Thursday, May 18, 2023
Ralph Lee, an internationally acclaimed puppeteer who is the subject of a current exhibit at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut, died this week at …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:28PMSunday, May 14, 2023
Connecticut Ballet has revived its version of the comic ballet "Coppélia," which it has been doing on and off for 35 years. It is at The Bushnell's Belding Theater on May 20 and 21.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMJenn Thompson's production of "Gypsy," at the Goodspeed Opera House through June 25, has been given a deft modern makeover that returns it to its roots.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, May 13, 2023
This week's Courant's arts picks include an Audra McDonald fundraiser, a Temptations/Four Tops double bill, "RuPaul's Drag Race" queen Robin Fierce and musicals based on "The Secret Garden" …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, May 12, 2023
Mark Lamos will leave Westport Country Playhouse, where he has been artistic director for 15 seasons, in January. He has been a major force in Connecticut theater since the 1980s.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:06PMWednesday, May 10, 2023
Comedian, author and TV host Chelsea Handler still loves getting out in front of people. She brings her latest standup tour, "Little Big Bitch," to the Oakdale Theatre Sunday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:41AMTuesday, May 9, 2023
Christina Anderson's tale of Black community activism and related issues of family and the workplace has trouble connecting all the threads into a workable drama.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, May 7, 2023
The town of Roxbury wants to add Arthur Miller’s writing studio to the list of places where famous writers honed their crafts in Connecticut. Supporters of the playwright’s legacy are ra…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, May 6, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for May 7-13 range from nostalgic acts like Kool & The Gang, a '90s rewind with Vanilla Ice, comedy from Kevin Hart and a festival of local bands in New Haven.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, May 5, 2023
Jessica Dickey's funny and philosophical play "The Rembrandt," at TheaterWorks Hartford through May 14, is given not just a carefully balanced production but is augmented by its artful sceni…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMWednesday, May 3, 2023
Renowned filmmaker Spike Lee is delivering this year’s Mary and Louis Fusco Distinguished Lecture at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven on Saturday at 7 p.m. The event, to …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:29PMSunday, April 30, 2023
Four artworks that are assuredly not by Rembrandt but were once believed to be are on exhibit through July 23 at the Wadsworth Atheneum.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, April 29, 2023
The 2023-24 Waterbury Palace Broadway season will include “Pretty Woman the Musical," “Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird," “On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan," …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, April 27, 2023
The annual Meriden Daffodil Festival, this weekend at Hubbard Park, features three stages of live Connecticut music acts.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AMBeloved actor Mandy Patinkin talks with the Courant about his decades-long singing career, an upcoming Showtime series and the state of his beard before Saturday's show at the Garde Arts Cen…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, April 23, 2023
West Hartford’s Ballet Theatre Company has revived and revised its 2018 production of “Cinderella,” blending fantasy, beauty, comedy, drag, pageantry and Prokofiev’s sumptuous score …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMThe classic musical "Gypsy," about famous striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee and her pushy stage mother, is getting a fresh production at the Goodspeed Opera House. The director, Jenn Thompson…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, April 22, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for April 23-29 include John Fogerty at Mohegan Sun, a Connecticut Audubon bird event at Infinity Hall Hartford and a new play about racial injustice at the Yale Rep…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMLocal poems and other writings about the COVID years, including pieces by several local poets laureate, have been collected in book form as “Coming Out of Covid: A Celebration of Poetry, P…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, April 18, 2023
Director/choregrapher Jeffrey L. Page humanizes the "Fats" Waller tribute show "Ain't Misbehavin'" with modern flourishes and a focus on the Black condition.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:00PMKelsey Blackstone had never been in a food fight before, then she found herself in the Olympia Diner in Newington in the middle of the night with fellow jazz musician Jason LaPierre, filming…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, April 16, 2023
Jessica Dickey's play "The Rembrandt" examines why art is important and provocative. TheaterWorks Hartford is staging the Connecticut premiere from April 21 through May 14.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, April 15, 2023
The latest Hartford Symphony Orchestra Masterworks concert beautifully pairs Smetana's "The Moldau" with the Chinese classic "The Yellow River" and Beethoven's nature-filled "Pastoral" symph…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:02PMThe just-announced 2023-24 Broadway series at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven features new tours of "Company" and "Annie," long-touring shows "Come From Away" and "Chicago" and the second r…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for April 16-22 include college or community productions of the musicals "Rent," "Beautiful" and "Cabaret" as well as a major national tour of "Jesus Christ Supersta…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, April 13, 2023
"Tina: The Tina Turner Musical," a theatrical retelling of the life of the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll," finds space for dynamic and dramatic performances by the entire cast at The Bushnell.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, April 10, 2023
New Haven's International Festival of Arts & Ideas announced its 2023 slate of over a hundred performances, talks and other events from June 10-25. The festival kicks off with Angelique …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:39PMThe Connecticut contestants on the 15th season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” got to share a last hurrah on the show’s reunion episode, as well as a surprise message from members of the Con…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:13AMSaturday, April 8, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for April 9-15 include Girl Named Tom at UConn, the latest Hartford Symphony Masterworks concert, an all-female Iron Maiden tribute band in Norwalk and the national …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, April 7, 2023
Hartford Stage has received $100,000 from the federal government to support its summer arts education programs. While the funding won’t alter the existing programs, it will be helping regr…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:08AM 
