Connecticut Theatre Newsroom

Connecticut Ballet's Spring 2025 season will celebrate female ballet choreographers with INSPIRING WOMEN, a program of works exclusively commissioned by the company during its 44-year history.

Playhouse Theatre Group, Inc. has an entertainment lineup for their biggest fundraiser of the year, ENCORE! Learn more about the upcoming event and find out how to attend.

On April 24, the day of Barbra Streisand’s 83rd birthday, Jenna will perform her show Me, Myself & Barbra, a special one night only event at the Westport Country Playhouse.

Westport Country Playhouse will present Ailey II: The Next Generation of Dance on Thursday, May 1, at 7 p.m. The program will feature Houston Thomas’s premiere Down the Rabbit Hole, Alvin Ailey’s Streams, and Baye & Asa’s John 4:20.

Watch the cast of Goodspeed's Ragtime rehearse 'New Music,' before performances begin on April 25. The video features Michael Wordly and Brennyn Lark with Shaunice Maudlyn Alexander, Jordan Alexander, Mia Bergstrom, Tommy Betz, and more.

Westhill High School’s Northstar Playmakers have magic to do in the upcoming production of Pippin, the 1972 Tony Award winning musical. This is also one of your last chances to see some of the area’s most promising performers before they become famous because they are graduating in June.

Hartford Stage has promoted Director of Development Jennifer Levine to the newly-formed role of Director of External Relations. Learn more about Levine here!

Step through the looking glass into a world of wonder and elegance at the Warner Theatre’s Mad Hatter Gala. The 2025 Gala Celebration will be held in May in The Carole & Ray Neag Performing Arts Center.  

New Paradigm Theatre (NPT), has chosen a community nonprofit that echoes the themes in their upcoming live theatre production of Hairspray. Check here for more information!

As part of its 2025 Spring Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry will present a special forum event! Join Czech puppeteer Jan (“Hza”) Bažant as he performs Erben: Vlasy, followed by a Forum on Puppetry and Design.

TheaterWorks Hartford, under the leadership of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Managing Director Jeff Griffin, has announced the cast and creative team for its upcoming 2024-2025 production of Primary Trust.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of “Paris,” a fierce, funny, and subtle look at working-class America, on Monday, April 14, at 7 p.m.

Community theater group Fairfield Center Stage (FCS) will present the musical comedy SISTER ACT, based on the hit movie in downtown Fairfield, CT. The show runs for two weekends, May 9-18, 2025 at Wakeman Hall.

THE BARONESS written by Jacque Lamarre will run at Playhouse on Park in June. This production will be directed by Michael Schiralli. Learn more about the show here!

THE BARONESS written by Jacque Lamarre will run at Playhouse on Park in June. This production will be directed by Michael Schiralli. Learn more about the show here!

The Bushnell has announced that Broadway's Jeremy Jordan will be heading to The Bushnell's Belding Theater for a memorable afternoon of music on Sunday, October 26, 2025, for one show only at 3:00 PM.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre rounds out its 2024-2025 season with William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. The play previews April 24 and runs April 25 – May 4 in the Nafe Katter Theatre on the UConn Storrs campus. 

DON’T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS! THE MUSICAL! will run at Playhouse on Park for select weekend public performances. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

You won’t want to miss this production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet from Hartford Stage Artistic Director, Melia Bensussen (The Winter’s Tale, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, All My Sons, Simona’s Search). Watch the video!

You won’t want to miss this production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet from Hartford Stage Artistic Director, Melia Bensussen (The Winter’s Tale, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, All My Sons, Simona’s Search). Watch the video!

Theatre Fairfield, the production company of Fairfield University’s theatre program, will conclude its 2024-2025 season with Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling.

Elm Shakespeare Company Presents, Measure for Measure in Partnership with Play On Shakespeare at Legacy Theatre New Haven's Elm Shakespeare Company will be in partnership this month with Branford's premiere professional Legacy Theatre.

If one has never seen Michael Frayn’s Noises Off, then now is your chance. The Town Players of Newtown, under the direction of Alexis M. Vournazos, have brought Frayn’s raucous masterpiece of “and then it went wrong” to life and left the audience in stitches!

On Saturday, April 5th, I had the pleasure of seeing a phenomenal show that I was not previously familiar with, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, performed at Center Stage Theatre in Shelton, CT!

On Saturday, April 5th, I had the pleasure of seeing a phenomenal show that I was not previously familiar with, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, performed at Center Stage Theatre in Shelton, CT!