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 Hartford Stage will kick off its dynamic summer education programming with its 19th season of Breakdancing Shakespeare.

In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster.

Westport Country Playhouse will expand its popular Script in Hand playreading series by introducing a junior version for kids, kicking off with “Charlotte’s Web,” the timeless tale of friendship, loyalty, and the power of words, based on the classic book by E.

Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center has an exclusive new exhibition coming up on July 24, titled 'You Made That? The Quilting Adventures of Harvey Fierstein.

New Paradigm Theatre has revealed the complete cast for its upcoming summer production of the beloved musical, 'Hairspray'.

The Sherman Players will hold another set of open auditions for Theresa Rebeck's dramatic comedy 'Bernhardt/Hamlet' at the Sherman Playhouse.

Westport Country Playhouse will swing to the sounds of “Ol' Blue Eyes” with My Sinatra, a musical play starring Cary Hoffman, on Friday, June 27 at 8 p.

The Bushnell announced that PLAYSTATION THE CONCERT is heading to Hartford.

Westport Country Playhouse will present “Pasek & Paul: Waving Through Westport,” a fundraising concert with Oscar, Grammy, Tony, Emmy, and Olivier award-winning songwriters and producers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.

The Bushnell is thrilled to announce that Broadway's Jeremy Jordan has added a second performance at The Bushnell's Belding Theater this October.

The Connecticut Theatre Exchange will present a staged reading of 'The Day Dickens Drowned', a bold and imaginative new play by award-winning playwright and television writer Susan Cinoman.

 A Family Business: (A)Pizza Play, the latest original production from A Broken Umbrella Theatre, will premiere this month as part of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

Capital Classics Theatre Company announced the complete lineup of activities and entertainment for the two productions that will comprise the 2025 Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival.

This show brings to life the unforgettable night in 1956 when rock ‘n’ roll legends Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins gathered at Sun Records to create musical history!

In conjunction with the world premiere production of THE BARONESS by Jacques Lamarre, Playhouse on Park will have two special offerings during the run.

Even if you saw the movie, don't miss this rarely performed play at The Powerhouse Theatre in Waveny Park, New Canaan.

Westport Country Playhouse announces its upcoming 95th theater season, from October 2025 through August 2026, featuring three Playhouse-produced plays, including an Oscar Wilde comedy, a 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner, and a classic country house murder mystery from Agatha Christie, each running three w

Goodspeed Musicals will present All Shook Up as its second production of the 2025 season.

The Board of Directors of Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury, CT announced the two theatre professionals selected to lead the professional theatre into its next era.

TheaterWorks Hartford will host the first production of the new national tour of Mark Twain Tonight! written and originally performed by Hal Holbrook featuring Emmy Award-winner Richard Thomas.

Westport Country Playhouse will participate in “Connecticut Open House Day” on Saturday, June 14, from 1 to 5 p.

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The undisputed “Queen of Reggaetón,” Ivy Queen, is headed to Waterbury for an unforgettable night of music, bringing Reggaetón to the Palace Theater for the first time in the theater’s history.

There is probably no contemporary playwright who writes better theatrical farces than Ken Ludwig.

Truly romantic dramatized love stories are rare these days, but on Saturday, June 7th, I had the pleasure of seeing what I would consider to be the most romantic love story I have ever seen acted out on stage! This is a phenomenal production put on at the Goshen Players Playhouse in Goshen, CT, a Ci