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 Cut loose with The Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts (69 Wall Street, Norwalk, CT), which has announced the kickoff of its 2025-26 season with the premiere of “Footloose” at the Klein Auditorium.

The Warner Theatre in Torrington, CT, will present MAMMA MANIA!—New York City’s acclaimed ABBA tribute band.

Tickets for Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the first North American touring production of the musical presented by Disney in over 25 years, will go on sale to the public for The Bushnell engagement.

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at UConn will present PETER AND THE WOLF by Mark Blashford Marionettes on October 25, 2025, with performances at 11 a.

There probably isn’t a theatergoer who hasn’t already seen Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Ernest.

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Eastbound Theatre, a division of Milford Arts Council (MAC), will present Remembrance, a program of four original Holocaust-themed short plays, on Sunday, November 16 at 4 p.

The Warner Theatre will present Mamma Mania!, New York City’s premier ABBA tribute band, on Friday, October 24 at 7:30 PM in the Oneglia Auditorium.

Connecticut Ballet Artistic Director Brett Raphael has revealed a list of guest stars for the company's 41st annual production of The Nutcracker.

Cheney Hall will present a special ASL-interpreted performance of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street on Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 2:00 p.

Due to popular demand, Playhouse Theatre Group, Inc.

Join record 61-time Moth StorySLAM winner Matthew Dicks and Moth StorySLAM winner Jeni Bonaldo for an evening of heartfelt, hilarious storytelling improvised, crafted, and told right on the spot! 

Coordinated by local comedy legend Linda Belt, Comedy Nights feature two headliners, are BYOB, and are a great date night or outing with friends.

Time is running out to submit for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.

Love and theater intertwined at The Press Box Theater this weekend when James and Carmella Labuz of Drums, Pennsylvania, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by attending I Do! I Do!—the same musical that inspired their engagement five decades ago.

Get a first look at highlights from Goodspeed's production of A CHORUS Line! Goodspeed's production of the beloved musical is now running through November 2.

On Saturday, October 11th, I had the pleasure of seeing a hilarious comedy GOD OF CARNAGE as put on by the Castle Craig Players at the Almira F.

What did our critic think of REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT at Crystal Theatre? Rod Serling’s classic play, Requiem for A Heavyweight, well, packs a punch in Crystal Theatre’s production, now running through October 19.

Playhouse on Park will host a free open house for young adults ages 21–40 on October 14, 2025, featuring refreshments, tours, and a performance from Million Dollar Quartet.

Goodspeed Musicals is ready to ring in the holidays with Irving Berlin’s White Christmas as its final production of the 2025 season.

FineLine Theatre Arts, a performing arts studio in New Milford CT, produces a quarterly, one-weekend-only series called “Classics in Performance”.

Cabaret artist Mel McGuire brings her new show Good Time Girls—a musical journey through the lives of Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, and Madonna—to Curtain Call in Stamford on December 6, 2025.

This month, Elm Shakespeare will host a Masquerade Ball filled with music, costumes, and lively bidding wars.

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry and the UConn Puppet Arts Program will present the 2025 UConn Fall Puppet Slam this month.

The UConn School of Fine Arts Department of Music will present two performances this week as part of the UConn Music Inspire Series.