Ed Asner, who died Sunday, entertained Connecticut theater audiences for 60 years off and on, starting with a stint in the American Shakespeare Theatre company and ending with a slew of one-…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:32AMA free New Haven Symphony Orchestra concert hosted by the International Festival of Arts & Ideas on New Haven Green for Labor Day weekend was switched to a "Vaccines & Vibes" event, …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMUConn's School of Fine Arts has named the new head of its Dramatic Arts department: Megan Monaghan Rivas, a playwright and dramaturg who has spent the last seven years at Carnegie Mellon Uni…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:57PMA spate of cancellations and postponements of concerts and shows — some due to COVID-19, others to Tropical Storm Henri — have marred the lead-in to the fall arts season and a general …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:27PMChandra Prasad's new Young Adult novel "Mercury Boys" is set in the fictional town of Coventon, Connecticut, but references many real-life places in the state in telling the story of a teen …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe first Highly Caffeinated 5K & Music Festival happens Aug. 21, with the 5K run happening at 10 a.m., followed at 11 a.m. by eight music acts, including the Connecticut-based national …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:29PMLive Nation, which operates some of the largest concert venues in Connecticut, will implement a policy on Oct. 4 requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for staff, artists and audience membe…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:31PMBallet Theatre Company in West Hartford is hiring dancers for a new resident dance company. Auditions are being held Aug. 27 and the dancers will allow BTC to expand its season and the range…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"Little Girl Blue: The Nina Simone Musical" is being workshopped before attentive audiences as part of the Goodspeed by the River series at Goodspeed Musicals in East Haddam through Aug. 29.…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:29PMThe Courant's arts picks for Aug. 15-21.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:14PMTheaterWorks Hartford has announced its 2021-22 season of four plays plus the live return of "Christmas on the Rocks."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:00AMTo stage Amy Berryman’s relationship drama “Walden,” which is set in a tiny house in a grassy wooded area, TheaterWorks Hartford has built a tiny house in a grassy wooded area on the n…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:48PMThe Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival returns with "As You Like It," through Aug. 15 on the University of St. Joseph lawn in West Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:52PMThe Courant's art picks for Aug. 8-14 includes three small-cast theater shows, the Podunk Bluegrass festival and several free concerts.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:07AMPlayhouse on Park's first Connecticut Shakespeare Festival offers an earthy "Into the Woods" that depends more on emotional truth than special effects.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:24PMTheaters are reopening. Some have COVID safety guidelines thrust upon them by unions and trade associations. Others are figuring it out as they go along.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMAs a gift to fans, the Hartford Yard Goats is hosting a concert by DJ Funk Flex following the final Saturday home game of the season, Sept. 18. Admission to the concert is free with a ticket…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:33PMAs of Thursday night, Yale grad student Matt Amodio won seven straight matches on TV's "Jeopardy!" His $268,800 total thus far makes him the ninth highest earning player in the show's histor…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:59PMThe Long Wharf Theatre has announced the four mainstage shows in its next season. But you can’t buy a subscription. In one of the biggest changes in marketing and programming that the Tony…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:40PMArts highlights for the week of Aug. 1-7.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:48AMThe Garde Arts Center in New London has reopened its box office with special promotional events like in-person discounts on Tuesday "Golden Hours" evenings. The 1450-seat theater has been dr…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:52PMThe Black-Eyed & Blues Fest returns to Bushnell Park Pavilion July 31 and Aug. 1, with an all-local line-up plus food booths for Black-Eyed Sally's restaurant and Ben & Jerry's.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMAn autumnal romance TV-movie for Hallmark was filmed last week at Meadowbrook Farm in Marlborough.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:30PMTheaterWorks Hartford is presenting Amy Berryman's new play "Walden" in a small cabin on Riverfront Recapture property on the Hartford/Windsor line. The environmental drama has live performa…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"Bloom," an outdoor "art safari" by the dance/movement troupe Pilobolus, takes place in the ponds, fields and forests of Sunny Meadow Farms in Bridgewater.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:55PMAt its annual meeting, the Hartford Stage board of directors elected Jack Sennott as its new president.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:45PMTen arts highlights for the week of Aug. 25-31, including two Shakespeare festivals, the Black-Eyed and Blues Festival and the SHAG Festival.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:07PMThe Spring Hill Arts Gathering (SHAG) is a celebration of modern art, music, ideas and food. Building on the Five Senses Festival which happened on the same location in recent summers, SHAG …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTwo dozen more Connecticut-based arts venues (or production companies, or promoters or other arts-themed businesses) received Shuttered Venue Operator Grants this week. This is the fourth ro…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:31PMThe first Connecticut Paranormal Convention, also known as ParaConn, is happening July 24 and 25 at the Ansonia Armory. The gathering for those interested in the supernatural includes over a…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:10PMA Yale Ph.D. student, Matt Amodio will be competing on "Jeopardy" Wednesday night.
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