Don't Miss the Chance... to honor the three artist activists, Steve Raider-Ginsburg, Julia Rosenblatt, and Gregory Tate (d. 2012), who, 22 years ago, created HartBeat Ensemble, a theater company to tell Hartford's diverse stories, reaching beyond barriers of race, class and culture. We're still […]
SATURDAY, MARCH 30th 11am - 5pm at Playhouse on Park Cost: $300 Learn from Lisa’s three decades of standup experience in “Finding Your Funny Voice,” a class offered by Playhouse on Park in West Hartford, CT. In the one-day class, Lisa will give students the basic building blocks of a standup comedy/storytelling performance, […]
The Hartford Improv Festival, endearingly referred to as HIF, is an annual comedy festival in downtown Hartford dedicated to uplifting local and national talent. Improv comedy teams from across the nation (and sometimes from Canada #international) gather to perform, mingle, and cheer each other on in a supportive–and hilarious– environment. Joke’s on you if you […]
From the author of Moon Over Buffalo and Lend Me A Tenor, Ken Ludwig’s Shakespeare In Hollywood is a celebration of stage and screen! The show is directed by Jane Farnol. It’s 1934, and Shakespeare’s most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, have magically materialized on the Warner Bros. Hollywood set of Max Reinhardt’s A Midsummer […]
Wed. 4/10/24 at 7 pm ️ https://bit.ly/48fbyXe Post-film Q&A with director Tommy Hyde and Writer / Producer Aaron Woolf. Ticket Prices: Avon Members $9 General Public $14.50 Students & Seniors (Mon. - Thu.) $11 Trailer: https://vimeo.com/761183037 In Underdog, a quixotic Vermont dairy farmer risks losing the only home he's ever known to chase his dreams […]
Indulge your senses as you sample a curated selection of premium wines, expertly paired with a variety of enchanting performances! Whether you're a wine connoisseur or simply appreciate fine music, this event promises to delight and inspire. Presented with songs from Six, Tick Tick Boom, Nunsense, Lucky Stiff, Carly Simon, Flo & Joan and more. […]
Book by Thomas Meehan, Mel Brooks Music & Lyrics by Mel Brooks Directed by Craig David Rosen with Musical Director Sarah Fay Winner of 12 Tony Awards! A down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history, thereby bilking their backers (all “little old […]
Music and Book by James Valcq Lyrics and Book by Fred Alley Based on the film by Lee David Zlotoff Director/Musical Director Steven Olivieri A feisty parolee follows her dreams, based on a page from an old travel book, to a small town in Wisconsin and finds a place for herself working at Hannah’s Spitfire […]
Come see how the world could be. Welcome to HADESTOWN, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, this acclaimed new show from celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and innovative director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) […]
