The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 24-30 include legendary local acts like Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez, Max Creek and the participants in Dean Falcone's annual Vomitorium show.
The main villain of the piece Simba's uncle "Scar" is a superior bad guy: pensive & brooding rather than angry or shill. PETER HARGRAVE brings gravity to the show, contrasting with all those…
What "The Lion King" looks like is well known almost three decades after its premiere, but what's remarkable is how fresh it still looks at The Bushnell through Dec. 1.
The Goodspeed's current version of the holiday musical, running through Dec. 29, falls short of the silliness and comic exaggeration of the original story.
Bell Biv Devoe's Michael Bivens is sharing the love for Connecticut, his second home, before his legendary R&B group performs at Foxwoods on Nov. 23.
Michael Wilson is back after remounting his long-running and much-beloved Hartford Stage production of "A Christmas Carol" last year.
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 17-23 include music shows ranging from New Haven hip-hop stalwart Ceschi, power pop legends The Smithereens and jam/rock act Dave Matthews Band.
Little Theatre of Manchester is offering a concert version of "The Rocky Horror Show" played simultaneously by voiced and deaf/hard of hearing actors.
Tony Todd, the recognizable voice of horror and supervillain characters, was raised in Hartford and performed at local theaters well into his 20s.
The 83-yard old, whose music career started as teen, is showing no signs of stopping as he prepares to perform at the Warner Theatre on Nov. 13.
The North American tour of "The Lion King" returns to The Bushnell for a 2 1/2-week run starting Nov. 13. The show was last in Hartford in 2018.
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 10-16 include rappers, folk punk acts, pop legends, Christmas shows from Pentatonix and the Ivoryton Playhouse and more.
A new history of the Yale Repertory Theatre, "The Play's the Thing" by James Magruder, covers the first half-century of the groundbreaking regional theater.
Revered Black filmmakers Charles Burnett and Shaka King will visit Wesleyan for the "Black Voices and Visionaries" seminar.
Griffin Dunne, whose family is filled with famous writers, will discuss his memoir "The Friday Afternoon Club, A Family Memoir" Nov. 7 at the Mark Twain House & Museum.
Patti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye is "Celebrating 60 Years of Rock & Roll & Literature" with a solo show Nov. 8 at Small Batch Cellars in North Haven.
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 3-9 include holiday shows, theater featuring "A Bronx Tale" and "Of Government" and some pop and arena rock impersonators.
"Les Miserables," at The Bushnell through Sunday, has it all: Love, crime, comical scoundrels, cute children and the French Revolution.
It's an unrelenting stream of physical gags but it also offers a corking adventure story you'll want to follow through until the end.
"A Christmas Story, The Musical," one of the newest musicals to grace the Goodspeed Opera House stage for the holidays, runs Nov. 1 through Dec. 29.
Peter Scalettar, who grew up in Woodbridge, is the executive producer of the Netflix series "Starting 5," which delves into the lives of NBA stars.
The spectacular 1980s Broadway musical "Les Miserables," which underwent a major restaging seven years ago, is back at The Bushnell Oct. 29 through Nov. 3.
Scenes from three silent films will be accompanied by the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra for its season-opening concert on Nov. 2 at the University of Saint Joseph.
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 27 through Nov. 2 include Halloween laughs, a tribute to Charles Ives, Blues (and Blues Brother) legends and an African circus.
Melia Bensussen's modern theater ensemble rendition of "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" presents several fresh layers of interpretation to the age-old tale of good vs. evil.