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The Irish and How They Got That Way: Musical at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford
Playhouse On Park 244 Park Rd, West HartfordMarch 12 - 30, 2025 By Frank McCourt What’s so great about being Irish? Find out in this moving, uplifting, eye-opening musical history lesson full of charm and a bit of blarney. THE IRISH… AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY is an irreverent history of the Irish through the tumultuous 20th and 21st centuries through […]
AGNES OF GOD at Westport Community Theatre
Westport Community Theatre 110 Myrtle Avenue, Westport𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗨𝗣 𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗘: John Pielmeier's 𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗚𝗢𝗗, playing March 28-April 13. In this gripping drama, a court-appointed psychiatrist must assess the sanity of a nun accused of murdering her newborn child. A hit on Broadway in 1982, the play was made into a successful film in 1985, starring Anne Bancroft, Meg […]
Curse of the Starving Class at Western State
Studio at WCSU 43 Lake Avenue Extension, Danburyby Sam Shepard Director: Sal Trapani Presented in the Studio Theatre at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at WCSU About the Show Sam Shepard’s Curse of the Starving Class is a darkly comic look into the world of the dysfunctional Tate family, as they struggle amongst themselves for food, freedom, and purpose in their run-down lives. […]
Theater: PRIMARY TRUST by Eboni Booth at TheaterWorks in Hartford
TheaterWorks Hartford 233 Pearl Street, HartfordAPRIL 10 – MAY 11, 2025 WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE Kenneth is a 38-year-old bookstore worker who spends his evenings sipping mai tais at the local tiki bar. When he’s suddenly laid off, Kenneth is forced to face a world he’s long avoided – with transformative and even comical results. This heartfelt new play […]
The Importance of Being Earnest: Town Players of New Canaan
Powerhouse Theater Performing Arts Center 679 South Ave, New CanaanApril 25 - May 11, 2025 "Oscar Wilde's classic is a delight from the first cucumber sandwich on as Jack's double life catches up with him. The problems are resolved in an extremely charming and quite unexpected way as Jack and Algernon discover the importance of being earnest while answering to the name of Ernest." […]
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner at Western State
MainStage Theatre WCSU 43 Lake Avenue Extension, Danburyby Tom Kreidler Director: Donna Baldwin-Bradby Presented in the MainStage Theatre at the Visual and Performing Arts Center at WCSU About the Show A progressive white couple's proud liberal sensibilities are put to the test when their daughter brings her black fiance home to meet them. Blindsided by their daughter's whirlwind romance and fearful for […]
Theater: At the Still Point at Norwich Arts Center
Norwich Arts Center 62 Broadway, NorwichMay 23 - 31, 2025 At the Still Point, a play about life, memory, and what really matters, Written by Chelsea Player Emily Dykes and directed by her brother Daniel Dykes. For more information Saturday at 3pm
Play: Moon Over Buffalo at the Ridgefield Theater Barn
Ridgefield Theater Barn 37 Halpin Lane, RidgefieldMay 30, 2025 – June 28, 2024 In the madcap comedy tradition of Lend Me a Tenor, the hilarious Moon Over Buffalo centers on George and Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950s. At the moment, they’re playing Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in rep in Buffalo, New York with five actors. On the brink of a disastrous split-up caused by […]
Theater: YOUR NAME MEANS DREAM at TheaterWorks in Hartford
TheaterWorks Hartford 233 Pearl Street, HartfordJUNE 3 – JULY 6, 2025 A LOOK AT HUMANITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE We’re in the not-too-distant future. Aislin is old and isolated in her messy New York City walk-up. She pines for a simpler, analog past when her son sends a sensational new caretaker who is not quite human…but she’s getting there. An evocative […]
The Baroness at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford
Playhouse On Park 244 Park Rd, West HartfordJune 4 - 22, 2025 A New Comedy by Jacques Lamarre Baroness Elsa Schraeder has arrived at the Von Trapp mansion to seal the deal: her engagement to Austria’s most eligible bachelor, Georg Von Trapp. What The Baroness doesn’t count on mucking up her plans: a yodeling and curtain-sewing failed nun. Refusing to let a […]
Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez at Norwich Arts Center
Norwich Arts Center 62 Broadway, NorwichChristine Ohlman, the current, longtime vocalist with NBC's Saturday Night Live Band, will perform on The Blues on Broadway stage with her band, Rebel Montez, showcasing her signature rock and soul vocals. For more information
The Shawshank Redemption: Town Players of New Canaan
Powerhouse Theater Performing Arts Center 679 South Ave, New CanaanJune 13 - 21, 2025 "When Andy Dufresne is convicted of murder and sentenced to life in the notorious Shawshank prison, he must find a way to keep himself and his hope alive by using his wits and forging friendships. Based on the novella by Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption brings the story of resilience made famous […]