Arts & Entertainment
What's Coming Up This Weekend in Connecticut
Naugatuck Patch Mayor Nancy Sasso Janis compiles a weekly list of happenings throughout the state.
Entertainment List for 9/20
THEATER
City Youth Theatre/City Stage Company will present BROADWAY IN THE PARK, a free outdoor concert, on Saturday beginning at 4:30 p.m. in Library Park in Waterbury. Picnic & Food Trucks start at 4:00 p.m.
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ASSASSINS by FUSE Theater of Connecticut opens this weekend and runs through Sept. 29 at the Music Back Then Performance Theatre in West Haven, CT. CJ Janis is a pit musician for this production.
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MASTER CLASS opens this weekend at Music Theatre of Connecticut in Norwalk and runs through September 29.INFO & TIX www.musictheatreofct.com/master-class
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THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME opens this weekend at The Black Box Theater at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield. Performances of this intriguing play run through October 6. Tickets are available online at edgertoncenter.org
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I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE opens this weekend at Center Stage Theatre in Shelton and continues through Sept. 29. Visit centerstageshelton.org for tickets and performance information.
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DRACULA “A Comedy of Terrors” opens at Legacy Theater in Branford The final mainstage of the 2024 season opens this week and runs through Sept. 29. legacytheatrect.org
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THE SPITFIRE GRILL at The Brookfield Theatre continues through Sept. 28. This is a musical about second chances and following your dreams. brookfieldtheatre.org
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THE PROM at Ridgefield Theater Barn continues through Sept. 28. ridgefieldtheaterbarn.org
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SWEENEY TODD at the Downtown Cabaret continues through Oct. 13. The Tony Award winning musical of the demon barber of Fleet Street is directed by Bradford Blake and features Priscilla Squiers in the role of Mrs. Lovett and Perry Liu as Sweeney Todd. dtcab.com
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MAGGIE continues at Goodspeed Musical in East Haddam through October 20. A Scottish mother’s unbreakable love for her sons is tested in the U.S. premiere of a soul-stirring new musical about family bonds, changing times and music of the heart.
MUSIC
Jazz Brunch returns to the Palace Theater Poli Club Sunday at 11 a.m. with the Eddie Allen Quintet. palacetheaterct.org/shows-and-events/offstage-poli-club/jazz-brunch-eddie-allen
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THE FUTURE HEAVIES will perform on Friday, September 20 at 8 PM at Seven Angels Theater. New England’s #1 ’80s Band. All seats: $20.00
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ROB ZAPPULLA & HIS ORCHESTRA: A Tribute to Herb Alpert & Sergio Mendes takes to the stage at Seven Angels on Saturday, September 21 at 8 PM All seats: $35 sevenangelstheatre.org
OTHER
Essex Steam Train & Riverboat will present The Salem Express! Revenge of the Sanderson Sisters on Friday September 20, 2024 at 4:45pm Summer Orlando takes on the role of Winifred. Tickets at essex-steam-train-riverboat.myshopify.com
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It is Wizard Weekend at the 26th annual Connecticut Renaissance Faire runs 10:30 am to 6 pm Saturdays and Sundays at 122 Mack Road, Lebanon, CT. Tickets at ctfaire.com
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The Corn Maze at TWINS BBQ in Brookfield will be open until November 3.
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