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PHOENIX THEATER REVIEWS

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Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at The Phoenix Theatre Company

Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at The Phoenix Theatre Company

by Herbert Paine — December 20, 2025
A 2 hour, high-voltage, rock ‘n roll joyride with the founding fathers of rock ‘n’ roll....
Review: THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT at Theatre Artists Studio

Review: THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT at Theatre Artists Studio

by Herbert Paine — December 16, 2025
Theatre Artists Studio’s THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT is a whirlwind of wit, whimsy, and moral purpose. An imaginative, brisk, and highly entertaining staging....
Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at The Phoenix Theatre Company

Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at The Phoenix Theatre Company

by Herbert Paine — December 10, 2025
The Phoenix Theatre Company’s production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL arrives as both a tribute and a celebration: a tribute to the late Alan Ruch, whose melodic and heartfelt score anchors the show, and a celebration of community, renewal, and theatrical craft....
Review: REYKJAVIC at Stray Cat Theatre

Review: REYKJAVIC at Stray Cat Theatre

by Herbert Paine — December 8, 2025
REYKJAVIK is less a play to be solved rather than a mood to be inhabited. That may frustrate some, but for others, it’s the kind of theater that embraces mystery, that resists tidy endings, that thrives in the uncanny spaces between genres....
Review: A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD at Live Theatre Workshop

Review: A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD at Live Theatre Workshop

by Zach Wetzel — December 7, 2025
Based on the books by Arnold Lobel with music by Robert Reale and book/lyrics by Willie Reale, A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD is like a warm cookie....
Review: I HATE HAMLET at Ghostlight Theatre

Review: I HATE HAMLET at Ghostlight Theatre

by Cheyenne Lewis — December 6, 2025
One of the most difficult decisions an actor can face is the choice between financial gain and artistic integrity. When you add the paranormal haunting from a previous actor who played Hamlet, that choice becomes even harder. Ghostlight Theatre’s production of I HATE HAMLET is a quirky but insight...
Review: HEIST at Arizona Theatre Company

Review: HEIST at Arizona Theatre Company

by Zach Wetzel — December 6, 2025
HEIST at ATC is an unexpected treat!...
Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at Broadway In Tucson

Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at Broadway In Tucson

by Zach Wetzel — December 4, 2025
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at Broadway in Tucson casts a poignant spell over Centennial Hall this December 2-7. A transcendent spectacle, MOULIN ROUGE is a feast for the senses and will give audiences plenty to talk about. ...
Review: SHUCKED at ASU Gammage

Review: SHUCKED at ASU Gammage

by Herbert Paine — December 3, 2025
Only on Broadway can a show this proudly preposterous, this shamelessly corny, sneak up on the skeptics and knock the wind out of them. SHUCKED, the goofy little musical that could, arrives at ASU Gammage in Tempe like a hayride crashing into a punch bowl....
Review: LOVE AND INFORMATION: TFTV Takes on Churchill's Collage at School of Theatre,

Review: LOVE AND INFORMATION: TFTV Takes on Churchill's Collage at School of Theatre, Film & TV

by Robert Encila-Celdran — November 24, 2025
In a piece defined by moments that dissolve as quickly as they form, the dedication lends the evening a quiet gravity, where the act of gathering in the Tornabene becomes its own gesture of remembrance. In many ways, the Tornabene itself becomes a collaborator. The theatre's quirky yet flexible geom...
Review: WICKED: FOR GOOD at Harkins Theatre and local film houses

Review: WICKED: FOR GOOD at Harkins Theatre and local film houses

by Herbert Paine — November 19, 2025
A rare sequel that understands what made part one beloved, sweeping the audience up in a storm of feeling. It gives us what musicals once promised: a world heightened enough to believe that, like Elphaba, emotion itself can fly....
Review: A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL at Arizona Broadway Theatre

Review: A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL at Arizona Broadway Theatre

by Herbert Paine — November 17, 2025
A big-hearted, crowd-pleasing production that wraps nostalgia, comedy, and a festive score into one joyful package....
Review: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER at Childsplay

Review: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER at Childsplay

by Herbert Paine — November 16, 2025
Guest contributor David Appleford gives a grateful glowing green light to Childsplay’s production of RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER....
Review: LOTERÍA: THIS GAME IS NO JUEGO at Live Theatre Workshop

