Goodspeed Musicals, the famed East Haddam theater institution that specializes in classic and brand new American musicals, has announced that its current (and first-ever) managing director D…
"School of Rock: The Musical," featuring a live band of local 11 and 12 year olds, will be performed Aug. 2-11 at the Warner Stage Company in Torrington.
The Turtles, now featuring singer Ron Dante of The Archies, brings its latest "Happy Together" tour to the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford on Aug. 3.
This week's Courant arts picks offer a throwback to the '70s, '80s and '90s with Chicago, Earth Wind & Fire, New Kids on the Block, Paula Abdul, DJ Jazzy Jeff, SWV, Xscape and Slash.
The 2024 Great Hartford Shakespeare Festival's presentations of "Hamlet" and "The Taming of the Shrew" mixes enthusiastic amateurs with some striking performances in the lead roles.
As the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz ends, half a dozen other big Connecticut music festivals are ready to go from Black-Eyed & Bluesfest to Jam at the Dam to the Charles Ives Music …
"The One Who," a spiritual, socially conscious outdoor theater experience from Marcella Trowbridge, has two performances at The Sanctuary in East Haddam on July 27.
The Courant's arts picks for July 21-27 include comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Maher, Vicki Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, blink-182, Sammy Hagar and Loverboy and Phish.
UConn's Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs has announced its fall 2024 season of concerts, children's theater shows, comedy and more.
A new Christmas-themed Cirque du Soleil will play Nov. 29 through Dec. 8 at a venue the company has never visited before, the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford.
"The Prom" is another strong summer musical choice for Playhouse on Park, and the final show of the theater's 2023-24 season.
Three-actor, opera-loving musical comedy "Ask for the Moon" debuts at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theatre in Chester July 19 through Aug. 11.
When Benj Gershman picks up his bass to play with O.A.R. on July 21 at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport, you can see it as another jam but also as a personal triumph.
Director Chay Yew brings a special down-to-earth feel to Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1949 hit "South Pacific," at the Goodspeed Opera House through Aug. 11.
The Courant's arts picks for July 14-20 include comedian Kevin Hart, the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz, the Hartford Latino Fest and Joshua Quimby's Back Home Fest.
Legendary British band Duran Duran, which continues to release new albums and shake up its set lists, will play Mohegan Sun Arena on Oct. 25.
A documentary about Max Corvo, who lived in Middletown and conducted espionage missions in Italy during World War II, will be screened Wednesday at Middletown High School.
The LGBTQ-themed musical comedy "The Prom" is the summer musical offering at Playhouse on Park. The show was a hit on Broadway in 2018 and was made into a movie in 2020.
The popular biographical revue "Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie" returns to TheaterWorks Hartford for a three-week run July 13-28.
Connecticut, with its wide range of historic rail museums with operational locomotives and trolleys, is featuring a number of special train events in July.
Bands announced for this year's free Hartford Live series outside the Old State House include The New Pornographers, Ripe and Connecticut's own Max Creek and Eggy.
The Capulet Fest was planned for three days at Thompson Speedway with 55 bands. It ended up with a couple dozen bands at The Webster in Hartford before the plug was pulled.
It's far from Jay Lewis' first time around the "American Ninja Warrior" obstacle course. This year may be the charm for the 19-year-old Cheshire native.
The local music Audio Feed music series will feature 24 acts over 12 weeks. The shows are at noon on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in Hartford.
In acknowledgement of its growing audiences, the Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival is doing two plays this summer, will offer a wider variety of food concessions and will mike the perfor…