Theater in Connecticut

Connecticut's theater scene is world-class, with Tony Award-winning performances. Audiences are awe-inspired each season by fresh interpretations of the classics, new plays, musicals, and Broadway tours. Wherever the curtain is rising in Connecticut, prepare to give a standing O. Check out what's playing now!

Connecticut's theater scene is world-class, with Tony Award-winning performances. Audiences are awe-inspired each season by fresh interpretations of the classics, new plays, musicals, and Broadway tours. Wherever the curtain is rising in Connecticut, prepare to give a standing O. Check out what's playing now!

Connecticut's theater scene is world-class, with Tony Award-winning performances. Audiences are awe-inspired each season by fresh interpretations of the classics, new plays, musicals, and Broadway tours. Wherever the curtain is rising in Connecticut, prepare to give a standing O. Check out what's playing now!

Connecticut's theater scene is world-class, with Tony Award-winning performances. Audiences are awe-inspired each season by fresh interpretations of the classics, new plays, musicals, and Broadway tours. Wherever the curtain is rising in Connecticut, prepare to give a standing O. Check out what's playing now!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Goodspeed Musicals - The Goodspeed, 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.

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.

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.

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.

TheaterWorks Hartford (TWH), 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.

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.

Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center and Museum, 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.

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. The Palace Theater, recorded in the National Register of Historic Places, has been fully restored to its original 1920s splendor, once again becoming one of the most striking performing arts spaces in the state. Designed by Thomas Lamb of New York, in a Second Renaissance Revival style, the ornate and palatial feeling of the Palace provides the perfect backdrop for its artistically

Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield

The Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University is a multi-faceted facility that opened in 1990. It houses the 740-seat Kelley Theatre, the 120-seat Lawrence A. Wien Experimental Theatre, and the Thomas J. Walsh, Jr. Art Gallery. The Quick presents a variety of programs including jazz, global, and classical music, dance, theatre, circus, special events, and lectures