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Week of July 21 to July 27 2008

 

Great Connecticut Traditional Jazz Festival

Produced by: Great Connecticut Traditional Jazz Festival
Sunrise Resort
121 Leesville Road, Moodus, CT
Box Office: 800-468-3836
The 22nd Great Connecticut Traditional Jazz Festival will be held at the Sunrise Resort in Moodus, CT July 25-27.

The largest festival of old time jazz in the Northeast--featuring Dixieland and New Orleans-style jazz, big band and swing--this event features bands from around the country, including Cornet Chop Suey of Missouri, the Midiri Brothers Sextet of Jew Jersey and New Orleans' own Jazz'M.

The Sunrise Resort offers overnight accommodations and a full range of recreational activities including mini golf, boating and children's games.

For more information, visit the Connecticut Jazz Festival Web site.
Jul. 25:    Jul. 26:    Jul. 27:   
Price: Tickets (up to July 21): $80 three-day pass; $25 single session; $40 all day Sat; $5 children (age 7-17).

"The Taming of the Shrew" and "Measure for Measure"

Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater
128 Washington St., Middletown,CT
860-347-6143; www.oddfellows.org Jul. 23: 7:30 p.m.  
Jul. 24: 7:30 p.m.   Jul. 25: 7:30 p.m.   Jul. 26: 7:30 p.m.  
Price: $12 adults, $8 students and seniors.    Box office: 860-347-6143

Traumland (Dreamland)

Yale Cabaret
217 Park St., New Haven,CT
Surreal, dream-like dance piece at as part of Yale's 2008 Summer Cabaret.
Jul. 23 - Jul. 26   Daily : 6 p.m. Box office: 203-432-1566

Stage II: "Late Nite Catechism"

Long Wharf Theatre
222 Sargent Drive, New Haven ,CT
Box Office: 203-787-4282
Jul. 24 - Sep. 13   Price: $20-$25.

"King and I"

Warner Theatre
68 Main St., Torrington, CT
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Tony Award-winning classic re-telling of the story of an English widow who goes to Thailand with her young son to teach the children of the royal household. www.warnertheatre.org

Jul. 26 - Aug. 3    Price: Call for tickets.  Box office: 860-489-7180

Music Festival

Riverfront Park
65 Welles Street, Glastonbury, CT
Riverfront Music Festival will feature Pure Prairie League.

For information, call 860-659-3587. Jul. 23: 7 p.m.  
Price: Free

Music at the Mansion: Prelude

Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate
421 Wadsworth St.
Middletown,CT       Box office: 860-347-1064

Jul. 23: 6:30 p.m.   Price: Free.
 

River Slim and the Sidecar Hogs

Elizabeth Park
Asylum Avenue, West Hartford, CT
Jul. 23: 6:30 p.m.   Price: Free.

Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul

Wesleyan University, Crowell Concert Hall
283 Washington Terrace
Middletown,CT
Box Office: 860-685-3355
Nine Time All-Ireland Fiddle Champion, London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony at The Kennedy Center, Boston Pops, musical star of Riverdance, The Chieftains, Patti Smith, founding member of Cherish the Ladies...this is a short list of accomplishments, headliners, tours and affiliations. She has established herself as the pre-eminent exponent of the Irish fiddle in the world today.
Jul. 24: 8 p.m.   Price: $22 general; $17 senior citizens; $12 students.

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

Columbus Park
Main Street and West Park Place
Stamford, CT
Part of Stamford's Alive @ Five concert series. With the Christopher Robin Band and Soulstream.   For more information visit the Alive @ Five Web site.
Jul. 24: 5 p.m.   Price: Free

Opera Al Fesco and Bocce Tournament

Mortensen Riverfront Plaza
300 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford, CT
Box Office: 860-713-3131

Costumed opera singers perform popular arias with the 35-piece Hartford Festival Orchestra.
Performance at 7:30 p.m.; Bocce tournament at noon.
Food, beer, and wine available.
Rain date is July 27.Jul. 26: 7:30 p.m.   Price: Free.

 

Monday Night Jazz in Bushnell Park

Produced by: Monday Night Jazz in Bushnell Park
Bushnell Park
100 Wells St., Downtown Hartford
Hartford, CT
New this year is a post-park jazz event inside nearby Black-eyed Sally's restaurant. One of the jazz groups will perform there beginning at 9:30 p.m., followed by a jam session with jazz students from throughout the region.
Jul. 28: 6 p.m.   Price: Free.

