Arts & Theater - Hartford Courant

Out Film CT's 36th Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival is happening Oct. 6-15 in Hartford featuring nearly 100 features and shorts, several with Connecticut connections.

https://www.courant.com/2023/10/03/connecticut-lgbtq-film-festival-moves-to-october-adds-a-horror-night-and-a-lot-of-local-content/

The Sound on Sound Music Festival was held in Bridgeport from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1.

https://www.courant.com/2023/10/02/photos-the-sound-on-sound-music-festival-in-bridgeport-with-john-mayer-red-hot-chili-peppers-and-more/

"The 12" is a powerful collection of songs about how the apostles felt in the hours after Jesus' death, but it lacks some ingredients that would make it a more powerful musical.

https://www.courant.com/2023/10/02/theater-review-the-12-at-the-goodspeed-is-a-compelling-debate-on-christian-values-through-the-eyes-of-jesus-apostles/

"Mrs. Doubtfire" arrives at The Bushnell on its first national tour Oct. 3-8 with its original Broadway star Rob McClure and some improvements to the musical overseen by famed director Jerry Zaks...

https://www.courant.com/2023/10/01/famed-director-jerry-zaks-and-star-rob-mcclure-stick-with-mrs-doubtfire-as-the-refreshed-musical-tour-hits-the-bushnell/

"Night Fall," the annual event celebrating autumn through a blend of puppetry, mime, music, dance and visual arts, comes to in Bushnell Park in Hartford on Oct. 7.

https://www.courant.com/2023/10/01/night-fall-the-annual-artistic-autumn-celebration-brings-more-color-more-pageantry-and-more-stories-to-bushnell-park/

The first Hartford Symphony Orchestra concert of the 2023-24 season offers Edward Elgar's "Enigma Variations" and some equally rousing and challenging works by Schubert, Gerard Schwarz and Daniel...

https://www.courant.com/2023/09/30/review-hartford-symphony-orchestras-80th-season-is-off-to-a-smashing-start-with-big-beats-and-a-brass-quintet/

The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 1-7 includes The Roots in New Haven, a Henry Rollins reading in Old Saybrook, dozens of bands at the Black Bear Americana Music Fest in Goshen and several new th...

https://www.courant.com/2023/09/30/the-sounds-of-fall-include-a-reading-from-henry-rollins-a-folk-festival-and-rhythmic-sounds-from-the-roots-this-week-in-ct-arts/

Academy Award-winning film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" is accompanied by a live 13-piece band plus a DJ on Oct. 1 at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford.

https://www.courant.com/2023/09/28/travel-into-the-spider-verse-with-a-live-orchestra-backing-up-the-award-winning-film-at-the-oakdale-theatre/

The Mystic Disc record store is celebrating its 40th anniversary on Saturday with performances, trivia and tributes to the shop's owner.

https://www.courant.com/2023/09/27/a-ct-record-store-is-marking-40-years-as-a-mecca-for-collectors-with-an-anniversary-party/

The pioneering Black portrait artist Barkley L. Hendricks loved to visit the Frick Collection in New York, where he admired its Old Master European works by artists like Rembrandt and Van Dyck. N...

https://www.courant.com/2023/09/26/pioneering-black-portraitist-barkley-l-hendricks-is-first-artist-of-color-to-get-solo-show-at-frick/