“Boo!” sounds different when it’s shouted from a stage rather than seen on a screen or read in a book. A slew of Connecticut theater companies, symphony orchestras and dance , comedy and drag acts have devised spooky entertainments for the long lead-up to Halloween.

This week you can find classical concerts, a play reading, a talent show, a drag brunch and more, all with ghosts, horrors or other elements that go bump on the stage.

“We wanted to do something different,” said Mike Whitham, whose homegrown horror show “Tales from a Darkened Theater” is being staged by Imaginex Productions Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 26 at 3 p.m. at the Hole in the Wall Theater , located at 116 Main St. in New Britain Tickets are $25.

Whitham scripted, directed and is also one of the dozen perfo

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