‘About damn time’:Lizzo takes the XL Center stage
This week we celebrate legacies.
“Stomp” has been stomping around the world for over 30 years. The hip-hop movement has been around for half a century, and some of the key figures of its formative first two decades are still out there touring. Sarah Silverman is still raising consciousness with foul language as she’s done since the early 1990s, and Lydia Loveless has been performing her impetuous raw Americana tunes nationwide since 2010.
Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, after performing with major acts for decades, are getting known as a duo. Madison Lyric
Stage honors the work of two major pop and film composers of the late 20th century. And the Connecticut Forum brings two former players and a legendary coach together to discuss what it means to be part of UConn women’s basketball.
On the fresher side, it’s time for the finals of “Hartford’s Got Talent!”
Then, meet now. Here are some of the top things to do and see this week in Connecticut arts.
‘Stomp’
Palace Theater, 100 East Main St., Waterbury
The long-running — and kicking and thumping and dancing and clanging and, uh, stomping — hit visits Connecticut for the umpteenth (Stompteenth?) time for a single 4 p.m. matinee performance on Sunday at the Waterbury Palace. $45-$75. palacetheaterct.org.
‘Welcome to Night Vale’
College Street Music Hall, 238 College St., New Haven
The podcast “Welcome to Night Vale” reports the news and weather from a creepy small town whose local government may be alien. Ordinances have to cover the emotions of inanimate objects and strange atmospheric conditions are commonplace. Occasionally the “Welcome to
Night Vale” crew creates and tours a full-length theater show, done live radio style with scripts and music stands. Some familiar voices are usually included. The story is original, not based on one of the podcast episodes. The current tour, “The Haunting of Night Vale,” has its final performance on Sunday at 7 p.m. at College Street Music Hall. collegestreetmusichall.com.