Arts & Theater - Hartford Courant

By ALICIA RANCILIO If you find it odd that Kate McKinnon chose her first book to be for middle-grade kids, the former “Saturday Night Live” star says, think again. “I find sketch comedy and...

https://www.courant.com/2024/10/03/after-playing-weird-barbie-kate-mckinnons-new-childrens-book-also-celebrates-being-uniquely-you/

The Connecticut Forum launched its 33rd season Saturday, Sept. 28, with an intimate discussion featuring musician Jon Batiste and writer and artist Suleika Jaouad.

https://www.courant.com/2024/10/02/photos-connecticut-forum-launches-33rd-season-with-musician-jon-batiste-writer-and-artist-suleika-jaouad/

Connecticut-born "American Idol" winner Nick Fradiani brings Neil Diamond to life in a musical that not only zips through his hits but plumbs the depths of his psyche.

https://www.courant.com/2024/10/02/theater-review-a-beautiful-noise-mixes-a-dour-neil-diamond-with-lively-versions-of-his-pop-hits/

San Francisco-based monologist Josh Kornbluth performs "Citizen Brain" this weekend at Real Arts Ways in Hartford.

https://www.courant.com/2024/10/02/comic-monologist-josh-kornbluth-mixes-brain-science-with-social-justice-at-real-art-ways/

Among the 2024 MacArthur Fellows are a Yale University evolutionary biologist and the 2023 winner of the Stowe Prize.

https://www.courant.com/2024/10/01/macarthur-foundation-announces-2024-genius-grant-recipients-many-have-ct-ties/

The annual autumn show is undergoing a transition to new leadership and a new design with a "Night Fall Community Jam" on Saturday at Keney Park.

https://www.courant.com/2024/10/01/night-fall-transitions-into-a-community-jam-in-hartford-as-new-leaders-take-the-reins/

LOS ANGELES — On the heels of its inclusion in the Paris Olympics, breaking has, for better or worse, been in the public discourse a lot lately. A much-used, and rightfully so, refrain that's m...

https://www.courant.com/2024/10/01/red-bulls-us-breaking-champions-crowned-on-venice-beach/

The revived Cirque du Soleil attraction "Ovo" will return to the XL Center in Hartford, where the acrobatic insect-styled entertainment last played in 2016, on March 13-16, 2025.

https://www.courant.com/2024/09/30/cirque-du-soleils-bug-filled-circus-ovo-flies-back-to-hartford-in-2025/

The new family-friendly indie horror film "Monster Summer," written by Newington native Cornelius Uliano, opens Oct. 4 at AMC Plainville 20 and across the state.

https://www.courant.com/2024/09/30/monster-summer-offers-coming-of-age-tale-from-newington-native-and-peanuts-writer/

Jeffrey Lieber, who began as an actor and playwright in the '90s, returns to his roots with "Fever Dreams (of Animals on the Verge of Extinction)" at TheaterWorks Hartford.

https://www.courant.com/2024/09/29/tv-writer-producer-goes-back-to-his-roots-with-emotionally-raw-theaterworks-hartford-project/