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Step Into The Light Hartford

Step Into The Light

Juried show highlights evocative takes on shadows and rays

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
25 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
Care Tactics All Over

Care Tactics

A woman's dying wish breaks her husband's heart

  • Go to the profile of  Jenn McKee
Jenn McKee
25 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
The Intoxicating Dream State Of "Resurrection" Detroit

The Intoxicating Dream State Of "Resurrection"

It's worth the work navigating the storyline of this gorgeous film

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
25 Jan 2026 · 1 min read
The Best Seat In The House Detroit

The Best Seat In The House

Next-gen jazz talent took off Thursday night at Cliff Bell's.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
23 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
A Return To Happy Hour Detroit

A Return To Happy Hour

A tradition's comeback spotted at Voyager.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
23 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
Aimee Mann's The Man Philadelphia

Aimee Mann's The Man

A play set to the alt-rocker's song catalogue asks: "Is there any difference between me and everyone else?"

  • Go to the profile of  Leo David
Leo David
23 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
Antibalas (Mostly) Lets Their Instruments Do The Talking Oakland

Antibalas (Mostly) Lets Their Instruments Do The Talking

The underground protest band keeps it moving through their third decade.

  • Go to the profile of  Tony Daquipa
Tony Daquipa
23 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
Tomorrow Is Today Hartford

Tomorrow Is Today

MLK tribute concert drives home "the fierce urgency of now."

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
23 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
Blasted At Big Time Bingo Detroit

Blasted At Big Time Bingo

Garden Bowl's weekly number-calling defies the movies' sleepy stereotype.

  • Go to the profile of  Ryan Patrick Hooper
Ryan Patrick Hooper
23 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
Laughing Together, Square by Square New Haven

Laughing Together, Square by Square

Bingo comedy night at café nine brought us together, without phones.

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
23 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
Long Wharf Passes The Test New Haven

Long Wharf Passes The Test

In "English," staged at SCSU.

  • Go to the profile of  Brian Slattery
Brian Slattery
23 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
There’s Nothing Quite Like “Hadestown” Tulsa

There’s Nothing Quite Like “Hadestown”

In front of a crowd of true devotees, the Tony Award-winning show overcame some casting stumbles to prove how good musical theatre can be

  • Go to the profile of  Yvonne Hazelton
Yvonne Hazelton
22 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
In “Thru A Lens,” Candacee White Looks Farther Than Ever Tulsa

In “Thru A Lens,” Candacee White Looks Farther Than Ever

A simple form generates a show that teems with ideas, histories, colors, and mediums

  • Go to the profile of  Alicia Chesser
Alicia Chesser
22 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
AI & The Blame Game All Over

AI & The Blame Game

A family's secrets come out after an autonomous vehicle crash.

  • Go to the profile of  Jenn McKee
Jenn McKee
21 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
Middle Ground Found Baton Rouge

Middle Ground Found

In Glassel Gallery exhibit of works by Will Maxen and Bradley Kerl.

  • Go to the profile of  Serena Puang
Serena Puang
21 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
To Emily Dickinson, With Love Hartford

To Emily Dickinson, With Love

An original song hits Jamil Ragland in the heart at the food court.

  • Go to the profile of  Jamil Ragland
Jamil Ragland
21 Jan 2026 · 2 min read
Twin, Where Have You Been? New Haven

Twin, Where Have You Been?

Jisu Sheen joins Lyric Hall crowd revisiting David Lynch’s risky “Twin Peaks” pilot.

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Jisu Sheen
21 Jan 2026 · 4 min read
Problem (Not) Solved New Haven

Problem (Not) Solved

Clown Julia Masli’s “ha ha ha ha ha ha” taps Yale Rep audience for a different version each night.

  • Go to the profile of  Janday Wilson
Janday Wilson
21 Jan 2026 · 3 min read
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