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Carolyn Kuan announced that she will conclude her time as music director of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra in 2027. She has been in the position since 2011.
Is there anything as dependable as the slasher movie formula? It waxes, wanes and winks its way through cultural cycles, but it is enduring; malleable yet sturdy, high or lowbrow (usually lo…
Take note: if you have any anxiety about flying, James Madigan's "Fight or Flight" will not be for you. But if a cheap and cheerful one-setting action thriller a la "Bullet Train" featuring …
Things have been good for Josh Hartnett these past few years. The Y2K era teen star has established a fun new groove for himself, working in genre pictures like this week's bonkers actioner …
Several major Connecticut theaters were abruptly informed on Friday night that National Endowment for the Arts grants, which had already been awarded, were rescinded.
Minnesotans will get the first chance to see how fast-rising pop star Benson Boone cuts it as an arena headliner. Fresh off his debut performance on "SNL" this past weekend, the "Beautiful T…
By MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) " Jeffrey Seller, the Broadway producer behind such landmark hits as "Rent," "Avenue Q" and "Hamilton," didn't initially write a memoir for us. He wrote it for …
In the first episode of the Apple TV+ show "The Studio," Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese sells his script to the fictional Continental Studios, only to be told later by a studio chief…
Everett and another winner were fellows of the NEA, which is cutting back funding.
Mara Vélez Meléndez's "Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members" provides final big blast in what has been the strongest Yale Rep season in years.
It didn't begin a long time ago or in a galaxy far far away, but every May 4 it feels like images, memes and promotional deals involving "Star Wars" have an inescapable gravity. May 4 " or M…
The annual festival offers full-scale productions by graduating playwrights from the David Geffen School of Drama directed and designed by fellow students.
There's a Connecticut book club for every taste. Whether you read Shakespeare or Stephen King, there are groups where you can discuss your favorite authors or subjects.
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) " The popular whodunit series "Poker Face" starring Natasha Lyonne returning for its second season and Steven Soderbergh's sleek and lean spy thriller "…
By FRANCESCA PRIMAVILLA and TRISHA THOMAS ROME (AP) " Behind a rusty gate near Rome's Circus Maximus is a building passed daily by hordes of tourists. They're oblivious to the fact that behi…
By LINDSEY BAHR "How to Train Your Dragon" filmmaker Dean DeBlois has heard the "remake fatigue" concerns. In Hollywood's quest to get family audiences to movie theaters, the industry has of…
The Courant's arts picks for May 4-10 include Alice in Chains, the bicycle acrobats 360 Allstars, a circus on New Haven Green, Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds and more.
A musical comedy inspired by Luigi Mangione is set to debut next month in California.
The "Battle to Survive a Broken Heart" is set to be auctioned off May 21.
Before the word "adult" attached to any form of media " books, movies, websites " became a synonym for "pornographic," it meant a sort of entertainment that was made for people who had exper…
By DEEPTI HAJELA NEW YORK (AP) " Growing up on the south side of Chicago, the Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley was given the message early on: What one wore as a Black man mattered. Wesley's past…
The 2025 Tony Award nominees were announced Thursday and included dozens of theater artists with Connecticut connections.
By ANJUM NAVEED RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) " Trucks thunder along Pakistan's dusty highways and through bustling city streets, like rolling canvases ablaze with color and poetry, transforming…
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 26, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, power…
Sometimes, when a movie is set in a beautiful, far-off location, it's for a reason intrinsic to the plot. And sometimes, when a movie is set in a beautiful, far-off location, it seems like i…
