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Get Your Tickets Now – Top Theaters in Connecticut

Shows in Connecticut are a big deal. The state's theater scene – including six producing theaters and many great presenting theaters – is world-class, with Tony Award-winning performances. So, don't wait to buy tickets to the hottest shows! Check out what's playing at Connecticut's most popular and renowned theaters — and prepare to give a standing O.

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The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Hartford

Connecticut's premiere performing arts center presents more than 350 events annually, including major Broadway tours, symphony orchestras, family presentations, local arts, and community events. Click Learn More to see what's playing and buy tickets!

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Westport Country Playhouse, Westport

This award-winning professional theater is devoted to the production of contemporary new plays as well as timeless classics and presenting a variety of special events and family festivities. Click Learn More to see what's playing and buy tickets!

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Hartford Stage, Hartford

Renowned for producing innovative revivals of classics, as well as provocative new plays and musicals, Hartford Stage has earned many of the nation’s most prestigious awards, including the 1989 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Click Learn More to see what's playing and buy tickets!

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Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven

Long Wharf Theatre is a Tony Award-winning theatre featuring new works and reinvented classics. A ticket to Long Wharf Theatre is not just a seat in front of a stage. It is the key to a personalized exploration of exceptional theatre. Click Learn More to see what's playing and buy tickets!

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Warner Theatre, Torrington

This Art-Deco style theater in Torrington opened on August 19, 1931 as part of the Warner Bros. chain of movie theaters. Today it operates as a mixed-use performing arts center presenting plays, concerts, shows, musical performances and offering classes and workshops. Click Learn More to see what's playing and buy tickets! 

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Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam

Visit the home of the American musical. Birthplace of the original productions of Man of La Mancha, Shenandoah, and Annie, and the first regional theatre to receive two Special Tony Awards for its outstanding achievements, Goodspeed produces America’s musical treasures to delight, inspire, and entertain you. Click Learn More to see what's playing and buy tickets!

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Shubert Theatre, New Haven

Opened in 1914, the Shubert earned the title “Birthplace of the Nation’s Greatest Hits,” by staging over 300 shows that later opened in New York. Best known for its Broadway presentations, the Shubert Theatre also hosts popular solo artists as well as ballet, opera, classical music, jazz, and big bands performances. Click Learn More to see what's playing and buy tickets! 

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The Palace Theatre, Stamford

The Palace Theatre, a 1,580-seat Thomas Lamb-designed vaudeville house, was acclaimed as "Connecticut's Most Magnificent" when it opened in 1927. It was restored and re-opened in 1983 for live theater, opera, dance, comedy, and concerts, plus art exhibitions in the Gallery. Click Learn More to see what's playing and buy tickets! 

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Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Waterford

The O’Neill is the country’s preeminent organization dedicated to the development of new works and new voices for the American theater, and named in honor of Eugene O’Neill, four-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, and America’s only playwright to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The O’Neill has been home to more than 1,000 new works for the stage and thousands more emerging artists and won two Tony Awards. Click Learn More to see what's playing and buy tickets!

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TheaterWorks Hartford

TheaterWorks Hartford is a unique Off-Broadway style theater celebrating nearly 40 years of producing America's best theater including recent New York hits, comedies, and musicals. TWH is a professional Obie Award winning theater company nestled in the heart Hartford in a beautifully restored historic building. Click Learn More to see what's playing and buy tickets!

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Garde Arts Center, New London

Named Outstanding Historic Theatre Award by the League of Historic American Theatres, the Garde Arts Center presents Broadway musicals, theater tours, opera, dance performances, concerts, theater productions and film festivals. Click Learn More to see what's playing and buy tickets! 

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Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven

This acclaimed theatre dedicated to the production of new plays and bold interpretations of the classics. Yale Repertory Theatre, the internationally celebrated professional theatre in residence at David Geffen School of Drama, is a Tony Award recipient for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Click Learn More to see what's playing and buy tickets!

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Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center and Museum — “The Kate”, Old Saybrook

The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center and Museum presents a varied and diverse array of arts programming on more than 300 days throughout the year in its 285-seat theater with state-of-the-art light and sound capabilities. The Kate hosts national and international touring acts, including live theater, music, dance, and more. Click Learn More to see what's playing and buy tickets!

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Palace Theater, Waterbury

Built in a Renaissance revival-style and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this elegant theater showcases a calendar of professional performances, including national touring Broadway productions. Click Learn More to see what's playing and buy tickets! 

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