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CT ballet companies will be dancing up a storm starting this fall. Here’s what to look forward to
Ballet Hartford has released its 10th anniversary season, and Connecticut Ballet announced that its Hartford...
New documentary celebrates past, present and growing future of filmmaking in CT. It has a goal.
The new "Hollywood to Hartford" documentary highlights the many important movies that have been made...
Much ado about something? New book helps crack questions about latest outdoor Elm Shakespeare show
"Shakespeare's World," co-authored by Elm Shakespeare Company artistic director Rebecca Goodheart, offers enlightenment on the...
CT art gallery is going to the dogs with exhibit exploring canine imagery and meaning
"Deus Ex Bark-ina," at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven through Sept....
Photo exhibit by famed Connecticut-raised writer Ocean Vuong is a hit at the Wadsworth
The novelist and poet has also found expression in photography, which is on view in...
Head into the great outdoors this week in CT arts with amphitheater concerts and film screenings
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 16-22 include concerts from Bowling for Soup, Kesha and...
Connecticut College ups its game for 2026-27 Guest Artists series starting with two ‘Rent’ stars
The upcoming series at Connecticut College includes Broadway stars, tabla music, a chamber ensemble, a...
Goodspeed celebrates 50th anniversary of ‘Annie’ debut. Here’s who will play leading roles this fall
A 10-year-old TikTok star will play the famous red-haired orphan this fall to honor the...
Theater review: Theaterworks’ ‘Cannibals of McGower County’ an entertainingly hot, funny tragedy
The world premiere of Drew Larimore's Southern gothic comic tragedy was well suited for a...
CT community-based theater dreamed big, nabbing influencer to star in ‘The Bodyguard’
Mona Swain, known as Theater Barbie, will play the Whitney Houston role in City Stage...
Jon Batiste on interconnectedness of his life and work and releasing three albums after CT show
The multi-faceted former "Late Show" show bandleader will shows off his jazz, classical and New...
The Wild West is heading east this week as Americana and country crooners take the stage in CT
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 9-15 include singer/songwriters Bonnie Raitt, James Hunter, Waylon Wyatt,...
Incredible few months of comedy is kicking off in CT clubs and theaters. See who’s headed this way
The great run begins with an arena show by Nate Bargatze and includes "Saturday Night...
A major international music archive has found its permanent home in CT. Here’s what it contains
The ARChive of Contemporary Music is bringing millions of songs and lots of fresh public...
CT festival celebrates contemporary witches and honors those unjustly accused in 17th-century trials
The third Connecticut Witch & Culture Festival, Aug. 8 and 9 in Hartford, celebrates modern-day...
Comedian Paula Poundstone returns to her roots, still calls stand-up ‘greatest job in the world’
The New England native, comedian, podcaster and quiz show panelist is performing on Aug. 8...
Sounds of August include two classy classical music series and jazz in a new art gallery in CT
Three concert series fill the month with music, featuring world premieres, major local talent and...
Blues and rock ‘n’ roll sounds are richly represented this week in CT arts
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 2-8 include legendary rockers Rod Stewart and Billy Idol,...
Long Wharf Theatre’s 2026-27 season: Congress, immigration, Arthur Miller and more
The Long Wharf Theatre has announced its 2026-27 season. The theater does not currently have...
Drag queen Alaska shares the big news: She’s starring in the ‘Oh, Mary!’ tour at The Bushnell
Drag star Alaska will play the title role in the national tour of Cole Escola's...
Actor once a regular at TheaterWorks Hartford returns in world premiere of Southern Gothic play
Constance Shulman and her daughter Gus Birney appear with Annalee Jeffries and Edward Hoke in...
Charles Ives Music Festival offers a fresh take on the America 250 celebrations
The annual festival, which has been infused with youth and history, offers multiple concerts between...
Take a time machine back to the ’90s and 2000s this week in CT arts
The Courant's arts picks for July 26 through Aug. 1 include jam bands Blues Traveler,...
Black Pride festival coming to capital city featuring art, performances, food and fun
The inaugural Hartford Black Pride Festival takes place July 24-26 in downtown Hartford and features...
Yale Summer Cabaret transforms into an accessible nightclub for ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’
The student-run summer theater at Yale University revisits a classic punk rock musical from July...
