It was the day before Carolee Carmello was to take over the national tour of Hello, Dolly! and be in front of an audience for the first time in the title role. And what was most on her mind? “Don’t trip, don’t trip, don’t trip,” she says, laughing on the phone from Kansas City where the late…
In September 1772, a man looked out at a large crowd gathered on the New Haven Green and gave a sermon that placed him among the Colonies’ most notable literary voices.
Our top picks for events happening around the state this month.
Wesleyan University professor Amy Bloom discusses her work as a novelist and her role in the inaugural festival, to be hosted by Real Art Ways.
In 1989, with the museum's reputation at stake, the Wadsworth Atheneum placed itself squarely in the debate over Robert Mapplethorpe's notorious photo exhibit.
Chowder, pumpkin, and apple (and music) festivals, plus a haunted mansion and more of our top picks for events around the state this month.
Plus: The debut of the first Hartford Fringe Festival, and the Greek muse calls to Girls at the Yale Repertory Theater.
The hardworking comedian will perform at Foxwoods Resort Casino’s Fox Theater on Sept. 20.
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By all accounts, Kelli O’Hara is no diva. But the Tony Award-winning actress (she’s been nominated seven times), played one with delicious delight in the revival of the Cole Porter musical Kiss Me Kate, which ended its Broadway run in June.
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What a year or two Taylor Mac has had.
The controversial comedian will be performing Aug. 2-3 at Vinnie Brand’s Stress Factory Comedy Club in Bridgeport.
Get down with these musical performances in honor of the 50th anniversary of Woodstock.
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The idea for Passing Through began more than four years ago when Eric Ulloa was so moved by a This American Life NPR podcast that “I pulled my car over to the side of the road where I collapsed crying.”
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There is a moment early on in Cirque Du Soleil’s Luzia when water pours down from the big top ceiling, droplets shimmering like falling diamonds. A trapeze artist and another acrobat spinning across the stage floor in a large metal ring twirl into and out of this waterfall. It’s a dreamlike …
The prolific comedian and actor will bring his stand-up act to Hartford for a one-night show.
Also: UConn alum Forrest McClendon in Cabaret at the Connecticut Repertory Theater; Madison’s Juliet Brett on her role in FX's Fosse/Verdon; Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin at the Hartford Stage.
Our top picks for events happening around the state this month.
A monthly look at new books with a Connecticut connection.
Our top picks for events happening around the state this month.
Alasdair Neale will officially take over as music director and conductor of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, the fourth oldest in the country, July 1, shortly after he is introduced to the community at a free concert on the New Haven Green on June 22.
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The ever-busy host of "Late Night" will perform two shows at Ridgefield Playhouse on June 9.
The acclaimed actor brings his one-man show to the Bushnell on June 30; Cirque du Soleil comes to Hartford June 19-July 21; No Kids plays at the 24th International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven June 12-14.
A monthly look at new books with a Connecticut connection.
Musician, producer, author and activist Moby will discuss his Connecticut childhood and his new book, Then It Fell Apart, May 15 at the Space Ballroom in Hamden.
It has taken 12 years since the death of Connecticut native Sol LeWitt — whose remarkable career turned the art world on its head — for a biography to emerge. The wait has been worth it.
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Comedian, longtime host of The Tonight Show and renowned car enthusiast Jay Leno will perform his stand-up act at the Palace Theater in Stamford on May 2.
The Tony Award winner who has played Eliza Doolittle and Melania Trump brings her songs and stories to Long Wharf, Marcos Santana is back In the Heights at Westport Country Playhouse, and the new musical The Flamingo Kid debuts at the Hartford Stage.
A monthly look at new books with a Connecticut connection.
Our top picks for events happening around the state this month.
David Hein and Irene Sankoff thought the idea was far-fetched when it was first suggested they write a musical about what happened after 9/11 when 38 planes that were in the air were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, population 11,000.
A monthly look at new books with a Connecticut connection.
Bensussen will be succeeding Darko Tresnjak June 1, becoming the first female artistic director to run a Tony Award-winning theater in Connecticut.
Our top picks for events happening around the state this month.
The iconic stars of Barney Miller and I Dream of Jeannie discuss missed opportunities, love at first sight and loving their TV characters.
There are shows, concerts and special events happening throughout the state to set a romantic mood all month long.
A monthly look at new books with a Connecticut connection.
Playwright Karen Hartman was “inspired” by the landmark labor case and describes the play as “an imaginative response to transcripts, interviews, and the many histories of New Haven.”
Frank Rizzo takes a look at happenings on the Connecticut theater scene this month.
Steve Martin and Martin Short need no introduction. Their Now You See Them, Soon You Won’t tour stops by Foxwoods Resort Casino on Feb. 16.
You might be surprised at how many things there are for a non-skier can do at some of the mountains in our area.
Among the most memorable musical theater experiences this past year, “Bright Star,” Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s love story set in North Carolina during World War II, shines most radiantly.
Tarell Alvin McCraney sits at one of his favorite haunts in New Haven, Soul de Cuba Cafe on Crown Street. The space’s imagery of the Yoruba people of West Africa reminds him of his youth in Miami when a Santerian priest told him he was “touched and blessed” and that “the gods are talking to you.”
Walking through the Lyman Allyn Art Museum’s Chappell Gallery, which is dedicated to the artist and designer Louis Comfort Tiffany, is like going back in time to experience the opulence and luxury of the Gilded Age.
Woodward’s latest book is Fear: Trump in the White House, and he will be at College Street Music Hall in New Haven on Jan. 22.
