Monday, April 21, 2025
Not only do Connecticut-based college radio stations figure prominently in “Live From the Underground,” the author wrote most of it thanks to a fellowship from UConn.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:01PMSunday, April 20, 2025
The 1996 musical "Ragtime," based on the E.L. Doctorow novel about intersecting cultures in early 20th century New York, opens the 2025 Goodspeed Opera House season.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:45AMThere are several full productions of William Shakespeare plays in Connecticut this week, plus readings, discussions and other events to honor his April 23 birthday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:45AMSaturday, April 19, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for April 20-26 include a "Girls Night Out" arena show, orchestras featuring classical music, a Connecticut Book Trail event and comedians.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMEboni Booth's "Primary Trust," about a man of steady habits who must undergo big life changes, is a mostly comic yet also darkly dramatic journey of self-discovery and survival.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, April 15, 2025
R&B star Chris Brown is bringing his Breezy Bowl XX Tour to Connecticut on Aug. 23. It's the first big concert at East Hartford's Pratt & Whitney Stadium since 2007.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:28PMThe 198 recipients of 2025 Guggenheim fellowships include at least eight who live or work in Connecticut, including several visual artists and composers.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:25AMSunday, April 13, 2025
The first two exhibits at the freshly renovated Yale Center for British Art in New Haven are "J.M.W. Turner: Romance & Reality" and "Tracey Emin: I Loved You Until the Morning."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMelia Bensussen's production of "Romeo and Juliet," at Hartford Stage from April 17 through May 18, focuses on the theme of youth versus their parents.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, April 12, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for April 13-19 included a plethora of women artists, a night of doo-wop, early rock 'n' roll acts and 1980s British pop stars.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMOver two dozen Connecticut musical acts performed songs by James Velvet, a leader in the New Haven music scene from the 1980s to 2015.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, April 10, 2025
Hartford Symphony Orchestra's 2025 Talcott Mountain Music Festival in Simsbury this summer will also feature tributes to Queen, The Bee Gees and Tina Turner.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:25PMSunday, April 6, 2025
Eboni Booth's bookstore-set play about self-discovery, "Primary Trust," will be directed by Jennifer Chang at TheaterWorks Hartford from April 10 through May 11.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"America's Lost Band," about the legendary 1960s rock band The Remains, will screen on CPTV on April 7 and stream on related websites starting April 8.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:45AMSaturday, April 5, 2025
North Carolina folk duo Watchhouse, formerly Mandolin Orange, starts its new tour on April 11, a month before its new album “Rituals” will be officially released.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for April 6-12 includes music from Mary J. Blige, Switchfoot, Heart, Omar Courtz and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, April 4, 2025
With so few truly grand comic routines in "Theatre People" at Westport Country Playhouse, it’s easy to start noticing the missed opportunities.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:00AMThe History Chip project is hosting a All Connecticut Storytelling Rave at multiple locations to gather life stories that capture the diversity of the state.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, April 2, 2025
Connecticut Repertory Theatre's production of Samuel D. Hunter's "Pocatello," about a chain restaurant in a struggling small town, leaves you hungry for more.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMMonday, March 31, 2025
The Bushnell's 2025-36 Broadway season includes the first national tours of "Shucked," "Spamalot," and more.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:36PMWeezer, The Killers, Hozier and Vampire Weekend are the headliners for the two-day 2025 Soundside Music Festival.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:00AMSunday, March 30, 2025
There are over a dozen noteworthy events held by Connecticut's many symphony orchestras in the spring.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe anniversary edition of the long-running Irish dance/music revue is playing at the Oakdale, which hosted the first U.S. tour of the show 28 years ago.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, March 29, 2025
Steffani Jemison's multi-media installation, which questions how we move and how are we moved by each other is currently on display at The Wadsworth.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for March 30 through April 5 include singer-songwriters, stand-up stars, rap legends and a slew of tribute shows.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, March 26, 2025
Hartford Stage has announced the other four shows on its 2025-26 season, including "The Cottage" and "Death of a Salesman."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:05PMYura Kordonsky's fresh adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's political satire "Revizor" draws out all types of laughter at Yale Repertory Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMTuesday, March 25, 2025
Two new musicals will be developed at the Terris Theatre, including "About Time" by Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire and "The Great Emu War" by Paul Hodge and Cal Silberstein.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:49AMMonday, March 24, 2025
Frank McCourt's "The Irish...And How They Got That Way," playing at Playhouse on Park, blends wide-eyed youthfulness with stories of past generations.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:17AMSunday, March 23, 2025
Artistic directors are constantly asking themselves, why do this play now? Occasionally new relevance really does rise up and smack you in the face.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMPaul Slade Smith's romantic comedy "Theatre People," directed by Mark Shanahan, is at Westport Country Playhouse March 25 through April 12.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM 
