Friday, 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 06:00AMSunday, June 23, 2024
The Capitol Groove, a new two-day music festival of groove, jam, rock, soul, hip-hop and other bands rocks out at Bushnell Park on June 29 and 30.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"Midas," a feature film shot entirely in Hartford, was written, directed and produced by Connecticut native TJ Noel-Sullivan. It opens June 28 in theaters around the state.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, June 22, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for June 23 through 29 includes music legends Janet Jackson and Roger Daltrey, country stars Lainey Wilson and Brad Paisley and comedian Pete Davidson.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, June 20, 2024
Katerina McCrimmon does Fanny Brice proud in the first national tour of "Funny Girl," playing at The Bushnell through Sunday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, June 19, 2024
Hundreds of music events are planned around Connecticut for Make Music Day on Friday. Here are some of the top performances around the state.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, June 17, 2024
Many of the Broadway theater artists who won at the 2024 Tony Awards on Sunday night have honed their crafts in Connecticut.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:40PMSunday, June 16, 2024
Katerina McCrimmon, who appeared in "Ah, Wilderness!" at Harford Stage in 2021, returns to Connecticut as the star of the national tour of "Funny Girl" at The Bushnell June 18-23.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMCarolyn Paine and Ryan Glista's "Luminaria" is an immersive multimedia art experiment which is being applied to a variety of different events at the Warner Theatre in Torrington.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, June 15, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for June 16-22 also feature Niall Horan, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Cedric the Entertainer, Nikki Glaser, Tokischa and the Hartbeat Music Festival.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, June 14, 2024
Playhouse on Park's 2024-2025 season includes premieres of a Jacques Lamarre comedy, a musical about ugly Christmas sweaters and an off-Broadway hit about the filming of "Jaws."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, June 13, 2024
Lisa Kron's monologue about family relations, cultural shifts and love is reinvigorated by actor Lena Kaminsky and director Zoë Golub-Sass at Hartford Stage.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, June 12, 2024
From "Horsegirl and Cowdaddy" to "Soft Magical Tofu Boys" to unique puppet performances and first-time-out cabaret acts, the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center offers dozens of new works this sum…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:38AMOut Film CT's 37th annual Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival begins Friday and runs through June 22 at Cinestudio at Trinity College.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:17AMTuesday, June 11, 2024
Mark Twain's amusing retelling of the Bible legend of Adam and Eve gets a straightforward production at Branford's Legacy Theatre through Sunday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:34AMMonday, June 10, 2024
David Cale's one-person drama "Sandra" is beautifully captured by actor Felicia Curry, director Jared Mezzocchi and a very involved team of designers at TheaterWorks through June 23.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:29AMSunday, June 9, 2024
Chair 10 Productions, a film production services company, was started by married L.A. producers who moved to Connecticut. Their first project, "Summerhouse," is filming this month.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe last time we saw Danielle Wade on the Goodspeed Opera House stage, the musical theater star was nimbly leaping from floor to table and executing other extraordinary dance moves in “Sum…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, June 8, 2024
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven offers dozens of events featuring performers, writers, artists and scholars. Here are some of the highlights.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThe Courant's arts picks for June 9-15 include Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Nicks, Feid, Tank, Rob49, classical concerts, a poetry reading and much more.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, June 7, 2024
Southern-born comedian John Crist, who has a special knack for reading a crowd, is bringing his brand of funny to the Shubert Theatre in New Haven on Sunday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:55PMThursday, June 6, 2024
Dogstar, the rock trio featuring Keanu Reeves on bass, will be back in Connecticut in August, performing at Foxwoods' Great Cedar Showroom.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:28PMWednesday, June 5, 2024
There are a lot of wonderful plays about baseball. "Toni Stone" at Playhouse on Park through June 16 is more than fit enough to join that team.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:57AMSunday, June 2, 2024
The Yale University Art Gallery's “Munch and Kirshner: Anxiety and Expression” exhibit, on view through June 23, highlights the artists' works during existential crises.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMConnecticut Summerfest offers free indoor concerts featuring contemporary classical musicians playing new works June 7-11 at the Hartt School in West Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, 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 06:00AM 
