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The Elm Shakespeare Company's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is the one of the company's most fluid and consistent shows in years.
The first actor authorized to perform "Mark Twain Tonight!" since Hal Holbrook, he presents the American writer and humorist as funny and snappy as ever.
Special chairs with local themes were created by seven high schools from Connecticut and two from Massachusetts created special chairs as part of the Chair Art Project at Bradley Internation…
West Hartford's Playhouse on Park has announced its upcoming season featuring four musicals for the first time, starting with a jukebox favorite in September.
James Montgomery, who has been a New England musical icon for half a century, has multiple shows throughout the state between mid-August and mid-October.
Playhouse 44, a busy new community theater group in Avon, is staging its compendium of new and old short plays "First You Smile" on Aug. 23 at Avon High School.
The lifelong fan of the late guitarist Danny Gatton is issuing a CD version of the his famous live jazz set while sharing his instrument with renown artists.
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 17-23 also include a Hartford Blooms tour, comedians including Howie Mandel and Brad Garrett, an outdoor dance festival and a wide array of music acts.
A new movie produced by Frank Durant and starring Eric Roberts and Gary Lahti has been shooting on location in Woodstock and Putnam this month.
The popular a cappella act will perform at the newly renovated, newly renamed PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford on Dec. 6.
The host of HBO's "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" is brining his latest solo comedy tour to Wallingford in December.
For all its present-day LGBTQ+ relevance, "Game On!," at New Britain's Hole in the Wall Theater through Aug. 16, comes off as stagy and old-fashioned in an endearing way.
The latest responsive grants awarded by the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven show how funding agencies are pivoting following the cuts and rescissions made by federal agencies.
The Yale School of Music has announced its upcoming season featuring Pacifica Quartet, New Jazz Underground, Christian Sands, Martin Bresnick and more.
The festival, which takes place every two years, was moved to mid-August and features world music, classical concerts, theater and more.
The actor with a fondness for Connecticut is the first person to be given permission to perform "Mark Twain Tonight!" besides its creator, Hal Holbrook, who did it for over 60 years.
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 10-16 includes country artist Cody Jinks, comedians Jane Lynch and Kate Flannery and eclectic pop acts such as KT Tunstall and NRBQ.
At least five community Porchfest events are happening in Connecticut in the coming weeks, including one in the West End section of Hartford.
Sensitive modern indie bands that tend to swarm Connecticut when the colleges are in session are harder to find in the summertime but are well worth looking for.
A strong-willed Eliza Doolittle, a reverence for the show's history and a sense of fun are the secrets to the revived production of "My Fair Lady" at Ivoryton Playhouse.
The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 3-9 also include a 12-act music festival, a 20th anniversary party at Simsbury Meadows and the three-day TerrifiCon at Mohegan Sun.
Black Thought of The Roots discusses how the band approaches different types of shows as the members prepare for their Aug. 9 appearance at Mohegan Sun.
Those who are nostalgic for the lively punk rock scene of the 1980s and '90s can luxuriate in some major punks coming to Connecticut from Nick Lowe to The Descendents to The Dwarves.
The Courant's arts picks for July 27 through Aug. 2 includes three Connecticut drummers, three country stars and 10 bands from the 1980s.
A landmark piece of public art that has been the site of countless Yale-based protests, will be fully restored and repainted thanks to a major grant from the Bank of America Conservation Pro…
