Wednesday, May 18, 2022
"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]Monday, May 16, 2022
TheaterWorks Hartford will be premiering a sequel to one of its signature hits, "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti," in July, featuring the original writer, star and director.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:59PM[SHARE]Friday, May 13, 2022
"Queen" by Madhuri Shekar, at the Long Wharf Theatre May 17 through June 5, is the first project of an exciting new partnership between the Long Wharf and the New York-based National Asian A…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 12, 2022
Hartford Symphony Orchestra 2022 Talcott Mountain Music Festival features concerts devoted to the music of Billy Joel, Paul Simon, "Queens of Soul" and bands who played the Woodstock festiva…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:38PM[SHARE]TheaterWorks Hartford's New Works Festival returns with four readings of new plays. Three are streaming May 16-22 online while the fourth is part of a day of live events at the theater May 2…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Winfred Rembert, a Southern artist who spent the last several decades of his live in New Haven, won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his posthumously published memoir.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:53PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 10, 2022
When an actor tested positive for COVID, "Zoey's Perfect Wedding" at TheaterWorks canceled five performances and is now bringing a new actor in until the original performer is ready to retur…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:40PM[SHARE]Monday, May 9, 2022
"Between Two Knees," a satirical take on recent Native American history by the indigenous comedy troupe The 1491s, is at the Yale Repertory Theatre from May 12 through June 4.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:13PM[SHARE]Friday, May 6, 2022
The traveling exhibit "Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel," featuring giant blow-ups of panels from the world-famous Italian masterpiece, is at the Connecticut Convention Center through June 26.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:47PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 5, 2022
The Courant's arts picks for May 8-14 includes shows at Sea Tea Comedy Theater, Hole in the Wall Theatre and the Yale Repertory Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Best-selling author Neil Gaiman should have a lot to talk about when he comes to Hartford on May 11 for a 7:30 p.m. appearance at The Bushnell.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Free Comic Book Day returns May 7, offering dozens of free titles prepared by major comics publishers especially for this annual event.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Savian Stanescu's "Bee Trapped Inside the Window" is a carefully distanced and emotional tale of isolation, racism, classism and social injustice at HartBeat Ensemble through Sunday.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:05PM[SHARE]Monday, May 2, 2022
Playhouse on Park's 2022-23 season will feature works by August Wilson, Paula Vogel and a new variation on "A Christmas Carol."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:07PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 30, 2022
The Courant chats with New Haven native and longtime Westport resident Michael Bolton, who is representing Connecticut on TV's "American Song Contest." He'll perform in the semifinals on May…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 28, 2022
"Pretty Woman: The Musical," at The Bushnell through May 1, stays true to its movie source material and adds some theatrical flash and creativity.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:18PM[SHARE]"Hallowed Ground: A 17th Century Immersive Drama" lets audiences interact with witches and colonial townsfolk in the historic Buttolph-Williams House in Wethersfield April 29 through May 7.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:53PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 27, 2022
The Meriden Daffodil Festival returns after a two-year pandemic hiatus. Among the attractions: dozens of live music acts.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:30PM[SHARE]A photography exhibit, "The Future is Latinx," is at Park Street Library @ the Lyric through May 31. Work by two photographers is on view, Adrian Martinez Chavez and Rafael Concepcion.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 22, 2022
"Zoey's Perfect Wedding," a "disastrously fun" comedy by Matthew Lopez, is at TheaterWorks Hartford April 30 through June 5.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 21, 2022
The Yale Repertory Theatre has announced its 2022-23 season of four plays: Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," Leah Nanako Winkler's "The Brightest Thing in the World," Luis Alf…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:29PM[SHARE]Hartford Stage has announced its 2022-23 season of six plays: "The Mousetrap," "Trouble in Mind," new plays by Kate Snodgrass and Christine Quintana, Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" and th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:49PM[SHARE]The national tour of the musical version of "Pretty Woman," starring Olivia Valli and Adam Pascal, is at The Bushnell April 26 through May 1.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Vermont's Bread and Puppet Theater will bring its adaptation of Aeschylus' "The Persians" to UConn for two performances on Saturday and Sunday. The anti-war drama will be preceded by street …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:24PM[SHARE]Neil Simon's 1991 Pulitzer winner "Lost in Yonkers" is having a lackluster revival at Hartford Stage through May 1, starring and co-directed by the playwright's former wife and collaborator …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 17, 2022
Ballet Theatre Company will perform "Aladdin," with a score by Carl Davis and contributions from local Indian and Chinese choreographers, April 23 and 24 at The Bushnell. The project was con…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 15, 2022
DiasphoraCon, April 23 at Quinnipiac University's North Haven campus, is a celebration of comic books and graphic novels created by Black writers and artists.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:48PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 14, 2022
The Bushnell announced its 2022-23 Broadway series of seven shows on Thursday. The shows include fan favorites and Tony winners such as "Six," "Disney's Aladdin," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "T…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:31PM[SHARE]A new production of at "Next to Normal" at Westport Country Playhouse challenges that clichéd framework with a racially diverse cast including Black and LatinX actors as the central family.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 11, 2022
Christopher Betts was named the first Joyce C. Willis Fellow at Hartford Stage and will direct two shows for the theater over the next two seasons. Betts directed the current show at Yale Re…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:12PM[SHARE]HartBeat Ensemble, the Hartford theater dedicated to social justice and anti-racism, is staging "Bee Trapped Inside the Window," a play about modern slavery, this month at its Carriage House…
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