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Waterbury Arts Magnet School presents the Tony Award winning musical MEMPHIS under the direction of Nina Agostine Smith.

For the next month or so, I'll be memorizing lines and living from rehearsal to rehearsal.

A renowned scientist once theorized that finding "intelligent life" on other planets in the universe would be like shooting a particular blackbird in a room full of blackbirds, with the lights out.

At an event celebrating the nonprofit theater's eighth anniversary, the Executive and Artistic Director of New Britain Youth Theater announced a new season and a name change for the company.

Long Wharf Theatre, in association with the McCarter Theater Center, presents the 15TH anniversary production of Crowns, written and directed by Regina Taylor.

The Palace Theater has finalized its 18- 19 Webster Broadway series, and  with a Broadway blockbuster, some new titles and a returning favorite, it's certain to be a magical season for theater lovers.

Goodspeed presents THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES! Telling the life story of humorist Will Rogers, the Tony-Award winning musical features a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman.

Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents KISS by Guillermo Calderon, directed by Evan Yionoulis, April 27-May 19, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street).

On Saturday, April 14 at 7:30 p.

The students of the Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education will present Rogers and Hammerstein's 'Getting to Know' version of CINDERELLA, in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre May 5 and 6, as part of the Young Actors Series, sponsored by The Lufkin Family Foundation.

It's an Orchestra Party!!! Live@the MAC presents An Early Evening with Mozart and The Laurel Beach Casino Orchestra on Sunday, April 8th at 4 pm.

BroadwayWorld is excited to announce we're launching a new Facebook Group for the Connecticut Theatre community, bringing together performers, audience members, theatre groups, and more to create a local space for discussion and networking.

WFSB Channel 3's Dennis House and Kara Sundlun will co-host the 19th annual West Hartford Mayor's Charity Ball, which will be held May 12, 2018 at West Hartford Town Hall.

The annual fundraising event that culminates another successful theatrical season happens on Friday May 18 when 'Party at the Palace' returns for its fourth year! Be there to celebrate with a one-of-a-kind experience that invites guests to explore a century of good times at this remarkable venue thr

As part of its 2018 Spring Puppet Performance Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will present The Pied Piper of Hamelin by CactusHead Puppets on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 11 a.

Chekhov is alive and well in Bucks County, PA, where middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia have never left the boundaries of their childhood home.

Westport Country Playhouse will present the musical, "How I Became a Pirate," as part of its Family Festivities Series for two performances on Sunday, April 15, at 1 p.

Long Wharf Theatre, in association with the McCarter Theater Center, presents the 15TH anniversary production of Crowns, written and directed by Regina Taylor.

Annabelle Fox performs Fox & The City April 27th, 2018 @ 8 pm (doors open at 7 pm) at The Magnolia Room, 57 Main Street, Upstairs, Norwalk, CT.

Learn some of the fun  myths and facts during a special mid-week guided tour of the historic Palace Theater on Wednesday, April11 from 3 :00 - 4:30 PM.

Bridget and her Grandmother are about to become roommates.

The Warner Theatre's Met Opera Live in HD Season closes in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre on Saturday, April 28 at 12:55 pm with Massenet's CENDRILLON.

Since ancient times, men have been dressing up as women to perform in a variety of settings.

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut is currently featuring ground-breaking modernist performance sculptures first designed by famed Connecticut sculptor Alexander Calder for the 1936 production of Socrate at Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum, as part of its curr

 On May 4, TheatreWorks New Milford will open their first musical of the season, Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks.