Connecticut Performing Arts
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Jan 18 - 14 2024Laughter on the 23rd Floor - Waterbury
This Broadway hit pays homage to Neil Simon's early days in show biz when he worked as a junior joke writer for Sid Casar's "Your Show of Shows." The ... more » -
Jan 18 - 3 202406078 Annual - Suffield
Two comic one act plays with a "cleaning" theme: "Stiff Cuffs" and Thursday is my Day for Cleaning," proving housework is dangerous to your sanity. ... more » -
Jan 26 - 27 2024All's Well That Ends Well - New Haven
Humility and ambition collide in the bedroom, as one of Shakespeare's most resourceful and resilient heroines embarks on a quest across Europe to win ... more » -
Feb 1 - 3 2024Requiem for a Heavyweight - Cheshire
A compassionate portrayal of a fading boxer. Presented by Cheshire Community Theater. -
Feb 1 - 14 2024Prudence - Mansfield
Performance presented by the Connecticut Repertory Theatre. An inspiring story of the courage, compassion and strength of a handful of woman who stood ... more » -
Feb 4 2024Thomas Jefferson Comes to Cornwall: 1806 meets 2006 - Cornwall
Performance, in the form of a traditional early 19th century town meeting, with Jefferson, portrayed by Bill Barker, addresses the audience. Gala rece ... more » -
Feb 7 2024Still Life: Frida Kahlo & Georgia O'Keeffe - Hamden
Presented by Fidelio. This performance offers an inside view of the loves, lives and art of the two seminal women artists of the 20th century, Mexico ... more » -
Feb 8 - 25 2024The Beauty Queen of Leenane - Essex
A dark comdey by Martin McDonagh. A mother and daughter use any method they can to hilariously irritate and manipulate each other. -
Feb 9 2024The Ecstasy of St. Teresa: Extremes of Feeling from the High Renaissance - New Haven
Presented by Yale Institute of Sacred Music; Robert Hallingworth, director. Music of Gesualdo, Monteverdi, De Wert, and Palestrina. -
Feb 11 2024Crabgrass Puppet Theater - Norwalk
Will present the timeless African trickster tale Anansi Spiderman of Africa. -
Feb 13 - 18 2024Rent - New Haven
Inspired by Puccini's "La Boheme", RENT celebrates a community of young artists as they struggle with the hopes and realities of today's world. ... more » -
Feb 17 - 18 2024DanceMasters Performance - Middletown
Has become the region's most acclaimed event for dancers, teachers and dance enthusiasts. It features a series of fourteen master classes and a showca ... more » -
Feb 27 2024Art in Context - New Haven
"Playing the Part: Fashioning Mrs. Robinson." -
Mar 1 - 11 2024Dance of the Holy Ghosts: A Play on Memory - New Haven
Oscar Clifton prefers to live with his memories rather than his life. But when his estranged grandson comes calling after 18 years, Oscar must face a ... more » -
Mar 2 2024Alexander Who's Not, Not, Not, Not, Not, Not - New Haven
Alexander-the feisty and loveable youngster from Judith Viorst's popular Alexander book series - faces his biggest challenge ever in this entertaining ... more » -
Mar 2 2024HSO Pops! - Bernstein on Broadway - Hampton
Jamie Bernstein hosts this tribute to her father's greatest hits. -
Mar 5 2024Art in Context - New Haven
"The Genteel Georgian Interior." -
Mar 8 - 20 2024Trying - Hampton
This uplifting, life-affirming play presents a comic and touching portrait of generational reconciliation based on the life of Judge Francis Biddle, A ... more » -
Mar 14 - 15 2024A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur - Hampton
Tennessee Williams' play about four women in a St. Louis boarding house. Directed by Michael Wilson -
Mar 14 - 31 2024The Tale of the Allergist's Wife - Essex
A comedy about a middle-aged upper West Side doctor's wife who is suffering from a mild-life crisis of Medea-like proportion. -
Mar 17 2024J.S. Bach: - New Haven
Presented by Yale Camerata. Pre-concert talk by Daniel Melamed at 2 p.m. -
Mar 28 - 5 2024As You Like It - Mansfield
One of Shakespeare's most popular and romantic comedies is filled with laughter, love and song. Presented by the Connecticut Repertory Theatre. ... more » -
Mar 29 - 31 2024The Admirable Crichton - Cheshire
A fantasy of four acts written by J.M. Barrie, author of "Peter Pan." Combining comedy and drama, this production deals with class struggle and surviv ... more » -
Mar 30 2024Break! The Urban Funk Spectacular - Wallingford
Break! has electrified audiences around the world. -
Mar 30 2024The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) - Waterbury
Three actors take a romp through all 37 of the Bard's plays in just 93 minutes. -
Apr 11 2024A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Waterbury
"Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight!" Broadway's greatest farce is light, fast-paced,witty, irreverent and one of the funniest musicals ever written. ... more » -
Apr 12 2024New Haven Chorale - Hampton
