Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Julianne Hough and numerous familiar faces from the long-running TV competition "Dancing with the Stars" are part of the show's latest live tour coming to Mohegan Sun Arena in January.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:13PMTuesday, October 17, 2023
Sanaz Toossi's very funny and also very trenchant social drama "Wish You Were Here" is at the Yale Repertory Theatre through Oct. 28.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, October 16, 2023
You’ve heard of three-ring circuses, but how about two entire separate Cirque du Soleil shows coming to two different Connecticut cities in the same month? Internationally renowned Canada-…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:41PM"Lizzie," a rock musical about the Lizzie Borden slayings, opened the TheaterWorks Hartford's season with bang that needed to be louder, angrier and bloodier.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, October 15, 2023
Kids shows from "Jurassic World Live" to singer/songwriter Laurie Berkner to "Bluey's Big Play" will be in Connecticut over the next few weeks.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMark Lamos, who was artistic director at Westport Country Playhouse for 15 years, announced his retirement earlier this year when the Board of Trustees drastically changed the programming mo…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, October 14, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for Oct, 15-21 include 2023 Best New Artist Samara Joy, bandage-clad Here Come the Mummies, Les Claypool's Frog Brigade and new Hartford Symphony artist-in-residence…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, October 13, 2023
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra has extended the contract of its current music director Carolyn Kuan for three more years.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:08PMThe Goodspeed Opera House will be staging the musicals "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," "South Pacific," "Maggie" and "A Christmas Story" for its 2024 season, beginning in April.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:54AMTuesday, October 10, 2023
Kyle Bass' drama, "Possessing Harriet," at HartBeat Ensemble is a thought-provoking and highly entertaining play about what it was like to escape slavery in New York.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, October 9, 2023
UConn's Connecticut Repertory Theatre opens its season with an appealing coming-of-age saga by British playwright Tatty Hennessey, starring Téa Guarino as a 15-year-old girl traversing the …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:27AMSunday, October 8, 2023
Kate Hamill's comical, yet thoughtful, adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" opens Hartford Stage's 60th anniversary season Oct, 12 through Nov. 5.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMBig dance events coming to Connecticut this fall include Tandy Beal's dance/music/circus show "Joy!" at Trinity College, David Dorfman Dance and Derek Hough.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, October 7, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 8-14 include Lauryn Hill at Mohegan Sun, Thrice at The Webster, local musicians at the Glastonbury Apple Festival and 200th anniversary activities at Trinit…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, October 6, 2023
A new date for the Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band show at Mohegan Sun Arena has been announced for April 12, 2024, following postponements in March and September.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:53PMThursday, October 5, 2023
"Mrs. Doubtfire the Musical," at The Bushnell through Sunday, is a non-stop rush of jokes, songs, dances and a heartwarming message about family.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:21AMWednesday, October 4, 2023
Playhouse on Park's third Jane Austen-inspired show, "The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged," is literary fun that won’t offend the sensibilities of her fans.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:10AMTuesday, October 3, 2023
Out Film CT's 36th Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival is happening Oct. 6-15 in Hartford featuring nearly 100 features and shorts, several with Connecticut connections.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, October 2, 2023
"The 12" is a powerful collection of songs about how the apostles felt in the hours after Jesus' death, but it lacks some ingredients that would make it a more powerful musical.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:13AMSunday, October 1, 2023
"Mrs. Doubtfire" arrives at The Bushnell on its first national tour Oct. 3-8 with its original Broadway star Rob McClure and some improvements to the musical overseen by famed director Jerry…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM"Night Fall," the annual event celebrating autumn through a blend of puppetry, mime, music, dance and visual arts, comes to in Bushnell Park in Hartford on Oct. 7.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, September 30, 2023
The first Hartford Symphony Orchestra concert of the 2023-24 season offers Edward Elgar's "Enigma Variations" and some equally rousing and challenging works by Schubert, Gerard Schwarz and D…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:53AMThe Courant's arts picks for Oct. 1-7 includes The Roots in New Haven, a Henry Rollins reading in Old Saybrook, dozens of bands at the Black Bear Americana Music Fest in Goshen and several n…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMThursday, September 28, 2023
Academy Award-winning film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" is accompanied by a live 13-piece band plus a DJ on Oct. 1 at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMWednesday, September 27, 2023
The Mystic Disc record store is celebrating its 40th anniversary on Saturday with performances, trivia and tributes to the shop's owner.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMMonday, September 25, 2023
TikTok sensation Nurse Blake brings his comedy about the health care profession to College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Thursday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSunday, September 24, 2023
Symphony season has arrived in Connecticut. Here are 10 top concert picks, three movies accompanied by orchestras and other fall highlights.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMHundreds of shows are happening at Connecticut theaters this fall, from major tours to small experimental pieces, as local theaters continue to rebuild their audiences after the COVID shutdo…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMSaturday, September 23, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for Sept. 24-30 include the Sound on Sound Music Festival in Bridgeport, Hunter Hayes in Willimantic and Marshall Crenshaw in Old Saybrook.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMFriday, September 22, 2023
Branford's Legacy Theatre has mounted one of the first local productions of the British comedy hit "The Play That Goes Wrong," which has previously played Connecticut several times on nation…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:00AMWednesday, September 20, 2023
Ruha Benjamin and her book "Viral Justice" are being honored with two days of events by the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center on Thursday and Friday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM 
