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Hilary Bettis' new play at Yale Rep, "Falcon Girls," has moments of tender wonderment and genuine feeling, but as a whole is a disjointed jumble.
Talks on cryptid sightings, guided tours of graveyards, a Witch of Blackbird Pond Ball and more are among the Halloween events based on actual Connecticut history.
The German rock band KMFDM, formed in 1984 as a multi-media project, is celebrating its 40th anniversary on a new tour coming to Connecticut.
Michael Feinstein is the living embodiment of what's called The American Songbook, music that came from (or sounds like it came from) the post-jazz, pre- rock 'n' roll period of the early an…
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 20-26 include Halloween-themed theater productions, '80s and '90s hitmakers and a spate of singer/songwriters.
West Hartford poet Julie Choffel has created a full-length book of poetry addressing the life, work and values of historic Hartford modernist poet Wallace Stevens.
"Fever Dreams (of Animals on the Verge of Extinction)" is an emotional, romantic and violent three-character play that sets a high standard of energy for itself.
The Capitol Fools do political comedy sketches and songs in the tradition of the now-defunct Capitol Steps, with many of the same writers and performers.
Leonid Sigal will perform Beethoven's violin concerto and conduct works by Carlos Simon and Georges Bizet for the Hartford Symphony's next Masterworks concert.
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 13-19 include comedy from Howie Mandel and Tracy Morgan and hits from former teen idols Jesse McCartney and Lee Ann Rimes.
William Kent, a well-known Connecticut artist who died in 2012 at the age of 93, is getting rediscovered through a non-profit organization created in his name.
The 2025 season includes an anniversary rendition of "All Shook Up," new productions of "A Chorus Line" and "Ragtime" and a stage version of TV musical "Mrs. Santa Claus."
The legendary Bread and Puppet Theater is bringing its "The Beginning After the End of Humanity Circus" tour to Connecticut this week in Redding and Hartford.
"The Shark is Broken," making its Connecticut premiere at Playhouse on Park, is a highly detailed take on what went on behind the scenes during the making of "Jaws."
"No Love Songs," making its U.S. debut at Goodspeed's Terris Theatre, feels like a real love story with passion and hopes and dreams and mistakes and regrets and restarts.
The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 6-12 include country crooner Brett Young, comedian Jessica Kirso, Nell Campbell hosting a "Rocky Horror" event and Mexican singer Peso Pluma.
Melia Bensussen is directing Jeffrey Hatcher's stage adaptation of the horror classic at Hartford Stage Oct. 10 through Nov. 3.
Two 19-year-old New Yorkers were stuck with little to do in Hartford during a getaway, so they wrote, cast and shot a crime thriller now on Amazon Prime Video.
Connecticut-born "American Idol" winner Nick Fradiani brings Neil Diamond to life in a musical that not only zips through his hits but plumbs the depths of his psyche.
San Francisco-based monologist Josh Kornbluth performs "Citizen Brain" this weekend at Real Arts Ways in Hartford.
Among the 2024 MacArthur Fellows are a Yale University evolutionary biologist and the 2023 winner of the Stowe Prize.
The annual autumn show is undergoing a transition to new leadership and a new design with a "Night Fall Community Jam" on Saturday at Keney Park.
The revived Cirque du Soleil attraction "Ovo" will return to the XL Center in Hartford, where the acrobatic insect-styled entertainment last played in 2016, on March 13-16, 2025.
The new family-friendly indie horror film "Monster Summer," written by Newington native Cornelius Uliano, opens Oct. 4 at AMC Plainville 20 and across the state.
Jeffrey Lieber, who began as an actor and playwright in the '90s, returns to his roots with "Fever Dreams (of Animals on the Verge of Extinction)" at TheaterWorks Hartford.
