Sunday, September 14, 2025
Summer Orlando's original "Hocus Pocus Live!" show, which boasts a cast of 10 and lots of parody songs, has been getting bigger and more popular every year.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:45AMHartford-based neo-soul singer Charmagne Tripp has released her first live concert recording and has brought in some new musicians for her upcoming shows.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMSaturday, September 13, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Sept. 14-20 include legendary rockers, a horror convention, a storytelling festival and a Connecticut All-Starz night featuring five DJs.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSofía Gallisá Muriente's MATRIX exhibit, on view at the Wadsworth through Feb. 1, is an artful examination of a 1983 bank heist and how it affected Hartford's Puerto Rican community.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMThursday, September 11, 2025
The keyboardist/guitarist has taken “Stop Making Sense” on the road with two Connecticut stops: Friday at the Garde Arts Center and Saturday at District Music Hall.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:00AMWednesday, September 10, 2025
Grants were awarded to major institutions such as The Bushnell and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, as well as small modern dance troupes in the Greater Hartford area.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00PMSunday, September 7, 2025
The Vermont-based Bread and Puppet Theater is making three stops in Connecticut with its new show “Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress Circus."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMThe poster book is devoted to depictions of Stephen Sondheim shows — and of the Connecticut resident himself — by the iconic pen and ink artist Al Hirschfeld.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, September 6, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Sept. 7-13 include tributes to Broadway, comedy from Kristina Wong and Sebastian Maniscalco and music ranging from Gilbert & Sullivan to the Bacon Brothers.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, September 1, 2025
Catch horror-themed films in the great outdoors this fall at various locations in Connecticut.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMSunday, August 31, 2025
Goodspeed Musicals' new production of the classic musical honors the landmark Broadway production by Michael Bennett that premiered 50 years ago this summer.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMConstantine Pappas, the theater's new artistic director, and Craig David Rosen, the new managing director, have pulled together a season of musicals, merriment and mystery.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, August 30, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 31 through Sept. 6 include a live show of the Lawrence's "Brotherly Love" podcast, a silent film backed by classical duo and a horror-themed marketplace.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, August 29, 2025
The Mark Twain Library Book Fair at the Redding Community Center has over 65,000 books and other items for sale this weekend, including books donated by the family of a legendary folksinger.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, August 25, 2025
The hugely popular rapper will perform at the newly renovated arena with Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely and Homixide Gang.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:15PMSunday, August 24, 2025
Concerts featuring pop, folk, funk, R&B, salsa and more hit the outdoor stages as cities and towns throughout Connecticut wind down their summer concert series.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM“Art for Healing: An Exhibit for Health & Wellness” is a project of New England Donor Services whose stated mission is “to save and heal lives through organ and tissue donation.”
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, August 23, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 24-30 include a slew of artists that hit their stride in the 1970s: Bonnie Raitt, Lynyrd Skynyrd, James Taylor and Eight to the Bar.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, August 22, 2025
The Elm Shakespeare Company's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is the one of the company's most fluid and consistent shows in years.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:50PMThe first actor authorized to perform “Mark Twain Tonight!” since Hal Holbrook, he presents the American writer and humorist as funny and snappy as ever.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, August 21, 2025
Special chairs with local themes were created by seven high schools from Connecticut and two from Massachusetts created special chairs as part of the Chair Art Project at Bradley Internation…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, August 20, 2025
West Hartford's Playhouse on Park has announced its upcoming season featuring four musicals for the first time, starting with a jukebox favorite in September.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, August 19, 2025
James Montgomery, who has been a New England musical icon for half a century, has multiple shows throughout the state between mid-August and mid-October.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, August 17, 2025
Playhouse 44, a busy new community theater group in Avon, is staging its compendium of new and old short plays "First You Smile" on Aug. 23 at Avon High School.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe lifelong fan of the late guitarist Danny Gatton is issuing a CD version of the his famous live jazz set while sharing his instrument with renown artists.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:15AMSaturday, August 16, 2025
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 17-23 also include a Hartford Blooms tour, comedians including Howie Mandel and Brad Garrett, an outdoor dance festival and a wide array of music acts.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, August 14, 2025
A new movie produced by Frank Durant and starring Eric Roberts and Gary Lahti has been shooting on location in Woodstock and Putnam this month.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:12PMThe popular a cappella act will perform at the newly renovated, newly renamed PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford on Dec. 6.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:53PMTuesday, August 12, 2025
The host of HBO's "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" is brining his latest solo comedy tour to Wallingford in December.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:11PMFor all its present-day LGBTQ+ relevance, “Game On!,” at New Britain's Hole in the Wall Theater through Aug. 16, comes off as stagy and old-fashioned in an endearing way.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:17AMThe latest responsive grants awarded by the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven show how funding agencies are pivoting following the cuts and rescissions made by federal agencies.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:30AM 
