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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.
Four monumental talents left their mark not just on Broadway and London's West End but on the thriving Connecticut regional theater scene.
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.
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.
What the Monty Python musical succeeds most at in this revival, playing at The Bushnell through Dec. 14, is in parodying traditional Broadway musicals.
The annual holiday treat returns to TheaterWorks Hartford with a couple of big changes but lots of comical confidence.
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.
Justice Dance Performance Project returns to Hartford Stage for the first time since 2019 to perform a new piece that uses books as a metaphor for current social issues.
Currents, who recently took its tour international, returns to Connecticut for a Oakdale Dome show with four other bands on Dec. 13.
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 7-13 include '60s-styled British pop, '90s indie rockers, alt-country acts and a slew of holiday performances.
The new EP of holiday songs includes an array of local R&B, pop, jazz and hip-hop artists including Zaccai Curtis, Doobie Powell and a Connecticut mayor.
There is widespread new interest in both old strips, created by a longtime Connective resident who died in 1982, and new efforts by other cartoonists.
The upcoming season features a number of shows in line with the U.S. Semiquincentennial, including "1776" and "A Piece of My Heart."
The dramatic truth is that there is no difference between "theater" and "theatre," Connecticut has just added to both the clarification and the confusion.
Productions of holiday classic are happening throughout the state, including a ballet backed by a live orchestra for the first time in over 15 years.
The Manchester CT Jazz Festival features eight acts over two days ranging from high school ensembles to New York talent.
The Courant's arts picks for Nov. 30 through Dec. 6 also include comedy from Steve Martin, Martin Short, Jess Hilarious, Dave Attell and Pete Davidson.
The exhibit covers the British/Guyanan artist's career from his painted photographs to detailed model houses to brightly adorned boats and melted plastic sculptures.
The annual holiday show gets another facelift: Two scenes have been removed, two others have been rewritten and restored plus there's a brand new actor in the cast.
Henrik Ibsen's classic will be director's swan song as he prepares to step down as artistic director of the Yale Repertory Theatre and dean of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.
The Courant's arts picks for Thanksgiving week includes Christmas shows, musical gatherings and nostalgic acts.
The Illharmonic, which combines classical and hip-hop sounds and features around two dozen live performers, is performing in New Haven on Nov. 22.
Michael Wilson is returning to Hartford Stage for another revisiting of his adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," which he first brought to the theater in 1998.
