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This year, the Windham Theatre Guild was unable to hold their annual Chocolate Gala and Auction in October.

Fairfield Center Stage, a community theater group, resumes its postponed 2020/21 season with A Quarantine Christmas Carol Experience, December 19-20.

Whose Shakespeare? will be presented via Zoom and Facebook Live Friday December 4 at 7pm as the fourth event of Elm Shakespeare Company’s free, online series, Building a Brave New Theater: Exploring Shakespeare & Race in 2020.

A Community Carol will take place on Thursday, December 17 at 7:30 pm followed by a 4-day streaming period, and is adapted and directed by Hartford Stage Artistic Producer Rachel Alderman.

The Ivoryton Playhouse has announced the opening of its new production – it's not on stage this time but it could be in your library! It's a very special children's book Ella Capella and the Pink Umbrella.

Today on Leading Ladies is Maureen Hamill-a renowned Cabaret singer, Director and Producer.

Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage will continue its 34th Season with It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, just in time for the holiday season.

Music Theatre of Connecticut will welcome Jonathan Kruk's one-man performance of A Christmas Carol.

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This December the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (YIPAP) will be offering two exciting free workshops for Native artists! Both programs will be hosted online on zoom.

The Ridgefield Playhouse will be “shredding” in the holidays with 17 year old guitar sensation Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, when he returns to the stage for a socially distanced, limited capacity performance on Friday, December 11 as part of the Pepsi Rock Series Powered by Xfinity and Bandsint

Happy (almost) Thanksgiving, BroadwayWorld readers!  

Voting is now open for the BroadwayWorld Connecticut Awards - which are back bigger than ever, celebrating the best in local theatre of the past decade! Our local editors have set the categories, our readers have submitted nominees, and now YOU get to vote for your favorites!

The Warner Theatre will present its next production of the 9th Annual International Playwrights Festival – DIRECTIONS by Penny Jackson (NY) - from the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre beginning Friday, November 20 at 7:00 pm.

Though not a traditional year, The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory has worked hard to ensure that its traditional holiday presentation of The Nutcracker will go on.

Tony Award-winning stage and screen star Kelli O'Hara returns to the University of Connecticut's Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts for a virtual live performance streaming Saturday, December 5.

'The Nutcracker Suite & Spicy'-the rousing, toe-tapping, high-kicking spin on the classical ballet choreographed and directed by Carolyn Paine and performed by CONNetic Dance is returning to delight audiences with a free virtual stream this year.

In the spirit of the festive winter season, the Warner is welcoming young baking artists between the ages of 8-17 to put their creative hats on and enter the first-ever Warner Community Gingerbread House Contest! 

Time's Fool is a new professional theatre company based in Wethersfield CT.

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The Palace Theater has planned some festive themed activities for the community to help make spirits brighter during the holiday season this year.

Tony Award-winning stage and screen star Kelli O'Hara returns to the University of Connecticut's Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts for a virtual live performance streaming Saturday, December 5.

The Department of Theatre Arts at Western Connecticut State University will present New Works - New Voices, a virtual production series dedicated to amplifying the voices of marginalized and underrepresented playwrights and composers.

Westport Country Playhouse will present the premiere of “Cocktails with Mark,” a virtual discussion series hosted by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director, on Thursday, November 19, at 7 p.

The Palace Theater is teaming up with Eleanor Management LLC to present ELEANOR'S VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS WISH - THE MUSICAL, a critical and commercial success in its 2019 Chicago World Premiere run, for streaming this holiday season.