After breaking box office records in 2005, WICKED is set to return to Hartford, November 14 – December 9, 2007! We are really looking forward to our second engagement which will be here for four weeks. If you’ve seen WICKED already, you know what a great show it is. If you haven’t, WICKED, is a new musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Academy Award winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman (“My So Called Life,” “Once And Again” and “thirtysomething”) based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire. Have you seen WICKED before? Are you coming to the return engagement?

It’s not everyday that two Grammy-winning Rock and Roll legends and members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame grace our stages. We are really looking forward to this Sunday’s engagement with David Crosby and Graham Nash, two-thirds and one-half, respectively of Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. This will be a rare opportunity to savor an intimate, harmony-heavy experience with two of rock’s most legendary singer-songwriters. We hope you will join us. Will you be in the audience? Let us know what you thought of the show.

As you can see on our homepage, we're counting down the seconds until Wicked makes its return to The Bushnell! And we know that there are thousands of you waiting to come through our doors to see the land of Oz come to life in Mortensen Hall. We are excited to announce that Carmen Cusak, fresh from the Chicago production of Wicked, will be joining the tour in the role of the emerald green-skinned Elphaba, and Broadway actress (and Wicked newbie!) Katie Rose Clark will be playing the beautiful and popular Glinda.

These talented actresses have been busy. Originally from Texas, Carmen spent 14 years in London performing in big-name shows like The Secret Garden and Les Miserables. Katie most recently took on the role of Clara Johnson in The Light in the Piazza in the Broadway production, PBS special and national tour.

In addition to welcoming Carmen and Katie to Hartford, we will also welcome Broadway veterans Alda Cuervo in the role of Madame Morrible and P.J. Benjamin as the one-and-only Wizard.

Are you counting down as well? What is your favorite part about the show?

We are honored to welcome the Fifth Annual Heart Gallery in Connecticut to The Bushnell from November 6 through December 21. This visually stunning and emotional art exhibit raises awareness about adoption.

Sponsored by The Department of Children and Families and The Connecticut Association of Foster and Adoptive Parents, the goal of this photographic art exhibit - which captures the essence and beauty of children in Connecticut who are in state custody and want a permanent family - is to increase awareness of adoption during November, which is National Adoption Awareness Month.

We are very proud to host this exhibit in our Promenade Gallery. The exhibit will be open to the public prior to every performance during the holiday season and can be viewed by appointment by calling (860) 987-6033.

We welcome your thoughts about the Heart Gallery, and hope you take some time to come see this amazing exhibit.

One of our most buzzed-about performances this season isn't a huge blockbuster musical - it's our one-person performance of The Glass Castle, which is part of our Literature to Life series, now in its second season.

Literature to Life, which was created by The American Place Theatre in New York City, combines a professional actor with verbatim selections from a significant American literary work. These unique and extremely popular performances take place in our intimate Autorino Great Hall, and last year's series was a huge hit with book lovers and theater lovers alike!

The November 12 production of The Glass Castle is based on the powerful memoir by Jeannette Walls, and tells the tale of a very unconventional and precarious life through the eyes of a young girl.

Will you be one of the members of this sold-out audience? What did you love about the book?

We flashed back to the 60s last night here at The Bushnell with Beehive: The 60s Musical. This show brought to life legendary acts like Tina Turner, Janice Joplin and more. Did you walk down memory lane with us? What did you think of the show?