Thursday, January 6, 2022
Seasoned stand-up comics, celebrity dancers from TV, accomplished musicians who give old songs a new spin, and two feminist icons (Pearl Cleage and Riane Eisler) are all on the list this wee…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:30PMSaturday, January 1, 2022
Magical moments recalled from a theater year that barely got going due to COVID but provided many strong memories nonetheless.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, December 30, 2021
The Wadsworth Atheneum is closing for the weekend of Dec. 31 through Jan. 2 due to staffing issues and COVID concerns. Several other art museums in the state will also be closed this weekend.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:57PMA spate of event cancellations has begun in the wake of the latest COVID surge.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:22AMThursday, December 23, 2021
The Actors Equity and SAG-AFTRA unions have extended the agreement they made allowing theaters to record or livestream performances during the pandemic. Offering online versions of current p…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:43AMThe Hartford performance of the four-stop CT Lyric Opera tour of "Die Fledermaus," Dec. 30 at The Bushnell, has a special appearance by dancers
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, December 21, 2021
Connecticut Repertory Theatre had to make changes in its fall semester productions due to COVID concerns. The theater will announce its spring shows in January.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:05PMMonday, December 20, 2021
The state of CT has launched its first winter tourism campaign in years, "The State I'm In," running now through the end of March.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:19PMSaturday, December 18, 2021
A reading of a new play-in-progress about Gwen Reed, the celebrated Hartford-based actor and literacy activist from the 1940s to 1960s, takes place at the Free Center on Dec. 20.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, December 16, 2021
"The Nutcracker Suite & Spicy" has filled a storefront on Trumbull Street with sets and screens, and is performing excerpts from the local holiday favorite Thursday through Sunday until …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:54PMConnecticut native Mic Nickels has released a new hip-hop album as well as a memoir about his time growing up in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:06PMWednesday, December 15, 2021
The Baby Grand Jazz series at Hartford Public Library has announced its 2022 line-up. The series runs from January through April and can be seen in-person or via livestream.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:12PMMonday, December 13, 2021
"Who's Holiday," having its Connecticut premiere at Music Theatre of Connecticut in Norwalk through Dec. 19, grew from a scene in TheaterWorks Hartford's "Christmas on the Rocks."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:38PMSea Tea Comedy Theater has resumed its annual “Improvised Christmas Carol,” in which the Dickens tale is infested with 20 or so helpful suggestions from the audience.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:13PMSunday, December 12, 2021
Local theaters are reconsidering their use of playbills, and the reasoning has little to do with COVID-19.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, December 9, 2021
"It's a Wonderful Life" is performed as if it were a live radio broadcast, in a charming holiday production at Hartford Stage through Dec. 26.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:26AMWednesday, December 8, 2021
Playhouse on Park christened its new scene shop on Anderson Street in West Hartford Tuesday night with a holiday party.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:35PMTheater review: The holiday hit "Christmas on the Rocks" is live onstage at TheaterWorks through Jan. 4.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:42PMThe Bennet sisters from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" find a fresh romantic adventure in "Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley," at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford through Dec. 23.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:24PMThursday, December 2, 2021
A new "Cirque Dreams Holidaze" tour, with a musical theater style and over a dozen circus acts, is at the Oakdale in Wallingford Dec. 10-11.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:41AMTuesday, November 30, 2021
New video displays outside The Bushnell are being used to showcase local artists.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, November 28, 2021
The movie bio "Pep," about legendary local boxer Willie Pep, filmed its final scenes Tuesday night at the Polish National Home of Hartford. The last scenes filmed were set in the 1960s offic…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, November 27, 2021
The Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim died in his Connecticut home Friday. Several of his shows had their very first performances in Connecticut, and the state's theaters have staged his work…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:36AMTuesday, November 23, 2021
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 28 through Dec. 4 include the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Mannheim Steamroller and the Hartford Symphony.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:00PMHartford Stage keeps its tradition of holiday shows alive with "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play," Nov. 26 through Dec. 26.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:17PMMonday, November 22, 2021
The Wadsworth has a new board president, Gerard Lupacchino.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:38PMHow has the theatergoing experience changed since the end of the COVID shutdown? There are plenty of new rules and customs, but people are following them.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, November 18, 2021
Two paintings by the 18th century Italian artist Rosalba Carriera have been loaned to the Wadsworth, where they have been reunited with the other two paintings in the same series, as part of…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:51PMThe Christmas shows are upon us. A eclectic list of 25 upcoming holiday theater shows, dances and concerts.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:55AMWednesday, November 17, 2021
Joey Batts' "Hip Hop for the Homeless" series will return in December, for seven concerts in seven Connecticut cities, with proceeds going directly to homeless shelters in those cities.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:52PMThe calm, contemplative musical of cross-cultural harmony "The Band's Visit" is at The Bushnell through Nov. 21. It's a rare sort of sweet, human-sized musical that rarely comes around.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:23PM 
