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A Very Happy Scrappy Sackler Family Thanksgiving, premiering October 24 at DARE Festival 2019, explores the civil lawsuits filed against members of the billionaire family who own Purdue Pharma, the maker of the opioid prescription painkiller OxyContin.

The University of Saint Joseph's acclaimed 5X5 Dance Festival brings together choreographers, performers, educators, and students to study, perform, and, of course, celebrate the multifaceted art of dance.

On Monday, November 4, 2019, the stage of the Bushnell Performing Arts Center's Belding Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut, will be alive with the sound of musical by handbell ringers playing Christmas carols that have been rung for over 150 years.

The Warner Theatre will hold its 18th Annual Wine & Food Tasting on Friday, October 25, from 6-9 pm, presented in partnership with The Cork Fine Wine & Spirits and sponsored by Thomaston Savings Bank.

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Fairfield Center Stage continues its 2019/20 season with the benefit concert Don't Dream It.

Don't expect Lena Dunham or any of her posse of Brooklynites to show up on the stage of the Yale Rep's University Theatre at any point during the world premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins mad dream of a new play just because it's called 'Girls.

David Sedaris' THE SANTALAND DIARIES begins performances at Playhouse on Park on December 4.

Rob Ruggiero, TheaterWorks Producing Artistic Director announced today that the $5.

There's just two weeks left to submit nominations for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Awards, brought to you by TodayTix! Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019.

A beloved holiday classic! The Warner Stage Company will present A CHRISTMAS CAROL a?" A DRAMATIC SOLO PERFORMANCE in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre December 7-15, 2019.

Playhouse on Park's eleventh season continues with Barbara Lebow's A SHAYNA MAIDEL, running October 30 a?" November 17.

THE LOVE BOAT's favorite bartender, TED LANGE is joining the cast of Connecticut's run away holiday hit CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS.

Opening night of Roald Dahl's MATILDA, as presented by Fairfield Center Stage, at Fairfield Ludlowe High School Auditorium yielded a large audience with profound applause.

Royal Family Productions' acclaimed star-studded production of the powerful WOMEN ON FIRE: Stories from the Frontlines, will be presented as a special One Night Only Benefit Performance at  The Regina A.

Long Wharf Theatre presents the first production in the 19-20 Season, On the Grounds of Belonging, written by Ricardo Pérez González and directed by David Mendizábal.

Yale Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of GIRLS, after The Bacchae by Euripides, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, with choreography by Raja Feather Kelley, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, October 4-26, 2019, at the University Theatre (222 York Street).

Raymonda is a must-see of the Bolshoi Ballet, a work of living dance history showcasing the ballerina as the ultimate virtuoso.

Sex, politics, and religion a?" nothing is sacred a?" in Westport Country Playhouse's world premiere translation and adaption of Molière's comedy, a?oeDon Juan,a?? by Brendan Pelsue, directed by Playhouse associate artistic director David Kennedy, from November 5 a?" 23.

Hui He stars as Cio-Cio-San, the devoted geisha who gives everything for the American naval officer Pinkerton, sung by Andrea Carè.

The Milford Arts Council (The MAC)  is calling all artists, artisans, and craftsmen to participate in a holiday pop-up bazaar hosted by the MAC's Firehouse Gallery in Walnut Beach.

Famed stand-up comic Lisa Lampanelli brings her new theatrical production of Lisa Lampanelli's LOSIN' IT! to the Palace Theater for one performance only on Saturday, November 16, 8:00pm   For tickets go to palacetheaterct.

Collective Consciousness Theatre (CCT) presents the Regional Premiere of 'Pass Over' by Antoinette Nwandu, October 24-November 10

On October 9, I had the pleasure of interviewing Broadway star Dee Roscioli, over the telephone.