Greater Hartford Theater Week Date Nights
Pick the show you’d both love, choose where to eat, and call it a date. Theater Week brings the best of Greater Hartford together for a night that feels anything but routine.
Enter to Win a Night Out!
Five lucky winners will receive dinner and a show
Enter to win one of five night out packages during Greater Hartford Theater Week, plus a chance to win a season ticket bundle for one lucky grand prize winner.
Enter the Greater Hartford Theater Week Giveaway. No purchase necessary. One entry per person. Winners will be notified by email on October 19, 2026. Official Rules apply.
Turn a Show Into a Full Night Out
The curtain is only part of the plan. Choose a neighborhood that fits your mood, add dinner or an after-show stop, and enjoy a night that feels easy from start to finish.
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Keep the night relaxed with plenty of food, drink, and entertainment options to choose from. Start at Parkville Market, where you can each order exactly what you want, then head to a Theater Week performance nearby.
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Slow things down with a date night built around good food, live performance, and time to enjoy the city together. Begin with dinner or drinks, head to your show, then leave room for dessert or a nightcap afterward. It is a simple way to break from the usual routine and have an unforgettable evening.
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Plan a neighborhood date night with dinner, drinks, and a performance at the center of the evening. Start along Farmington Avenue, enjoy your Theater Week show, then keep the night going with dessert, cocktails, or a walk through the neighborhood. It is a simple way to break from the usual routine.
The Bushnell
Go big with Broadway, comedy, music, or a special event, then add dinner before the curtain or a downtown stop afterward.
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Hartford Stage
Build your night around imaginative professional theater and a downtown dinner before or after the show.
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TheaterWorks Hartford
See contemporary theater up close, then step back into downtown for whatever comes next.
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HartBeat Ensemble
Choose a bold, community-rooted performance that gives you plenty to talk about on the ride home.
Sliding scale pricing, no code required
Playhouse on Park
Pair an intimate performance with one of the neighborhood restaurants that make Park Road an easy date-night destination.
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City Guide
Find dining, parking, hotels, transportation, and practical information to help you plan the rest of your night out.
Eligible Shows
Browse performances included in each theater’s unique offer
TheaterWorks Hartford
Grammy and Emmy-nominated Cheyenne Jackson delivers an evening of story and song — from Nat King Cole to Elton John to Bernstein — with humor, warmth, and Broadway brilliance.
Hartford Stage
Tony Award-winner Julie White stars in this hilarious and heartfelt comedy about love and navigating life’s next chapter in a world of dating apps and second chances.
August Wilson’s powerful Radio Golf explores friendship, ambition, and the cost of success in a gripping story set in Pittsburgh’s historic Hill District at the dawn of the 21st century.
Playhouse on Park
Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku’s powerful one-man show traces his journey from Auschwitz through seven years of imprisonment to a life dedicated to finding light in the darkness.
When Ana’s beloved Book Club becomes the subject of a documentary film, their intimate discussions take a hilarious turn on camera in this buoyant comedy about contemporary culture.
While we can’t tell you what it is yet, believe us – you won’t want to miss this one! A recent Tony Award-winning comedy that’s as hilarious as it is thought-provoking. Title announced January 7th.
HartBeat Ensemble
HartBeat Ensemble presents Athol Fugard’s A Lesson from Aloes — a powerful drama of loyalty, betrayal, and survival set in apartheid-era South Africa, at Trinity College’s Austin Arts Center.
The Bushnell
Grammy and Emmy-nominated Cheyenne Jackson delivers an evening of story and song — from Nat King Cole to Elton John to Bernstein — with humor, warmth, and Broadway brilliance.
Based on the classic American novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the Tony Award®-winning new musical is an unforgettable journey of love, wealth and tragedy that brings the Roaring Twenties to life on stage.
Betty Boop®’s dream of a day off from super-celebrity leads to a dazzling Broadway adventure of color, music, and love in New York City — a “show-stopping rainbow of joy” (The Daily Beast).
Date Night Show Picks
Funny, thrilling, romantic, or completely unexpected. Find the show that fits your mood and make it the centerpiece of your night.
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