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

The well-regarded Long Wharf Theatre presents works by contemporary writers and revivals of otherwise neglected classics. The season runs August through May.

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.

Built in 1901 to commemorate Yale's bicentennial, the 2,650-seat Woolsey Hall hosts performances by the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Yale Symphony Orchestra, Yale Philharmonia, Yale Concert Band, and Yale Glee Club, as well as occasional guest recitals on the Newberry Memorial Organ.

This theater stages both premieres and fresh interpretations of classics from October through May, and has been the home stage to dozens of future Hollywood and Broadway stars.

Most of the 200-plus performances in the impressive roster of concerts by the Yale School of Music—featuring students, faculty, and guest artists—take place in Sprague Memorial Hall, and many are free. Other venues include Woolsey Hall, Sudler Recital Hall, and Marquand Chapel—all on the Yale campus.