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Thursday, June 30, 2022

Real Art Ways receives surprise $20,000 from inaugural Ruth Arts grants by Christopher Arnott

Real Art Ways is one of the first recipient of a new national grant honoring arts organizations that work well with artists and arts communities. The Ruth Arts grants could not be applied fo…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:00AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Foxwoods launches free Bash on the Grass concert series. And, yes, there will be food trucks, games and cocktails by Christopher Arnott

Foxwoods Resort Casino has a new outdoor summer "Bash on the Grass" series starting July 1, with local bands and food trucks.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:11PM[SHARE]

Connecticut museums offering free admission for children throughout the summer. Here are which ones are in your backyard. by Christopher Arnott

More than 130 Connecticut museums will again offer free admission this summer for children, as well as an adult accompanying them.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:24PM[SHARE]

Forsooth! Here's where you'll find the outdoor Shakespeare this summer, much of it free by Christopher Arnott

Summer Shakespeare shows are back, with Capital Classics' Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival marking its 30th anniversary.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Friday, June 24, 2022

Review: A more hip-hop 'Hamilton' still packs its punch in Hartford by Christopher Arnott

"Hamilton" makes a triumphant return to The Bushnell through July 10. The cast is especially good at the hip-hop elements of the multi-faceted musical and is rowdier than the one that played…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:26PM[SHARE]
Thursday, June 23, 2022

Family-friendly Summertime Saturday Puppet Show Series returns to UConn, and this time it's free by Christopher Arnott

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at UConn is hosting another Summertime Saturday Puppet Show Series, with three free performances in July by puppet troupes from Massachusetts and…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:39PM[SHARE]

'Hamilton' star Stephanie Jae Park discusses getting the role of Eliza, the revolutionary musical and taking on The Bushnell by Christopher Arnott

A conversation with Stephanie Jae Park, who plays Eliza in the national tour of "Hamilton" that is playing at The Bushnell through July 10.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Bushnell cancels star-studded 'When Playwrights Kill' tryout run by Christopher Arnott

The new Matthew Lombardo comedy, "When Playwrights Kill," was scheduled for an out-of-town tryout run at The Bushnell in late July and early August. The play will now be developed in New Yor…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:02PM[SHARE]
Monday, June 20, 2022

'My Fair Lady' to return to New Haven's Shubert Theater for 2022-23 season, along with new tour of 'Soldier's Play' by Christopher Arnott

New Haven's Shubert Theater announced its five-show 2022-23 Broadway series on Monday.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:26PM[SHARE]

'Hamilton' is back at The Bushnell by Christopher Arnott

Lin-Manuel Miranda's massive hit musical "Hamilton" visits The Bushnell for a second time starting Wednesday through July 10.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Thursday, June 16, 2022

Real Art Ways quietly celebrates purchase of its building with the dreamy dance and art installation 'And All Things Hushed' by Christopher Arnott

"And All Things Hushed," a multi-media performance/installation project by local choreographer Peter Kyle at Real Art Ways June 17-25, is opening up unused spaces in the buiding that houses …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Hartford Symphony announces Gershwin, Rachmaninoff and breakdancing for 2022-23 Masterwork season by Christopher Arnott

Hartford Symphony Orchestra's 2022-23 season will feature Gershwin, Copland, Debussy, Ravel, Tchaikovsky and of course Beethoven, but also several great Black American composers, new works a…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:00PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Ann Leary discusses her new novel, her Connecticut book tour and working with husband, actor and comedian Denis Leary by Christopher Arnott

Ann Leary's latest novel, "The Foundling," is the vivid, often alarming, tale of a young woman named Mary who works at the Nettleton State Village for Feebleminded Women of Childbearing Age …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:24PM[SHARE]
Monday, June 13, 2022

Review: John Leguizamo's 'Kiss My Aztec!' goes overboard for a laugh at the Hartford Stage by Christopher Arnott

In practice, "Kiss My Aztec!," a new musical comedy about the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in the 16th century at the Hartford Stage, just wants to make you laugh. It just doesn't care how…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:20PM[SHARE]

'Hamilton' lottery for low-cost tickets to the hit musical has started for Bushnell engagement by Christopher Arnott

"Hamilton" is returning to The Bushnell, and so is the chance to win $10 tickets to the show through an online lottery.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:55PM[SHARE]

The 2022 Tony Awards showcased plenty of local talent. Which actors have performed in CT? by Christopher Arnott

Many of the talents who nabbed Tony awards on Sunday night have been seen at Connecticut theaters, and some like Patti LuPone and the late Stephen Sondheim, have called the state home.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:30PM[SHARE]
Saturday, June 11, 2022

Hartford Library wants you to check out The Beat, its new local music archive by Christopher Arnott

