Matthew Wiener News

Enduring Arizona Theatre Company's current production of Murder for Two is like watching two cute hamsters incessantly rolling on a wheel, keeping pace with its speed but going nowhere fast. It's curious, but, in the end, unsatisfying. While Joe Kinosian and Ian Lowe make a great team and are, each in his own way, versatile and immensely talented performers, this murder mystery musical whodunnit s laborious.

Six Valley theatre companies will exchange tickets purchased for Actors Theatre productions before the 29-year old organization announced that it is ceasing operations.

After almost 30 years of producing art, the Actors Theatre of Phoenix has announced they have to close their doors.

Actors Theatre, which has produced compelling, thought-provoking and often edgy plays for nearly 30 years, is closing its doors.

Actors Theatre flings open the doors on one couple's unexpected and alternatively comic and conflicted reunion when Annapurna comes to the stage at Black Theatre Troupe, 1333 E. Washington Street, from Jan. 16 to Feb. 1, 2015.

Actors Theatre is launching a two-show summer schedule to help fill at least one empty theatre stage during a time of year that has historically been very quiet.

Actors Theatre is launching a two-show summer schedule to help fill at least one empty theatre stage during a time of year that has historically been very quiet.

Actors Theatre brings Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire's darkly funny and surprisingly touching look at a struggling south Boston woman's backdoor attempt to find a fresh start, Good People, to the Arizona Opera Center, 1636 N. Central Ave., from today, April 25 to May 11.

Hello Broadway World! My name is Tyler Eglen and I'll be playing Stevie in David Lindsay-Abaire's GOOD PEOPLE at Actor's Theatre of Phoenix. As we go through the process I'm going to keep you updated on the happenings behind the scenes and on stage as we put this amazing play on its feet.

Actors Theatre brings Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire's darkly funny and surprisingly touching look at a struggling south Boston woman's backdoor attempt to find a fresh start, Good People, to the Arizona Opera Center, 1636 N. Central Ave., from April 25 to May 11.

Actors Theatre will present Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles, a 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist which Time Magazine called 'The best play of the (2012) season, hands down,' from tonight, Jan. 10-26 at Black Theatre Troupe's Helen K. Mason Performing Arts Center, 1333 E. Washington St. in Phoenix.

Actors Theatre will present Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles, a 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist which Time Magazine called 'The best play of the (2012) season, hands down,' from Jan. 10-26 at Black Theatre Troupe's Helen K. Mason Performing Arts Center, 1333 E. Washington St. in Phoenix.

Actors Theatre moved several steps closer to ending its 'pause' following a successful annual fund outreach campaign combined with the awarding of a $30,000 Shubert Foundation grant for general operations.

Actors Theatre is moving closer to announcing a four-play season for 2013-14 at different venues in and around Central Phoenix. Two plays have been selected - A Steady Rain and Good People - and conversations are underway to finalize performance dates and locations.

"We are not closing. We are stepping back because we need to change the way we operate our business," said Producing Artistic Director Matthew Wiener. "Our entire board has been deeply involved in strategic discussions leading to this action and fully supports this focus on evaluating our business model while staying true to our artistic mission. Our goal is to continue producing the quality, thoughtful and entertaining theater we've become known for and to develop a more relevant connection to the community. We had hoped to finish our season at the Herberger Theater Center but recently learned that two large foundation gifts we had anticipated receiving this fiscal year will not happen."

In a metropolitan area where golf is king - or, certainly, at least, prince - Ken Ludwig's newest play, The Fox on the Fairway, will bring a hilarious, madcap perspective to the Valley's collective love affair with the sport.

In a metropolitan area where golf is king - or, certainly, at least, prince - Ken Ludwig's newest play, The Fox on the Fairway, will bring a hilarious, madcap perspective to the Valley's collective love affair with the sport.

Apple junkie Mike Daisey's controversial first-person retelling of stories from the Foxconn factory in China where most of the world's electronic gadgets are produced, The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, will open Actors Theatre's 2012-13 season, Sept. 21 to Oct. 7, on Stage West of the Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe.

Actors Theatre and Desert Foothills Theater present 14 performances of "The Wallace & Ladmo Show" at the Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe, from June 1-17. The show is part of Actors Theatre's new Summer Stage lineup.