Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Tony Todd, the recognizable voice of horror and supervillain characters, was raised in Hartford and performed at local theaters well into his 20s.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, November 10, 2024
The 83-yard old, whose music career started as teen, is showing no signs of stopping as he prepares to perform at the Warner Theatre on Nov. 13.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe North American tour of "The Lion King" returns to The Bushnell for a 2 1/2-week run starting Nov. 13. The show was last in Hartford in 2018.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, November 9, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 10-16 include rappers, folk punk acts, pop legends, Christmas shows from Pentatonix and the Ivoryton Playhouse and more.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:32AMA new history of the Yale Repertory Theatre, "The Play's the Thing" by James Magruder, covers the first half-century of the groundbreaking regional theater.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, November 4, 2024
Revered Black filmmakers Charles Burnett and Shaka King will visit Wesleyan for the "Black Voices and Visionaries" seminar.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, November 3, 2024
Griffin Dunne, whose family is filled with famous writers, will discuss his memoir "The Friday Afternoon Club, A Family Memoir" Nov. 7 at the Mark Twain House & Museum.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMPatti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye is "Celebrating 60 Years of Rock & Roll & Literature" with a solo show Nov. 8 at Small Batch Cellars in North Haven.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, November 2, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 3-9 include holiday shows, theater featuring "A Bronx Tale” and “Of Government" and some pop and arena rock impersonators.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, October 31, 2024
"Les Miserables,” at The Bushnell through Sunday, has it all: Love, crime, comical scoundrels, cute children and the French Revolution.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:22AMWednesday, October 30, 2024
It’s an unrelenting stream of physical gags but it also offers a corking adventure story you’ll want to follow through until the end.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:18AMMonday, October 28, 2024
"A Christmas Story, The Musical," one of the newest musicals to grace the Goodspeed Opera House stage for the holidays, runs Nov. 1 through Dec. 29.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMPeter Scalettar, who grew up in Woodbridge, is the executive producer of the Netflix series "Starting 5," which delves into the lives of NBA stars.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, October 27, 2024
The spectacular 1980s Broadway musical "Les Miserables," which underwent a major restaging seven years ago, is back at The Bushnell Oct. 29 through Nov. 3.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMScenes from three silent films will be accompanied by the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra for its season-opening concert on Nov. 2 at the University of Saint Joseph.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, October 26, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 27 through Nov. 2 include Halloween laughs, a tribute to Charles Ives, Blues (and Blues Brother) legends and an African circus.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, October 23, 2024
Melia Bensussen's modern theater ensemble rendition of "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" presents several fresh layers of interpretation to the age-old tale of good vs. evil.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, October 21, 2024
Hilary Bettis' new play at Yale Rep, "Falcon Girls," has moments of tender wonderment and genuine feeling, but as a whole is a disjointed jumble.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:41AMTalks on cryptid sightings, guided tours of graveyards, a Witch of Blackbird Pond Ball and more are among the Halloween events based on actual Connecticut history.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, October 20, 2024
The German rock band KMFDM, formed in 1984 as a multi-media project, is celebrating its 40th anniversary on a new tour coming to Connecticut.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMichael Feinstein is the living embodiment of what’s called The American Songbook, music that came from (or sounds like it came from) the post-jazz, pre- rock ‘n’ roll period of the ea…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, October 19, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 20-26 include Halloween-themed theater productions, '80s and '90s hitmakers and a spate of singer/songwriters.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, October 15, 2024
West Hartford poet Julie Choffel has created a full-length book of poetry addressing the life, work and values of historic Hartford modernist poet Wallace Stevens.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, October 14, 2024
"Fever Dreams (of Animals on the Verge of Extinction)" is an emotional, romantic and violent three-character play that sets a high standard of energy for itself.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:58AMSunday, October 13, 2024
The Capitol Fools do political comedy sketches and songs in the tradition of the now-defunct Capitol Steps, with many of the same writers and performers.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMLeonid Sigal will perform Beethoven's violin concerto and conduct works by Carlos Simon and Georges Bizet for the Hartford Symphony's next Masterworks concert.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, October 12, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 13-19 include comedy from Howie Mandel and Tracy Morgan and hits from former teen idols Jesse McCartney and Lee Ann Rimes.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWilliam Kent, a well-known Connecticut artist who died in 2012 at the age of 93, is getting rediscovered through a non-profit organization created in his name.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, October 9, 2024
The 2025 season includes an anniversary rendition of "All Shook Up," new productions of "A Chorus Line" and "Ragtime" and a stage version of TV musical "Mrs. Santa Claus."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:53AMThe legendary Bread and Puppet Theater is bringing its "The Beginning After the End of Humanity Circus" tour to Connecticut this week in Redding and Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, October 8, 2024
“The Shark is Broken,” making its Connecticut premiere at Playhouse on Park, is a highly detailed take on what went on behind the scenes during the making of "Jaws."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:56AM 
