Saturday, January 20, 2024
This week's Courant arts picks include a female-focused Ramones tribute act, rocker Grace Potter and stand-up comedians Sommore and Mary Lynn Rajskub.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, January 19, 2024
Local filmmaker Gary Hochman's documentary "Deadly Deception at Sobibor," about the excavation of a Nazi extermination site, is screening Sunday at the Mandell JCC.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFIDLAR frontman Zac Carper talks about the band's new approach to touring and recording, memories of New Haven and his recovery from substance abuse.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, January 18, 2024
The national tour stop of the Broadway hit "Hairspray” at the Palace Theater in Waterbury benefited from being rough and earthy instead of slick and shiny.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThree new musicals, including "A Complicated Woman" and "Ask for the Moon," will be workshopped at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theatre in Chester this year.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, January 17, 2024
The Connecticut Emerge Festival is returning after nearly a decade off with a new goal of buying time in a professional recording studio for local musicians.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:03AMA new leg of Janet Jackson's Together Again tour has been announced, including a June 29 date at the Xfinity Theater in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:42AMConnecticut-raised actor Kate MacCluggage is hosting a screening of the 2023 film "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." Sunday at the Garde Arts Center in New London.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, January 16, 2024
"The Featherweight," about legendary Hartford prizefighter Willie Pep, will have its Connecticut premiere at the Norwalk Film Festival and a private screening at The Bushnell.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:34AMSunday, January 14, 2024
The new Martín Zimmerman play "Simona's Search" has its world premiere Jan. 18 through Feb. 11 at Hartford Stage.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWaterbury's Seven Angels Theatre has altered its programming style, offering several months of concerts before starting its 2024 season of plays and musicals.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, January 13, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Jan. 14-20 include comedians Mike Epps and Jay Pharaoh, '80s heartthrobs Richard Marx and Rick Springfield, and a premiere of a boxing movie made in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMA national tour of "Hairspray," the 1960s coming of age story that was one of the biggest Broadway hits of the 2000s, is at the Waterbury Palace Jan. 16-18.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, January 8, 2024
Paul Giamatti and Da'Vine Joy Randolph, both of whom studied acting at Yale, both won Golden Globes Sunday night for their performances in "The Holdovers."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:41PMSunday, January 7, 2024
Local musician Opus has been holding his birthday bash at Toad's Place for decades. They have become a prime gathering place for the Connecticut metal community.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals offers readings of three musical theater works-in-progress, cabaret shows, seminars and gatherings.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, January 6, 2024
A new outdoor music festival, "Capitol Groove," will feature 14 bands including The Revivalists, Dispatch and The Head and the Heart June 29-30 at Bushnell Park in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for Jan. 7-13 include "Dancing with the Stars," a Genesis tribute, comedy from Cocoa Brown and '90s hip-hop from The Lox.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMKevin Hart is scheduled to play the Shubert Theatre in New Haven on Jan. 15. The 1,667-seat venue continues to up its game with recent major comedy bookings.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, January 5, 2024
The free Winter Blues series is returning to Hartford in February with top local blues guitarists playing Thursdays inside the State House Square building.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:10PMThe Ivoryton Playhouse released its 2024 schedule which includes a new holiday show, a new tribute to the Everly Brothers and a musical based on the movie "Mystic Pizza."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:20AMThursday, January 4, 2024
Three Kings Day falls on Saturday this year. In Hartford, there are two big traditions with a parade and the Boars Head and Yule Log Festival.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, December 31, 2023
Grandy's Rhea Katzman is the tour coordinator for "Disney on Ice presents Magic in the Stars," which visits Hartford's XL Center Jan. 4-7.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFrom women taking center stage to the rediscovery of legends like Arthur Miller, here’s what’s coming up in theater, comedy, music and art in 2024.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, December 30, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for Dec. 31-Jan. 6 include comedy at City Steam, Playhouse on Park and Foxwoods, as well as this year's Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival. BubbleMania, Hartford Cour…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, December 29, 2023
Pieter Roos, who guided the Mark Twain House & Museum through a major rebuilding process as well as the pandemic, announced his retirement effective Dec. 31.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:25PMHere are some last-minute ideas for how to spend the last minutes of 2023 in Connecticut. They include family-friendly events and a range of nighttime performances.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:57PMThursday, December 28, 2023
Pete Davidson is performing Jan. 6 at Foxwoods' Premier Theater. It's his first show back after the abrupt cancellation of a dozen shows on his current tour.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:26AMWednesday, December 27, 2023
The 35th annual First Night Hartford celebration will take place in Bushnell Park and numerous other locations in Hartford from 2 p.m. until midnight on New Year's Eve.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:31PMTuesday, December 26, 2023
Comedy sensation Ms. Pat, star of "The Ms. Pat Show" and "Ms. Pat Settles It," does her stand-up act at the Funny Bone in Manchester Dec. 29 and 30.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, December 24, 2023
Connecticut theater brought new works, tricky topics and technical innovations this year. Here are 10 of the Courant's most indelible memories from 2023.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM 
