(11/26/2018) - Based on the beloved classic film, Miracle on 34th Street tells the tale of last-minute Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Santa-replacement Kris Kringle, who may or may not be THE Santa Claus, and the people who take him in. Filled with humor, spectacle, and treasured songs such as My Wish, Expect Things to Happen, and It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, this festive, heart-warming musical is a must-see for the family this holiday season. Show sponsored by Macy's.Photo Flash: Arizona Broadway Theatre Presents TITANIC THE MUSICAL by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(10/12/2018) - Winner of five Tony Awards, this musical set aboard the unsinkable Titanic tells of the passengers' hopes and aspirations on the historic maiden voyage that defined the 20th century. Unaware of the fate that awaits them, first-, second-, and third-class passengers marvel at the majesty of the "great ship, Titanic" and tell of their dreams of a better life in America. Titanic: The Musical is an epic, thrilling, and emotionally rich production not to be missed.Photo Flash: DEAR RUTH Opens At Hale Centre Theatre by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(9/27/2018) - Opening at Hale Centre Theatre on September 18, 2018 and playing through Nov. 13, 2018 is the Broadway comedy Dear Ruth. Produced by David and Corrin Dietlein, with direction by Cambrian James, Dear Ruth is a charming, romantic, highly entertaining Broadway comedy written by Academy Award winner Norman Krasna (a prolific writer with numerous Hollywood and Broadway hits, he is probably best known for his screenplay "White Christmas"). Dear Ruth was a huge Broadway success with 680 performances. It was later made into a very successful film of the same name starring William Holden, Joan Caulfield, and Edward Arnold.Photo Flash: Musical Theatre of Anthem Presents A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(9/12/2018) - Musical Theatre of Anthem (MTA) announces their upcoming production of A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS, based on Arnold Lobel's well-loved books and the beautiful Broadway musical. A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS hops from page to stage to tell the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons. Waking from hibernation, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and learn life lessons along the way. Throughout the year, two best friends celebrate and rejoice in the differences that make them unique and special.Photo Flash: Get Saved at ALTAR BOYZ at Arizona Broadway Theatre by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(8/27/2018) - Come one, come all, to the final night of the "Raise the Praise" tour! Altar Boyz is a sharp-witted parody about a fictitious all-singing, all-dancing Christian boy band from Ohio. Packed full of humor and dazzling dance routines, the show features songs with hilarious lyrics such as "Girl you made me wanna wait" and "Jesus called me on my cell phone." Get ready to be saved as Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan and Abraham rock your soul!Photo Flash: Arizona Broadway Theatre Presents CATCH ME IF YOU CAN by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(7/13/2018) - An Arizona regional premiere! Based on the hit Steven Spielberg film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, Catch Me If You Can is the high-flying musical comedy that tells the true story of con man Frank Abagnale, Jr. - a brazen young man who fools some of the best security in the world. Photo Flash: SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL Comes to Hale Theatre by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(6/27/2018) - It's 1977 and Deloris Van Cartier is an aspiring singer in funky Philadelphia. After auditioning for her gangster boyfriend, Curtis' nightclub, she accidentally sees him kill one of his cronies. Deloris runs to the police, who place her in hiding until she can testify at Curtis' trial. But where can you hide a larger-than-life diva? Police officer and old friend of Deloris, Eddie Southers, finds the one place he's sure no one will look; a convent!Photo Flash: Arizona Broadway Theatre & Herberger Theater Center Take MARY POPPINS To Phoenix Children's Hospital by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(6/22/2018) - Cast members from Arizona Broadway Theatre (ABT) and Herberger Theater Center's (HTC) co-production of Disney's "Mary Poppins" took the show on the road Tuesday, June 19, for a very special performance at Phoenix Children's Hospital (PCH).Photo Flash: A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD KIDS Opens This Weekend by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(6/4/2018) - ABT's 100th Mainstage Production - Mary Poppins flies onto the ABT and Herberger Theater Center stages in the summer of 2018! Magically appearing just when she's needed most, Mary leads the Banks household on zany adventures with chimney sweeps, shopkeepers and an assortment of astonishing characters. With infectious music by Disney's legendary Sherman brothers (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Aristocats), "Anything Can Happen" in the world of Mary Poppins. Get ready for something "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!"Photo Flash: Phoenix Theatre To Present Stephen Schwartz's GODSPELL by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(4/20/2018) - Godspell, the first major musical by Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz, has entertained audiences around the world ! At the command of John the Baptist, a small group of ordinary people helps Jesus Christ tell his life's story. Set in the modern day, these disciples spread messages of love and tolerance through a series of musical parables.Photo Flash: Limelight Performing Arts Presents THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(4/14/2018) - Limelight Performing Arts presents "Thoroughly Modern Millie," a madcap adventure filled with fun-loving flappers, dashing gentlemen, and a devious villainess audiences will love to hate. The show runs April 11-22, 2018.Photo Flash: Hale Centre Theatre Presents NO, NO NANETTE by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(3/8/2018) - Hale Centre Theatre in Gilbert presents No, No, Nanette, a delightful Broadway musical by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. The lighthearted romp transports us back in time to the roaring 1920's where we meet three couples in the midst of a blackmail scheme. We meet Tom who wants to marry Nanette, Jimmy who is secretly the financial benefactor to 3 single young ladies, unbeknown to his frugal wife, Sue. And finally Billy, who is tasked with cleaning up Jimmy's mess, helping Tom win over Nanette, and keeping his own wife, Lucille, from getting suspicious!Photo Flash: First Look at Arizona Broadway Theatre's HAIR by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(2/27/2018) - Experience the sixties counter-culture in all its psychedelic and bell-bottomed glory! As relevant today as when it opened on Broadway in the tumultuous spring of 1968, Hair is the original rock musical that defined a generation's struggles with community, war, peace and resistance. Sit back and be intoxicated by songs like 'Easy to Be Hard,' 'Good Morning Starshine' and the everlasting anthem 'Let the Sun Shine In.'Photo Flash: Check Out Promotional Photos for MTA's Upcoming Production of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(2/20/2018) - Musical Theatre of Anthem (MTA) announces their upcoming production of Once on This Island Jr, a highly original theatrical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's popular fairy tale, The Little Mermaid, and the Tony-nominated Broadway musical by the legendary writing team, Ahrens and Flaherty.Photo Flash: THE SPARROW Soars To The Stage At Studio 3 Performing Arts by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(2/19/2018) - Ten years ago Emily Book, the lone survivor of a horrible school bus accident, was sent away from the tiny town of Spring Farm. Now, in her senior year, Emily must return in order to graduate from high school. When she arrives, shy and guarded, Emily is unwillingly thrust into the whirlwind of Spring Farm High. Guided by her biology teacher, Mr. Christopher, and befriended by head cheerleader, Jenny McGrath, Emily must learn to fit in with her classmates while yearning to stay out of the spotlight.Photo Flash: Valley Youth Theatre presents THE HOBBIT by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(2/16/2018) - Valley Youth Theatre presents The Hobbit, weekends from Friday, February 9th through February 25th at VYT's theatre in downtown Phoenix, 525 N. First St. (southeast corner of First and Fillmore Streets). Valley Youth Theatre is an award-winning professional theatre company for audiences of all ages. This production of The Hobbit is a dramatized version of the book by J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings books which are also a popular movie trilogy by Director Peter Jackson.Photo Flash: Sneak Peek At HAND TO GOD at Phoenix Theatre! by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(1/9/2018) - Written by Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, It's Only a Play is a celebration of theatre at its best and theatre people at their not-so-best. The show takes place on opening night of Peter Austin's new play. At the home of his wealthy producer, Peter is joined by his best friend, the show's aging starlet, the director, and a drama critic, as the unlikely group anxiously awaits the late-night newspaper reviews. It's Only a Play promises kooky characters and big laughs in a rare comedy that's as smart as it is funny!Photo Flash: NEWSIES Seizes the Day at Phoenix Theatre by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(11/17/2017) - Disney Theatrical's beloved musical, Newsies, is a terrific show for the whole family! Inspired by the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 and based on the 1992 film, Newsies follows Jack Kelly and a rag-tag group of newsies as they take on the biggest names in publishing in a remarkable fight for justice and fair pay. Packed with show-stopping choreography and a Tony Award winning score by Alan Menken,Photo Flash: NEWSIES Seizes the Day at Phoenix Theatre by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(10/31/2017) - Disney Theatrical's beloved musical, Newsies, is a terrific show for the whole family! Inspired by the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 and based on the 1992 film, Newsies follows Jack Kellyand a rag-tag group of newsies as they take on the biggest names in publishing in a remarkable fight for justice and fair pay. Packed with show-stopping choreography and a Tony Award winning score by Alan Menken,Photo Flash: ABT's MAN OF LA MANCHA Dreams Impossible Dreams by BWW News Desk - Phoenix Metro
