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Review: PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL at Arizona Broadway Theatre
Stephen Casey, the director and choreographer of Arizona Broadway Theatre’s production of PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL, understands something essential about adapting a modern fairy tale, especially one rooted in a Rodeo Drive fantasy, for the stage: unless the performers anchor the story in authenti...
Review: OUR AMERICAN TRAGEDY at Sunny Gingham And Banzerini House
Nearly 161 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by actor John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre as he watched a production of OUR AMERICA COUSIN. Every American knows this famous and tragic tale, but not everyone will know the story of those on stage that night. Making its full-length premie...
Review: STOP KISS at The Bridge Initiative
Every couple deserves a space to feel safe, accepted, celebrated, and normal. Although a milestone was crossed in 2015 with the legalization of gay marriage in the United States, many people, both in and outside of the United States, are still unable to love freely. The Bridge Initiative’s perform...
Review: THE RIVER at The Rogue Theatre
THE RIVER by Jez Butterworth is now playing at The Rogue Theatre, and it packs a punch. This deeply intimate work draws viewers into a psychological and surreal world where a man brings a woman (and other women) to a riverside cabin....
Review: UNCLE VANYA at Theatre Artists Studio
UNCLE VANYA arrives at Theatre Artists Studio with thoughtful intentions and a capable ensemble, though the results are somewhat uneven. Presented in Conor McPherson’s streamlined adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s classic, and directed by Carol MacLeod, the production leans heavily into emotional im...
Review: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' at Arizona Theatre Company
A joyful revival that reanimates the spirit of the show that once jolted Broadway....
Review: SLEEPING BEAUTY at Live Theatre Workshop
This is a delightful and fun fairy tale production!...
Review: CLUE: LIVE ON STAGE at Gammage Auditorium
There have been previous stage versions of the Parker Brothers' board game Clue, none that had any connection to the beloved 1985 film or made any significant mark artistically or commercially....
Review: HENRY V at Southwest Shakespeare Company
Wars of the past are viewed by many as a necessary evil, and certain battles are even thought of as glorious or grand. This perspective overlooks the lives lost on both sides, the trauma so many soldiers have faced throughout history, and that many still face today. Southwest Shakespeare Company’s...
Review: HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF at Stray Cat Theatre
Lean and evocative, funny and frightening, tender and profane...reckoning with how to survive trauma....
Review: GUYS AND DOLLS at Hale Centre Theatre
Mounted with in-the-round polish and flair, Hale Centre Theatre’s GUYS AND DOLLS is bright, brassy, and built on rhythm. And for a few hours in Gilbert, the neon-drenched skyline glows, the dice roll, and Broadway’s Golden Age feels very much alive....
Review: LITTLE WOMEN at The Bridge Initiative
Although society may have tried to conceal them, bold and daring women have existed throughout history. Sisterhood and the realities of being a woman in the Civil War era are central themes in this musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel. The Bridge Initiative’s concert version o...
Review: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR at Southwest Shakespeare Company
Audience members who enjoy Shakespeare but are looking for a new take on his classic stories, or those who have struggled with Shakespeare in the past, will enjoy THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. This trailer-park take on the play is full of fun performances and laugh-worthy moments....
Review: JITNEY at Black Theatre Troupe
The play is suffused with the sympathetic wisdom that defines Wilson’s writing. He looks at lives many would dismiss as small or defeated and finds in them an undeniable nobility....
Review: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' at Arizona Theatre Company
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' is a toe-tapping and vocally impressive show now playing at ATC!...
Review: COME FROM AWAY at The Phoenix Theatre Company
COME FROM AWAY makes you care with a humility and vigor that feel bracingly out of step with our more cynical age....
Review: SHRINES at Ronin Theatre Collaborative
Grief can feel like its own disease, a highly personalized feeling where no two people will share the exact thoughts or emotional journey. It lingers, and if those facing it are not careful, it can quickly consume the person’s life. Ronin Theatre Collective’s production of Ashley Rose Wellman’...
Review: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL at ASU Gammage
Titled after Neil Diamond’s 1976 album of the same name, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL aims for something more intimate and riskier than the average jukebox musical. Rather than simply charting a performer’s rise to fame, it presents a man in conversation with his past where he�...
Review: STEW at Rebel Phoenix Theatre Collective
For most of us, many formative and influential memories start in the kitchen. From recipes being cooked that are passed down from generation to generation, announcing good news, or gathering with family and friends, this place is cemented as the nexus of our lived experiences....
Review: APPROPRIATE at Theatre Artists Studio
Tom Noga's clear-eyed direction and riveting performances by the ensemble make for a stirring production of a timely and relevant play...APPROPRIATE!...
Review: ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE at Hale Centre Theatre
Sometimes the best friendships come from the most unexpected places. ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE is more than just a tribute to the late singer; it is a showcase of the beauty and importance of female friendships and a little bit of kindness....
Review: 42ND STREET at Arizona Broadway Theatre
This sparkling musical is a brand of theater that’s all surface and shimmer and doesn’t pretend to be otherwise. A showbiz fantasy at full throttle making you feel delightfully upbeat....
Review: THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK at Childsplay
Director Jodie Weiss understands the play's challenge and meets it head-on, shaping the production with an ear for the material’s alternating currents of terror and fragile joy....
Review: JANE ANGER
Set against the backdrop of plague-ridden London, Jane Anger is a clever, bawdy comedy that imagines what happens when a woman refuses to stay in the margins of literary history....
Review: HEIST at Arizona Theatre Company
Arizona Theatre Company’s HEIST, directed with style and clockwork precision by Matt August, is the kind of production that reminds you how elastic the boundaries of live theatre can be....
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Glen Oaks Ronin Theatre Collaborative (5/21-6/07) PHOTOS VIDEOS |
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Campbell, Rogers, and Denver: A Tribute Hale Centre Theatre Arizona (11/06-11/21) |
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The Sixties Show Fox Tucson Theatre (11/19-11/19) |
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Yacht Rock Tribute Concert Hale Centre Theatre Arizona (5/15-5/30) |
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SHE LOVES ME Don Bluth Front Row Theatre (9/17-10/31) |
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Geoffrey Asmus 191 Toole (9/27-9/27) |
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Alison Krauss Pepsi Amphitheater (9/28-9/28) |
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Leslie Jones Fox Tucson Theatre (9/18-9/18) |
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TOBY - The Experience Hale Centre Theatre AZ (7/07-7/11) |
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Tab Benoit: Soul of the Swamp Tour Fox Tucson Theatre (8/21-8/21) |
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