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August 24 to August 30

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The Odd Couple

Produced by: Ivoryton Playhouse
Ivoryton Playhouse
103 Main St.
Ivoryton, CT
Box Office: 860-767-7318

Neil Simon's Tony Award-winning comedy, directed by Larry Thelen.

www.ivorytonplayhouse.org Aug. 5 - Aug. 30   

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That Championship Season

Produced by: Westport Country Playhouse
Westport Country Playhouse
25 Powers Court
Westport, CT

Box Office: 203-227-4177

Drama by Jason Miller (the young priest in The Exorcist), about the 20th reunion of four players and the coach of a high school basketball team where secrets are revealed and loyalties tested.

www.westportplayhouse.org Through Sep. 12    Price: $35-$55.

The Immigrant

Spirit of Broadway Theater
24 Chestnut St.
Norwich, CT
Box Office: 860-886-2378

Musical based on a true story about a Jewish Russian immigrant who ends up in a Baptist Texas community and is given shelter by a childless older couple.

Aug. 26 - Sep. 27

Vesta

Thornton Wilder Hall, Miller Cultural Complex
2901 Dixwell Ave.
Hamden, CT
Reading of a one act play that follows a terminally ill woman and her family through the choices they must make as she nears the end of her life. Presented by VITAS Innovative Hospice Care of Waterbury.

Aug. 29: 7 p.m.  Price: Free

High School Musical

Broad Brook Opera House
107 Main St.
Broad Brook, CT
Box Office: 860-292-6068

For more information, call 860-292-6068 or visit www.operahouseplayers.org. Aug. 20: 8 p.m.  
Aug. 21: 8 p.m.   Aug. 22: 8 p.m.   Aug. 23: 2 p.m.   Aug. 27: 8 p.m.   Aug. 28: 8 p.m.  
Aug. 29: 2 p.m.   8 p.m.   Aug. 30: 2 p.m.  

Price: $20 adults, $16 for persons younger than 21 and older than 60.

Summer Concert Series

Elizabeth Park
Asylum Avenue
West Hartford, CT
Hartford presents its own little Tanglewood free to the public inside the Rose garden of Elizabeth Park. Bring a picnic dinner and your dancing shoes and let lose to everything from rock to Motown and if it rains, the concert will take place in the Pond House.

August 26-R&B from Massconn Fussion

Through Aug. 26     Wednesdays : 6:30 p.m. Price: Free

Murder Mystery

Mystic Seaport
75 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic, CT
Box Office: 888-973-2767

Interactive moving mystery tour, where visitors attempt to solve a mystery by interviewing witnesses and suspects, played by the Mystic Seaport TaleMakers.

Through Sep. 5    Price: $14-$16

Elm Shakespeare 2009

Edgerton Park
Whitney Ave. & Cliff St.
New Haven, CT
The local troupe presents Moliere's "The Imaginary Invalid" and Philip Barry's "Holiday" in repertory.

Aug. 13 - Sep. 6     Price: Free, donations welcomed

Kenya Safari Acrobats

Quassy Amusement Park
Rte. 64
Middlebury, CT    Box Office: 800-367-7275
Six to eight acrobats perform feats of strength and stunts like fire ring jumping, a human pyramid and more.
Aug. 17 - Aug. 30

My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy

Produced by: Long Wharf Theatre
Long Wharf Theatre
222 Sargent Drive
New Haven , CT
Box Office: 203-787-4282

Aug. 5-9 and 19-30. Written and performed by Steve Solomon.

Solomon tells hilarious stories about his wacky family and the crazy characters he meets on the road who, it seems, have the sole purpose of driving him into therapy – something they manage with great success.

www.longwharf.org Aug. 5 - Aug. 30

Price: $27-$32; special rates for groups and patrons under 16.

Side by Side by Sondheim

Produced by: Connecticut Cabaret Theatre
Connecticut Cabaret Theatre
31-33 Webster Square Road
Berlin, CT
Box Office: 860-829-1248

Musical tribute to Stephen Sondheim, featuring his best known works and collaborations.

Jul. 24 - Aug. 29    Price: $30.

Ile

Mystic Seaport
75 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic, CT

Box Office: 888-973-2767

Dinner theater-style performance of the one act play by Eugene O'Neill by the Mystic Seaport TaleMakers aboard the L.A. Dunton (dinner served outside Shaefer's Spouter Tavern).

Through Sep. 6    Price: $40-$45

Essex Steam Train & Riverboat's "Friday Night Lite"

Essex Steam Train & Riverboat
1 Railroad Ave.
Valley Railroad Company
Essex, CT
Box Office: 800-377-3987

Train boards at 7 for a 7:30 p.m. departure. On alternate Fridays, Riverway Studio of East Haddam serves up a casual evening of live entertainment—improv comedy or murder mystery—for passengers.

Hop on board Laugh Tracks for a joke-filled evening of improv. Or, take a murder mystery train bound for Hollywood during the Roaring 20s.