The Beat is a new archive of Hartford music created by the Hartford Public Library. The site is curated by local arts leaders and music professionals who will select 40 albums for The Beat e…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]

The Arts & Ideas festival in New Haven is back in full swing, with music, shows and more, a lot of it free by Christopher Arnott

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, has returned to its old form in New Haven, with weeks of indoor and outdoor events throughout June.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Thursday, June 9, 2022

The Masked Singer, The Dukes, The Band Camino and more: 10 best things to do this week in Connecticut by Christopher Arnott

The Courant's arts picks for June 12-18 includes comedy and dance at the Arts & Ideas festival, the "Masked Singer" tour at Foxwoods and a punk nostalgia night at the Space Ballroom.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:49PM[SHARE]

Shattered electric guitars litter the floor as part of the Atheneum's latest Matrix gallery exhibit by Christopher Arnott

Naama Tsabar's installation of shattered electric guitars, "Melodies of a Certain Damage (Opus 6)," is at the Wadsworth Atheneum's Matrix gallery through Sept. 11. On its closing weekend, a …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Cartoonist David Sipress talks humor and achieving the holy grail of publishing in The New Yorker by Christopher Arnott

As New York cartoonist David Sipress prepares to discuss his memoir, "What's So Funny?: A Cartoonist's Memoir," in a virtual event hosted by the Mark Twain House and Museum on Thursday, he s…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:36PM[SHARE]
Monday, June 6, 2022

'The Agitators' at Playhouse on Park charts the long friendship between Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony by Christopher Arnott

"The Agitators" at Playhouse on Park dramatizes the decades-long friendship between Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony. The play by Mat Smart is at Playhouse on Park through June 12.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:49PM[SHARE]
Friday, June 3, 2022

In this season of 'Stranger Things,' a SCSU professor is paying close attention to the asylum imagery. So should you. by Christopher Arnott

Troy Rondinone, a history professor at SCSU, has insights on the use of asylum and mental health imagery in the Netflix series "Stranger Things."

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:04PM[SHARE]

How church officials, a modern dance troupe, artists and musicians came together to bring awareness to climate change as it affects bodies and land by Christopher Arnott

"Body and Land: Exhibition for Eco-Justice" is an artistic exploration to bring awareness to, and also celebrate, the environment. The free, weeklong event opens Saturday at Hartford's Chris…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, June 1, 2022

The Goodspeed delivers a bewildering benign and cowardly 'Cabaret' by Christopher Arnott

The mainstays at the Goodspeed Opera House are family-friendly classic musical fare, but this version of "Cabaret" was the tamest, least objectionable, least menacing and thus most useless i…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:13AM[SHARE]
Saturday, May 28, 2022

TheaterWorks' 2022-23 season to feature 'Fun Home,' female playwrights and the 10th anniversary of 'Christmas on the Rocks' by Christopher Arnott

TheaterWorks Hartford has announced a four-play 2022-23 season of "Fun Home," "Queen of Basel," "The Rembrandt" and "Clyde's." All the plays are by female writers. TheaterWorks will also mar…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:36PM[SHARE]

Long Wharf Theatre announces final 'three acts' at New Haven's Long Wharf docks by Christopher Arnott

The Long Wharf Theatre has announced several events in its 2022-23 season as it transitions out of its longtime 222 Sargent Drive location.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:22PM[SHARE]
Friday, May 27, 2022

'Kiss My Aztec!' John Leguizamo brings the Latinx culture and history to life through music and humor at Hartford Stage by Christopher Arnott

The new musical comedy "Kiss My Aztec!," a jubilant and hilarious celebration of Hispanic and Latin culture co-written by John Leguizamo, is at Hartford Stage June 1-26.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:19AM[SHARE]
Saturday, May 21, 2022

'Between Two Knees' at Yale Rep is a dark, and unpredictably hilarious, response to a century of Native American oppression by Christopher Arnott

"Between Two Knees, a dark yet hilarious take on the oppression of Native Americans, is at Yale Repertory Theatre through June 4. The play was created by the comedy troupe The 1491s, writers…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Thursday, May 19, 2022

'Amy Winehouse: Back From Black' a well-managed tribute about a tragic pop figure at Seven Angels by Christopher Arnott

"Amy Winehouse: Back From Black" brings the British bad-girl pop singer back to life for a couple of saucy, debauched hours of powerful pop ballads, starring Alexa Renée at Seven Angels The…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

'Zoey's Perfect Wedding' at TheaterWorks is a funny, relatable relationship comedy unlike other wedding parodies by Christopher Arnott

"Zoey's Perfect Wedding" isn't a parody of a wedding, it is a behind-the-scenes reaction to one that's getting out of control. The play, by Matthew Lopez, is at TheaterWorks Hartford through…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:32AM[SHARE]

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