Sunday, October 27, 2024
Scenes from three silent films will be accompanied by the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra for its season-opening concert on Nov. 2 at the University of Saint Joseph.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, October 26, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 27 through Nov. 2 include Halloween laughs, a tribute to Charles Ives, Blues (and Blues Brother) legends and an African circus.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, October 23, 2024
Melia Bensussen's modern theater ensemble rendition of "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" presents several fresh layers of interpretation to the age-old tale of good vs. evil.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, October 21, 2024
Hilary Bettis' new play at Yale Rep, "Falcon Girls," has moments of tender wonderment and genuine feeling, but as a whole is a disjointed jumble.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:41AMTalks on cryptid sightings, guided tours of graveyards, a Witch of Blackbird Pond Ball and more are among the Halloween events based on actual Connecticut history.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, October 20, 2024
The German rock band KMFDM, formed in 1984 as a multi-media project, is celebrating its 40th anniversary on a new tour coming to Connecticut.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMichael Feinstein is the living embodiment of what’s called The American Songbook, music that came from (or sounds like it came from) the post-jazz, pre- rock ‘n’ roll period of the ea…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, October 19, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 20-26 include Halloween-themed theater productions, '80s and '90s hitmakers and a spate of singer/songwriters.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, October 15, 2024
West Hartford poet Julie Choffel has created a full-length book of poetry addressing the life, work and values of historic Hartford modernist poet Wallace Stevens.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, October 14, 2024
"Fever Dreams (of Animals on the Verge of Extinction)" is an emotional, romantic and violent three-character play that sets a high standard of energy for itself.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:58AMSunday, October 13, 2024
The Capitol Fools do political comedy sketches and songs in the tradition of the now-defunct Capitol Steps, with many of the same writers and performers.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMLeonid Sigal will perform Beethoven's violin concerto and conduct works by Carlos Simon and Georges Bizet for the Hartford Symphony's next Masterworks concert.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, October 12, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 13-19 include comedy from Howie Mandel and Tracy Morgan and hits from former teen idols Jesse McCartney and Lee Ann Rimes.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWilliam Kent, a well-known Connecticut artist who died in 2012 at the age of 93, is getting rediscovered through a non-profit organization created in his name.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, October 9, 2024
The 2025 season includes an anniversary rendition of "All Shook Up," new productions of "A Chorus Line" and "Ragtime" and a stage version of TV musical "Mrs. Santa Claus."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:53AMThe legendary Bread and Puppet Theater is bringing its "The Beginning After the End of Humanity Circus" tour to Connecticut this week in Redding and Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, October 8, 2024
“The Shark is Broken,” making its Connecticut premiere at Playhouse on Park, is a highly detailed take on what went on behind the scenes during the making of "Jaws."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:56AMMonday, October 7, 2024
“No Love Songs,” making its U.S. debut at Goodspeed's Terris Theatre, feels like a real love story with passion and hopes and dreams and mistakes and regrets and restarts.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:40AMSunday, October 6, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 6-12 include country crooner Brett Young, comedian Jessica Kirso, Nell Campbell hosting a "Rocky Horror" event and Mexican singer Peso Pluma.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMelia Bensussen is directing Jeffrey Hatcher's stage adaptation of the horror classic at Hartford Stage Oct. 10 through Nov. 3.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTwo 19-year-old New Yorkers were stuck with little to do in Hartford during a getaway, so they wrote, cast and shot a crime thriller now on Amazon Prime Video.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, October 2, 2024
Connecticut-born "American Idol" winner Nick Fradiani brings Neil Diamond to life in a musical that not only zips through his hits but plumbs the depths of his psyche.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:04PMSan Francisco-based monologist Josh Kornbluth performs "Citizen Brain" this weekend at Real Arts Ways in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, October 1, 2024
Among the 2024 MacArthur Fellows are a Yale University evolutionary biologist and the 2023 winner of the Stowe Prize.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:02PMThe annual autumn show is undergoing a transition to new leadership and a new design with a "Night Fall Community Jam" on Saturday at Keney Park.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, September 30, 2024
The revived Cirque du Soleil attraction "Ovo" will return to the XL Center in Hartford, where the acrobatic insect-styled entertainment last played in 2016, on March 13-16, 2025.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:16PMThe new family-friendly indie horror film "Monster Summer," written by Newington native Cornelius Uliano, opens Oct. 4 at AMC Plainville 20 and across the state.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, September 29, 2024
Jeffrey Lieber, who began as an actor and playwright in the '90s, returns to his roots with "Fever Dreams (of Animals on the Verge of Extinction)" at TheaterWorks Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMNick Fradiani, the Guilford native who won the 14th season of "American Idol," stars in "A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical" at The Bushnell Oct. 1-6.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, September 28, 2024
Suzanne Vega just released a new single and will be performing on Sunday and Monday at The Kate in Old Saybrook with longtime touring partner Gerry Leonard.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for Sept. 29 through Oct. 5 include pop stars, country music legends, classic rockers, post-punk bands and puppetry.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM 
