BWW Preview: 2016-2017 Theatre Season Guide - Full of Promise - We Review, You Decide!

A full and diverse menu of theatrical offerings for young and old and every persuasion is on tap for the 2016-2017 Season in the Phoenix region. It is reflective of the evolution of the performing arts in the Valley of the Sun. Lots ~ old and new, comforting and provocative, comedy and drama ~ for the savvy theatre-goer to see and assess:

Arizona Broadway Theatre

Funny Girl ~ October 14-November 13

A Christmas Story ~ November 25-December 28

Camelot ~ January 13-February 11

Jesus Christ Superstar ~ March 17-April 16

Oliver ~ April 28-May 21

Beauty & the Beast ~ June 2-July 2

Saturday Night Fever ~ July 21-August 20

Hands on a Hardbody ~ September 1-24

ASU Gammage Broadway Season

Cabaret ~ September 13-18

The Sound of Music ~ October 18-23

Beautiful - The Carole King Musical ~ November 22-27

Mamma Mia! ~ December 6-11

The Illusionists ~ January 17-21

Matilda the Musical ~ February 7-12

Finding Neverland ~ March 14-19

An American in Paris ~ April 18-23

The Book of Mormon ~ May 18-28

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ~ June 20-25

Arizona Theatre Company

King Charles III ~ October 6-23

An Act of God ~ November 17-December 4

Fiddler on the Roof ~ January 12-29

The River Bride ~ February 2-26

Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash ~ March 30-April 16

Holmes and Watson ~ May 11-28

Black Theatre Troupe

Rasheeda Speaking ~ October 7-23
Black Nativity ~ December 2-18
Broke-ology ~ February 10-26
Scottsboro Boys ~ April 5-23

Childsplay

Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook ~ September 11-October 16

Rock The Presidents ~ October 22-November 13

A Very Hairy Javelina Holiday ~ November 19- December 24

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat ~ January 14-February 19

The Yellow Boat ~ February 26-March 12

Interrupting Vanessa ~ March 25-April 2

The Grumpiest Boy in the World ~ April 8-April 16

Wonderland: Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure ~ April 23-May 21

Desert Foothills Theater

The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, Jr. ~ October 7-16

Nunsense: The Mega Musical ~ November 11-20

All Shook Up ~ January 13-22

Unnecessary Farce ~ February 3-12

Gypsy ~ March 31-April 9

Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Jr. ~ May 12-21

Desert Stages Theatre

Actor's Café Productions

Don't Dress for Dinner ~ August 12-September 18

Lost in Yonkers ~ October 7-November 13

Coney Island Christmas ~ November 25-December 23

Drop Dead! ~ January 6-February 12

Ruthless! The Musical Comedy ~ March 3-April 9

Macbeth ~ April 28-June 4

The Importance of Being Earnest ~ June 16-July 23

Mainstage Productions

Seussical ~ September 30-October 30

The Mystery of Edwin Drood ~ January 13-February 12

Mel Brooks' The Producers, The Musical ~ April 7-May 7

Fountain Hills Theatre

Mainstage

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ~ September 2-18

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ~ January 20-February 5

Leading Ladies ~ March 10-26

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ~ April 21-May 7

Mainstage Too!

The Glass Menagerie ~ October 14-30

30 Years: The Show - A Fountain Hills Theater Retrospective! ~ August 19-28

Assassins ~ November 4-20

A Christmas Carol, The Musical ~ December 2-18

Love Letters ~ January 6-15

4 on the Floor ~ May 12-28

Youth Theater

Charlotte's Web ~ September 23-October 9

Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells ~ December 2-18

Doctor Dolittle, Jr. ~ February 10-26

Anne of Green Gables ~ March 31-April 16

Disney's The Jungle Book, Kids ~ June 2-June 18

Greasepaint Youtheatre­­­­­

13 The Musical ~ September 2-11
Pippin ~ October 21-30
Annie, Jr. ~ December 9-18
Grease ~ February 10 - 19
The Laramie Project ~ April 7-9
Peter and the Starcatcher ~ May 5-14

Hale Centre Theatre

The Drowsy Chaperone ~ August 26- October 8

You Can't Take It With You ~ September 13-November 15

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ~ October 13-November 26

A Christmas Carol ~ December 1-December 24

Is He Dead? ~ December 31-February 11

The Marvelous Wonderettes ~ January 17-April 18

Thoroughly Modern Millie ~ February 16-April 1

No Time for Sergeants ~ April 6-May 13

Aida ~ May 18-July 1

The Little Mermaid ~ July 7-August 19

iTheatre Collaborative

Hostages & Other Plays ~ September 8-11

The Velocity of Autumn ~ September 2-17

Veronica's Room ~ October 14-29

Give Me Christmas! ~ December 9-18

Permanent Collection ~ February 2-March 4

Hughie ~ March 31-April 15

Playback Theatre ~ May 12-14

Mesa Encore Theatre

Footloose ~ September 9-25

The Music Man ~ November 4-20

The Fox on the Fairway ~ January 6-222

Billy Elliot, The Musical ~ March 10-19

The Fantasticks ~ April 7-23

Urinetown, The Musical ~ May 19-28

Phoenix Theatre

In The Heights ~ September 7, 2016-October 2

Liberace! ~ September 21, 2016-October 9

Billy Elliot ~ November 16, 2016-December 24

Twist Your Dickens ~ November 30, 2016-December 24

Baskerville ~ January 25, 2017-February 12

Bullets Over Broadway ~ March 8, 2017-April 2

The Scottsboro Boys ~ April 5, 2017-April 23

Beehive ~ May 10, 2017-June 4

Scottsdale Musical Theater Company

My Fair Lady ~ August 18-21

Guys and Dolls ~ January 5-8

Southwest Shakespeare Company

Or ~ September 2-17

The Merchant of Venice ~ October 14-29

Midwinter Night's Dream ~ December 16-18

Hamlet ~ January 13-28

Much Ado About Nothing ~ January 14-28

Photograph 51 ~ February 24-March 11

Pride@Prejudice ~ March 24-28

Stray Cat Theatre

John ~ September 16-October 1

Anything You Hear and Only Half of What You See ~ November 25-December 10

Native Son ~ March 10-March 25

Hir ~ April 28-May 13

Theatre Artists Studio

Love, Loss and What I Wore ~ September 2-18

The Price ~ October 14-30

The Herd ~ November 25-December 11

Bakersfield Mist ~ January 13-29

Storefront Church ~ February 24-March 12

It's A Musical World! ~ May 12-28

New Summer Shorts ~ June 15-25

Theater Works

Noises Off ~ October 7-23

Love Is Here To Stay/A Gershwin Cabaret ~ November 4-20

The Quiltmaker's Gift ~ December 2-18

3 No Trump ~ January 13-29

Sunday in the Park with George ~ February 17-March 5

Memphis ~ March 24-April 9

Valley Youth Theatre

Grease ~ August 12-28

Charlotte's Web, The Musical ~ October 7-23

A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail ~ December 2-23

Alice in Wonderland ~ February 10-26

The Secret Garden, The Musical ~ April 7-23

The Wizard of Oz ~ June 9-25

Zao Theatre

1776 ~ November 4-19

A Few Good Men ~ February 24-March 11

Nunsense ~ May 5-20

Photo credit to Phoenix Theatre: In the Heights

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