Michelle Chin News

Childsplay's Ella Enchanted is enchanting theatergoers young and young at heart.

Childsplay brings the charming musical, ELLA ENCHANTED to downtown Phoenix for the holidays. Based on the Newbery-honor book and popularized by the major motion picture starring Anne Hathaway, ELLA ENCHANTED is a retelling of the Cinderella fairytale but with an empowering message for girls.

After seeing HAND TO GOD, you may wish you'd brought your spiritual advisor or psychotherapist with you, either for consolation, confession, or calming your endorphins. In co-production with Phoenix Theatre, Stray Cat Theatre's Ron May has directed (in his inimitable and wizardly way) a loony and engaging descent through the gates of humor into the abyss of merciless satire, featuring awesome performances by Eric Zaklukiewicz and Elyse Wolf.

If you thought AVENUE Q was the dirtiest thing a show could do with puppets, you have to meet Tyrone.

If you thought Avenue Q was the worst thing theatre could do with puppets, you're going to want to sit down for this one. Trouble comes to Cypress, Texas in the form of a hand puppet. Jason's recently widowed mother encourages her son to join her in a Fundamentalist Christian puppet troupe, but when Jason's puppet takes on a life of its own, well... All hell breaks loose.

Ground breaking, viciously funny, and devastatingly heartbreaking, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a modern masterpiece. Following one of the most enigmatic characters to ever hit the stage, Hedwig will electrify! Written by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen trask and the winner of four Tony Awards, including Best Musical Revival, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is thrillingly progressive and thoroughly entertaining! Scroll down for a sneak peek at Hedwig in character!

Ground breaking, viciously funny, and devastatingly heartbreaking, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a modern masterpiece. Following one of the most enigmatic characters to ever hit the stage, Hedwig will electrify! Written by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen trask and the winner of four Tony Awards, including Best Musical Revival, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is thrillingly progressive and thoroughly entertaining! Scroll down for a sneak peek at Hedwig in character!

Ground breaking, viciously funny, and devastatingly heartbreaking, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a modern masterpiece.

Childsplay kicks off their summer with the rockin' Wonderland: Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure, a reinvented production of the treasured stories by Lewis Carroll, written by Rachel Rockwell with a score by Michael Mahler.

I daresay that Phoenix Theatre's current production of BULLETS OVER BROADWAY is the musical highlight of the 2016-2017 theatre season. It is vintage Michael Barnard, full directorial guns blazing with a keen eye for the best in top-notch craftsmanship and splendid theatricality. His stellar cast, featuring some of the most versatile song-and-dance performers in the Valley of the Sun is locked and loaded for a volley of high-powered performances in a series of spirited numbers that are guaranteed to create a perpetual smile.

GODIVA Chocolatier is kicking off its 90 th Anniversary with the launch of a new limited edition collection that celebrates the brand's roots while crafting the future. The collection is both sweetly nostalgic and at the cutting edge of chocolate and design innovation. Featuring eight of GODIVA's most iconic chocolates one for each decade since the company's inception in 1926 the collection is completed by the brand new 'Egrie Noir,' a contemporary creation of the smoothest raspberry ganache, delicately balanced with essence of rose petals, and encased in rich, dark Belgian chocolate.

NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Valentine's Day shouldn't be limited to couples sharing a little too much PDA ('Public Display of Affection'). This Valentine's Day season, GODIVA Chocolatier is helping people celebrate all types of love (from romantic love to family, friendship, colleagues and neighbors) in a big way with Public Displays of GODIVA (PDGs). Actress and Executive Producer Eva Longoria of 'Telenovela' kicked off the campaign yesterday in Los Angeles and will be surprising people she loves with her own PDGs.

The Phoenix Theatre presents THE WIZARD OF OZ, opening the weekend of Nov 20 - 22. In the video below, check out a behind the scenes look at Bastien who stars as Toto!

GODIVA Chocolatier announces today the nationwide launch of its new Chef Inspirations Flavors of the World limited edition chocolate collection. Curated by GODIVA's international chefs, Flavors of the World isinspired by their culinary journeys across the globe, and the unique local ingredients they have encountered. The chocolates incorporate deliciously surprising flavor profiles to allow chocolate lovers to travel the world in six bites.

Since the death of his boyfriend, morbidly obese 600 pound Charlie (who we're thrilled will be played by Nearly Naked Theatre Artistic Director Damon Dering) confined himself to his small Idaho apartment and is eating himself to death. With his health quickly failing, Charlie becomes desperate to reconnect with Ellie, his estranged and angry teenage daughter whom he has not seen in 17 years. He would give her anything: his love, his money...maybe even his life.

Since the death of his boyfriend, morbidly obese 600 pound Charlie (who we're thrilled will be played by Nearly Naked Theatre Artistic Director Damon Dering) confined himself to his small Idaho apartment and is eating himself to death. With his health quickly failing, Charlie becomes desperate to reconnect with Ellie, his estranged and angry teenage daughter whom he has not seen in 17 years. He would give her anything: his love, his money...maybe even his life.

HAIRSPRAY kicks off a jam-packed Season Nine at the Valley's premier musical theatre - Arizona Broadway Theatre (ABT). To begin the new season with a bang, the professional theatre will produce the big-hearted and family-friendly musical sensation now through November 10. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Stray Cat Theatre presents the return of Chicks With Dicks, written by Trista Baldwin and directed by Ron May, with fight choreography by Chelsea Pace.

Stray Cat Theatre presents the return of Chicks With Dicks, written by Trista Baldwin and directed by Ron May, with fight choreography by Chelsea Pace.