Wednesday, January 17, 2024
A new leg of Janet Jackson's Together Again tour has been announced, including a June 29 date at the Xfinity Theater in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:42AM[SHARE]Connecticut-raised actor Kate MacCluggage is hosting a screening of the 2023 film "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret." Sunday at the Garde Arts Center in New London.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 16, 2024
"The Featherweight," about legendary Hartford prizefighter Willie Pep, will have its Connecticut premiere at the Norwalk Film Festival and a private screening at The Bushnell.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:34AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 14, 2024
The new MartÃn Zimmerman play "Simona's Search" has its world premiere Jan. 18 through Feb. 11 at Hartford Stage.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Waterbury's Seven Angels Theatre has altered its programming style, offering several months of concerts before starting its 2024 season of plays and musicals.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 13, 2024
The Courant's arts picks for Jan. 14-20 include comedians Mike Epps and Jay Pharaoh, '80s heartthrobs Richard Marx and Rick Springfield, and a premiere of a boxing movie made in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]A national tour of "Hairspray," the 1960s coming of age story that was one of the biggest Broadway hits of the 2000s, is at the Waterbury Palace Jan. 16-18.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Monday, January 8, 2024
Paul Giamatti and Da'Vine Joy Randolph, both of whom studied acting at Yale, both won Golden Globes Sunday night for their performances in "The Holdovers."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:41PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 7, 2024
Local musician Opus has been holding his birthday bash at Toad's Place for decades. They have become a prime gathering place for the Connecticut metal community.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]The Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals offers readings of three musical theater works-in-progress, cabaret shows, seminars and gatherings.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 6, 2024
A new outdoor music festival, "Capitol Groove," will feature 14 bands including The Revivalists, Dispatch and The Head and the Heart June 29-30 at Bushnell Park in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM[SHARE]The Courant's arts picks for Jan. 7-13 include "Dancing with the Stars," a Genesis tribute, comedy from Cocoa Brown and '90s hip-hop from The Lox.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Kevin Hart is scheduled to play the Shubert Theatre in New Haven on Jan. 15. The 1,667-seat venue continues to up its game with recent major comedy bookings.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 5, 2024
The free Winter Blues series is returning to Hartford in February with top local blues guitarists playing Thursdays inside the State House Square building.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:10PM[SHARE]The Ivoryton Playhouse released its 2024 schedule which includes a new holiday show, a new tribute to the Everly Brothers and a musical based on the movie "Mystic Pizza."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:20AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 4, 2024
Three Kings Day falls on Saturday this year. In Hartford, there are two big traditions with a parade and the Boars Head and Yule Log Festival.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 31, 2023
Grandy's Rhea Katzman is the tour coordinator for "Disney on Ice presents Magic in the Stars," which visits Hartford's XL Center Jan. 4-7.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]From women taking center stage to the rediscovery of legends like Arthur Miller, here's what's coming up in theater, comedy, music and art in 2024.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 30, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for Dec. 31-Jan. 6 include comedy at City Steam, Playhouse on Park and Foxwoods, as well as this year's Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival. BubbleMania, Hartford Cour…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, December 29, 2023
Pieter Roos, who guided the Mark Twain House & Museum through a major rebuilding process as well as the pandemic, announced his retirement effective Dec. 31.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:25PM[SHARE]Here are some last-minute ideas for how to spend the last minutes of 2023 in Connecticut. They include family-friendly events and a range of nighttime performances.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:57PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 28, 2023
Pete Davidson is performing Jan. 6 at Foxwoods' Premier Theater. It's his first show back after the abrupt cancellation of a dozen shows on his current tour.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:26AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 27, 2023
The 35th annual First Night Hartford celebration will take place in Bushnell Park and numerous other locations in Hartford from 2 p.m. until midnight on New Year's Eve.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:31PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Comedy sensation Ms. Pat, star of "The Ms. Pat Show" and "Ms. Pat Settles It," does her stand-up act at the Funny Bone in Manchester Dec. 29 and 30.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 24, 2023
Connecticut theater brought new works, tricky topics and technical innovations this year. Here are 10 of the Courant's most indelible memories from 2023.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Joe Gatto of "Impractical Jokers" and "The Misery Index" brings his comedy show to College Street Music Hall on Dec. 28 and The Bushnell on Dec. 30.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 23, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for Dec. 24-30 include a post-Christmas visit from "The Hip Hop Nutcracker" and a pre-New Year's cirque celebration at Mohegan Sun.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, December 22, 2023
Marlena Haddad, who grew up in Waterbury and attended the University of Connecticut, will be one of the 32 bachelorettes on the upcoming 28th season of "The Bachelor."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:57PM[SHARE]Connecticut is the theme of many Christmas songs, and a lot of Connecticut musicians have written holiday songs. Here are some of our favorites.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 19, 2023
A new monthly letter subscription service from the Elm Shakespeare Company shares handwritten letters in the voice of Shakespearean heroines.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, December 18, 2023
Audiences are back as two long-running holiday traditions, "A Christmas Carol" at Hartford Stage and "Christmas on the Rocks" at TheaterWorks have sold out their runs.
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