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The Vortex Theatre

2900 Carlisle Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110

The Vortex Theatre is a theatre in Albuquerque, NM.

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Review: COME FROM AWAY at Musical Theatre Southwest

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Musical Theatre Southwest

by Jackie Camborde · September 8, 2026

Come From Away is the true story of the 38 planes and their passengers that were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland the morning of September 11, 2001. The United States closed the airspace for the first time in history and all planes coming from Europe were forced to land in Gander, a town of ab…

Review: THE GUYS at Ironweed Productions At Teatro Paraguas

Review: THE GUYS at Ironweed Productions At Teatro Paraguas

by Jackie Camborde · September 8, 2026

The story begins with Joan (Karen Leigh), a well to do mother and wife who lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. As she begins to tell her “where were you” account about that morning, I notice members of the audience nodding and nudging one another – if we were old enough to remember that…

Review: MEAN GIRLS at Albuquerque Little Theater

Review: MEAN GIRLS at Albuquerque Little Theater

by Mariah Olesen · September 8, 2026

Mean Girls kicked off the 97th Season at ALT, an enormous accomplishment and impressive feat, especially at a time when the arts, and theater in particular, are so vastly underfunded and rely heavily on the support of individual donors and community supporters. …

Review: THREE TALL WOMEN at New Mexico Actors Lab

Review: THREE TALL WOMEN at New Mexico Actors Lab

by Mariah Olesen · August 31, 2026

The play is presented in two acts. In Act 1, the scene is established: an elderly, wealthy woman (A) meets with a young lawyer (C) who has been sent to get A's affairs in order. Woman B, a nurse, gently cares for Woman A through moments of senility and vulnerability. C remains unimpressed and uninsp…

Review: BAD MEDICINE at Santa Fe Playhouse

Review: BAD MEDICINE at Santa Fe Playhouse

by Jackie Camborde · August 17, 2026

Sometimes a show seems like it’s of the moment; the plot points and action hits just right for the time. Many times they become iconic parts of the canon for years to come, but some tend to feel like they miss the mark too quickly. Bad Medicine, which has its world premiere at the Santa Fe Playhou…

Review: Santa Fe Playhouse To Present CABARET

Review: Santa Fe Playhouse To Present CABARET

by Jackie Camborde · July 8, 2026

I won't post to X.Imagine my surprise and delight to view this musical through the fresh vision presented by Director Anna Hogan, cast and crew. Let’s begin with the basics, compliments of the Cabaret program:…

Review: THE DROWNING GIRLS at New Mexico Actors Lab

Review: THE DROWNING GIRLS at New Mexico Actors Lab

by Jackie Camborde · June 14, 2026

According to the Director’s note, The Drowning Girls is based on a true story. It tells the tale of three women who lived during the early half of the 20th century; all three were murdered by their husbands, drowned in their bathtubs.  …

Past Shows

21 total · showing 11–20

Oleanna

Oleanna

Aug 17 – Sep 9, 2018

Marty Epstein directs David Mamet's play about the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students, who accuses him of sexual exploitation and, by doing so, spoils his chances of being accorded tenure. Originally a response to the Clarence...

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

Aug 17 – Sep 9, 2018

"Sense and Sensibility" by Jon Jory, adapted from the novel by Jane Austen (February 17 – March 18, 2012) Fortune lost to fate. Romance lost to folly. When a lack of luck makes for difficult marriage prospects, the Dashwood sisters set sail on the volatile seas of courtship...

Mary Stuart

Mary Stuart

Feb 16 – Mar 11, 2018

Schiller's play pits Mary, Queen of Scots against her rival Queen Elizabeth I. The meeting never happened but, as Goethe said, “It will be good to see those two whores alongside each other. Schiller's Mary redeems her youthful crimes through an ordeal that lifts her into realms...

The Father

The Father

Jan 12 – Feb 4, 2018

Now 80 years old, André was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter, Anne, and her husband, Antoine. Or was André an engineer, whose daughter Anne lives in London with her new lover, Pierre? The thing is, he is still wearing his pajamas, and he can’t find his watch. He is...

Absurd Person Singular

Absurd Person Singular

Dec 1 – Dec 23, 2017

Meet three couples in their three kitchens on the Christmas Eves of three successive years. A wild comedy of behind the scenes disasters and British class warfare, in which the little man makes his way to the top.

Blood Wedding

Blood Wedding

Oct 27 – Nov 19, 2017

Based on a true story, dramatized by Federico Garcia Lorca in a new translation by Caridad Svitch, directed by Valli Marie Rivera. Magic and Music, love and lust - all on stage.

The Realistic Joneses

The Realistic Joneses

Sep 22 – Oct 15, 2017

In The Realistic Joneses, we meet Bob and Jennifer and their new neighbors, John and Pony, two suburban couples who have even more in common than their identical homes and their shared last names. As their relationships begin to irrevocably intertwine, the Joneses must decide...

She Kills Monsters

She Kills Monsters

Aug 25 – Sep 10, 2017

She Kills Monsters is a dramatic comedy filled with Dungeons and Dragons, nerd culture, and epic on-stage battles against homicidal fantasy foes. The play tells the story of Agnes Evans, who finds her deceased sister’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook and is transported into the...

The Iceman Cometh

The Iceman Cometh

Mar 17 – Apr 9, 2017

James Cady directs a cast of 20 in Eugene O'Neill's magnificent play. The drunks and prostitutes at Harry's Bar maintain a haze of illusions until Theodore Hickman arrive to sweep it all away. Philip J. Shortell (The Nance, The Sunshine Boys) plays Hickey.

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The Legend of Korra Live in Concert in Albuquerque The Legend of Korra Live in Concert
Popejoy Hall (1/29-1/29)
Jekyll & Hyde The Musical in Albuquerque Jekyll & Hyde The Musical
Farmington Civic Center (10/22-11/01)
Antigone in Albuquerque Antigone
Vortex Theatre (10/16-11/08)
Derek Hough: Dance for the Holidays  in Albuquerque Derek Hough: Dance for the Holidays
Popejoy Hall (11/16-11/16)
Persephone, Baby by Melanie Godsey in Albuquerque Persephone, Baby by Melanie Godsey
New Mexico Actors Lab (10/01-10/18)
Hamilton (Angelica Company) in Albuquerque Hamilton (Angelica Company)
Popejoy Hall (8/31-9/12)
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER in Albuquerque THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
Adobe Theater (12/04-12/20)
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast  in Albuquerque Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Popejoy Hall (10/14-10/18)
& Juliet in Albuquerque & Juliet
Popejoy Hall (11/03-11/08)
Josh Gates Live! in Albuquerque Josh Gates Live!
Popejoy Hall (1/10-1/10)