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As part of its Fall Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will host four free scintillating discussions with puppeteers, producers, scholars, and performers today evenings at 7:00 p.

A perennial favorite Dark of the Moon is based on the haunting folk ballad of 'Barbara Allen.

Long Wharf Theatre's Contemporary American Voices Festival, an annual celebration of adventurous, innovative new plays, will take place October 20-22 on Stage II.

Westport Country Playhouse announces its 2017-18 Family Festivities Series on selected Sundays from December through May, featuring musical productions based on classic and contemporary children's stories.

The Palace Theater's 17 18 season is nothing short of phenomenal boasting a two-week engagement of the blockbuster Cameron Macintosh's production of Andrew Lloyd Weber's The Phantom of the Opera, plus four other Tony Award winning musicals as part of the Webster Broadway series, along with concert

Chile, its people, its poets, and its government provide the setting for the films featured in this year's Spanish Language Film Festival with a screening of Il Postino, Tony Manero, and Los 33 on Tuesday, September 26, Monday, October 2, and Tuesday, October 17, respectively, at 7:00 p.

Direct from its success in London's West End, a sold-out UK tour and standing ovations at every performance, The Simon & Garfunkel Story comes to The Ridgefield Playhouse today, September 19 at 8 p.

Entertainment One (eOne) and Round Room Presents have announced that 'PJ Masks Live! Time to Be a Hero,' a brand-new, fully-immersive musical production, will take to the stage, touring across North America starting today.

Jane Alexander, Denis Arndt, Judith Ivey, and Christopher Michael McFarland will star in the world premiere of Fireflies by Tony Award nominee Matthew Barber, directed by Long Wharf Theatre Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein.

Nineteen-time Grammy Award-winning performer Tony Bennett, along with Tony Award-winning star of theater, film and television James Naughton, will join the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) at its Annual Fall Gala on Saturday, October 28, 2017 in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.

The Warner Theatre will present its 6th Annual International Playwrights Festival held in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre October 13 and 14, 2017.

The Warner Theatre and the Entrepreneurial Center of Northwest Connecticut Community College will present Discover the Commercial Use of Drones on Tuesday, October 3 from 6:30-8 pm in the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.

The Warner Stage Company will present the Tony Triple Crown Winner AVENUE Q on the Warner Theatre's Main Stage November 4-12, 2017.

As a young child, one of my favorite things to do was sit in front of the television, probably with a bowl of sugary cereal, and see what my friends who lived on Sesame Street were learning (and teaching me) that day.

A View from the Bridge, by American playwright Arthur Miller, takes the stage at Westport Community Theatre with performances through October 1st.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) opens its 2017-18 season with Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry will present Calle Allende, a new production created and directed by UConn Puppet Arts alumna Anatar Marmol-Gagn '17, featuring UConn School of Fine Arts students Katayoun Amir-Aslani '18, Darren Lee Brown '17 and Noel Williams '19, on Saturday, Septembe

Playhouse on Park opens Season Nine Mainstage Series with musical comedy Avenue Q, music and lyrics by Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez and book by Jeff Whitty.

Following a stunning 2016 -- during which he made his debut in Las Vegas, reached the finals of America's Got Talent, became a viral sensation as one of the most viewed videos in AGT history, completed a sold-out 52 date tour of some of the UK's most iconic venues and successfully persuaded a Spice

On Friday, September 22, TheatreWorks New Milford will premiere I Do! I Do!, a musical with book by Tom Jones (The Fantasticks) and music by Harvey Schmidt.

Platinum-selling rock band Train will be performing next Saturday, September 23 at the Greenwich Wine + Food Festival in Greenwich, Connecticut (www.

The Warner Theatre will welcome award-winning country superstar Martina McBride to the Main Stage today, September 14 at 8 pm.

As part of the 2017 Fall Puppet Forum Series, and in conjunction with its current exhibit Obstreperous Puppets: The Puppeteers Cooperative, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will present a discussion with Sara Peattie, co-founder of the Puppeteers Cooperat

John Waters (Pink Flamingos, Hairspray, A Dirty Shame) has announced that more of his super fans will have the opportunity to join him at Camp John Waters at Club Getaway in Kent, CT from September 22nd-24th.

Five-time Grammy nominee, CMA Award Winner for New Artist of the Year in 2012 and the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Country Artist in 2015, Hunter Hayes is bringing his incredible talent and energy to headline the Dana's Angels Research Trust Gala Benefit and Concert at the Palace Theatre