Friday, March 15, 2024
Rainn Wilson, who played Dwight Shrute on "The Office," will screen an episode of the sitcom and talk about his time on the show at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:51PMMeghan Trainor will play Mohegan Sun Arena on Sept. 21 as part of the "Timeless" tour touting her upcoming album.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:30PMThursday, March 14, 2024
Katori Hall's comedy/drama "The Hot Wing King," at Hartford Stage through March 24, presents themes of Black identity, community, relationships and father-son bonding.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, March 13, 2024
John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and became a singer-songwriter during his time in confinement, has postponed a scheduled concert at Hotel Huxley in Naugat…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:10PM"A Stage of Twilight," a new film starring Karen Allen and William Sadler that was shot in New Milford, has its first Connecticut screening on Thursday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, March 12, 2024
Connecticut is hosting two stops on the grand return of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus tour. The show plays Bridgeport March 15-17 and Hartford May 3-5.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, March 11, 2024
Yale professor Ron Van Lieu was with Da'Vine Joy Randolph's family as she acknowledged him as someone who helped forge her acting career during her Oscar acceptance speech.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:53PMSunday, March 10, 2024
Avon-raised Will Friedle, who played Eric Matthews in the '90s sitcom "Boy Meets World," is back in Hartford this week to take part in 90s Con and co-host a live podcast at The Bushnell.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, March 9, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for March 10-16 include several Celtic acts, violin Itzhak Perlman at The Bushnell and ballet star Misty Copeland presenting "Cinderella" at the Waterbury Palace.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, March 8, 2024
Amari, who was born in Hartford and lived in Waterbury, has moved from karaoke nights to the audition stage of "American Idol." She will appear on the March 17 episode.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, March 7, 2024
The national tour of "The Cher Show," playing through Sunday at The Bushnell in Hartford, is a fashionable frolic about the ups and downs of a superstar.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:06AMWednesday, March 6, 2024
One of the first big shows to be announced for the 2024 Big E is rapper Ludacris, performing at the Big E Arena in September. Tickets go on sale Friday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:23PMLatin music icon Gloria Estefan will give the 23rd annual Mary and Louis Fusco Distinguished Lecture at Southern Connecticut State University on April 27.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:18PMSunday, March 3, 2024
Jenn Thompson, a regular director at the Goodspeed Opera House, helms a superior national tour of the classic musical "Annie." It's the first tour of the show to visit Connecticut in years.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:52AMThe national tour of "The Cher Show," a musical in which the superstar is played by three different women wearing an array of elaborate costumes, is at The Bushnell March 5-10.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe first U.S. production of Caryl Churchill's "Escaped Alone" is being directed by Liz Diamond at the Yale Repertory Theatre March 8-30. The hour-long modern drama features four women in th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, March 2, 2024
The Courant's arts picks this week include British rock legend Peter Frampton, indie icons The Dandy Warhols, a George Michael tribute and America's Got Talent winner Terry Fator.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, February 29, 2024
Phish has announced a 26-date summer tour with two shows scheduled at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville on July 23 and 24.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:55AMWednesday, February 28, 2024
A new Long Wharf Theatre production of Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge" added a layer of watery realism by staging it in the Canal Dock Boathouse in New Haven.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, February 26, 2024
Local playwright Roxanne Drolet is staging “29 Paintings,” one-minute plays accompanied by the artwork that inspired them, at Warehouse 635 in West Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, February 25, 2024
Christopher Betts is following up his acclaimed production of "Trouble in Mind" last year with Katori Hall's Pulitzer-winning "The Hot Wing King" at Hartford Stage Feb. 29 through March 4.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe new tour of the musical "Annie," at the Shubert Feb. 29 through March 3, is directed by Jenn Thompson, who played one of the orphans in the Broadway production in the 1970s.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, February 24, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Feb. 25 to March 2 include concerts by Patti Lupone, Countess Luann de Lesseps, drag queen Bianca Del Rio and Charo.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, February 23, 2024
Comedian Matt Rife quickly earned a place on Mohegan Sun Arena's Walk of Fame due to his five sold-out shows in the venue this week.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:19PMMonday, February 19, 2024
Connecticut's riff-driven punk trio The Problem With Kids Today has released a sharp new album, "Born to Rock," recorded with renown producer Adam Lasus at Q Division Studios in Boston.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, February 18, 2024
Playwright Jacques Lamarre has turned his experiences on a "craycation" into "Florida: State of Confusion," an amusing slide show at HartBeat Ensemble Feb. 22 and 23.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThanks to advancements in modern theater and the public consciousness, just saying a character is a man rather than a woman doesn’t go far enough.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, February 17, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Feb. 18-24 include Seth Meyers's two shows at The Bushnell and Matt Rife's five at Mohegan Sun Arena, as well as Dance Theatre of Harlem and the JACK Quartet.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, February 14, 2024
Jon Stewart returned to "The Daily Show" on Monday. On Tuesday, he announced he'd be doing live shows in five cities, including Stamford on April 10.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:29PMThe reunion tour for Neil Young & Crazy Horse are coming to Bridgeport's Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater on May 18. It's Young's first show in Connecticut since 2018.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, February 13, 2024
The extravagant national tour of "Disney's Frozen," at The Bushnell through Feb. 18, succeeds on many levels as a carefully rethought live stage spectacle.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:16PM 