There is much ado about Shakespeare in CT with summer performances all around the state
Connecticut's summer Shakespeare season is in full swing with 11 shows taking place now or...
Bask in the sounds of living legends Bob Dylan and Lauryn Hill this week in CT arts
The Courant's arts picks for July 19-25 include deathcore band Heavy//Hitter, indie rock trio Riley!...
Celebrate National Mutt Day this month and bring your pup to these CT doggy destinations
For National Mutt Day later this month, bring them out to a winery or brewery,...
Historic CT theater programs announce merger to help one survive and expand offerings for others
Two Fairfield County theater programs will be absorbed by Fairfield Theatre Company as part of...
Theater review: Depraved, dark musical ‘The Wild Party’ lives up to its title at Playhouse on Park
The Andrew Lippa musical based on an epic poem about the degradation of the Flapper...
Saxophones rule as Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz celebrates 35 years
The popular annual outdoor free festival features national and local talent July 17-19 in Bushnell...
The Hartbeats go on as a music festival and a food truck festival combine at Riverfront Recapture
The Hartbeat Music Festival combined with the Riverfront Food Truck Festival to create Hartbeats &...
‘Oh, the Drama!’ New Yale podcast covers every part of its renown and reverent theater program
The 10-episode podcast series, narrated by Courtney B. Vance, covers each of the eight training...
CT ballet company dances under the stars to Keb Mo’, Philip Glass and more
Connecticut Ballet is performing its free "Ballet Under the Stars" shows in parks around Connecticut...
The summer heat is on this week in CT arts with ConnectiCon, Jerry Seinfeld and musical mixes
The Courant's arts picks for July 12-18 also include Adam Lambert at Mohegan Sun, Puppeteers...
Looking for something to do that won’t break the bank? Here’s a few places in Hartford to check out.
With families stretched thin with high grocery budgets and the cost of rent, it's hard...
CT city announces big name talent for Summer in the Park concert series. Here’s the lineup
The second year of the concert series at the Mill River Park in Stamford runs...
Alanis Morissette, Foo Fighters highlight Mohegan Sun’s 30th anniversary concert slate
The Connecticut resort casino is marking its 30th birthday in October with five special shows....
UConn’s Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry offers summer shows
The 2026 Summertime Puppet Show Series includes shadow puppets, a juggler and a dress that's...
CT man has dabbled in TV, radio, podcasting and purple dinosaurs. Now he’s releasing his third album
Well-known Connecticut broadcaster Larry Rifkin has become a songwriter, releasing three albums in the last...
CT music series returns with free lunchtime concerts in Hartford. Here’s the lineup
Audio Feed, a midweek free concert series in Hartford on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, runs through...
Theater review: Goodspeed’s ‘Crazy For You’ cast exudes excitement that is contagious
The Gershwin-scored musical, directed by Michael Fling and choreographed by Kelli Barclay, is one crazy...
Whodunnits back onstage as Westport Country Playhouse cracks Agatha Christie case
Mark Shanahan's new stage adaptation of "Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" runs July...
Scandalous musical ‘The Wild Party’ is swan song for CT theater co-founder
Playhouse on Park is ending its 2025-26 season with the Andrew Lippa musical directed by...
Take your pick of hitmakers from Sarah McLachlan to Dierks Bentley to Lionel Richie this week in CT
The Courant's arts picks for July 5-11 include tours by Dinosaur Jr. with Band of...
The American Revolution is on Connecticut stages this month. Here’s where
Several plays and musicals set during the American Revolution are being done in Connecticut this...
S’mores, mint swirl, black raspberry cheesecake and more: 10 CT locations to get your chocolate fix
Cut into a pound of a delicious New England favorite this week while trying to...
Outdoor open mic series for local youth starts July 9
The Amplify series of youth-oriented open mic shows will take place on the lawn of...
New CT film festival is highlight of first Long Weekend event in Hartford
The Long Weekend Film Festival, which highlights films made in Connecticut or by Connecticut filmmakers,...
Midsummer Fantasy Renaissance Faire turns a field into a medieval fantasy village
The fantasy-filled festival is marking its 15th summer in Ansonia and is one of the...
