2 Best Performing Arts Venues in New Haven, Mystic, and the Coast, Connecticut

National and international opera and dance performances, concerts, comedy, Broadway musicals, film festivals, and children's events are all on the bill at this arts center—a beautifully restored, 1,440-seat, art deco theater.

Broadway musicals, dance performances, comedy, music concerts, and more are on the bill at the Shubert, a 1,600-seat theater that originally opened in 1914. It's long been the theater where big-name shows of tomorrow hit the stage for the first time before their debuts on Broadway.