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.
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BWW Review: Holy Ogre! SHREK THE MUSICAL Is A Blast!
Arizona Broadway Theatre's staging of SHREK THE MUSICAL exceeds expectations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
BWW Review: DISCORD Is Revelation Lite Well Served
Scott Carter's DISCORD is more akin to an extended SNL sketch ~ longer to the tune of ninety minutes, comprised of a series of XV scenes, and made thoroughly bearable thanks to the whirlwind performances ~ albeit caricatures ~ of its original cast, Larry Cedar (Jefferson), Mark Gagliardi (Dickens),
BWW Review: DAVID SEDARIS Is America's Humorist Laureate
If America had an award for satirist-in-chief, David Sedaris would be the odds-on favorite.
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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) |