Connecticut Theatre Newsroom

The enchanting story of Little Women: The Musical will be performed at Niantic Bay Playhouse this spring! Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Yale Repertory Theatre will present Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members by Mara Vélez Meléndez, directed by Javier Antonio González. Learn more.

Out Film CT, organizer of the Nutmeg State's longest-running and most diverse film festival, has revealed June 20-28, 2025 as the dates for the 38th Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival.

The Castle Craig Players continue their 2025 Season with ALMOST HEAVEN: Songs of John Denver, a heartwarming tribute to one of the most beloved folk music icons of all time. See photos from the production.

Connecticut Stage Company will finish its second season with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in Concert in April. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will welcome Dusty & Dott to perform Story Bound on Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Ballard Institute Theater, located at 1 Royce Circle in Downtown Storrs.

Hartford Stage and TheaterWorks Hartford will join Mayor of Hartford Arunan Arulampalam and Executive Director of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce Julio Concepción for a press conference to announce a partnership.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre continues its 2024-2025 season with Pocatello by award-winning playwright Samuel D. Hunter. Pocatello runs in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre on the UConn Storrs campus. 

Broadway on Main, the resident community theatre company at East Haven, CT's Cabaret on Main Theater, invites one and all for a fun-filled romp from the swamp to the castle with everyone's favorite ogre with SHREK THE MUSICAL.

Drama Works Theatre Company of Old Saybrook has a compelling new season planned for 2025. The company, which has presented thought provoking plays since 2020, will bring even more enriching entertainment to shoreline audiences.

Connecticut Ballet will present a fun-filled morning at The Bushnell in Hartford with their Family Matinee at the Ballet. Learn more about the upcoming event and see how to attend.

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. Learn more!

TheaterWorks Hartford has revealed its upcoming 40th anniversary season. The theater’s 40th anniversary season opens with ENGLISH by Sanaz Toossi, the winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize. See the full season here1

Jonathan Hopkins has joined the cast of acclaimed playwright Theresa Rebeck's dramatic comedy SEARED in the role of Harry, the hot-headed chef at a boutique Brooklyn restaurant, being presented at Lachat Town Farm in Weston, CT. Learn more!

Thrown Stone has awarded its 2025 commission to Ramon Esquivel for his proposed play, Show Me the Gates of Heaven. Learn more about the commission here!

Based on the classic comedy, 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL is set to clock in at Little Theatre of Manchester (LTM) from April 10 through 27. Featuring music and lyrics by the legendary Dolly Parton and a book by Patricia Resnick.

Charter Oak Cultural Center and Congregation Beth Israel has announced a one-night-only performance of A Jewish Journey Through Broadway: Part 1 (1920-1980). This cabaret-style concert will feature songs by Jewish giants of the musical theatre including songs by Sondheim, Bernstein, Gershwin, Kern, and more performed by an accomplished cast.

Westport Country Playhouse will stage the romantic comedy, “Theatre People,” from March 25 through April 12. Filled with romance, misunderstandings, and surprises, the plot focuses on a married playwright couple who are trying to concoct a surefire Broadway hit but create as much drama among themselves as on paper.

Individual tickets for Ivoryton Playhouse's 2025 season are now available for purchase! Learn more about the upcoming season and see how to purchase tickets.

On Tuesday, April 1st at 7:00 p.m., author Charles Monagan shares his journey from award-winning editor to award-winning novelist at the Palace Theater.

An extraordinary tale of love, adventure, and luminous storytelling sets sail as TheaterWorks will present The Old Man and the Old Moon, a musical created by PigPen Theatre Co.

TheaterWorks Hartford has announced the cast and creative team for its upcoming 2024-2025 production of Primary Trust. The Connecticut Premiere of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Eboni Booth begins April 10, and runs through May 11, 2025 at TheaterWorks Hartford.

In preparation for the Tony-Award winning musical hitting the Klein's stage in Bridgeport from March 13th through March 16th, The Norwalk Conservatory of the Art is inviting patrons to Patron Night.

 The Jim Henson Company’s fun loving, musical Fraggles are sharing their joy and magic across North America in Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock LIVE, the first-ever live touring show based on the beloved franchise.

David Ives’s new version of Georges Feydeau’s farce, A Flea in Her Ear is an ambitious three-act play for any small theater, but the Brookfield Theatre more than rises to it. Named one of the greatest farces ever written, it takes a lot to mount the play. You need a stage large enough to accommodate a cast of 14 players and part of a set that turns.