Connecticut Performing Arts
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Jan 16 - 12 2025Laughter 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 16 - 1 202506078 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 24 - 25 2025All'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 » -
Jan 30 - 1 2025Requiem for a Heavyweight - Cheshire
A compassionate portrayal of a fading boxer. Presented by Cheshire Community Theater. -
Jan 30 - 12 2025Prudence - 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 2 2025Thomas 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 5 2025Still 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 6 - 23 2025The 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 7 2025The 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 9 2025Crabgrass Puppet Theater - Norwalk
Will present the timeless African trickster tale Anansi Spiderman of Africa. -
Feb 11 - 16 2025Rent - 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 15 - 16 2025DanceMasters 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 25 2025Art in Context - New Haven
"Playing the Part: Fashioning Mrs. Robinson." -
Feb 28 - 9 2025Dance 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 1 2025Alexander 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 1 2025HSO Pops! - Bernstein on Broadway - Hampton
Jamie Bernstein hosts this tribute to her father's greatest hits. -
Mar 4 2025Art in Context - New Haven
"The Genteel Georgian Interior." -
Mar 7 - 18 2025Trying - 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 13 - 14 2025A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur - Hampton
Tennessee Williams' play about four women in a St. Louis boarding house. Directed by Michael Wilson -
Mar 13 - 30 2025The 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 16 2025J.S. Bach: - New Haven
Presented by Yale Camerata. Pre-concert talk by Daniel Melamed at 2 p.m. -
Mar 27 - 4 2025As 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 28 - 30 2025The 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 29 2025Break! The Urban Funk Spectacular - Wallingford
Break! has electrified audiences around the world. -
Mar 29 2025The 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 10 2025A 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 11 2025New 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 12 - 13 2025The 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 12 2025Cam 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 17 - 4 2025Gypsy - Essex
Story about the ultimate stage mother, when Vaudeville was dying and burlesque was born. -
Apr 25 - 16 2025Arsenic & 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 26 - 27 2025Rochambeau'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 13 - 18 2025Chicago - 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 15 - 1 202511th 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 16 - 30 2025Urban 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 21 - 22 2025Mack 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 30 - 9 2025Our Town - Thomaston
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize was revived in 2002 on Broadway starring Paul Newman. -
May 31 - 3 2025Annual Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts - Westport
Summer outdoor entertainment with over 50 performances. Bring your blanket and picnic. -
Jun 6 - 11 2025Big 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 27 - 6 2025Marriage 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 28 - 29 202519th 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 11 - 20 2025Waiting 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 17 - 10 202511th Annual Shakespeare in the Park - New Haven
Outdoor performances by the Elm Shakespeare Company. Bring a blanket and picnic. -
Jul 19 2025Pequot 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 19 2025Pequot 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 24 - 9 202511th 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 25 - 8 2025A Play by August Wilson - Hampton
TheaterWorks is honoring late African American playwright with a production of one of his masterworks. -
Jul 26 - 10 2025A 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 6 2025Holiday 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 »