Arizona Theatre Company News

Straight from a Saturday matinee and evening performance of the Broadway revival of Godspell, in which she sings the popular 'Turn Back, O Man,' songstress Morgan James will make her debut at the newly renovated Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street) with her 7-piece rock n' soul band on Saturday, November 19 at 11:30 p.m.

Arizona Theatre Company welcomes the lighthearted new musical Daddy Long Legs directed and written by John Caird, the Tony award-winning director of Les Misérables and Nicholas Nickleby, with music and lyrics by Paul Gordon of the Tony-nominated Jane Eyre.

The Flinn Foundation has awarded seven grants totaling $305,000 to Arizona arts and culture organizations to encourage strategies to increase participation.

JOE'S PUB at The Public Theater, reopened October 4th, 2011 from a top to bottom renovation, debuted in October 1998 and quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists. Check out the full November schedule below!

Actor and solo performer Felix Pire brings his newest solo play to the United Solo Performance Festival on HALLOWEEN NIGHT at 9PM for its New York premiere.

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/30 for Arizona

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/30 for Mesa

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/30 for Tempe

Beowulf Alley Theatre will present a contemporary adaptation of King Lear by William Shakespeare at the theatre, 11 South 6th Avenue for a 4-weekend run.

Westport Country Playhouse will stage Shakespeare's beguiling comic masterpiece, 'Twelfth Night, or What You Will,' directed by Playhouse artistic director Mark Lamos, playing through November 5. Laughter and melancholy, gorgeous poetry and song, and endlessly delightful romantic entanglements abound in this fresh and inventive production of a timeless classic. It is the fifth of five productions in the historic theater's 80th year.

Penumbra Theatre Company and Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church announce a special musical tribute to Mahalia Jackson, the Queen of Gospel, marking the 100th anniversary of her birth.

From political correctness to character assassination, bad behavior has never been so good (or hilarious) as in Arizona Theatre Company's God of Carnage, winner of the 2009 Tony Award for Best Play. Written by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton this production makes its Southwest premiere in Tucson at the Temple of Music and Art and runs from October 22 - November 12, 2011. It continues its run in Phoenix at the Herberger Theater Center from November 17 - December 4, 2011. God of Carnage is sponsored in part by Shirley Estes. Arizona Theatre Company's season sponsors are I. Michael and Beth Kasser.

ACT Theatre concludes its 2011 Season with the noir thriller, Double Indemnity, by James M. Cain and adapted for the stage in this world premiere by Seattle favorites, David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright.

Penumbra Theatre Company and Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church announce a special musical tribute to Mahalia Jackson, the Queen of Gospel, marking the 100th anniversary of her birth.

Beowulf Alley Theatre will present a contemporary adaptation of King Lear by William Shakespeare at the theatre, 11 South 6th Avenue for a 4-weekend run.

Theatre Puget Sound is thrilled to announce that Bill Forrester will become the 14th individual to receive the illustrious Gregory A. Falls Sustained Achievement Award

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/16 for Arizona

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/16 for Mesa

Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 10/16 for Tempe