Theater review: 1990s racial drama ‘Fires in the Mirror’ given a new look and feel at Long Wharf
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:59PMHeidi Schreck's debate-driven Broadway hit "What the Constitution Means to Me" comes to The Bushnell on tour Jan. 26-30.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMHole in the Wall Theater offers a rare production of Sam Shepard's 2012 "Heartless," which is startling appropriate for our current isolated and anxious times.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:14PMFolksinger (and firefighter) Charlie Diamond drives his truck around New England looking for out-of-the-way places to share his songs. He's releasing an album next week, "From One Place to t…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMusicians are suffering anew from setbacks caused by the COVID pandemic. The Boston-based New England Musicians Relief Fund is among those trying to help musicians in need.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMHartford Symphony Orchestra has postponed its Jan. 14-16 Masterworks concert at The Bushnell due to the surge of the omicron COVID variant.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:03PMBenedict Arnold, the Connecticut native whose name has been synonymous with the word traitor for 240 years, is getting a fairer shake thanks to a new movie.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMPearl Cleage's new play “Angry, Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeous” is at Hartford Stage Jan. 13 through Feb. 6.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMStreaming theater isn't the force it once was (and may be again), but there are still plenty of virtual offerings from Connecticut theater.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:35PMCT Humanities has distributed $16 million to 640 Connecticut arts and culture organizations, to help them recover from financial losses and other hardships incurred during the COVID crisis.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:12PMSeasoned stand-up comics, celebrity dancers from TV, accomplished musicians who give old songs a new spin, and two feminist icons (Pearl Cleage and Riane Eisler) are all on the list this wee…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:30PMMagical moments recalled from a theater year that barely got going due to COVID but provided many strong memories nonetheless.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Wadsworth Atheneum is closing for the weekend of Dec. 31 through Jan. 2 due to staffing issues and COVID concerns. Several other art museums in the state will also be closed this weekend.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:57PMA spate of event cancellations has begun in the wake of the latest COVID surge.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:22AMThe Actors Equity and SAG-AFTRA unions have extended the agreement they made allowing theaters to record or livestream performances during the pandemic. Offering online versions of current p…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:43AMThe Hartford performance of the four-stop CT Lyric Opera tour of "Die Fledermaus," Dec. 30 at The Bushnell, has a special appearance by dancers
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMConnecticut Repertory Theatre had to make changes in its fall semester productions due to COVID concerns. The theater will announce its spring shows in January.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:05PMThe state of CT has launched its first winter tourism campaign in years, "The State I'm In," running now through the end of March.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:19PMA reading of a new play-in-progress about Gwen Reed, the celebrated Hartford-based actor and literacy activist from the 1940s to 1960s, takes place at the Free Center on Dec. 20.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"The Nutcracker Suite & Spicy" has filled a storefront on Trumbull Street with sets and screens, and is performing excerpts from the local holiday favorite Thursday through Sunday until …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:54PMConnecticut native Mic Nickels has released a new hip-hop album as well as a memoir about his time growing up in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:06PMThe Baby Grand Jazz series at Hartford Public Library has announced its 2022 line-up. The series runs from January through April and can be seen in-person or via livestream.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:12PM"Who's Holiday," having its Connecticut premiere at Music Theatre of Connecticut in Norwalk through Dec. 19, grew from a scene in TheaterWorks Hartford's "Christmas on the Rocks."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:38PMSea Tea Comedy Theater has resumed its annual “Improvised Christmas Carol,” in which the Dickens tale is infested with 20 or so helpful suggestions from the audience.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:13PMLocal theaters are reconsidering their use of playbills, and the reasoning has little to do with COVID-19.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"It's a Wonderful Life" is performed as if it were a live radio broadcast, in a charming holiday production at Hartford Stage through Dec. 26.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:26AMPlayhouse on Park christened its new scene shop on Anderson Street in West Hartford Tuesday night with a holiday party.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:35PMTheater review: The holiday hit "Christmas on the Rocks" is live onstage at TheaterWorks through Jan. 4.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:42PMThe Bennet sisters from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" find a fresh romantic adventure in "Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley," at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford through Dec. 23.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:24PMA new "Cirque Dreams Holidaze" tour, with a musical theater style and over a dozen circus acts, is at the Oakdale in Wallingford Dec. 10-11.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:41AMNew video displays outside The Bushnell are being used to showcase local artists.
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