CT Performing Arts Centers Coalition
It's Showtime, Connecticut!
Connecticut’s six biggest performing arts centers have joined together to bring the best of LIVE entertainment to the stages you love.
It's Showtime, Connecticut!
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Hartford
New London
Stamford
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Waterbury
New Haven
Torrington
What is the Coalition?
WHO WE ARE
Connecticut’s six largest performing arts centers invite you to experience the laughter, the music, the dance, the joy, and the inspiration that only LIVE entertainment can provide. Discover what’s onstage at your favorite theatres with CT Arts Coalition – it’s your one-stop resource for finding fun and exciting events happening all within a short in-state drive! The stage is set and we’re ready to share the best of international, national and local performing arts with you.
Join us – it’s showtime Connecticut!
Featured shows
June 9–11, 2023
The HSO concludes their 2022-2023 season with a celebration of the classic and the contemporary—including two new works commissioned by the HSO.
Joyce C. Willis Artist in Residence New Commission
Iain Bell Stonewall Suite
Stonewall Suite is based on composer Iain Bell’s opera Stonewall that commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in NYC that ignited a fight for equality among the LGBTQ+ community. HSO Music Director, Carolyn Kuan, conducted the premiere of the opera. The HSO welcomes Quinn Mason back to Hartford as his final residency as the 2022-2023 Joyce C. Willis Artist in Residence. The HSO was one of three local arts organizations to receive a grant from the Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation to support a Black Artist in Residence for three years.
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, TH 30 “Pathétique” Tchaikovsky’s final symphony, “Pathétique” continues to be one of his most debated works that takes you through an array of emotions and mystery.
Carolyn Kuan, conductor
Hartford
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June 29, 2023
Tickets for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame favorites CHICAGO on sale now! Hailed as one of the "most important bands in music since the dawn of the rock and roll era, the legendary rock and roll band with horns, Chicago, came in as the highest charting American band in Billboard Magazine's Top 125 Artists Of All Time. And Chicago is the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six consecutive decades.
Stamford
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June 2 & 3, 2023
Described as one the most innovative dance companies to have achieved world acclaim in the last half century, the NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE COMPANY (NDTC) OF JAMAICA blends the lore, music and dance traditions of Jamaica, Africa and the American South with both modern and classical ballet forms, dance performances, training and engagement programs for all people.
New Haven
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June 13, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Ben is hitting the road this summer with his new album What Matters Most with special guest: Tall Heights.
Folds’ masterful new collection, What Matters Most, isn’t so much a statement as it is an offering, an open hand reaching out to all those wounded and bewildered by a world that seems to make less and less sense every day.
The album marks Folds’ first new studio release in eight years, and it’s a bold, timely, cinematic work, one that examines the tragic and the absurd in equal measure as it reckons with hope and despair, gratitude and loss, identity, and perspective yet taken as a whole, the result is an undeniably joyful record –– an ecstatic reminder of all the beauty and promise hiding in plain sight for anyone willing to recognize their moments as they arrive.
New London
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July 18, 2023
Legendary entertainer and music icon Donny Osmond brings his award-winning Vegas show to the Palace Theater.
Waterbury
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June 10, 2023 at 8 pm
Comedy @the Warner in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre
The Warner Theatre is excited to welcome Ladies of Laughter to the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre, Saturday, June 10, 2023, at 8 pm! The show will feature comedians Jane Condon, Leighann Lord, and Kelly MacFarland. Tickets are on sale to Warner Theatre supporters Tuesday, December 13 at 10 am, and to the public Friday, December 16 at 10 am. For tickets and more info, visit warnertheatre.org or call the Box Office at 860-489-7180.
Since 1999, Ladies of Laughter has established itself as THE SOURCE for funny women and has jump-started the careers of countless women in comedy, including Tammy Pescatelli, and Melissa Rauch (Big Bang Theory). Additionally, Amy Schumer was an early participant on the show. The Ladies of Laughter Funny & Fabulous Tour includes past winners and the best talent from its national competition. Past events have been produced at major theaters, casinos and even Madison Square Garden.
Torrington
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