Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As soon as it was announced last year, TheaterWorks Hartford's "Circus Fire" project became one of the most anticipated theater ...

“Circus Fire,” one of the most anticipated theater events of the current season, has entered the ring. TheaterWorks Hartford is staging its world premiere of Jacque Lamarre’s emotionally complex ...

On the morning of July 6, 1944, Theresa Fulco woke up not feeling well. The heat in her apartment on Pleasant Street in Hartford was already rising and it was forecast to be a sweltering day. Her ...

For a Connecticut kid in 1944, few prospects were as rare and bright as a day at the circus. Rumbling in on a train from Providence, R.I., Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey were bringing lions, ...

On July 6, 1944, as American troops were nearing the end of their involvement in WWII, more than 8,000 Hartford, Connecticut, residents—most of them mothers and children—gathered under the Big Top at ...

As soon as it was announced last year, TheaterWorks Hartford’s “Circus Fire” project became one of the most anticipated theater events of the 2025-26 season. The excitement grew when TheaterWorks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Five riser blocks of seats surround the round stage area. Around 175 people can see each performance, about the same as ...