Review: LOTERÍA: THIS GAME IS NO JUEGO at Live Theatre Workshop

by Zach Wetzel — November 9, 2025
LOTERÍA: THIS GAME IS NO JUEGO is a marvelous and mystical musical now playing at Live Theatre Workshop....
Review: RACE TO THE NORTH POLE at The Gaslight Theatre

Review: RACE TO THE NORTH POLE at The Gaslight Theatre

by Zach Wetzel — November 9, 2025
RACE TO THE NORTH POLE is the warm cup of cocoa we need in the world right now....
Review: & JULIET at ASU Gammage

Review: & JULIET at ASU Gammage

by Herbert Paine — November 5, 2025
In the Tony-nominated musical & Juliet, it’s as if William Shakespeare was handed a bedazzled microphone and told to start writing Romeo and Juliet all over again, only this time he should make it a fizzy, whirling pop fantasia that pulses with enough pop/rock earworms to play in your head on an ...
Review: CLOUD 9: The Inheritance of Empire at The Rogue Theatre

Review: CLOUD 9: The Inheritance of Empire at The Rogue Theatre

by Robert Encila-Celdran — November 11, 2025
Some art offends not out of malice, but out of necessity. It erodes our defenses and upsets the hierarchies we've internalized for generations. Cloud 9 thrives in that awkward space where laughter and shock trade places. Caryl Churchill's comedy, though seemingly gratuitous, diagnoses our assumption...
Review: LOOKING OVER THE PRESIDENT'S SHOULDER at The Phoenix Theatre Company

Review: LOOKING OVER THE PRESIDENT'S SHOULDER at The Phoenix Theatre Company

by Herbert Paine — November 3, 2025
Though modest in scale, Chanel Bragg’s and Kelcey Watson’s production achieves gravitas, a testament to a life fully lived in history’s shadows. They have turned Still’s monologue into a reminder that history is shaped not only by those in power but also by those who carried the trays, polis...
Review: THE FRONT PAGE at Fountain Hills Theater

Review: THE FRONT PAGE at Fountain Hills Theater

by Herbert Paine — November 3, 2025
THE FRONT PAGE, although it is a crazy and ridiculous scenario, still resonates with audiences today. Fountain Hill Theater’s portrayal of the show is a great take on a classic show. ...
Review: & JULIET at Broadway In Tucson

Review: & JULIET at Broadway In Tucson

by Zach Wetzel — October 31, 2025
& JULIET, playing at Broadway in Tucson, is a lively jukebox musical stuffed to the brim with charm. Shakespeare and his wife Anne have a little disagreement over the ending of ROMEO AND JULIET....
Review: MORIARTY at The Invisible Theatre

Review: MORIARTY at The Invisible Theatre

by Zach Wetzel — October 29, 2025
Ken Ludwig's MORIARTY is now playing at The Invisible Theatre in Tucson. The play runs at breakneck speed and features a stellar cast of seasoned actors. MORIARTY is a thrilling and comedic tour de force....
Review: LATER LIFE at Theatre Artists Studio

Review: LATER LIFE at Theatre Artists Studio

by Herbert Paine — October 27, 2025
A. R. Gurney’s LATER LIFE unfolds on a Boston terrace overlooking the harbor, a space suspended between the warmth of a party and the chill of the night air. It’s the perfect metaphor for the world Gurney’s works chronicle: gracious, tasteful, and ever so slightly paralyzed....
Review: DECEIVED at Arizona Theatre Company

Review: DECEIVED at Arizona Theatre Company

by Herbert Paine — October 27, 2025
Patrick Hamilton’s Gas Light lit its first flame in 1938, a moody little stage thriller set in the fog-drenched backstreets of 1880s London. It was a venom-laced marital drama where domesticity was turned into a psychological trap. ...
Review: CAROLINE, OR CHANGE at Black Theatre Troupe

Review: CAROLINE, OR CHANGE at Black Theatre Troupe

by Herbert Paine — October 23, 2025
Change can be the hardest and perhaps even the most horrifying part of life, but it can also be the most rewarding. The Black Theatre Troupe’s performance of the musical CAROLINE, OR CHANGE highlights the highs and lows of change with distinction....
Review: MY FAIR LADY at Saguaro City Music Theatre

Review: MY FAIR LADY at Saguaro City Music Theatre

by Zach Wetzel — October 20, 2025
MY FAIR LADY at Saguaro City Music Theatre is a crown jewel in the theatre company's expanding catalog of professional productions. Written by Lerner and Loewe and directed by Drew Humphrey, MY FAIR LADY is the quintessential Golden Age Broadway musical....
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