acclaimed Chicago-based production of "Frankenstein," a new play by Martin Zimmerman, a Pearl Cleage feminist comedy and…
A "porch musical" livened up an isolated Sunday night in Hartford's West End neighborhood.
When the managing director of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas learned that Smilow Cancer Hospital needed masks, she put out a call for helps, and got overnight results.
Hartford Stage has eliminated eight staff positions and furloughed dozens of employees due to the need to cancel shows and other events during the coronavirus crisis.
