Dance your way to Belding Theater for Copland & Bernstein! We start this concert by waltzing to Johann Strauss Jr.’s On the Beautiful Blue Danube. Step into the unique experience of listening to the HSO perform Copland’s Appalachian Spring, while viewing rarely shown historical video footage of Martha Graham performing her original choreography. Keep your toes tapping with Bernstein’s Fancy Free, the 1944 precursor to Broadway’s On the Town.   

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Copland & Bernstein

The Bushnell

Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of violin, Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. Beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent, his is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond not only to his remarkable artistry, but also to his irrepressible joy for making music.

The Bushnell and The Hartford Symphony Orchestra are bringing Itzhak Perlman to The Bushnell Performing Arts Center! Having performed with every major orchestra and at concert halls around the globe, Mr. Perlman was granted a Presidential Medal of Freedom – The Nation’s highest civilian honor- by President Obama in 2015, a Kennedy Center Honor in 2003, a National Medal of Arts by President Clinton in 2000, and a Medal of Liberty by President Reagan in 1986. Mr. Perlman has been honored with 16 Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Kennedy Center Honor, A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and a Genesis Prize.

Itzhak Perlman in Recital

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra performs the music of FINAL FANTASY with a full chorus, led by Grammy Award-winner Arnie Roth. Experience this sensational multimedia concert featuring the beloved music of Nobuo Uematsu and more! With HD video from game developers SQUARE ENIX projected onto giant screens throughout the concerts, Distant Worlds performs a diverse and constantly expanding repertoire of classic FINAL FANTASY music from throughout the 35+ years of the game series.

Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY

William H. Mortensen Hall

Ring in spring with the HSO! This blissful concert features HSO Concertmaster Leonid Sigal, the Hartford Chorale, and guest conductor Jacomo Bairos and celebrates beauty, hope, and growth. William Grant Still’s moving piece Spirituals: A Medley brings you a sense of renewal that carries throughout the program. Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole was an inspiration for Tchaikovsky to compose his famous violin concerto, and he enthusiastically described the piece as having “a lot of freshness, lightness of piquant rhythms, of beauty and excellently harmonized melodies”.  Vivaldi’s Gloria is one of sacred music’s most uplifting choral works and its radiance and poignant sound will ring throughout the concert hall.

Vivaldi’s Gloria

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Relive the magic of year six in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™ in Concert. With this film, based on the sixth installment of the classic saga, fans of all ages can now experience the thrilling tale of Harry’s obsession with a mysterious potions book accompanied by the music of a live symphony orchestra as Harry soars across the big screen in HD!

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in Concert

Under the direction of HSO Assistant Conductor, Adam Kerry Boyles, we welcome pianist and UCONN professor, Angelina Gadeliya, performing fellow UCONN Professor and Grammy® Award winner, Kenneth Fuchs’s Piano Concerto, “Spiritualist”-a piece inspired by three paintings of Helen Frankenthaler. His first numbered symphony, Prokofiev chose to compose his Classical Symphony without the aid of the piano and each movement is brief and to the point in the true “Classical” style. Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro includes some of the most famous and hummable tunes in classical music and created a revival in the city of Prague for the composer.  It was there, in Prague, that his dramatic Symphony No. 38 was premiered, and it was considered a gift to the city.   

Mozart & Prokofiev

We close our 80th Masterworks season with a return appearance from Melissa White, the HSO’s 2023-2024 Joyce C. Willis Artist in Residence performing the soaring melodies of Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1. According to Carlos Simon, his intent for Amen! was “to re-create the musical experience of an African American Pentecostal church service that I enjoyed being part of while growing up in this denomination.” Each movement flows into the next to reflect the way the worship service flows. Inspired by the astrological characters of each planet, Holst’s The Planets bears the richness and emotional warmth of humanity, encapsulating the theme of the entire program bringing people together through the spirit of music.

The Planets

Lisa is making a video about her dad. She’s capturing the big and small moments: from the annual amusement park family vacations to the father-daughter journey to Auschwitz, where his parents were killed — and everything in between. Step on this rollercoaster ride of high hilarity and deep disquiet as one woman tries to make sense of it all. From Tony Award-winning playwright Lisa Kron (Fun Home) comes a surprising tragicomedy about coming to terms with where — and who — you come from.