(10/13/2017) - Fight evil, right wrongs and restore chivalry! Man of La Mancha is the story of one man's quest to dream The Impossible Dream of a world where honor and salvation prevail. As Arizona's top producer of award-winning Broadway-style musical theatre, we're thrilled to bring to the ABT stage this legendary tale of right versus might.BWW Interview: Alexis Green of SEVEN GUITARS at BTT by Jeanmarie Simpson - Phoenix Metro
(10/4/2017) - Director Chris Hamby summarized what he wanted to bring to Frankenstein in one word: verisimilitude. He directed the cast and crew to create a production that was above all else, believable - no camp, no 'steampunk,' he wanted this Frankenstein to feel real.BWW Interview: Carolyn McBurney by Jeanmarie Simpson - Phoenix Metro
(9/29/2017) - Of course, we can continue to produce our own work- and there is a growing amount of that being done in the Valley. Some of the companies in town have had their awareness awakened to this issue and have started choosing scripts by and for women- some even have roles for women our age! There are also groups of women forming to address the issue - Arizona Women's Theatre has expanded its mission to that express purpose and mounted Eve Ensler's 'Necessary Targets' at MET in September. The Bridge Initiative is focusing on works by and for women. What concerns me is how we approach it. I hope that rather than be bitter and becoming entrenched, we find ways to work within the system to change it. We all need to challenge ourselves to be more proactive in ferreting out scripts that represent those not being represented- not just 'women of a certain age', but disabilities, cultures, creeds - and when we select those scripts - casting from those populations.BWW Interview: Ricky Araiza by Jeanmarie Simpson - Phoenix Metro
(9/26/2017) - Being out there, in nature, learning what many consider classic or ancient forms of performance, was almost a step back in time. It was a place to strip down theatre to its purest form, the actor/poet in space. It taught me to never take theatre for granted and to understand that it is a sacred practice and should be treated as such.
Photo Flash: First Look at THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS at The Fountain Hills Theater
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Photo Flash: Musical Theatre of Anthem Presents A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD
Photo Flash: Get Saved at ALTAR BOYZ at Arizona Broadway Theatre
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Photo Flash: Arizona Broadway Theatre & Herberger Theater Center Take MARY POPPINS To Phoenix Children's Hospital
Photo Flash: A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD KIDS Opens This Weekend
Photo Flash: MARY POPPINS Flies Into Arizona Broadway Theatre
Photo Flash: Phoenix Theatre To Present Stephen Schwartz's GODSPELL
Photo Flash: Limelight Performing Arts Presents THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
Photo Flash: Hale Centre Theatre Presents NO, NO NANETTE
Photo Flash: First Look at Arizona Broadway Theatre's HAIR
Photo Flash: Check Out Promotional Photos for MTA's Upcoming Production of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
Photo Flash: THE SPARROW Soars To The Stage At Studio 3 Performing Arts
Photo Flash: Valley Youth Theatre presents THE HOBBIT
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek At HAND TO GOD at Phoenix Theatre!
Photo Flash: First Look at the Cast of IT'S ONLY A PLAY at the Phoenix Theatre
Photo Flash: NEWSIES Seizes the Day at Phoenix Theatre
Photo Flash: NEWSIES Seizes the Day at Phoenix Theatre
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BWW Interview: Alexis Green of SEVEN GUITARS at BTT
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BWW Interview: Carolyn McBurney
BWW Interview: Ricky Araiza
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Exclusive Photo Coverage: Ariana DeBose and the Cast of SUMMER Disco Into the Holidays for Carols For A Cure!
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Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of HOUSE ON FIRE at Palm Beach Dramaworks
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Exclusive Photo Coverage: WICKED Cast Gets In the Holiday Spirit for Carols For A Cure!
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Photo Flash: First Look at Matthew Bourne's SWAN LAKE at Sadler's
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