The late Angela Lansbury's long career as a stage performer included numerous appearances in Connecticut, including the U.S. premiere of two Edward Albee plays at Hartford Stage.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:04PMAgatha Christie's classic mystery "The Mousetrap" opens the Hartford Stage 2022-23 season beginning Wednesday through Nov. 6. It is directed by Yale graduate Jackson Gay, who describes "The …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe first Hartford Symphony Orchestra concert of the 2022-23 Masterworks season, "American Adventures," gives works by George Gershwin, Ferde Grofé and Aaron Copland the jazziness or folkin…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:11PMA new, carefully downsized version of the lavish musical "42nd Street," based on the 1933 movie about a new musical having troubles on its way to Broadway, is at the Goodspeed Opera House th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:11PMHartBeat Ensemble is staging a revelatory revival of Athol Fugard's mid-1980s apartheid drama "My Children! My Africa!" through Oct. 9. The same director and cast first did the show in 2016 …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill" gives a balanced musical and dramatic portrayal of jazz legend Billie Holiday late in her career. Playhouse on Park's production of Lanie Robertson's …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:43PMTheaterWorks Hartford's new production of the musical "Fun Home" features a range of artistic images projected onto the show's lush funeral home setting. The show, directed by Rob Ruggiero, …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:10PMDespite some technical difficulties, "Mean Girls the Musical" is a solid, worthy adaptation of the Tina Fey movie, though it tries to cram in too much of the plot and ups the number of posit…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:56PM"Mean Girls the Musical" is at The Bushnell through Oct. 2. Prepare for it with some trivia about the differences between the movie and the play, what is the same and what's next for The Pla…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:22PM"The Purple Warp," one of the first mini-zines of the 1970s, is marking its 50th anniversary with a series of reprints. Alan Greenier published "The Purple Warp" as a teenager in Terryville.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMAs the 2022 fall theater season kicks off in Connecticut, here are The Courant's 10 shows to look forward to, from "The Mousetrap" to "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMRandy Skinner, who has been involved with every major production of the stage musical "42nd Street," is directing and choreographing a new, more "intimate" version of the show for the Goodsp…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe fourth annual Hartford Book Festival takes place at the Hartford Public Library and the Free Center. The local literary gathering includes readings from a variety of Connecticut writers …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:11PMUnderground comics pioneer Diane Noomin, who died this month, remained a powerful feminist voice in comics for decades. Part of the legendary San Francisco comics scene in the 1970s, Noomin …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:34AM"Our Town: Simsbury," a modern contemporary drama about the Connecticut town in 2018 with a nod to Thornton Wilder’s classic drama, is premiering at Simsbury's Eno Memorial Hall on Thursda…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:23AMThe Wadsworth Atheneum and Museum has assembled a cutting-edge exhibit of contemporary glass art. "Fired Up: Glass Today" is on display through Feb. 5.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Hartford Dance Collective's interpretation of songs by The Beatles with a live accompaniment from the Meadows Brothers band will take place on Saturday at the Mortensen Riverfront Plaza …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe latest Connecticut HorrorFest convention scares up panel discussions on "Friday the 13th" series, "The Haunting of Hill House," "Re-Animator" and the original "Night of the Living Dead,"…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSinger-songwrite Jill Sobule returns to the Mark Twain House for a solo concert in the house itself, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:52PMHartford Stage is holding an open house Sept. 17 from noon to 4 p.m., an example of the sort of community outreach the company has been engaged in since Melia Bensussen became its artistic d…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe fall music offerings around Connecticut range from slew of acts from the '80s to hot indie bands on the college circuit to blues festivals.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSea Tea Improv has revived its LGBTQ+ "Be Yourself Show" for a special performance Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. at the troupe's theater on Asylum Street. The show is being held the same day as the dow…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFor 2022, the Hartbeat Music Festival has added an extra night of music and swelled the number of bands to 35. The fest happens Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 9 p.m. at Mo…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:59PMThe Courant's arts picks for Sept. 11-17 include Tom Jones at Foxwoods, Sam Bush at Infinity Hall, In This Moment at the Oakdale and "42nd Street" at the Goodspeed Opera House.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMKillingworth-based photographer Christina E. Cole provides an upbeat and "oddball" look at Nutmeg State in her new book "Weird, Wild, and Wonderful Connecticut." The book was released last m…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe 2023 Westport Country Playhouse season will include "Dial M for Murder," "Ain't Misbehavin'," "Antigone," "School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play" and another show yet to be annou…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe annual Hartford Pride celebration will return to Trumbull Street in downtown Hartford Sept.10. National recording artists CeCe Peniston and Willie Gomez are the headliners, and numerous …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSeptember is a prime month for vintage car shows around Connecticut, happening in town squares, family games centers, car dealerships and elsewhere.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMHorses are some of the main performers in a unique 90-minute version of the opera "La Passion de Carmen" staged by Opera Theater of Connecticut in a riding arena in Old Lyme. The opera featu…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for Sept. 4 through 10 include major tours from Sting, Wu-Tang Clan with Nas, Scorpions and The War of Drugs, plus several fun festivals: Chickenstock, the Connectic…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTwiztid returns to the Webster Theater in Hartford, a venue the midwestern metal rap horror duo hasn't played in nine years, for a Sept. 2 show at 5 p.m. with Attila.
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