Monday, October 19, 2020
Local hardcore hero Jay Reason has opened his own record store in downtown Milford. Static Era Records carries an array of intriguing vinyl albums, including releases from Reason's own recor…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, October 16, 2020
"Russian Troll Farm" is a harrowing "workplace comedy" based on the real-life activities of those who used social media to try to disrupt the 2016 election. The play by Sarah Gancher, direct…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:34PMThursday, October 8, 2020
The theater season has begun, largely online, but with great variety. October brings political shows, the classic play "The Gin Game," a Judy Garland tribute and more.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:35PMWednesday, October 7, 2020
The state is allowing music venues to reopen Oct. 8 but few are able to without some clarification of the new regulations.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:43PMFriday, October 2, 2020
Rather than go dark in just its second year, Hartford Fringe Festival has gone virtual during the COVID crisis, with dozens of online offerings. Most of them are theatrical but there are als…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, September 30, 2020
HartBeat Ensemble has announced an online fall season of political theater, interviews with women musicians, a radio series based on Mohegan tribal tales, an immigration game show and more. …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:48AMMonday, September 28, 2020
Several Connecticut theaters (including TheaterWorks and the Long Wharf) are moving away from traditional season subscription offers and embracing new "membership" plans, where loyal theater…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:18PMFriday, September 25, 2020
Connecticut dancers, musicians and storytellers will be showcased on an episode of The Kennedy Center's online "Arts Across America" program Sept. 28 at 4 p.m. The University of St. Joseph's…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:17AMMonday, September 21, 2020
UConn's Connecticut Repertory Theatre has announced its two-show fall season. The comedy "Men in Boats" will have multiple live online performances, while the radio-style Christmas play "It'…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:39PMSaturday, September 19, 2020
Virtual concerts by Suzanne Vega and Jim Brickman on The Bushnell's fall schedule are designed to benefit the theater while its building is closed due to the coronavirus.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, September 18, 2020
TheaterWorks Hartford is opening its new membership-based season of monthly online theater shows with a staged reading of a new musical, "At the River I Stand," about the 1968 Memphis Sanita…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, September 17, 2020
Goodspeed Musicals has renamed its annual gathering of musical theater creators. It is now the Johnny Mercer Foundation Grove at Goodspeed Musicals.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:09AMWednesday, September 16, 2020
A 4-year-old Southington resident has seen the shorts videos she stars in, recreating scenes from hit movies, go viral in recent days, raising tens of thousands of dollars for charity.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:29AMSunday, September 13, 2020
The Goodspeed Opera House is planning to do a two-show season in 2021, and will be offering a streaming version of each show to ticket holders who don't want to see it live.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:43AMTiffani Gavin is the new executive director of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:42AMFriday, September 11, 2020
The 2020-21 theater season has begun, largely online, with shows from established local theaters that speak to contemporary issues like immigration, civil rights and presidential elections.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, September 8, 2020
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal visited his third Connecticut theater in as many weeks to stump for two federal bills that could bring relief to entertainment venues that have largely been clos…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:42PMMonday, September 7, 2020
The Hartbeat Music Festival, which has quickly become one of the biggest local band events in Connecticut, has gone online this year. Over three dozen bands are participating, including uniq…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, September 3, 2020
The modern dance troupes Pilobolus and 860 MVMNT will grace the Autorino Center at the University of St. Joseph during the 2020-21 school year. Performances will range from live shows for sm…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMHartford Symphony violinist and Avon resident Gary Capozziello was debilitated by COVID and came out of it wanting to help his fellow musicians who livelihoods had been affected by the crisi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, September 1, 2020
The annual Night Fall event, which features dozens of locals artists and giant puppets performing in area parks, has moved online for 2020. The video will stream on Oct. 3.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, August 31, 2020
The first Columns Dance Festival, held outdoors in Bushnell Park, will showcase seven Connecticut-based dance companies. Columns is a new project from choreographer Sonia Plumb, who hopes to…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, August 30, 2020
The Goodspeed is continuing its new outdoor "By the River" concert series with David Lutken of "Will Rogers Follies" and "Woody Sez" fame, Sept. 10-27.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, August 27, 2020
A new group is attempting to build a new Shakespeare theater in Stratford, where the last one burned down last year after decades of sitting dormant. The project hopes to restore the town's …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:56PMSix major Connecticut theaters have lobbied the state for $12 million in relief money, to be taken from the Federal CARES assistance program.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:40AMSaturday, August 15, 2020
TheaterWorks has created a new membership model, offering a monthly "theatrical experience" (primarily online for the time being) for $20.21 per month. The theater is retaining a few offerin…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:32AMFriday, August 7, 2020
The musical "Cyrano," which was workshopped at the Goodspeed's Norma Terris Theatre in 2018, will become a star-studded MGM movie featuring Peter Dinklage and Haley Bennett directed by Joe W…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:58AMGoodspeed Musicals has arranged a fortnight of outdoor concerts by The Playbillies, on the lawn outside the Goodspeed Opera House. These are the first public performance the Goodspeed has ho…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:34AMTuesday, August 4, 2020
Over 40 Connecticut clubs and theaters have joined the new National Independent Venue Association and its "Save Our Stages" campaign. The venues are urging passage of a stimulus bill that in…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:21AMMonday, August 3, 2020
The Five Senses Festival ran through Aug. 2 in a sprawling wooded region in New Preston not far from the internationally renowned Pilobolus’ home base in Washington Depot. The main event w…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:39PMWednesday, July 29, 2020
Hartford Stage has canceled its announced 2020-21 season due to ongoing coronavirus concerns, and also canceled the shows it postponed from the 2019-20 season. The theater does not expect to…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:00PM 