Hartford Bonanza is extra patriotic as it celebrates Fourth of July with music, food and fireworks
Doug Wimbish, Hartford Symphony Orchestra and dozens of other music artists will perform in Bushnell...
The arts of 1776: Why a cultural boom in Connecticut began during the Revolutionary War
The state of the arts in Connecticut in 1776 was nonexistent, but within the next...
The British get their say in America 250 exhibit at Yale Center for British Art
A small but intriguing “Loyalists & Sons of Liberty” exhibit provides a glimpse of British...
This week in CT arts goes out with a bang to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States
The Courant's arts picks for July 28 through July 4 include a historical event, multi-comic...
Rufus Wainwright, Jake Shimabukuro and Terry Fator among fall highlights at UConn’s Jorgensen Center
The performing arts center announced 14 shows for its fall season, which also includes local...
A CT summer theater is go-to spot to foster prize winning plays and Broadway hits. It works.
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, which is current in its busy season of readings of...
Famed comic Lenny Bruce is brought back to life in one-man play coming to CT for one night only
Ronnie Marmo brings his long-running play "I'm Not A Comedian ... I'm Lenny Bruce," about...
Dancer taps into her childhood memories to create rock opera set to her father’s obscure album
"The Mercy Velvet Project," Alexis Robbins' transformation of her father's local band album, is one...
Live from New York it’s a ‘Saturday Night Live’ themed week in CT arts
In addition to 'SNL' comedian Rob Schneider and writer Ceara O’Sullivan, the Courant's arts picks...
Get some bait and throw your line into these great fishing spots in CT
Fishing is also a wonderful way to relax during the summer. Here are a few...
Connecticut casinos prep for summer season of top comedians, music acts, parties and giveaways
Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun have unveiled their summer series offering stand-up from Jerry...
Theater review: TheaterWorks and Hartford Stage join forces for stylish, nuanced ‘Sweeney Todd’
The first-time collaboration, directed by Rob Ruggiero of TheaterWorks Hartford and staged at Hartford Stage,...
The Connecticut Forum’s 2026-27 season brings news show hosts, economists and world politics experts
The Connecticut Forum will host four events featuring speakers such as Trevor Noah, Chris Hayes,...
Living Colour bassist and CT native will headline Fourth of July concert in Bushnell Park
The legendary rock/hip-hop bassist Doug Wimbish has curated the 2026 lineup for the free Hartford...
CT musician makes ‘American Adventure’ video and music series to celebrate U.S. semiquincentennial
The 20-year-old Portland native has made a 22-track music album and a 21-part video series...
Novelist Tom Perrotta is serving up his new novel in CT where his writing career began
Acclaimed writer Tom Perrotta, coming to the Mark Twain House & Museum on June 18,...
Goodspeed Musicals is crazy about its upcoming production of ‘Crazy About You’
The theater's leadership team said the 1990s reworking of the 1930 Gershwin musical "Girl Crazy"...
Everybody dance now this week in CT arts with ballets, musicals and modern movements
The Courant's arts picks for June 14-20 include the Connecticut Ballet, a modern dance troupe,...
Actress Annette Bening named the 2026 Spirit of Katharine Hepburn Award winner
The "Dutton Ranch" star and Hollywood icon will be honored at a gala event at...
New Haven’s International Festival of Arts & Ideas names new executive director
The new leader, nico w. okoro, is already established in local arts community as an...
Biggest winners at the Tonys have some deep CT theater connections
Many Tony award winners, from the late Arthur Miller to "Liberation" playwright Bess Wohl, have...
The wackiest, most original, family-friendly theater in CT announces its 2026-27 season
Pantochino Productions, known for creating original musical comedies for 16 years, will premiere "The Real...
Wadsworth’s MATRIX exhibit has layers of life and lived-in appreciation for place where it hangs
Mariel Capanna's series of new works at the Wadsworth's MATRIX space was expressly fitted for...
One of CT’s longest-running LGBTQ film festivals is getting bigger and shorter
The 39th annual festival, running Jun 12-20 in Hartford, includes some locally made films as...
The big lights of Broadway are shining bright this week in CT arts
The Courant's arts picks for June 7-13 include concert acts from Megan Hilty and Matt...