2.5 Minute Ride

Hartford Stage

Get creative with one of our festive holiday crafts, settle in with some popcorn to watch Dr. Suess’ The Grinch (2018), and have a visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus!

Holiday Open House - Sensory-friendly/relaxed

The Bushnell Performing Arts Center

The legendary performer holds the Guiness Book of World Records for writing and starring in an unprecedented 20 televised stand-up specials.

Kathy Griffin

Artistic Director Brett Raphael curates this annual 'love fest' performed by the company's awe-inspiring soloists. $10 VIP tickets allow access to an after party where you can join the dancers & DJ Doctor onstage. If desired, add this item to your cart when prompted. Show tickets are sold separately. Everyone attending the reception must also purchase a ticket to the performance.

Connecticut Ballet: Be My Valentine

Critics rave, “It’s simply magical!” (LA Daily News). Heralded by The New Yorker as “thrilling” and “genuinely moving,” Frozen features the songs you know and love from the original Oscar®-winning film, plus an expanded score with a dozen new numbers by the film’s songwriters, Oscar winner Kristen Anderson-Lopez and EGOT winner Robert Lopez. Oscar winner Jennifer Lee (book), Tony and Olivier Award winner Michael Grandage (director), and Tony winner Rob Ashford (choreographer) round out the creative team that has won a cumulative 16 Tony Awards. An unforgettable theatrical experience filled with sensational special effects, stunning sets and costumes, and powerhouse performances, Frozen is everything you want in a musical: It’s moving. It’s spectacular. And above all, it’s pure Broadway joy. 

Disney's Frozen

Glengarry Glen Ross

Feel The Beat: Hip-hop And Drumming Workshops - Sensory-friendly/relaxed

Cenicienta

First Words: Songwriting and Performance workshops will meet once a week at The Bushnell for a four week series. Participants will have the opportunity to break down a piece of work (original or published), learning how to connect with the piece personally as well as connecting and communicating those emotions and story to an audience.

(Sold Out) First Words: Songwriting & Performance Workshops

For six straight decades, only one unstoppable force has flat-out dominated popular culture - breaking down barriers, pushing boundaries and letting nothing and no one stand in her way. THE CHER SHOW is the Tony Award®-winning musical of her story, and it’s packed with so much Cher that it takes three women to play her: the kid starting out, the glam pop star, and the icon. 

The Cher Show

Mellencamp is a member of the Rock and Roll and Songwriters Halls of Fame, a recipient of the John Steinbeck Award, ASCAP Foundation’s Champion Award, The Woody Guthrie Award, the Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and most recently, the Founders Award, the top honor assigned by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

John Mellencamp

Bringing two powerful voices to The Bushnell stage for a live, unscripted conversation about the state of our democracy and a vision for America’s future, featuring New WindowLiz Cheney, former U.S. Republican Congresswoman from Wyoming, and NY Times Columnist New WindowEzra Klein.

Liz Cheney & Ezra Klein Presented By The Connecticut Forum

Romance is in the air with Enduring Love Stories. The HSO introduces you to star-crossed lovers throughout time and explores the struggles they endured. Through the music of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, and Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld the HSO brings emotion and passion to the stage. Bringing dynamic duos into the present, the HSO has commissioned a double concerto by Grammy® Award nominated composer Clarice Assad for the husband-and-wife guitar and cello duo, Boyd Meets Girl, comprised of Rupert Boyd, guitar and West Hartford native, Laura Metcalf, cello.

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The Planets

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Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

Kathy Griffin

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Connecticut Ballet: Be My...

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

Disney's Frozen

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

Glengarry Glen Ross

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

Feel The Beat: Hip-hop An...

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

Cenicienta

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

(Sold Out) First Words: S...

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

The Cher Show

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

John Mellencamp

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

Liz Cheney & Ezra Klein P...

Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

Enduring Love Stories

Hartford Symphony Orchestra