Sunday, April 7, 2024
The new exhibit "Styling Identities: Hair's Tangled Histories" explores the art and meaning of hair at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art through Aug. 11.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, April 6, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for April 7-13 include the Hartford and New Haven Symphony Orchestras, a male-cast "Golden Girls" and music acts from Bruce Springsteen to Cro-Mags.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, April 2, 2024
The Hartford Improv Festival returns after a five-year hiatus with 19 shows involving nearly 50 comedy troupes, a dozen workshops and a handful of parties.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:04AMComedian and actor Pete Davidson will play College Street Music Hall on June 23, his fourth visit to Connecticut in just over a year.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, March 31, 2024
Rupert Holmes is a mystery. He also writes them. The Tony winner's 1985 Broadway hit “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” is having a new production at the Goodspeed Opera House.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMCirque du Soleil's new tent show "Bazzar" sets up on Market Street in Hartford, while "Corteo" returns to Connecticut for four days at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, March 30, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for March 31 through April 6 include the national tour of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and two huge back-to-back concerts at the XL Center with Nicki Minaj and AJR.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, March 29, 2024
The Long Wharf Theatre has received a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to support its efforts as a newly itinerant theater company dedicated building new audiences.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:22AMThursday, March 28, 2024
Hartford Stage is bringing another finely balanced program of new works, American classics, comedy and drama for its upcoming 2024-25 season.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:01PMWednesday, March 27, 2024
Tlaloc Rivas successfully adapted George Bernard Shaw’s play for UConn's Connecticut Repertory Theatre by reframing the moral argument about medical ethics and making it entertaining.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:38AMThe Amistad Center for Art & Culture found its new executive director in Sarah Anita Clunis, who is shifting from academic institutions to the cultural hub at the Wadsworth Atheneum.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, March 26, 2024
Mötley Crüe will play Mohegan Sun Arena on Aug. 31. It's the '80s metal band's first show in the state since its "Final Tour" of 2015, though the band regrouped several years ago and did m…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:11PMMonday, March 25, 2024
The Bushnell's 2024-25 Broadway series includes "MJ," "Back to the Future," "Peter Pan," "Some Like It Hot," "The Wiz," "A Beautiful Noise" and "The Lion King.”
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:58PMSunday, March 24, 2024
The spring brings hundreds of concerts to Connecticut music venues from legendary punk bands such as the Descendents to top acts like Bruce Springsteen, Bad Bunny and Nicki Minaj.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"Sanctuary City" is being staged by TheaterWorks Hartford March 28 through April 25. The theater is amplifying the play's immigration themes with special discussions and an art exhibit.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, March 23, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for March 24-30 include comedians Jo Koy and Fortune Feimster, blues guitarist Robert Cray, country stars and a high-powered tribute to the Allman Brothers.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, March 22, 2024
The Shubert's 2024-25 Broadway series will features “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” “Dear Evan Hansen,” “Clue,” “Mean Girls" and “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life & Times of …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:33AMMonday, March 18, 2024
Nick Carter is returning to Connecticut for two solo shows on Nov. 9 and 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Mohegan Sun’s intimate 400-seat Cabaret Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:57PMCaryl Churchill's "Escaped Alone," at the Yale Repertory Theatre through March 30, is a disarming blend of light conversation and dark prophesy.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:18AMSunday, March 17, 2024
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra has become skilled in the art of accompanying movies and videos. Upcoming concerts find the orchestra performing music from Final Fantasy to Harry Potter.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTony Orlando’s live performing career essentially began with an all-star benefit concert in Hartford in March 1961, and he’s choosing to end it with a concert on March 22 at Mohegan Sun …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, March 16, 2024
The Courant's arts picks this week include Grammy-winning R&B star Ashanti, folk blues guitarist Tinsley Ellis, '70s prog metal stars Styx and the latest Monster Jam trucks show.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, March 15, 2024
Rainn Wilson, who played Dwight Shrute on "The Office," will screen an episode of the sitcom and talk about his time on the show at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:51PMMeghan Trainor will play Mohegan Sun Arena on Sept. 21 as part of the "Timeless" tour touting her upcoming album.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:30PMThursday, March 14, 2024
Katori Hall's comedy/drama "The Hot Wing King," at Hartford Stage through March 24, presents themes of Black identity, community, relationships and father-son bonding.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, March 13, 2024
John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and became a singer-songwriter during his time in confinement, has postponed a scheduled concert at Hotel Huxley in Naugat…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:10PM"A Stage of Twilight," a new film starring Karen Allen and William Sadler that was shot in New Milford, has its first Connecticut screening on Thursday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMTuesday, March 12, 2024
Connecticut is hosting two stops on the grand return of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus tour. The show plays Bridgeport March 15-17 and Hartford May 3-5.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, March 11, 2024
Yale professor Ron Van Lieu was with Da'Vine Joy Randolph's family as she acknowledged him as someone who helped forge her acting career during her Oscar acceptance speech.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:53PMSunday, March 10, 2024
Avon-raised Will Friedle, who played Eric Matthews in the '90s sitcom "Boy Meets World," is back in Hartford this week to take part in 90s Con and co-host a live podcast at The Bushnell.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, March 9, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for March 10-16 include several Celtic acts, violin Itzhak Perlman at The Bushnell and ballet star Misty Copeland presenting "Cinderella" at the Waterbury Palace.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM 