Choral extravaganza of the season! Nearly 400 performers! The Chorale welcomes The Hartt School choruses and orchestra for a memorable performance wit ... more » -
Apr 13 - 14 2024The Mikado - New Haven
Gilbert & Sullivan's memorable characters transform the stage into the exotic, make-believe world of Titipu. Deliciously satirical, magnificently musi ... more » -
Apr 13 2024Cam Jansen - Wallingford
When Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to solve mysteries, she becomes a celebrity. Find out as she solves the Case of the Emerald Elephant. ... more » -
Apr 18 - 5 2024Gypsy - Essex
Story about the ultimate stage mother, when Vaudeville was dying and burlesque was born. -
Apr 26 - 17 2024Arsenic & Old Lace - Windham
One of the all-time hits of the American stage. This wickedly funny thriller about two maiden aunts with a penchant for poison is a dead winner. ... more » -
Apr 27 - 28 2024Rochambeau's Regiments - Scotland
Re-enactment of the march by Boy Scout troops from local towns representing Rochambeau's five regiments, followed by a "School of the Soldier" by the ... more » -
May 14 - 19 2024Chicago - New Haven
Featuring what may be Kander and Ebb's finest score, and choreographed in the style of Bob Fosse, Chicago is the recipient of six Tony Awards, two Oli ... more » -
May 16 - 2 202411th Annual Terra Mirabilia - If Rocks Could Dream - Branford
An extraordinary tale of the enchanting stone from the earliest moments in geological timefold with lazer, projections, light, music, poetry, fire, st ... more » -
May 17 - 31 2024Urban Quirk - Hampton
A delightfully humorous evening of intertwined tales of urban life and romance, currently in development for its world premier at TheaterWorks. ... more » -
May 22 - 23 2024Mack the Knife, the Life and Music of Bobby Darin - Essex
A musical tribute to Bobby Darin featuring his performances at the Copa Cabana and Vegas. -
May 31 - 10 2024Our Town - Thomaston
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize was revived in 2002 on Broadway starring Paul Newman. -
Jun 1 - 4 2024Annual Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts - Westport
Summer outdoor entertainment with over 50 performances. Bring your blanket and picnic. -
Jun 7 - 12 2024Big Apple Circus - New Haven
Celebrated star Gramdma the Clown and her luminous cast of acrobats, jugglers, trapeze flyers, performing horses and dogs, humorists, and super heroes ... more » -
Jul 4 - 13 2008Three Tall Women - Thomaston
As an imperious, acerbic old woman lies dying, she is tended by two other women and visited by a young man. By Edward Albee, his scenes are charged w ... more » -
Jul 3 - 5 2014Square One Teen Theatre Production of Black Comedy and The Actor's Nightmare - Stratford
Square One Teen Theatre will perform Christopher Durang's The Actor's Nightmare and Peter Shaffer's Black Comedy. Performances are on July 9 at 7 p.m. ... more » -
Jun 28 - 7 2024Marriage is Murder - Thomaston
Ex-spouses Paul and Polly Butler write murder mysteries together. They act out the crimes in Paul's apartment: poisoned chocolates and lethal martinis ... more » -
Jun 29 - 30 202419th Annual Colonial Encampment - Coventry
Travel back into the 18th-century, meet Revolutionary War re-enactors and learn about soldiers' lives. Tours of the house and hands-on activities for ... more » -
Jul 12 - 21 2024Waiting for Godot - Thomaston
Story line evolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone - or something - named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabit ... more » -
Jul 18 - 11 202411th Annual Shakespeare in the Park - New Haven
Outdoor performances by the Elm Shakespeare Company. Bring a blanket and picnic. -
Jul 20 2024Pequot Life in the 1700's-- Meet Indian Doctress Molly Geet - Ledyard
Abenaki author and storyteller Marge Bruchac brings the character of Indian Doctress Molly Geet to life as she walks the Farmstead grounds in her dist ... more » -
Jul 20 2024Pequot Life in the 1700's-- The 18th Century Pequot Kitchen - Ledyard
See how Pequots cooked more than 200 years ago, preparing meals like Three Sisters Soup (succotash) in a pot over an open fire. Historical demonstrat ... more » -
Jul 25 - 10 202411th Annual Shakespeare in the Park - New Haven
Outdoor performances by the Elm Shakespeare Company. Bring a blanket and picnic. Gala dinner and auction Aug. 31 at 5 p.m. until curtain call. ... more » -
Jul 26 - 9 2024A Play by August Wilson - Hampton
TheaterWorks is honoring late African American playwright with a production of one of his masterworks. -
Jul 27 - 11 2024A Chorus Line - Thomaston
Musical tells the achingly poignant ambitions of professional Broadway gypsies to land a job in a show, and is a powerful metaphor for all human aspir ... more » -
Dec 7 2024Holiday Spectacular! Frosty - Fairfield
HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR! Frosty - A beloved holiday classic brought to life on the stage. Perfect for the whole family! The beloved holiday hit Frosty ... more »