Saturday, May 6, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for May 7-13 range from nostalgic acts like Kool & The Gang, a '90s rewind with Vanilla Ice, comedy from Kevin Hart and a festival of local bands in New Haven.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 5, 2023
Jessica Dickey's funny and philosophical play "The Rembrandt," at TheaterWorks Hartford through May 14, is given not just a carefully balanced production but is augmented by its artful sceni…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Renowned filmmaker Spike Lee is delivering this year's Mary and Louis Fusco Distinguished Lecture at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven on Saturday at 7 p.m. The event, to be…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:29PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 30, 2023
Four artworks that are assuredly not by Rembrandt but were once believed to be are on exhibit through July 23 at the Wadsworth Atheneum.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 29, 2023
The 2023-24 Waterbury Palace Broadway season will include "Pretty Woman the Musical," "Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird," "On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan," "Jesus C…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 27, 2023
The annual Meriden Daffodil Festival, this weekend at Hubbard Park, features three stages of live Connecticut music acts.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM[SHARE]Beloved actor Mandy Patinkin talks with the Courant about his decades-long singing career, an upcoming Showtime series and the state of his beard before Saturday's show at the Garde Arts Cen…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 23, 2023
West Hartford's Ballet Theatre Company has revived and revised its 2018 production of "Cinderella," blending fantasy, beauty, comedy, drag, pageantry and Prokofiev's sumptuous score into a b…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM[SHARE]The classic musical "Gypsy," about famous striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee and her pushy stage mother, is getting a fresh production at the Goodspeed Opera House. The director, Jenn Thompson…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 22, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for April 23-29 include John Fogerty at Mohegan Sun, a Connecticut Audubon bird event at Infinity Hall Hartford and a new play about racial injustice at the Yale Rep…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Local poems and other writings about the COVID years, including pieces by several local poets laureate, have been collected in book form as "Coming Out of Covid: A Celebration of Poetry, Pro…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Director/choregrapher Jeffrey L. Page humanizes the "Fats" Waller tribute show "Ain't Misbehavin'" with modern flourishes and a focus on the Black condition.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:00PM[SHARE]Kelsey Blackstone had never been in a food fight before, then she found herself in the Olympia Diner in Newington in the middle of the night with fellow jazz musician Jason LaPierre, filming…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 16, 2023
Jessica Dickey's play "The Rembrandt" examines why art is important and provocative. TheaterWorks Hartford is staging the Connecticut premiere from April 21 through May 14.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 15, 2023
The latest Hartford Symphony Orchestra Masterworks concert beautifully pairs Smetana's "The Moldau" with the Chinese classic "The Yellow River" and Beethoven's nature-filled "Pastoral" symph…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:02PM[SHARE]The just-announced 2023-24 Broadway series at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven features new tours of "Company" and "Annie," long-touring shows "Come From Away" and "Chicago" and the second r…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]The Courant's arts picks for April 16-22 include college or community productions of the musicals "Rent," "Beautiful" and "Cabaret" as well as a major national tour of "Jesus Christ Supersta…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 13, 2023
"Tina: The Tina Turner Musical," a theatrical retelling of the life of the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll," finds space for dynamic and dramatic performances by the entire cast at The Bushnell.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 10, 2023
New Haven's International Festival of Arts & Ideas announced its 2023 slate of over a hundred performances, talks and other events from June 10-25. The festival kicks off with Angelique …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:39PM[SHARE]The Connecticut contestants on the 15th season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" got to share a last hurrah on the show's reunion episode, as well as a surprise message from members of the Connecticut…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:13AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 8, 2023
The Courant's arts picks for April 9-15 include Girl Named Tom at UConn, the latest Hartford Symphony Masterworks concert, an all-female Iron Maiden tribute band in Norwalk and the national …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 7, 2023
Hartford Stage has received $100,000 from the federal government to support its summer arts education programs. While the funding won't alter the existing programs, it will be helping regrow…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:08AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Great musicians are feted on theater stages this week. Westport Playhouse offers a new look at the revue of "Fats" Waller songs "Ain't Misbehavin.'" Local jazz musicians play songs associate…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:02PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 2, 2023
Hundreds of works by prisoners in the Connecticut correctional system are on view at the Eastern Connecticut State University art gallery in Willimantic.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 1, 2023
Hartford Symphony Orchestra's latest Masterworks concerts brings a fresh springtime feel to Bologne's Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Saint-Saëns' Violin Concert No. 3 in B Minor and Mozart's …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:27AM[SHARE]The Courant's arts picks for April 2-8 include major acts like Lewis Capaldi and Kenny Chesney as well as comedy shows at the Funny Bone and Playhouse on Park.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, March 31, 2023
Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman's violent political drama "Death and the Maiden" gets a compelling, thought-provoking production at Connecticut Repertory Theatre.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:34AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 30, 2023
"Pride and Prejudice," Simona's Search," "The Hot Wing King," "All My Sons," "2.5 Minute Ride" and the return of "A Christmas Carol" are all part of the 2023-24 Hartford Stage season.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:55PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 28, 2023
The Bushnell's 2023-24 Broadway series will start in October with "Miss Doubtfire," followed by "Moulin Rouge," "Frozen," "The Cher Show," "Wicked," "Beetlejuice" and "Funny Girl."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:29PM[SHARE]Monday, March 27, 2023
Ansonia native Loosey LaDuca lost the lip-synch showdown on the 13th episode of the 15th season of "RuPaul's Drag Race," the last of the three Connecticut-based contestants to leave the show.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:39PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 25, 2023
Hartt School saxophone professor Carrie Koffman has embarked on a years-long performance art project performing on mountain tops.
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