Saturday, June 1, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for June 2-8 include Jack Antonoff's band Bleachers, Broadway star Alex Newell, comedy monologuist Mike Birbiglia and the marauding metal band GWAR.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, May 31, 2024
A May 17, 2025 date has been announced for the XL Center as part of comedian Katt Williams' new "Heaven on Earth" tour.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00PM"A Complicated Woman," a musical about a real-life theater producer who lived as both a man and a woman, is being workshopped at the Goodspeed's Norma Terris Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, May 29, 2024
The musical version of "Beetlejuice" takes a lot of liberties with the beloved movie's story and characters but has its own special live energy and charm.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:33PMLiving legend Rita Moreno is the keynote speaker at this year's United Way Women United event on June 6 at the Connecticut Convention Center.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, May 27, 2024
The final show of TheaterWorks Hartford's current season is David Cale's "Sandra," directed by Jared Mezzocchi and starring Felicia Curry as Sandra as well as 28 other characters.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, May 26, 2024
Lisa Kron performed her autobiographical one-person show "2.5 Minute Ride" at Hartford Stage in 2002. The Holocaust-themed piece returns to Hartford with a new feel May 30 to June 23.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"RuPaul's Drag Race" winner and international drag star Sasha Velour brings a live show based on her book "The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag" to The Bushnell on June 1.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, May 25, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for May 26 through June 1 include the Hartford's Got Talent finale, comedians Bobcat Goldthwait and Michael Yo and a trio of famous guitar metal acts.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, May 24, 2024
A Connecticut fair has put out a call for land where it can stage its annual event. Due to substantial growth, organizers say they need at least 65 acres.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, May 21, 2024
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will discusses her new memoir at a special event with Gov. Ned Lamont on May 29 at the Mark Twain House & Museum.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:01PMRiverfront Recapture opens its 2024 summer season of music festivals, food festivals, holiday celebrations and other events and activities on the first week of June.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:50AMMonday, May 20, 2024
Comedian and talent show/game show host Howie Mandel will be at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville on Oct. 19.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:04PMSunday, May 19, 2024
TheaterWorks Hartford has announced a dreamy 2024-25 season including Pulitzer-winning "Primary Trust" and 12th rendition of "Christmas on the Rocks."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMDirector Alex Timbers has brought a special type of creativity to "Beetlejuice," a Broadway favorite coming to The Bushnell May 28 through June 2.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, May 18, 2024
From magical (Penn & Teller) to fabulous (“Kinky Boots”) to “Fun, Fun, Fun” (The Beach Boys), it’s a week of flights of fancy on Connecticut stages. Consider this the unofficia…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, May 17, 2024
The Yale Repertory Theatre has announced its 2024-25 schedule featuring one world premiere, a cutting-edge off-Broadway success and modern variations on classic plays.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AMBroadway legend Patti LuPone has loosened up for her latest concert show, "A Life in Notes," coming to The Bushnell in Hartford on Sunday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, May 14, 2024
Foo Fighters, Noah Kahan, Boyz II Men, Norah Jones, The Kills and Lisa Loeb are among the bands playing the Soundside Music Festival in Bridgeport in September.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:37AMSunday, May 12, 2024
Two Holocaust-themed documentaries are being screened in Connecticut this month, telling the story of that tragic period in world history from fresh angles.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMPeter Anton's sculptures of a gigantic Pop-Tart, a four-foot-wide cruller and other delicacies are on display at the Fairfield University Art Museum through July 27.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, May 11, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for May 12-18 include a Jewish a cappella group, indie bands, the Travelers Chorale, Connecticut Lyric Opera and rising salsa star Daniela Darcourt.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, May 10, 2024
Connecticut theaters large and small are throwing fundraising galas featuring "Glee" veterans with Darren Criss for Long Wharf and Alex Newell for the Shubert.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:01AMThursday, May 9, 2024
Two of the biggest concert promoters in Connecticut, Live Nation and Manic Presents, are offering $25 tickets to dozens of major concerts and standup comedy shows.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:26AMTheater producer Tom Viertel has stepped down from his post as board chair of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford after 24 years.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, May 8, 2024
The Hartford Business Improvement District has announced the eight horror films it is screening as part of its "Spooky Popcorn" free outdoor movie series in July and August.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:58AMThe lives of Chinese immigrants in the U.S. during the early 20th century is delicately explored in Lloyd Suh's "The Far Country" at the Yale Repertory Theatre through May 18.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, May 6, 2024
Cirkus Smirkus, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and "Let's Sing Taylor" are among the highlights of Simsbury Meadows' 2024 summer schedule.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, May 5, 2024
"A Complicated Woman," coming to The Terris Theatre, explores the life of renown theater producer John Kenley, who led a secret second life as a woman.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMany of the 2024 nominees for Tony Awards have stared in shows in Connecticut. There are also numerous Yale graduates and some Nutmeg State natives.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, May 4, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for May 5-11 include some beautiful voices, like an Elton John tribute at the Garde, Madeleine Peyroux at Ridgefield Playhouse and three R&B hitmakers at Foxwood…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM 