 

Sunken Garden Poetry & Music Festival

Hill-Stead Museum
35 Mountain Road, Farmington, CT
Featuring New Hampshire poet Laureate Patricia Fargnoli and Ilya Kaminsky, award-winning author of "Dancing in Odessa." Musical guest is Tessa Souter, London-born, New York-based vocalist, composer and lyricist.Map
Jul. 23: 6:30 p.m.   Price: Parking: $10. Box office: 860-677-4787

 

Pirate Sail

Long Wharf Pier
New Haven,CT
Captain William Kidd and the Free Men of the Sea, history re-enactors of the Golden Age of Piracy, welcome you and your family to sail aboard the tall ship Quinnipiack. Bring picnic.  1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.  Box Office: 203-865-1737
www.schoonerinc.org Jul. 16: 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.  
Jul. 27: 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.   Aug. 13: 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.  
Aug. 23: 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.   Aug. 30: 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.  
Sep. 7: 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.   Sep. 14: 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.  
Price: $40 adults, $20 children age 12 and under

Walking with Dinosaurs

Arena at Harbor Yard
600 Main St.
Exit 27 I-95, Bridgeport, CT
Box Office: 203-345-2400

Dinosaurs return to the earth in a live theatrical show at the Arena at Harbor Yard, Walking with Dinosaurs - The Live Experience." Based on the award-winning BBC Television Series, this production has already been seen by more than one million Americans.

The show features ten species from the entire 200 million year reign of the dinosaurs, including the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the terror of the ancient terrain; the Plateosaurus and Liliensternus from the Triassic period; the Stegosaurus and Allosaurus from the Jurassic period; and Torosaurus and Utahraptor from the awesome Cretaceous.  The largest dinosaur on display, the Brachiosaurus, stands 36-feet tall and 56-feet from nose to tail.

The show depicts the dinosaurs’ evolution, complete with the climatic and tectonic changes that took place, which led to the demise of many species. The history of the world is played out with the splitting of the continents, the formation of oceans, the eruption of volcanoes and the transition from arid desert planet to lush green prairies.  All events lead to the impact of a massive comet, which struck the earth and forced the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Performances are Wed.-Fri. at 7:30 p.m., Sat. at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Sun. at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Visit the Arena at Harbor Yard Web site for tickets and more information.

www.arenaatharboryard.com Jul. 23 - Jul. 27

 Price: $67.75, $47.75, $32.75

"Hamlet" and "The Seductive Countess"

Produced by: Capital Classics Shakespeare Festival
St. Joseph College
1678 Asylum Ave.
West Hartford, CT
Box Office: 860-231-5555

Enjoy a production of Shakespeare’s intricate tragedy, "Hamlet," under the stars. Preceded by a Moliere curtain-teaser comedy, "The Seductive Countess."

Performances are Thu.-Sat., at 7:30 p.m. and Sun. at 5:30 p.m. The family-oriented production is performed on the lawn of the Carol Autorino Center. Bring picnics, lawn chairs, blankets. The rain location is Hoffman Auditorium.

For more information call 860-231-5555 or visit Capital Classics Shakespeare Festival's Web site.

Through Jul. 27    Price: $12 adults, $7 students.

Altar Boyz

Long Wharf Theatre
222 Sargent Drive
New Haven ,CT
Box Office: 203-772-8255
Family-friendly musical spoof about a Christian boy band on the last night of their tour. No performances on Sundays and Mondays.
Through Sep. 13  Daily : 8 p.m.

Ella

Hartford Stage
50 Church St.
Hartford, CT
Hartford Stage presents a musical portrait of the First Lady of Song. Tina Fabrique portrays the legendary Ella Fitzgerald in this toe-tapping night of theater, featuring such classics as "That Old Black Magic," "A Tiskit, A Tasket" and "They Can't Take That Away From Me."

Book by Jeffrey Hatcher; conceived by Rob Ruggiero and Dyke Garrison; directed by Ruggiero. Produced in collaboration with the Connecticut Theatre Festival, Dean Adams, producing artistic director.
For more information, visit the Hartford Stage Web site.

