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The Met: Live in HD Series continues on Saturday, Feb 17 at the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre with The Met's new production of Verdi's Rigoletto.

The Hartt School has announced two special events: A cello and chamber music master class with world-renowned cellist and pedagogue Lynn Harrell, and the debut of the Hartt String Quartet in a chamber music concert, with special guest Lynn Harrell.

Tony Award-winner Judith Ivey, known for her critically acclaimed work in Long Wharf Theatre's productions of The Glass Menagerie and Shirley Valentine, will star in Curse of the Starving Class, by Sam Shepard, directed by Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein.

Westport Country Playhouse's next Script in Hand playreading will be the romantic comedy, 'Beau Jest' by James Sherman, a former actor/writer for Chicago's Second City, on one-night-only, Monday, March 18, 7 p.

The Warner Stage Company Season continues with MOON OVER BUFFALO, opening Friday, Feb.

Local funnyman, Nick DiPaolo, is set to return to Comix At Foxwoods this April after a two year hiatus, having last performed there in May 2011 when he shot his critically acclaimed hour-long special, "Raw Nerve" for Showtime.

Downtown Cabaret Children's Theatre presents Freckleface Strawberry - The Musical on Saturdays and Sundays beginning February 23 and continuing through March 30.

Billed by Dennis Miller as "the next really big comedian" and described by fans as 'acerbic and brilliant,' Colin Kane has proven himself to be a force in comedic circles.

On Friday, February 22, TheatreWorks New Milford will launch its 2013 Season with award-winning playwright Christopher Durang's musical comedy, ADRIFT IN MACAO, with book and lyrics by Durang and music by Peter Melnick.

Westport Country Playhouse's next Script in Hand playreading will be the award-winning play 'Intimate Apparel' by Lynn Nottage, set for one-night-only tonight, February 11, 7 p.

John Waters' tale of hair hoppers and integrationists receives a workman-like production in Broad Brook.

There are dog people and there are cat people.

The Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut Foundation in association with the Warner Theatre will present the world premiere of the new musical, Gefilte Fish Chronicles: The Musical, March 2-10 at the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.

The Hartt School orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Edward Cumming, returns to The Bushnell on Saturday, March 2, at 8:00 PM, for a glorious concert featuring the music of Sharlat, Mozart, Beethoven, and Barber, concluding with Tchaikovsky's spectacular 1812 Overture.

The Hartt School presents one of the country's most innovative and successful chamber music ensembles - Imani Winds - on February 21, at 7:30 PM in Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford.

The girls are back in town! (and this time - they're graduating!!) Newington Mainstage will present the East Coast premiere of 'The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps & Gowns' - the highly anticipated sequel to last year's sold-out smash.

On March 13th, 2013 The Ivoryton Playhouse opens its doors for a year full of exciting, live theatre.

The New London Maritime Society announces that all activities at the Custom House Maritime Museum are cancelled for the upcoming weekend: Friday, February 8, through Sunday, February 10, 2013, due to the predicted snow storm.

Stamford Center for the Arts (SCA) will be hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Sunday, March 3 from 8:00am-1:00pm at the Palace Theatre at 61 Atlantic Street.

Charismatic actor and comedian, Cedric "The Entertainer," best known for performances in such hit films as "Barbershop," "Be Cool," "Madagascar" and "Intolerable Cruelty," among countless others, will be visiting the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods for one night only when he performs his gut busting r

Due to the impending storm, the Friday, February 8th performance of HAIRSPRAY at the Broad Brook Opera House has been canceled.

Stamford Center for the Arts is proud to welcome back Lightwire Theater and Corbian Arts & Dance (as seen on America's Got Talent) who bring new life to the classic tales 'The Ugly Duckling' and 'The Tortoise & The Hare' today, February 7, 2013 at 10:00 AM at the Palace Theatre in Stamford.

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Hartford Stage, under the leadership of Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts, presents the world premiere stage adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Man in a Case, featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov, on stage February 21 through March 24.

The Warner Stage Company will present Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat February 8,9 & 10 at the Warner Theatre.