Big E announces dozens of free concerts playing Court of Honor Stage this fall. Here’s who’s coming
The lineup includes stars whose first hits were in the early 1960s to metal and...
Theater review: A gritty and moody ‘Water for Elephants’ produces magic at The Bushnell
The first national tour of the Broadway production is a grandiose display of massive feelings...
CT theater cancels upcoming musical citing several factors. ‘We could see the writing on the wall’
Despite the setback of having to cancel a mainstage musical, the theater's producing artistic director...
Infamous New Britain bakery killings inspire short film screening in New Haven
New Britain native Chris Stifel's film about a tragic, traumatic night at a neighborhood bakery...
Righteous Brother spins tales of musical legends and timeless classics as duo makes its way to CT
Righteous Brothers founding member Bill Medley dishes on some of the duo's biggest hits as...
Hit musical ‘Water for Elephants’ brings circus arts, puppetry and romance to The Bushnell
PigPen Theatre Co. helped devise the circus-based spectacle based on Sara Gruen's novel that is...
Historic collaboration between two renowned CT theaters takes stab at Sondheim’s ‘Sweeney Todd’
The first-time partnership between Hartford Stage and TheaterWorks Hartford runs June 5 through July 5...
It’s a magnificent mix of Mraz, Modest Mouse, MGK and more this week in CT arts
The Courant's arts picks for May 31 through June 6 also include national tours of...
Yale Repertory Theatre’s 2026-27 season offers Anton Chekhov and August Wilson and two premieres
New artist director Evan Yionoulis will be overseeing the season, which includes "The Seagull," "Ma...
Westport Country Playhouse’s 2026-27 season to offer two world premieres and a one-woman show
The upcoming season includes the world premieres of “Ken Ludwig’s Pride and Prejudice, Part 2:...
Beloved CT theater going through another big change with new leadership at the helm
The professional theater in West Hartford that announced a major expansion plan earlier this year...
Cities and towns across CT are offering free movies all summer long. Some even feature free popcorn
The free outdoor film series happening around the state include Movies in the Plaza in...
A major Hollywood star was forced by law to act in a play in CT. Here’s why he was thrilled to do it
Tyrone Power's appearance in the play "Liliom" at Westport Country Playhouse in 1941 is the...
Moo-ving documentary film about saving cows charts a journey that started in Connecticut
The video captures a road trip where the filmmaker and her Lakeville-based father journeyed hundreds...
Fourth-floor exhibits at Yale Art Gallery are separate and independent but line up beautifully
The temporary modern art exhibits on the fourth floor of the Yale Art Galley are...
Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s Beatles-themed multimedia concert is full of surprises
Fresh orchestral arrangements, rare photos and videos and other effects vitalize “Revolution: The Music of...
It’s a g’day as artists are popping up from the land Down Under this week in CT arts
The Courant's arts picks for May 24-30 include singer/songwriters Robert Earl Keen, Alex Lambert and...
Three ‘L.A. Law’ stars reunite for playreading at Westport Country Playhouse
Westport Country Playhouse's June 8 Script in Hand reading of "A Tailor Near Me" will...
CT blues guitarist ready to celebrate his 21st birthday with a debut album and big shows on tap
Amani Burnham will perform songs from "Roots & Wings," his first album on the Blind...
America the Artful: U.S. 250th anniversary exhibits bring revolt and revolution to The Wadsworth
Democracy, civil rights, revolution, radicalism and American history are all explored in "Framing American Democracy,"...
Get on your feet this week in CT arts with world class ballets and metal mayhem
The Courant's arts picks for May 7-23 also features comedy from Marcello Hernández and Learnmore...
Theater review: ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ riotously funny, seriously moving and entirely unpredictable
The award-winning musical by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori, playing at the Shubert Theatre in...
Two nearly 100-year-old CT theaters formalize partnership to create new arts opportunities
The Bushnell will oversee and assume financial responsibility for Torrington's Warner Theatre, an extension and...
Rock legend Roger Daltrey from The Who added to jam-packed Big E Arena fall schedule
The other Big E Arena shows this fall include Brad Paisley, Alice Cooper, Beach Boys,...
New free live local music series starting on streets of Hartford just in time for summer
Street Sounds, a new concert series from the Hartford Business Improvement District, will take place...