Through Jul. 27     Price: $26-$55.    Box office: 860-527-5151

Half A Sixpence

Goodspeed Opera House
6 Main St.
East Haddam, CT
Box Office: 860-873-8668

A bouncy, romantic musical that will leave you laughing and wanting more. Enjoy the antics of young Arthur Kipps, a Cockney shop clerk who inherits a fortune, flirts with "society," loses his money and winds up happier without it.

Performance schedule: Wed.-Thu., 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Select Mon. and Fri., 2 p.m.   www.goodspeed.org Through Sep. 19               Price: $26-$63.

Scramble!

Westport Country Playhouse
25 Powers Court
Westport, CT
A farce by David Wiltse that takes place in the offices of a magazine that fears a corporate takeover. Workers fear the new hire has been sent in from above to do some secret cutting, and everyone gets caught up in paranoia, mistaken identities and outlandish triangular relationships.

Through Jul. 26   Price: $30-65   Box office: 203-227-4177

Suddenly Last Summer

TheatreWorks New Milford
5 Brookside Ave.
New Milford,CT
Box Office: 860-350-6863
Tennessee Williams "Suddenly Last Summer" is a one act play of two monologues that display Williams' starkest and most poetic works.
Through Aug. 2   Daily : 8 p.m.
Price: $20

The Tempest

The Little Theatre
Orchard Hill Road
Newtown, CT
Box Office: 203-270-9144
Town players of Newtown perform, The Tempest.
Through Jul. 26

"Moon Over Buffalo"

Produced by: Ivoryton Playhouse
Ivoryton Playhouse
150 Main St.
Ivoryton, CT
Jul. 16 - Aug. 3
Price: $35 adults; $30 seniors; $20 students; $15 children.
Box office: 860-767-7318Performances are Wed & Sun, 2 p.m.; Wed and Thurs, 7:30 p.m.; Fri & Sat, 8 p.m. An acting couple is on tour in Buffalo when they hear that Frank Capra himself is en route to catch their performance.

Wonderful Town

Musicals at Richter
100 Aunt Hack Road
Danbury, CT
Two sisters from Columbus, Ohio and their New York City adventures with fame, romance and fortune in the 1930s. Grounds open at 7:15 p.m. for picnicking and the curtain is drawn at 8:30 p.m.

Through Jul. 26   Price: $13-21    Box office: 203-748-6873

Shakespeare Performance

The Cedar Grove at Middlesex Community College
100 Training Hill Rd
Middletown,CT
Summer Shakespeare in the Grove, presented by Artfarm, will feature Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," a fun, family-friendly comedy. Open lawn seating, so bring chairs and blankets. Live music will begin at 6 p.m. with the performance beginning at 7 p.m. On Sundays, the show will be preceded by an Ecofestival at 4 p.m.

For information, call 860-346-4390. Jul. 17: 6 p.m.  
Jul. 18: 6 p.m.   Jul. 19: 6 p.m.   Jul. 20: 4 p.m.   Jul. 24: 6 p.m.  
Jul. 25: 6 p.m.   Jul. 26: 6 p.m.  
Jul. 27: 4 p.m.  
Price: Free.

Up 'n Comers Teen Acting Company production of Rowan and Martin's "Laugh-In"

Park Road Playhouse
244 Park Road
West Hartford, CT
www.parkroadplayhouse.org Jul. 17: 7:30 p.m.  
Jul. 18: 7:30 p.m.   Jul. 19: 7:30 p.m.   Jul. 24: 7:30 p.m.  
Jul. 25: 7:30 p.m.   Jul. 26: 7:30 p.m.  
Price: $20 adults, $10 students.
Box office: 860-586-8500

Twilight Zone: Of Shadows and Substance

Hole In The Wall Theater
116 Main St.
New Britain, CT
Four of the timeless show's most memorable episodes are given a theatrical treatment. Through Aug. 9
Fridays : 8 p.m. Saturdays : 8 p.m.
Price: $20 suggested donation.  Box office: 860-229-3049

 

The Music Man

Rich Forum
307 Atlantic St.
Stamford, CT
You may remember the hit songs "Seventy-Six Trombones," "Trouble," "Goodnight, My Someone" and "Lyda Rose," which will all be performed by a professional cast and orchestra. Wed.-Sat. 7:30 p.m.. Sat. and Sun. 2 p.m

.Jul. 17 - Jul. 27    Price: $25-$55   Box office: 203-325-4466

 

 

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