Several major Connecticut theaters were abruptly informed on Friday night that National Endowment for the Arts grants, which had already been awarded, were rescinded.
Mara Vélez Meléndez's "Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members" provides final big blast in what has been the strongest Yale Rep season in years.
The annual festival offers full-scale productions by graduating playwrights from the David Geffen School of Drama directed and designed by fellow students.
There's a Connecticut book club for every taste. Whether you read Shakespeare or Stephen King, there are groups where you can discuss your favorite authors or subjects.
The Courant's arts picks for May 4-10 include Alice in Chains, the bicycle acrobats 360 Allstars, a circus on New Haven Green, Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds and more.
The 2025 Tony Award nominees were announced Thursday and included dozens of theater artists with Connecticut connections.
"Some Like It Hot," the Broadway musical based on the 1959 movie about jazz musicians on the run from gangsters, revs up the jazz quality and fancy dancing at The Bushnell.
Michael Price, who served as executive director of the Goodspeed Opera House for 47 years, will receive the Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre.
The third production of "Romeo & Juliet" in Hartford Stage's history ia an open-minded, open-hearted and remarkably amusing romantic tragedy.
Even if Matthew López hadn't written the epic social/cultural drama "The Inheritance," one of the most acclaimed plays of the 21st century so far, he'd still be known for the regional the…
Around 30 different local music acts grace this year's festival. Here is a guide to the weekend lineup.
The Courant's arts picks for April 27 through May 3 include music competitions, a Christie Brinkley book signing, a concert based on "Labyrinth," comedians and jazz musicians.
The just-announced season at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven includes the Connecticut premiere of the musical version of "Kimberly Akimbo" among the five shows.
Not only do Connecticut-based college radio stations figure prominently in "Live From the Underground," the author wrote most of it thanks to a fellowship from UConn.
The 1996 musical "Ragtime," based on the E.L. Doctorow novel about intersecting cultures in early 20th century New York, opens the 2025 Goodspeed Opera House season.
There are several full productions of William Shakespeare plays in Connecticut this week, plus readings, discussions and other events to honor his April 23 birthday.
The Courant's arts picks for April 20-26 include a "Girls Night Out" arena show, orchestras featuring classical music, a Connecticut Book Trail event and comedians.
Eboni Booth's "Primary Trust," about a man of steady habits who must undergo big life changes, is a mostly comic yet also darkly dramatic journey of self-discovery and survival.
R&B star Chris Brown is bringing his Breezy Bowl XX Tour to Connecticut on Aug. 23. It's the first big concert at East Hartford's Pratt & Whitney Stadium since 2007.
The 198 recipients of 2025 Guggenheim fellowships include at least eight who live or work in Connecticut, including several visual artists and composers.
The first two exhibits at the freshly renovated Yale Center for British Art in New Haven are "J.M.W. Turner: Romance & Reality" and "Tracey Emin: I Loved You Until the Morning."
Melia Bensussen's production of "Romeo and Juliet," at Hartford Stage from April 17 through May 18, focuses on the theme of youth versus their parents.
The Courant's arts picks for April 13-19 included a plethora of women artists, a night of doo-wop, early rock 'n' roll acts and 1980s British pop stars.
Over two dozen Connecticut musical acts performed songs by James Velvet, a leader in the New Haven music scene from the 1980s to 2015.
Hartford Symphony Orchestra's 2025 Talcott Mountain Music Festival in Simsbury this summer will also feature tributes to Queen, The Bee Gees and Tina Turner.