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
August 25, 2023 at 7 pm
This Sydney native is one of the most popular and respected comedians of his generation, entertaining audiences across the globe with his provocative, belief-challenging, and thought-provoking comedy.
Jim Jefferies (Legit, FX; The Jim Jefferies Show, Comedy Central) was honored as Stand-Up Comedian of the Year at the Just for Laughs Festival in summer 2019, At the end of 2019 he started Oblivious tour in 2020 where he toured all around Europe and North America. Jim’s ninth stand up special Intolerant came out on Netflix last year and he currently hosts his own podcast I Don’t Know About That with Jim Jefferies.
Hartford
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August 17, 2023 at 7:30 pm
With one foot in the real world and the other in a charmed dimension of his own making, folk, rock, and soul artist Amos Lee creates the rare kind of music that’s emotionally raw yet touched with a certain magical quality.
New London
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August 31, 2023 at 8pm
Award-winning Texas guitar slinger, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Carolyn Wonderland Live at The Palace Stamford. Since performing her first professional gig at age 15, she’s never stopped singing and making music. Her music includes a bold mix of timeless original songs and reinventions of some of her favorites, ranging from blistering electric blues to deep, heartfelt ballads to cosmic country to soulful Tex-Mex. Every song is fueled by Wonderland’s forceful yet melodic Texas-flavored guitar work and her full-throated, heart-on-her-sleeve vocals.
“With incendiary guitar chops and raw, powerful vocals, fiery Texas blues rocker Carolyn Wonderland draws instant comparisons to fellow Texans Stevie Ray Vaughan and Janis Joplin.” –NPR Music
Stamford
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October 14, 2023
Last year, Shubert Theatre launched a new initiative to recognize the unbelievable talent of artists within the city. Talent from nearly every artistic form—music, dance, spoken word, visual art—was celebrated on our stage and throughout the theatre. In addition to the accolades from those in attendance, we discovered that this city is bursting with talent to be recognized and celebrated. As we continue to showcase artists, each Elm City’s Finest event is going to focus on an artistic discipline. We are delighted to return this fall to celebrate the outstanding singing talent within the city, and invite submissions from eligible individuals.
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New Haven
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October 10-12, 2023
Based on one of Hollywood’s most beloved romantic stories of all time, springs to life with a powerhouse creative team led by two-time Tony Award®-winning director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell. Pretty Woman: The Musical features an original score by Grammy® winner Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance (“Summer of ’69”, “Heaven”), and a book by the movie’s legendary director Garry Marshall and screenwriter J. F. Lawton. Pretty Woman: The Musical will lift your spirits and light up your heart. “If you love the movie, you’ll love the musical!” (BuzzFeed News).
Waterbury
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Weekend Performances
July 29–August 13, 2023
The stakes are higher than ever in this dynamic stage musical, as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage. The power of optimism really can save the world!
Based on the beloved animated series this hit musical features original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants and many more!
Torrington
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