TheaterWorks Hartford, under the leadership of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Managing Director Jeff Griffin, is proud to present the 3rd annual CELEBRATE DRAG, a one night only event featuring music, dance, and storytelling. This year’s CELEBRATE DRAG features a headlining performance by SUZIE TOOT (Season 17 of RuPaul’s Drag Race). This event will be hosted by ROBIN FIERCE (Season 15…
by R. E. Smith, Special to Berkshire on Stage How can something so high-tech be so charming? How can something one Bushnell audience member at intermission called “so meta” still feel so sincere? Probably because, like the plot which bounces 30 years back and forth in time, it embraces the…
Buy Your Tickets Now to our 40th Anniversary Season! We are thrilled to announce that single tickets are now available for our 40th anniversary season. This season is a celebration of the past, present, and future of TheaterWorks Hartford. Filled with several premieres, a new immersive piece about the history…
TheaterWorks Hartford will host the first production of the new national tour of Mark Twain Tonight! written and originally performed by Hal Holbrook featuring Emmy Award-winner Richard Thomas. The NETworks Presentations touring production will perform at TWH for a limited time August 12 – August 24, 2025. Hartford favorite Richard Thomas brings to life “the nation’s…
HARTFORD CONN., TheaterWorks Hartford, under the leadership of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Managing Director Jeff Griffin, completes its 2024–2025 season with YOUR NAME MEANS DREAM from Obie award-winning playwright and Academy Award-nominee José Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries, A Hundred Years of Solitude on Netflix) who also directs. Running June 3 – July 6, 2025, this evocative new play looks at…
TheaterWorks Hartford presents the fifth performance in their 24/25 Living Room Series, an intimate concert that brings local musicians, visiting artists, and the Greater Hartford community together for an experience that feels like home. FELICIA CURRY returns to the TheaterWorks Hartford Stage in a much anticipated concert event filled with an eclectic mix of…
by Mark G. Auerbach I’ve been a major Some Like It Hot fanboy, since the musical released a video of the title song in the summer of 2022, a hint of the musical’s sizzle. I saw the musical in previews on Broadway, and took to it instantly. I’ve worn out the original…
by Mark G. Auerbach Its a given that Romeo & Juliet is a classic, but Melia Bensussens vision of Shakespeare’s love story brings the classic into the contemporary, and the dynamic staging and choreography and plenty of swordplay are thrilling. The physical production from its angular platform and ramps of the attractive…
