Review: SUFFS at ASU Gammage
The National Touring production of the Broadway musical SUFFS, now playing at ASU Gammage until October 19, didn’t arrive on the stage quietly.
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Review: THE ROADS TO LOCH LOMOND at The Phoenix Theatre Company
THE ROADS TO LOCH LOMOND is a stirring, beautifully crafted musical that wears its heart on its tartan sleeve.
Review: VANITIES, THE MUSICAL: Reflections in Three Mirrors at School Of Theatre, Film, & Television
At its core, VANITIES is a meditation on time—how it shapes and betrays us, and how friendship endures in its wake.
Review: DECEIVED at Arizona Theatre Company
DECEIVED is a psychological thriller rollercoaster full of twists and turns.
Review: ZORRO at Arizona Opera
Héctor Armienta’s operatic reimagining of ZORRO is a richly textured work that fuses bravado and romance into a timely meditation on liberty.
Review: THE COMEUPPANCE at Stray Cat Theatre
With a running time of two hours plus Jacobs-Jenkins's uneven script may waver at times, yet to the company’s credit, and to director Seth Tucker, this Stray Cat Theatre production remains impossible to ignore.
Review: WHERE WORDS ONCE WERE at The Scoundrel And Scamp Theatre
Where Words Once Were, running now at The Scoundrel And Scamp Theatre in Arizona, is a relevant, beautiful, and thought-provoking play about a dystopian future.
Review: FROZEN: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL at The Phoenix Theatre Company
The Phoenix Theatre Company's production of FROZEN is a delight for those who know and love the film and are looking to be wowed with song and spectacle.
Review: SILENT SKY at Live Theatre Workshop
SILENT SKY is a dazzling and resonant production.
Review: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: DISCORD at Theatre Artists Studio
Scott Carter’s THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS AND COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: DISCORD, directed by Beau Heckman, is a heady and entertaining intellectual feast.
Review: THE CAKE at Invisible Theatre
THE CAKE by Bekah Brunstetter is now playing through September 21 at Invisible Theatre.
Review: LES MISERABLES at Broadway In Tucson
LES MISERABLES is likely one of the finest touring productions to grace Broadway in Tucson in recent memory.
Review: GRACE AND GLORIE at Black Theatre Troupe
The emotional terrain is fertile, but in Black Theatre Troupe’s 56th-season opener, GRACE AND GLORIE, the production comes close but not quite far enough to capture the fullness and weight that popularized the work.
Review: ANASTASIA at Hale Centre Theatre
Hale Centre Theatre in Gilbert, Arizona, is presenting ANASTASIA as part of a growing trend of local theaters bringing this once semi-obscure Broadway adaptation to local stages.
Review: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at The Gaslight Theatre
This outstanding spooky season parody is now playing! THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has taken over The Gaslight Theatre! Written by Peter VanSlyke and adapted by Katherine Byrnes and Mike Yarema, this parody is perfect for spooky season.
Review: TARTUFFE at The Rogue Theatre
Tartuffe by Molière is now playing at The Rogue Theatre, and it is glorious! This was my first time visiting The Rogue, and I am kicking myself for not venturing into this incredible performance space sooner.
Review: TOOTSIE at Arizona Broadway Theatre
Arizona Broadway Theatre's staging is a mixed bag – lifted at times by sharp comic performances and spirited choreography, yet hampered by a lackluster book, uneven score, and a central transformation that never fully convinces.
Review: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN at Musical Theatre Alliance Of Arizona
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN with the Musical Theatre Alliance of Arizona is a sharp-shooting triumph.
Review: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL: A NEW ORLEANS GUMBO at The Phoenix Theatre Company
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL is a vibrant, music-soaked love letter to a city that lives and breathes rhythm even in the face of heartbreak and hardship.
Review: Uncharted Waters: Douglas Williams’ SHIP at Live Theatre Workshop
Of course, off-color references are only gratuitous when taken out of context.
Review: WEAVING AND SPRING BREEZE, TAIWAN
In an age of displacement, inherited trauma, and cultural fragmentation, two short films –WEAVING and SPRING BREEZE, TAIWAN – directed by Taiwanese American filmmaker Hsuan Yu Pan, offer deeply resonant reflections on how art can restore identity, rebuild community, and help us remember who we a
Review: SHUCKED at Broadway In Tucson
There's an unwritten rule in theatre that if the actors have fun the audience will have fun.
Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at ASU Gammage
For all its clashing parts, like an overstuffed jewelry box where diamonds, pearls, and plastic trinkets jangle together, MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL’s visuals are hard to resist, and that’s what most audiences will respond to.
Review: RANKED, A MUSICAL at Live Theatre Workshop
Ranked, A Musical is a unique piece of theatre.
Review: TETHER at Lake County Film Festival in September
Deeply moving and riveting, TETHER offers a rare cinematic glimpse into a kind of moral injury: not simply mourning the dead, but confronting the unbearable weight of surviving them.
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Murder For Two The Phoenix Theatre Company (8/26-9/20) |
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