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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. This is a concert version of the classic Irving Berlin musical. The audience left the performance in very high spirits and highly entertained. MTAA has been around a few years and has successfully mounted mu...
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. The Phoenix Theatre Company creates a celebration of a city, its culture, and its music....
Review: Uncharted Waters: Douglas Williams’ SHIP at Live Theatre Workshop
Of course, off-color references are only gratuitous when taken out of context. In SHIP, Williams blends incisive commentary with dark, outrageous comedy, painting a vivid portrait of a unique, idiosyncratic trio. The play balances moments of reflection with incidental, often crude, humor, thereby cr...
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. SHUCKED is the textbook definition of this concept in action....
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. It sparkles wonderfully even when it confuses....
Review: RANKED, A MUSICAL at Live Theatre Workshop
Ranked, A Musical is a unique piece of theatre. With a book by Kyle Holmes and music/lyrics by David Taylor Gomes, Ranked is lightning in a bottle. Tucson theatre veteran Richard Gremel directs an outstanding cast of young performers....
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....
Review: SHREK THE MUSICAL at Saguaro City Music Theatre
Read BroadwayWorld's review for SHREK THE MUSICAL at Saguaro City Music Theatre. See what our critic had to say, and learn more about the production here. ...
Review: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL at Broadway In Tucson
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL is an incredible true story musical with toe-tapping music and a big heart. Neil Diamond had a hand in producing this musical and his fingerprints are all over it....
Review: RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA at Arizona Broadway Theatre
In Arizona Broadway Theatre’s production of CINDERELLA, audiences of all ages will find the magic they came for…and in that space, a story once deemed simple becomes something richer....
Review: THE GREATEST JOY at Dances with Films in L.A.
Lea Pascal's THE GREATEST JOY is a short film with a long emotional echo. It’s also a timely statement that there is—and must be—a place for telling women’s stories about their bodies....
Review: MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON – APT. 2B at Arizona Theatre Company
MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON – APT. 2B delivers bold feminist comedy with manic energy and clever gags, but its chaotic pacing and shallow mystery leave the story more frantic than fulfilling....
Review: EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT at The Scoundrel And Scamp Theatre
This production runs through June 22....
Review: BACK TO THE WEST at The Gaslight Theatre
BACK TO THE WEST, now playing at The Gaslight Theatre, is a rollicking new show stuffed with laughs and charm. Written by Brian Hale, this fast-paced musical adventure centers on Micky and Betsy, who must travel through time to rescue Professor Bunsen back in the 1880's Old West....
Review: NEW SUMMER SHORTS 2025 at Theatre Artists Studio
Theatre Artists Studio's perennial showcase of original 10-minute plays presents an impressive range of voices and tones, from sharply comic to deeply affecting. This year’s lineup leans toward intimate, character-driven encounters, anchored by the kind of unvarnished human truths only live theate...
Review: MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON - APT. 2B at Arizona Theatre Company
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - APT. 2B is a sidesplitting and unforgettable night at the theater. Directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge 'MMD', the production sparkles with chaotic energy....
Review: INTO THE WOODS at The Phoenix Theatre Company
Fairy tales have always promised us that once the dragon is slain and the prince is kissed, the story ends in blissful finality. But Into The Woods, now playing at The Phoenix Theatre Company’s Hormel Theatre until July 13, dares to ask, what if that happy ending is only the beginning?...
Review: MAMMA MIA at Broadway In Tucson
MAMMA MIA at Broadway in Tucson is an energetic crowdpleaser! I spent my childhood listening to the music of ABBA and watching various iterations of MAMMA MIA. The bar was very high for me on this one. I am pleased to say that Broadway in Tucson delivers a stunning and captivating performance with e...
Review: THE MEMORY OF WATER at Theatre Artists Studio
Despite earnest efforts and glimpses of talent, this production of Shelagh Stephenson's THE MEMORY OF WATER failed to honor the quiet depth of the playwright's work....
Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Stray Cat Theatre
Despite some flaws, this LITTLE SHOP, directed by Ron May, is a wild, weird, dark ride....
Review: Finding Grace In Things We Throw Away
Beneath the jokes and sharp-edged dialogue is a rumination on labor, grief, and human connection in unlikely places. Garbage becomes literal and symbolic: the physical refuse they haul daily and their emotional baggage. For all its grime, the job becomes a kind of secular ritual—repetitive, humbli...
Review: THE MINUTES Exposes the Complicity of Silence
At the heart of THE MINUTES lies the bitter debate over the town's origin—a controversy surrounding a long-commemorated event that reveals uncomfortable contradictions under closer scrutiny. What begins as a procedural discussion about a public monument gradually evolves into a broader struggle ov...
Review: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: THE NEXT GENERATION at The Phoenix Theatre Company
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: THE NEXT GENERATION isn’t just a parody—it’s a full-on roast of the Great White Way, served up hot and fast with a piano and four performers who can belt, mug, and mimic with razor precision. ...
Review: BOB & JEAN: A LOVE STORY at Arizona Theatre Company
Arizona Theatre Company has staged a heartfelt and finely wrought production—a love story that resists sentimentality and embraces sincerity. BOB & JEAN may not sweep you off your feet, but it will wrap its arms around you and whisper a reminder of what it means to hold on....
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