BWW Review: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at MCC PAC Musical Productions
Frederick Frankenstein does not want to join the family business, but he cannot refuse once he moves to Transylvania.
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BWW Review: 12 ANGRY JURORS at Toro Theatre Company
Set in 1957, 12 jurors from different backgrounds argue over the fate of a 16 year old boy accused of murder
BWW Review: THE WORLD GOES ROUND at Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts
The World Goes Round musical revue features songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb.
BWW Review: STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Fountain Hills
Set in 1980's Louisana, Steel Magnolias presents a real-life look into relationships through joy and heart ache.
BWW Review: WAITRESS at ASU Gammage
Waitress, the charming musical about an unhappily married, pregnant, pie-maker charms it's way through relationship issues and helps the audience understand that you can be truly happy and not just 'happy enough'.
BWW Review: Hale Centre Theatre Presents THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
Hale Centre Theatre's season-opening production of THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, directed by the inimitable Cambrian James ~ is two and a half hours of spirited story-telling, featuring a bravura performance by Austin Delp as the heroic Sir Percy Blakeney.
BWW Review: MISANTHROPE, Camden People's Theatre
Moliere's masterpiece is given a 'fake news' update, but the narrative thrust gets lost in an avalanche of words.
BWW Review: Kids Rock SCHOOL OF ROCK!
Rocking performances by super kids and Rob Colletti make the National Tour of SCHOOL OF ROCK a riproaring good time.
BWW Review: LOW DOWN DIRTY BLUES at Herberger Theater Center
If you've ever wondered what kind of music led to The British Invasion of the 1960s, go see LOW DOWN DIRTY BLUES, now through April 22 at the Herberger Theater in Phoenix, Ariz.
BWW Review: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT at Don Bluth Front Row Theatre
Adapting a classic film to the stage is no easy task.
BWW Review: ANCIENT MUSICAL TREASURES FROM CENTRAL CHINA at Musical Instrument Museum
Ancient Chinese Secret? Harmony in music is a metaphor for harmony in life.
BWW Review: Hail, Hail The Hale's A CHRISTMAS CAROL
David Dietlein's production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Hale Centre Theatre through December 23 gift wraps the celebrated tale of Ebenezer Scrooge's redemption with all the sparkle, festivity, and messaging that befits the Holiday Season.
BWW Review: DIE HARD: A CHRISTMAS STORY at Playhouse On The Park
What happens when you mix puppets with cult classics like DIE HARD, A WONDERFUL LIFE and A CHRISTMAS CAROL? Just ask the All Puppet Players artistic director and movie buff Shaun Michael McNamara or better yet, see it.
BWW Review: MEET ME IN ST LOUIS at the Hale
The Hale's newest offering is a holiday confection - sweet and delicious - like a freshly shaken up, edible snow globe.
BWW Review: DEPEND ON ME at Brelby
Depend on Me is feels like a sitcom filmed before a live audience, until just before intermission, when it takes a turn and feels like late M*A*S*H, when they dropped the laugh track and things got dark.
BWW Interview: Ricky Araiza
Being out there, in nature, learning what many consider classic or ancient forms of performance, was almost a step back in time.
BWW Review: EAR at Space 55
Loosely inspired by the life of Van Gogh, EAR is a story as old as time.
BWW Review: WHISPER SWEETLY at Brelby - A Weekend of Perovich Part II
Whisper Sweetly, directed with crackerjack control and precision by Perovich.
BWW Review: MY LOVE - MY LUMBERJACK at B3 - A Weekend of Perovich Part I
Shrewdly directed by the great Ilana Lydia, B3's searing production of My Love, My Lumberjack opened last Friday and runs for only two more performances, next weekend.
BWW Review: The Hale Centre Theatre's KISS AND TELL
Director Cambrian James' fast paced, delightful Kiss and Tell gave this grumpy critic more laughs than she has experienced in a good long time - and the rest of the Hale's opening night audience was right there with her.
BWW Review: GYPSY at Theater Works
Amanda Glenn's turn as Louise is lovely and heartbreaking.
BWW Review: FUN HOME at ASU Gammage
Fun Home relays the story of Alison Bechdel, a cartoonist who wrote a graphic memoir that serves as the basis for the musical.
BWW Review: The Hale's JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
Wildly talented, vastly experienced director/choreographer Cambrian James' staging is at times crisp and clear and spot on.
Review: DROPPIN' JOHNS at B3 Theatre
Droppin' Johns is as shamelessly subversive, as courageously adventurous and as boldly resolute a piece of Feminist Fringe Theatre as any you'll find, anywhere.
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The Taming Beaver Street Theatre (9/17-10/04) |
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Campbell, Rogers, and Denver: A Tribute Hale Centre Theatre (11/06-11/21) |
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It's A Wonderful Life Don Bluth Front Row Theatre (11/19-12/23) |
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Peter Hook And The Light The Van Buren (9/15-9/15) |
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Tucker Wetmore Mesa Amphitheatre (10/23-10/23) |
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The 3 International Tenors Hale Centre Theatre (9/01-9/05) |
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Staged Reading of Las Nuevas Tamaleras By Alicia Mena Live Theatre Workshop (9/05-9/06) |
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Drunk Pirates The Rose Theatre (6/10-9/01) |
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Fiddler on the Roof Chandler Center for the Arts (3/12-3/14) |
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Alison Krauss and Union Station Pepsi Amphitheatre at Fort Tuthill (9/28-9/28) |