Sunday, August 4, 2024
There’s a nice range of Country and loud rock music this week on Connecticut stages. Dierks Bentley is at Mohegan Sun, Roseanne Cash is at Ridgefield Playhouse and there’s a strong Ameri…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMIt’s August already, but it’s feeling a lot like June – national Pride Month – or maybe September or October, which is when Hartford holds many Pride events. There are numerous LGBTQ…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe last few weeks have been an intense period of political theater, the kind that comes from the political side of that well-worn phrase. We’ve had one major party convention with another…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, July 31, 2024
Goodspeed Musicals, the famed East Haddam theater institution that specializes in classic and brand new American musicals, has announced that its current (and first-ever) managing director D…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, July 28, 2024
"School of Rock: The Musical," featuring a live band of local 11 and 12 year olds, will be performed Aug. 2-11 at the Warner Stage Company in Torrington.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:05PMThe Turtles, now featuring singer Ron Dante of The Archies, brings its latest "Happy Together" tour to the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford on Aug. 3.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, July 27, 2024
This week's Courant arts picks offer a throwback to the '70s, '80s and '90s with Chicago, Earth Wind & Fire, New Kids on the Block, Paula Abdul, DJ Jazzy Jeff, SWV, Xscape and Slash.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, July 24, 2024
The 2024 Great Hartford Shakespeare Festival's presentations of "Hamlet" and "The Taming of the Shrew" mixes enthusiastic amateurs with some striking performances in the lead roles.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, July 21, 2024
As the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz ends, half a dozen other big Connecticut music festivals are ready to go from Black-Eyed & Bluesfest to Jam at the Dam to the Charles Ives Music …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"The One Who," a spiritual, socially conscious outdoor theater experience from Marcella Trowbridge, has two performances at The Sanctuary in East Haddam on July 27.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, July 20, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for July 21-27 include comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Maher, Vicki Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, blink-182, Sammy Hagar and Loverboy and Phish.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, July 17, 2024
UConn's Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs has announced its fall 2024 season of concerts, children's theater shows, comedy and more.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMA new Christmas-themed Cirque du Soleil will play Nov. 29 through Dec. 8 at a venue the company has never visited before, the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, July 16, 2024
"The Prom" is another strong summer musical choice for Playhouse on Park, and the final show of the theater’s 2023-24 season.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, July 14, 2024
Three-actor, opera-loving musical comedy "Ask for the Moon" debuts at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theatre in Chester July 19 through Aug. 11.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWhen Benj Gershman picks up his bass to play with O.A.R. on July 21 at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport, you can see it as another jam but also as a personal triumph.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, July 13, 2024
Director Chay Yew brings a special down-to-earth feel to Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1949 hit "South Pacific," at the Goodspeed Opera House through Aug. 11.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for July 14-20 include comedian Kevin Hart, the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz, the Hartford Latino Fest and Joshua Quimby's Back Home Fest.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, July 9, 2024
Legendary British band Duran Duran, which continues to release new albums and shake up its set lists, will play Mohegan Sun Arena on Oct. 25.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:38AMA documentary about Max Corvo, who lived in Middletown and conducted espionage missions in Italy during World War II, will be screened Wednesday at Middletown High School.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, July 7, 2024
The LGBTQ-themed musical comedy "The Prom" is the summer musical offering at Playhouse on Park. The show was a hit on Broadway in 2018 and was made into a movie in 2020.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe popular biographical revue "Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie" returns to TheaterWorks Hartford for a three-week run July 13-28.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, July 6, 2024
Connecticut, with its wide range of historic rail museums with operational locomotives and trolleys, is featuring a number of special train events in July.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, July 3, 2024
Bands announced for this year's free Hartford Live series outside the Old State House include The New Pornographers, Ripe and Connecticut's own Max Creek and Eggy.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, July 2, 2024
The Capulet Fest was planned for three days at Thompson Speedway with 55 bands. It ended up with a couple dozen bands at The Webster in Hartford before the plug was pulled.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, July 1, 2024
It’s far from Jay Lewis’ first time around the "American Ninja Warrior" obstacle course. This year may be the charm for the 19-year-old Cheshire native.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:26AMThe local music Audio Feed music series will feature 24 acts over 12 weeks. The shows are at noon on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, June 30, 2024
In acknowledgement of its growing audiences, the Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival is doing two plays this summer, will offer a wider variety of food concessions and will mike the perfor…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"Robert Frost: This Verse Business," based on recordings of the speaking engagements of one of the most famous American poets of all time, has a single performance at The Kate.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, June 29, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for July 1-7 include Hartford Bonanza, Hartford Symphony Orchestra's annual "Celebrate America!" concert at Simsbury Meadows and Alanis Morissette at Xfinity Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, June 28, 2024
Musician Jon Batiste, author Nikole Hannah-Jones, retired Admiral James Stavridis and chef José Andrés are some of the speakers featured in The Connecticut Forum's 2024-25 season.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM 
