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The Palace Theater could have gone the way of the wrecking ball as so many historic theaters have, but was rescued from that fate to come back in a blaze of restored glory when it re-opened in 2004.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) begins the second half of the 2017-18 season with the Tony Award-winning classic, The Crucible by Arthur Miller.

Playhouse on Park's Main Stage Series presents Intimate Apparel, a historical romance set in New York City by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage.

Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts announced today the cast and creative team for Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, which will perform at Hartford Stage Thursday, February 15, through Sunday, March 18.

As the Metropolitan Opera launches its 133rd season this fall, a new film by multiple Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Susan Froemke surveys a remarkable period of the company's rich history and a time of great change for New York.

Multiple Emmy award-winning filmmaker, Susan Froemke, takes us into the Metropolitan Opera House in her new documentary, The Opera, that charts a momentous period of change for The Met and New York City in the 50s and 60s today, January 17th at 12:55pm and 6:30pm.

Playhouse on Park presents Robert Harling's touching comedy STEEL MAGNOLIAS.

Join Playhouse on Park in designating the Greater Hartford area as a premiere destination for the cultivation of innovative theatrical work! The Playwrights on Park Reading Series was created for this very purpose, and our next evening in this exciting series is Tuesday, January 23 at 7:30pm with Te

Grab a group of your girlfriends and join us on Thursday, January 25 for Ladies Night Out at Steel Magnolias! Guests will enjoy a pre-show reception starting at 6:30pm, followed by Steel Magnolias at 7:30pm.

Over 500 people attended the 12th Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration, featuring keynote speaker Dr.

Grab a group of your girlfriends and join us on Thursday, January 25 for Ladies Night Out at Steel Magnolias! Guests will enjoy a pre-show reception starting at 6:30pm, followed by Steel Magnolias at 7:30pm.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center is now accepting scripts for its 13th annual Young Playwrights Festival to be held May 11-13, 2018.

The classic story of Pinocchio is adapted for the Downtown Cabaret Children's Theatre stage with the modern music and audience interaction that characterize the Downtown Cabaret Children's Theatre's ability to provide an entertaining show for adults and children.

On February 16, TheatreWorks New Milford will open their production of Proof, a drama by David Auburn.

'Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion', states salon owner and southern sage Truvy Jones in Robert Harling's STEEL MAGNOLIAS.

Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie, a summer '17 off-Broadway hit, is currently playing a limited engagement at Westport Country Playhouse, January 9 - 20.

Kool and the Gang the most sampled R & B Funk band whose signature song Celebration is played at virtually every wedding reception, will bring their iconic brand of danceable Funk to Waterbury's Palace Theater on January 13 at 8:00pm.

525,600 snowflakes.

Of all the parts of a woman's body, none is quite as shrouded in mystery as the vagina.

What happens when 3 rogue aliens head for earth after hearing a 1930's radio broadcast? Earth goes nuts!

Revel in the beauty of the opera with an encore showing of Puccini's Tosca on the big screen in HD at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Sunday, January 28th at 2pm, part of the Benchmark Senior Living at Ridgefield Crossings Live in HD & Classical Series and The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Series

Donizetti's L'Elisir D'Amore will be shown in HD on the big screen at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday, February 10th at 12pm as part of the Benchmark Senior Living at Ridgefield Crossings Live in HD & Classical Series and The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Series with support from The Rid

JUSTIN JOHN MONIZ from Tallahassee FL is the winner of The American Prize in Vocal Performance, 2017-18 The Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award, in the men's professional art song division.

After a search process that spanned two seasons and saw four exceptional finalists conduct concerts before large and enthusiastic audiences, the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra has named Yuga Cohler as the orchestra's new Music Director.

Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie, a summer '17 off-Broadway hit, will have a limited engagement at Westport Country Playhouse, January 9 20.