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This holiday season, the Ivoryton Playhouse will invite audiences for God Bless Us, Everyone!, a spirited new Christmas comedy written and directed by the Playhouse’s own Executive Director, Jacqueline Hubbard.

Goodspeed Musicals is presenting A Christmas Story The Musical as its final production of the 2024 season.

On Friday, November 1st, I had the pleasure of seeing a phenomenal opening night performance of IN THE HEIGHTS at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre in Bridgeport, CT! Set in Washington Heights in New York City, in a predominantly Latino community, this show delivers the right blend of drama, action, and

Westport Country Playhouse has announced “From the Page to the Stage” guided tours are available to the public by reservation on upcoming Friday and Saturday mornings, from 10:30 a.

On the heels of Wednesday, the 3rd most-watched show on Netflix, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a devilishly delightful musical comedy based on the creepy, kooky characters by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will come to the Palace Theater in Waterbury for three performances, January 17 -18, 2025.

Eastbound Theatre, a division of the Milford Arts Council (MAC) presents a reading of “The Battle of Bowdley Green,” an original comedy by Stratford playwright Steve Otfinoski on Sunday, November 17 at 4 pm.

JUSTIN WILLMAN brings his ILLUSIONATI TOUR to The Bushnell.

Experience the return of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Hartford Stage this season, offering a classic holiday experience for audiences.

Westport Country Playhouse will open its 2024-25 Season with “The 39 Steps,” a fast-paced frenzy of espionage and murderous mayhem based on Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 classic film, with a dash of Monty Python's zany humor, running from October 22 through November 9.

TheatreWorks New Milford will present JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, running weekends in December.

Long Wharf Theatre has named Briona Jenkins the new Director of Development and Eric Gershman the interim Managing Director.

Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Awards.

TheatreWorks New Milford will present the rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar  from Dec 5th through 28th (weekends).

What did our critic think of THE 39 STEPS at Westport Country Playhouse?

On Saturday, October 26th, I had the pleasure of seeing yet another first rate production put on by the Castle Craig Players at the Almira F.

The Ridgefield community is mourning the loss of Lisa Barrett, a cherished mother and former marketing director of The Ridgefield Playhouse.

Westport Country Playhouse opens its 2024-25 Season with “The 39 Steps,” a fast-paced frenzy of espionage and murderous mayhem based on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 classic film, with a dash of Monty Python’s zany humor, running from October 22 through November 9.

Disney's THE LION KING returns to The Bushnell on November 13.

Join record 61-time Moth StorySLAM winner Matthew Dicks and Moth storyteller Jeni Bonaldo on Friday, November 8th at 7:30pm for an evening of heartfelt, hilarious storytelling improvised, crafted, and told right on the spot! 

David Geffen School of Drama at Yale will present METAMORPHOSES, based on the Myths of Ovid, by Mary Zimmerman.

Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, written by Kate Hamill Is currently chilling audiences at The Powerhouse Theatre in New Canaan.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre will continue its 2024-2025 season with The Old Man and the Old Moon, an enchanting play with book, lyrics and music by Pig Pen Theatre Co.

“The Films of Alfred Hitchcock” will be the focus of a Sunday Symposium at Westport Country Playhouse, on October 27, following the 3 p.

Join Music Theatre of Connecticut's Fall Fundraiser 2024 for an exclusive concert with Tony Award winner Kelli O'Hara.

Anna Deavere Smith, the Center for the Arts artist in residence for 2024–2025, will present the first public staged reading of This Ghost of Slavery: A Play of Past and Present, co-produced with Long Wharf Theatre.