"And All Things Hushed," a multi-media performance/installation project by local choreographer Peter Kyle at Real Art Ways June 17-25, is opening up unused spaces in the buiding that houses …
Hartford Symphony Orchestra's 2022-23 season will feature Gershwin, Copland, Debussy, Ravel, Tchaikovsky and of course Beethoven, but also several great Black American composers, new works a…
Ann Leary's latest novel, "The Foundling," is the vivid, often alarming, tale of a young woman named Mary who works at the Nettleton State Village for Feebleminded Women of Childbearing Age …
In practice, "Kiss My Aztec!," a new musical comedy about the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in the 16th century at the Hartford Stage, just wants to make you laugh. It just doesn't care how…
"Hamilton" is returning to The Bushnell, and so is the chance to win $10 tickets to the show through an online lottery.
Many of the talents who nabbed Tony awards on Sunday night have been seen at Connecticut theaters, and some like Patti LuPone and the late Stephen Sondheim, have called the state home.
The Beat is a new archive of Hartford music created by the Hartford Public Library. The site is curated by local arts leaders and music professionals who will select 40 albums for The Beat e…
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, has returned to its old form in New Haven, with weeks of indoor and outdoor events throughout June.
The Courant's arts picks for June 12-18 includes comedy and dance at the Arts & Ideas festival, the "Masked Singer" tour at Foxwoods and a punk nostalgia night at the Space Ballroom.
Naama Tsabar's installation of shattered electric guitars, "Melodies of a Certain Damage (Opus 6)," is at the Wadsworth Atheneum's Matrix gallery through Sept. 11. On its closing weekend, a …
As New York cartoonist David Sipress prepares to discuss his memoir, "What's So Funny?: A Cartoonist's Memoir," in a virtual event hosted by the Mark Twain House and Museum on Thursday, he s…
"The Agitators" at Playhouse on Park dramatizes the decades-long friendship between Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony. The play by Mat Smart is at Playhouse on Park through June 12.
Troy Rondinone, a history professor at SCSU, has insights on the use of asylum and mental health imagery in the Netflix series "Stranger Things."
"Body and Land: Exhibition for Eco-Justice" is an artistic exploration to bring awareness to, and also celebrate, the environment. The free, weeklong event opens Saturday at Hartford's Chris…
The mainstays at the Goodspeed Opera House are family-friendly classic musical fare, but this version of "Cabaret" was the tamest, least objectionable, least menacing and thus most useless i…
TheaterWorks Hartford has announced a four-play 2022-23 season of "Fun Home," "Queen of Basel," "The Rembrandt" and "Clyde's." All the plays are by female writers. TheaterWorks will also mar…
The Long Wharf Theatre has announced several events in its 2022-23 season as it transitions out of its longtime 222 Sargent Drive location.
The new musical comedy "Kiss My Aztec!," a jubilant and hilarious celebration of Hispanic and Latin culture co-written by John Leguizamo, is at Hartford Stage June 1-26.
"Between Two Knees, a dark yet hilarious take on the oppression of Native Americans, is at Yale Repertory Theatre through June 4. The play was created by the comedy troupe The 1491s, writers…
"Amy Winehouse: Back From Black" brings the British bad-girl pop singer back to life for a couple of saucy, debauched hours of powerful pop ballads, starring Alexa Renée at Seven Angels The…
"Zoey's Perfect Wedding" isn't a parody of a wedding, it is a behind-the-scenes reaction to one that's getting out of control. The play, by Matthew Lopez, is at TheaterWorks Hartford through…
TheaterWorks Hartford will be premiering a sequel to one of its signature hits, "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti," in July, featuring the original writer, star and director.
"Queen" by Madhuri Shekar, at the Long Wharf Theatre May 17 through June 5, is the first project of an exciting new partnership between the Long Wharf and the New York-based National Asian A…
Hartford Symphony Orchestra 2022 Talcott Mountain Music Festival features concerts devoted to the music of Billy Joel, Paul Simon, "Queens of Soul" and bands who played the Woodstock festiva…
TheaterWorks Hartford's New Works Festival returns with four readings of new plays. Three are streaming May 16-22 online while the fourth is part of a day of live events at the theater May 2…