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Review: iTheatre Collaborative Presents Aaron Loeb's IDEATION
Phoenix's iTheatre Collaborative celebrates the opening of its 20th Season with a gripping and provocative production of Aaron Loeb's IDEATION, directed by Greg Lutz and featuring a superlative cast....
Review: Invisible Theatre Opens 51st Season with THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT
The play's timing is rather canny given our current global scrimmage with 'alternative facts.' We live in an age where information is obtained with a mere suggestion of a keyword, where unfettered access to data wields personal power but rarely makes for enlightened, critical thinkers. In certain po...
Review: The Ronin Theatre Company Presents Richard Warren's HOW I CAME TO BE BUFFALO BILL
Ronin Theatre Company's production of Richard Warren's HOW I CAME TO BE BUFFALO BILL is an illuminating profile of the legend in the making, featuring Keath Hall's compelling performance under the direction of Lee Cooley. The show runs through August 28th at Stage Left Productions in Surprise, AZ, w...
Review: SAPAC Opens New Season With FUN HOME
Here lies a critical distinction between Middle Alison and Bruce. In spite of the initial tumult around her sexual revelation, she revels in her transparent admission, only to discover that her father has been harboring secrets as a homosexual. His enduring shame from illicit affairs, coupled with h...
Review: PRIVATE LIVES at Don Bluth Front Row Theatre
Don Bluth directs a well-rounded and highly entertaining production of Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES, running through August 27th at the Don Bluth Front Row Theatre in Scottsdale. Featuring stellar performances by Tom Koelbel, Christi Sweeney, Breona Conrad, and Jack Pauly....
Review: ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE at The Phoenix Theatre Company
Always...Patsy Cline is a must-see as an homage not only to the singer's music but also to the joys and love of friendship, even where you least expect it....
Review: THE LION KING at Gammage Auditorium
Disney's THE LION KING has found its way back to Tempe nearly a decade after its sold-out multi-week visit in 2013....
Review: THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL at Arizona Broadway Theatre
Delightfully campy and nostalgic, The SpongeBob Musical is a much-needed spark of joy at Arizona Broadway Theatre...
Review: Theatre Artists Studio's NEW SUMMER SHORTS 2022
What did our critic think? Whether poking fun at human foibles or reflecting on critical social issues, Theatre Artists Studio’s NEW SUMMER SHORTS offers an entertaining potpourri of perspectives. Runs through June 26th at The Studio in Scottsdale, AZ....
Review: COME FROM AWAY at ASU Gammage
This amazing show is not to be missed. See what our critic had to say. ...
BWW Review: ATC Closes Season With World Premiere of HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN SON
While vacuous debates are brewing about Critical Race Theory, and noxious mobs are chanting Don't Say Gay, Chris Pena's play reminds us that America is not only a work in progress, but a fragile ship at risk of capsizing. Cries of Replacement Theory are a clear indication of America's Potemkin merit...
BWW Review: THE REVOLUTIONISTS at Stage Left Productions
First, a bit of background. Prolific American playwright Lauren Gunderson is a Phoenix favorite; think SILENT SKY at Phoenix College (and the Hale Centre Theater in 2023), JUSTICE and THE HEATH at Arizona Theatre Company, THE BOOK OF WILL at Phoenix Theatre and THE REVOLUTIONISTS at Stage Left Produ...
BWW Review: THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD at Ronin Theatre
Ronin Theatre company to present The Playboy of the Western World May 12-29 at the Irish Cultural Center....
BWW Review: SOMETHING ROTTEN at The Phoenix Theatre Company
Something Rotten! is an homage to musical theater and the great bard, William Shakespeare. Come witness the hilarity, amazing music, and heart felt joy of this fantastic production....
BWW Review: ASSASSINS at Stray Cat Theatre
Guest contributor David Appleford's review of Stray Cat Theatre's production of Stephen Sondheim's ASSASSINS, directed by Ron May. Runs through May 21st at Tempe Center for the Arts. A stunning reminder about the kind of emotional power that only a live theatrical experience can create....
BWW Review: JUSTICE at Herberger Theater Center
I was curious to see how Lauren Gunderson (book), Bree Lowdermilk (music) and Kait Kerrigan (lyrics) could make a musical about former Supreme Court judges Sandra Day O'Connor and the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And how does local performer Chanel Bragg figure into this Arizona Theatre Company world p...
BWW Review: Unique Takes - Kerry Lengel on Ballet Arizona's World Premiere of JUAN GABRIEL
Another major first from Ballet Arizona ~ the World Premiere of JUAN GABRIEL, with choreography by Ib Andersen. Kerry Stewart Lengel offers his unique perspective ~ THIS IS NOT A REVIEW: Lonesome George Goes to the Theatre ~ on this remarkable production. Runs through May 8th at Phoenix's Symphony H...
BWW Review: MOJADA: A MEDEA IN LOS ANGELES at Southwest Shakespeare Company
Madea and her family have immigrated to the United States from Mexico. Following the turmoil and tragedy of their trip, acclimating to life in a new country proves to difficult and devastating....
BWW Review: HIGH FIDELITY: A Mixtape of Middling Music and Stellar Cast at Arizona Repertory Theatre
The central allure of every iteration is Hornsby's self-absorbed protagonist, Rob Gordon, a 30-something owner of a vinyl record store who suffers from a deficiency of emotional refinement. The first-person narrative gives us a torrent of insights into Rob's pedestrian existence and relationship com...
BWW Review: HADESTOWN at Gammage Auditorium
HADESTOWN has arrived in Sun Devil country for a six day run at ASU's Gammage Auditorium. The 2019 Best Musical Tony Winner succeeds with an expressive, haunting score and the dark imagination of director Rachel Chavkin....
BWW Review: JUSTICE Gets It Done Where Decisions Are Made
What's brewing at ATC is nothing short of providential. JUSTICE feels profoundly earnest in its development, and even as the piece is rendered concert-style we're left with a fierce sensation that Arizona's regional theater company has struck gold, albeit mining is still in progress.
If Broadway is...
BWW Review: JUSTICE Gets It Done Where Decisions are Made
There's a lavish public appetite for musicals these days. Chalk it up, perhaps, to a creative vengeance after a stifling pandemic. In any case, it's great news to theater artists with a bent for collaboration. And when a musical takes on the urgency of the moment, the creator's inspiration becomes a...
BWW Review: SHALL I COMPARE THEE: THE SONNETS at The Southwest Shakespeare Company
This passion project of Executive Director of Southwest Shakespeare, Mary Way, and written by Dathan B. Williams, offers a different take on the man, the myth, the legend - William Shakespeare - through the words of his sonnets....
BWW Review: YOU AND ME AND THE SPACE BETWEEN: A Whimsical Tale For A World In Crisis
The Island of The Proud Circle floats merrily along on the open sea. It’s the microcosm of organic affluence, an idyllic home to settlers who live their simple lives “from the middle to the outside.” Babies are born in the center and grow old to retire on the waterline, where the sea awaits th...
BWW Review: Theatre Artists Studio Presents Sharyn Rothstein's BY THE WATER
Sharyn Rothstein's compelling human drama, BY THE WATER, on stage through April 24th at Theatre Artists Studio, benefits from the well-paced direction of Janis Webb and the finely-drawn performances of her seasoned cast....
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The Seventh Annual Young Playwrights of Tucson Live Theatre Workshop (5/29-5/31) |
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