The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Phoenix.
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.
REYKJAVIK is less a play to be solved rather than a mood to be inhabited.
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.
One of the most difficult decisions an actor can face is the choice between financial gain and artistic integrity.
HEIST at ATC is an unexpected treat!
MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at Broadway in Tucson casts a poignant spell over Centennial Hall this December 2-7.
Only on Broadway can a show this proudly preposterous, this shamelessly corny, sneak up on the skeptics and knock the wind out of them.
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.
A rare sequel that understands what made part one beloved, sweeping the audience up in a storm of feeling.
A big-hearted, crowd-pleasing production that wraps nostalgia, comedy, and a festive score into one joyful package.
Guest contributor David Appleford gives a grateful glowing green light to Childsplay’s production of RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER.
LOTERÍA: THIS GAME IS NO JUEGO is a marvelous and mystical musical now playing at Live Theatre Workshop.
RACE TO THE NORTH POLE is the warm cup of cocoa we need in the world right now.
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
Some art offends not out of malice, but out of necessity.
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.
THE FRONT PAGE, although it is a crazy and ridiculous scenario, still resonates with audiences today.
& JULIET, playing at Broadway in Tucson, is a lively jukebox musical stuffed to the brim with charm.
Ken Ludwig's MORIARTY is now playing at The Invisible Theatre in Tucson.
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.
Change can be the hardest and perhaps even the most horrifying part of life, but it can also be the most rewarding.
MY FAIR LADY at Saguaro City Music Theatre is a crown jewel in the theatre company's expanding catalog of professional productions.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, presented by Pima Community College and adapted/directed by Chris Will is a chilling Halloween treat.
Director Maren Maclean Mascarelli has assembled a remarkable cast in an intense retelling of Orwell's classic.
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Sabaton, Pop Evil & Wings of Steel Arizona Financial Theatre (11/11-11/11) |
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It's A Wonderful Life Don Bluth Front Row Theatre (11/19-12/23) |
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Hi-Fi Holiday Concert Hale Centre Theatre (12/04-12/19) |
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Campbell, Rogers, and Denver: A Tribute Hale Centre Theatre (11/06-11/21) |
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Gunhild Carling at MIM Musical Instrument Museum (8/27-8/27) |
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Stop Kiss Tornabene Theatre (10/15-12/06) |
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A Room in the Castle Beaver Street Theatre (9/18-10/03) |
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British Invasion: The Who, The Kinks, Herman's Hermits, The Moody Blues, The Zombies, The Animals and more Hale Centre Theatre (10/09-10/24) |
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Alison Krauss Pepsi Amphitheater (9/28-9/28) |
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Staged Reading of Las Nuevas Tamaleras By Alicia Mena Live Theatre Workshop (9/05-9/06) |
