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BWW Reviews: Loss Of Self Is Inevitable In VELOCITY OF AUTUMN
Who does someone become when their memories fade? When they can no longer do the things they love, when they can no longer remember the names of the ones they loved? In 'The Velocity of Autumn,' 79-year-old Alexandra grapples with her impending mortality, and the slow, but inevitable loss of the nim...
BWW Review: LOVE, LOSS & WHAT I WORE in Phoenix
Theatre Artists Studio (TAS) kicks off its 2016/17 season in high fashion style with Nora and Delia Ephron's LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE....
BWW Review: A Murderess Is Made In A/C Theatre's LIZZIE
A/C Theatre Company takes the reigns from creators Steven Cheslik-deMeyer, Tim Maner, and Alan Stevens Hewitt, and depicts LIZZIE: The Musical, a phenomenon with head-banging rock music, haunting four-part harmonies, and refreshing feminist motifs. Directed by Kim Richard and Tim Shawver, A/CTC's p...
BWW Review: VYT's GREASE Is Slick and Cool - It's A 'Greasenado!'
In Valley Youth Theatre's current production of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's award-winning musical, the ensemble of talented teens ~ plus a couple of well-placed adults ~ kicks up a storm, plays their roles true to form, and has a grand time doing so. In other words, it's a GREASEnado! A slick and ...
BWW Preview: 2016-2017 Theatre Season Guide - Full of Promise - We Review, You Decide!
A full and diverse menu of theatrical offerings for young and old and every persuasion is on tap for the 2016-2017 Season in the Phoenix region. It is reflective of the evolution of the performing arts in the Valley of the Sun. Lots ~ old and new, comforting and provocative, comedy and drama ~ for t...
BWW Review: Holy Ogre! SHREK THE MUSICAL Is A Blast!
Arizona Broadway Theatre's staging of SHREK THE MUSICAL exceeds expectations. Mace Archer has gone beyond the norm, directing something more than a lively and exhilarating show. He's fashioned a distinctive and incredibly intimate and engaging experience that speaks with authenticity to audience mem...
BWW Review: LEND ME A TENOR THE MUSICAL Runs Riotous at Fountain Hills Theater
Fountain Hills Theater has wrapped up its 29th Season with a summertime delight ~ LEND ME A TENOR, THE MUSICAL ~ proving definitively that cool community theater is the best antidote for Arizona's triple digit heat. The musical adaptation by Peter Sham (book and lyrics) and Brad Carroll (music) of K...
BWW Review: AMERICAN IDIOT Tri-oomphs in Tempe
Ron May, Stray Cat Theatre's founding artistic director, has further propelled his arc of artistic excellence with a stunning staging of AMERICAN IDIOT, and, in turn, reveals the work's continued relevance. The production is a triumph in every sense of the word. May can lay claim to a trifecta of oo...
BWW Review: TIDE POOLS Reflects Well On Theatre Artists Studio's New Summer Shorts
Michael Fleck's TIDE POOLS ~ a creative, contemplative, and lovely 'paean' to Steinbeck ~ is one of eight engaging short plays on themes comical and whimsical and all relevant in Theatre Artists Studio's ninth annual festival of innovations, New Summer Shorts....
BWW Review: Pearls of Talent Abound In THE LITTLE MERMAID
SPECTACULAR is the key word for Valley Youth Theatre's current production of DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID, directed by Bobb Cooper and featuring enough pearls of talent to fill an oyster bed or two. Karol Cooper's lavish costumes, Dori Brown's sets, Mike Eddy's lighting, Mark Fearey's orchestra all a...
BWW Review: The Band Is Where It's At In ROCK OF AGES
The band is the essential heartbeat of rock & roll! In Arizona Broadway Theatre's current production of ROCK OF AGES, Mark Foreman (keyboards), Daniel Stotz (bass), Douglas Ramlow (percussion), and Andrew Hake and Jeff Lauffer (guitars) prove the point with an explosive and electrifying nonstop perf...
BWW Review: YOU CAN'T KILL A STORY Recalls Arizona's Day of Infamy
Ben Tyler's YOU CAN'T KILL A STORY: THE MURDER OF DON BOLLES is not only a moving and truly theatrical memorial to Don Bolles but it is also a compelling tribute to the power and imperative of a free and unfettered press,...
BWW Review: Scottsdale Musical Theater Company Presents KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
With its array of accolades ~ novel, film, and musical ~ and the richness of its themes and content, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN is a treasure trove of possibility, to be mined deeply and imaginatively for its allusions to the mythology of the spider woman, cinema, and revolution. On these varied accou...
BWW Review: Gripping, Compelling and Explosive - HOSTAGES Explores The Heart of Darkness
Todd Michael Isaac and Mike Traylor deliver riveting and captivating performances as two hostages, isolated in a sterile cell and united only by their shared Kafkaesque despair, in iTheatre Collaborative's gripping and compelling production of Yussef El Guindi's HOSTAGES....
BWW Review: WHEN YOU WISH Is A Wish Unfulfilled
Phoenix Theatre premiering WHEN YOU WISH: THE STORY OF WALT DISNEY, a highly idealized and superficial portrait of the mogul of animated filmdom that leaves too many stones of character and relationship development unturned....
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