$45 per ticket includes a 2 ½ hour train journey, entertainment and a lite dinner. Full bar service is available on board with cash or credit card. Reservations required.

www.essexsteamtrain.com Through Aug. 28    Fridays : 7 p.m.

Music on the River

Mystic Seaport
75 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic, CT
Box Office: 860-572-5351

Summer cruise series aboard the steamboat Sabino at Mystic Seaport continues with folk, rock and jazz by Ron Drago. Series continues each Wednesday through Aug. 26. Cash bar and light snacks available.

Aug. 26: 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.   Price: $25, $22 members.

Culinary Walking Tour

John Davenport's at the Top of the Park
155 Temple St.
New Haven, CT

Box Office: 203-974-6858

Guided culinary tour through historic downtown New Haven, with tasty samplings from stops along the way, including Union League Cafe, Louis' Lunch, Bar, Willoughby's, Bar, York St. Noodle, the Cupcake Truck and more.

Sep. 26: 1:30 p.m.  

Camelot

Produced by: Goodspeed Opera House
Goodspeed Opera House
6 Main St.
East Haddam, CT

Box Office: 860-873-8668

Lerner and Loewe's Arthurian musical, an enchanting fable of chivalry, honor and brotherhood. Wed.-Thu., 7:30 p.m. (no 7:30 p.m. show July 16); Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 6:30 p.m. (no 6:30 p.m. shows Aug. 16, 23, 30, Sept 6, 13) Matinees: Wed., 2 p.m.; Thu. Aug. 13, 20, 27, Sept. 3, 10, 17, 2 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. (no 2 p.m. show July 26). Tue., Sept 15, 7:30 p.m. Sat., Sept 19, 2 & 6:30 p.m. goodspeed.org

Jul. 10 - Sep. 19     Price: $27.50-$69.50 

New Haven Food & Wine Festival

Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale
45 Yale Ave.
New Haven, CT
Box Office: 888-99-PILOT

Pilot Pen Tennis serves up a showcase of New Haven's eclectic and international cuisine at a wine tasting with wine professionals from Australia's award-winning Wolf Blass wines.

Guests will also have a chance to meet one of America's best-known chefs, Jacques Pepin. The cost of the event is $105 per person, which includes a box seat for session seven and a Riedel wine glass and bottle stopper from Lux Bond & Green.

Participating restaurants include Barcelona, Ibiza, Bespoke, Sabor, Claire's Corner Copia, Basta Trattoria, Zinc, Chow, Union League Café, Miso, Foster's, Thali, Geronimo and 116 Crown.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the Pilot Pen Web site.

www.pilotpentennis.com Aug. 26: noon - 2 p.m.   ; 5 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Price: $105

Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze

Lyman Orchards
32 Reeds Gap Road
Middlefield, CT

Box Office: 860-349-1793

The maze is open Aug. 19 through early September.

Lyman Orchards invites you to get lost among the flowers, 235,000 of them, when the maze is in full bloom. This year's maze is in the shape of a super-sized guitar.

www.lymanorchards.com Through Sep. 12

Price: $9 ages 13 years and older; $5 ages 4-12. For each ticket sold, Lyman Orchards will donate $1 to the Connecticut Children's Medical Center.

Encore performance of "Charlie Parker with Strings"

Riverfront Plaza
300 Columbus Boulevard
Hartford, CT
Violinists Michael Pollard and Jaroslaw Lis, violist Michael Wheeler, and cellist Jeffrey Krieger will team up with percussionist Gene Bozzi, bassist Edward “Rick” Rozie, and saxophonist Kris Allen for a live rendering of tracks from Charlie Parker’s famous album “Charlie Parker with Strings."


Aug. 29: 4 p.m.   Price: Free.

Love Fest

New Haven Green
Temple & Elm sts.
New Haven, CT
Box Office: 203-915-7379

A musical celebration of life, love and hope. Presented by Yahweh Productions. Featuring Vince Martell of Vanilla Fudge paying tribute to Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, Boogie Chillun, Organic Soul, Sandoval Band, Feet of Fire Dance Troupe, ASAS Martial Arts demo. Frank Minucci speaks about his life. Games, face painting and other activities. Non-perishable food item donations accepted.

Aug. 29: noon - 7 p.m.  

Reach Music Festival

Simsbury Performing Arts Center
22 Iron Horse Boulevard
Simsbury, CT
The Reach Music Festival is a first-of-its-kind, one-day music festival featuring music by Earth, Wind & Fire, Little River Band, Max Creek and special guests. Proceeds from the evening will benefit children's charities across Connecticut.

Aug. 29: 5:45 p.m. - 11 p.m.  

Price: $55-$150, visit http://www.reachmusicfestival.com/tickets 

Summer Flickers

Hygienic Art Park
83 Bank St
New London, CT

Free weekly movie series.  July 29: Do The Right Thing. Aug. 5: Blazing Saddles. Aug. 12: The Muppet Movie. Aug. 19: Coffee & Cigarettes. Aug. 26: Faire Harbour Film Fest. Sept. 2: Double Indemnity. Sept. 9: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

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