Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Hartford Stage, TheaterWorks and Playhouse on Park each has announced a series of virtual events to engage both employees and patrons while fostering a sense of community and hope for the fu…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, March 31, 2020
Connecticut comedy has gone online, largely via Facebook Live and Zoom, during the coronavirus crisis.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:23PMMonday, March 30, 2020
The Bushnell has announced a 2020-2021 that features multi-week bookings of two blockbusters, "Hamilton" and "Wicked," plus the recent Broadway offerings "Hadestown," "Mean Girls," "Pretty W…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30PMThursday, March 26, 2020
Many of the canceled or postponed theater shows that were set for Connecticut this month are based on books, people or things that can be accessed elsewhere. Keep your theatergoing spirits u…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, March 25, 2020
Hartford Stage has announced most of its 2020-21 season, including an acclaimed Chicago-based production of "Frankenstein," a new play by Martin Zimmerman, a Pearl Cleage feminist comedy and…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:07PMMonday, March 23, 2020
A "porch musical" livened up an isolated Sunday night in Hartford's West End neighborhood.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:19PMFriday, March 20, 2020
When the managing director of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas learned that Smilow Cancer Hospital needed masks, she put out a call for helps, and got overnight results.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00PMHartford Stage has eliminated eight staff positions and furloughed dozens of employees due to the need to cancel shows and other events during the coronavirus crisis.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:52PMThursday, March 19, 2020
"Every Brilliant Thing," a play about clinical depression and expressions of hope during troubled times, had its run cut short at TheaterWorks due to coronavirus precautions but was speaking…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:41PMMonday, March 16, 2020
One of the only plays being performed in the state last weekend, "Always a Bridesmaid" at Seven Angels Theatre, couldn't help but seem out of synch with the times.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:53PMFriday, March 13, 2020
A listing of theater cancellations throughout Connecticut.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:37PMThursday, March 12, 2020
Hartford Stage has canceled the remaining performances of "Jane Eyre" and the entire run of its next show, "The King's Speech," due to coronavirus concerns.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:32PMBesides taking special cleanliness precautions based on CDC guidelines, TheaterWorks is shrinking the audience size for each performance of its current production, "Every Brilliant Thing."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:41AM"The Chinese Lady" by Lloyd Suh is about the first Chinese immigrant to the United States, a young woman brought to be displayed as a curiosity. The play is at the Long Wharf Theatre March 1…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, March 11, 2020
The Long Wharf Theatre has announced its 2020-21 season, which brings it major changes to how (and where) the theater will produce its shows.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00PMConnecticut theaters are being innovative and proactive in how they hold live performances during the coronavirus scare. Yale Rep, for one, is giving out free tickets to its latest show, but…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:40PMSonia Plumb's "Dance of Da Vinci 2.0," at the Theater of the Performing Arts March 20-22, is a return to a piece that premiered at The Bushnell two years ago.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, March 10, 2020
Julius P. Williams is the guest conductor, and Leonid Sigal is the violin soloist, when the Hartford Symphony Orchestra plays Dvořák's eighth symphony at The Bushnell March 13-15.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, March 9, 2020
Hartford Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2020-21 season, including works by heavy-hitters such as Beethoven and Tchaikovsky but also intriguing choices such as Ravi Shankar and the Chin…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:03AM"Every Brilliant Thing," a celebrated one-person comedy about depression, is at TheaterWorks for just a dozen performances, March 12-22. The show, which involves considerable interaction wit…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, March 6, 2020
Goodspeed Musicals has changed the format for the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, where it develops new musicals Instead of full productions, there'll be readings. The inaugural slate incl…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:01AMMonday, March 2, 2020
"Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show," a recreation of a star-studded 1960s Las Vegas revue, is at the Waterbury Palace March 6.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, March 1, 2020
Connecticut Repertory Theatre's rendition of "A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" avoids some dangerous dramatic pitfalls to tell a compelling modern mystery story in a unique v…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:58PMWednesday, February 26, 2020
Hartford Stage has added a performance of "Jane Eyre" March 12. The Gothic romance, adapted and directed by Elizabeth Williamson, ends its run March 14.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:48PM“Jesus Christ Superstar” has been resurrected again, in an outstanding rock-savvy, gritty and grisly "50th anniversary tour,” based on a recent British revival of the hallowed rock mus…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:35PMHartford's 860 MVMNT performs "Paradox!" Feb. 28 and 29 in Bloomfield.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, February 25, 2020
A boisterous, poppy "Pride and Prejudice" keeps the laughs coming at Playhouse on Park through March 8. The free-spirited adaptation of Jane Austen's novel by Kate Hamill, a hit at regional …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:50PM"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," the family drama based on the Mark Haddon novel, gets a fresh production Feb. 27 through March 8 at Connecticut Repertory Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:00AMMonday, February 24, 2020
Elizabeth Williamson adapted and directs a new stage version of the classic romance "Jane Eyre," at Hartford Stage through March 14. The show, which keeps the rich language and memoir-style …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:21PMThe art/dance/music performance piece "Fruits borne out of rust" by video artist Tabaimo and choreographer Maki Morishita is at Wesleyan's Center for the Arts Feb. 28 and 29.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, February 23, 2020
"Jesus Christ Superstar" comes to The Bushnell Feb. 25 through March 1, in an acclaimed British production that is touring the U.S. in honor of the hallowed rock opera's 50th anniversary.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:01AM 
