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Dorrance Dance/New York, the troupe founded by accomplished tap dancer Michelle Dorrance in 2011, taps into a whole new consciousness of tap. The company performs some of its signature works…
You can see Kathleen Madigan's latest comedy special, "Madigan Again," on Netflix. You can see Madigan again as a regular panelist on "The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore" on Comedy Central.
The show that led to the creation of Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury was a December 1989 production of the wacky Catholic comedy "Nunsense."
The Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival is well remembered in Hartford for its 2013 edition, when headliner Dave Chappelle walked offstage mid-set.
A lot of performers get called unpredictable, but just take a gander at John Leguizamo's resume:
Baltimore native Mike E. Winfield has told jokes on Letterman, Arsenio, Comedy Central, BET and Fuse, plus he had a memorable scene as an outspoken warehouse worker on "The Office."
Donald Margulies, the Pulitzer-winning playwright ("Dinner With Friends") who lives in New Haven and teaches at Yale, is receiving acclaim for his sensitive portrayal of writers in the film …
Eddie Izzard, the comedian, actor, activist and marathon runner whose TV and movie credits include "Ocean's Twelve," "Across the Universe," "Hannibal," "The Riches" and "Powers," has been to…
Comedian Annie Lederman has lit up cable TV, from regular appearances on "Chelsea Lately" and "Girl Code" to the pilot for her own E! talk show.
The Little Theatre of Manchester does a summertime production of Neil Simon's snowy, February-set New York walk-up apartment newlywed comedy "Barefoot in the Park."
"How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green!," says Gonzalo, in "The Tempest."
"Man of La Mancha" has noble Connecticut roots. The musical, based on Dale Wasserman's adaptation of Cervantes' "Don Quixote," with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion, premiered a…
The Shakespeare Academy at Stratford, which rehearses and performs on the grounds of the old American Shakespeare Festival Theatre site at 1850 Elm St., Stratford, is presenting its second t…
Mo'Nique is a Grammy-winning comedian who has also been a sitcom star ("The Parkers"). She has written both a memoir and a cookbook. She has hosted talk shows both on radio and TV and create…
Why is Connecticut so circus-savvy? Well, there's the legacy of Bridgeport icon P.T. Barnum and his "Greatest Show on Earth" bombast. Traditional three-ring circuses continue to visit the st…
Just weeks after the national tour of "Kinky Boots" played the Bushnell, here's the other gay-tolerance musical with book by Harvey Fierstein based on a European comedy. "La Cage Aux Folles,…
From his early stand-up career to his iconic sitcom "Seinfeld" and his latest success, the web series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," Jerry Seinfeld has gained the lasting respect of his…
ArtFarm has been presenting family-friendly outdoor Shakespeare in the Grove shows for a decade now. This year, the arts collective offers a "circus-infused version" of "A Midsummer Night's …
The small theater hit "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti" was adapted by Hartford playwright Jacques LaMarre from the memoir by Giulia Melucci about how large a role food can play in stimula…
The "site-responsive, immersive" theater piece "Tomorrow the World" is based on Aldous Huxley's futuristic classic "Brave New World."
How kinky is "Kinky Boots"? Not as kinky as you may think. For for all its talk of how sexy footwear can be (including a passionate discourse on the allure of bright red, and a song called "…
The Yale Institute for Music Theater was founded in 2009 specifically to give a leg up to young composers, lyricists and book writers who were fresh out of graduate programs and needed a sup…
The Yale Institute for Music Theater was founded in 2009 specifically to give a leg up to young composers, lyricists and book writers who were fresh out of graduate programs and needed a sup…
The Yale Center for British Art is known for its collection of paintings by J.M.W. Turner. Several are now on view at the Yale University Art Gallery while the YCBA is undergoing renovations…
It's common to say that ensemble theater projects "grow organically" out of shared tastes and concerns for the subject matter. "Cry You One" takes that organic ideal to an extreme. The proje…
