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Connecticut-based composer Paul Winter, a lover of nature and a pioneer of world music, brings his Paul Winter Consort to Yale's Woolsey Hall on Dec. 19.
The goal has been "very thoughtful" in carrying the "hottest items to tireless classics."
Four monumental talents left their mark not just on Broadway and London's West End but on the thriving Connecticut regional theater scene.
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA BUENOS AIRES (AP) " At a dance hall in the heart of Buenos Aires, 14 men in elegant dark suits sat at separate tables while across the room, 14 women in dresses and hig…
By The Associated Press Marlon Wayans starring in the Jordan Peele-produced football thriller "Him" and the iHeartRadio Z100's Jingle Ball 2025 featuring Conan Gray, Ed Sheeran, Jelly Roll a…
The Courant's arts picks for Dec. 14-20 include 'A Charlie Brown Christmas,' a ska band, an emo artist, a Hartford celebrity, a salsa princess and many holiday shows.
LOS ANGELES " Before Stuart Scott, the phrase "Boo-yah," was used to express joy. When he made it one of his catch phrases on ESPN, the expression entered the sports vernacular. Director And…
GENEVA (AP) " Switzerland's long-celebrated yodeling has received a response from the U.N. cultural agency: The Alpine tradition of chant and song is indeed worthy of classification in a lis…
The 30,000 capacity amphitheater, which began as The Meadows Music Theatre in 1995, has reverted to its original name after its naming rights deal ended.
Dozens of pieces from the collection are expected to fetch at least $50 million.
The sale set records for highest selling piece of memorabilia from the film franchise.
Film fans like to lament, "they don't make them like they used to," specifically about the kinds of wry, life-affirming dramedies that director James L. Brooks perfected back in the 1980s an…
By MOSA'AB ELSHAMY MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) " The carpet outside the 2025 edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival was unfurled in its usual red, but the stars who walked across i…
By DÃNICA COTO and EVENS SANON PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) " Compas, a beloved Haitian music and dance genre inspired by merengue and infused with percussion, made UNESCO's cultural herita…
By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) " Melanie Moore, who runs the Ohio-based Cincy Book Bus, is one of hundreds of booksellers who received a pleasant surprise for the holidays: a check for $500 …
What the Monty Python musical succeeds most at in this revival, playing at The Bushnell through Dec. 14, is in parodying traditional Broadway musicals.
By The Associated Press The joy of being there, of prayer and play, a dance in a bomb shelter, a kiss in a flood and a hug in the mud, kids rolling tires and scooting among the ruins of Gaza…
The annual holiday treat returns to TheaterWorks Hartford with a couple of big changes but lots of comical confidence.
When he was a little boy Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen was sure there was a monster hiding under his bed. "I couldn't look under my bed, and I had to jump into it from a faraway distance knowi…
By HELENA ALVES AMADORA, Portugal (AP) " One mural, "No Poverty," shows a Black woman tenderly braiding the hair of a white woman " a snapshot of family bonds that grew out of difficult time…
By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) " A memoir by Eric Dane, the "Grey's Anatomy" and " Euphoria" actor who has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, will be published next year. Dan…
First performance of a rock 'n' roll song on national television: when Bill Haley and His Comets performed "Rock Around the Clock" in 1955 at Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the Town" concert in …
Connecticut connections include shows at the Goodspeed, Yale Rep and Long Wharf, as well as actors, musicians and producers educated at Yale and Wesleyan.
The loose and energetic production of the Christmas musical based on the 1954 movie raises holiday spirits at the Goodspeed Opera House.
Amanda Robles, who grew up in Orange and started doing theater when she was at Amity High School, plays the female lead in the first national tour of the Broadway revival.
