Wilkins Breathes Life Into Caricature In A WOMAN ON STAGE
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2018
Ilana Lydia describes her play, A Woman on Stage, as 'polyvocal - meaning it focuses on more than one character, despite its singular woman named in the title. Stella is one of three women followed from the beginning - most caricatured - state, through their development as full human beings,' Lydia said.
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2018
Ilana Lydia describes her play, A Woman on Stage, as 'polyvocal - meaning it focuses on more than one character, despite its singular woman named in the title. Stella is one of three women followed from the beginning - most caricatured - state, through their development as full human beings,' Lydia said.
Photo Flash: Check Out Promotional Photos for MTA's Upcoming Production of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2018
Musical Theatre of Anthem (MTA) announces their upcoming production of Once on This Island Jr, a highly original theatrical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's popular fairy tale, The Little Mermaid, and the Tony-nominated Broadway musical by the legendary writing team, Ahrens and Flaherty.
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2018
Musical Theatre of Anthem (MTA) announces their upcoming production of Once on This Island Jr, a highly original theatrical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's popular fairy tale, The Little Mermaid, and the Tony-nominated Broadway musical by the legendary writing team, Ahrens and Flaherty.
Photo Flash: THE SPARROW Soars To The Stage At Studio 3 Performing Arts
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2018
Ten years ago Emily Book, the lone survivor of a horrible school bus accident, was sent away from the tiny town of Spring Farm. Now, in her senior year, Emily must return in order to graduate from high school. When she arrives, shy and guarded, Emily is unwillingly thrust into the whirlwind of Spring Farm High. Guided by her biology teacher, Mr. Christopher, and befriended by head cheerleader, Jenny McGrath, Emily must learn to fit in with her classmates while yearning to stay out of the spotlight.
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2018
Ten years ago Emily Book, the lone survivor of a horrible school bus accident, was sent away from the tiny town of Spring Farm. Now, in her senior year, Emily must return in order to graduate from high school. When she arrives, shy and guarded, Emily is unwillingly thrust into the whirlwind of Spring Farm High. Guided by her biology teacher, Mr. Christopher, and befriended by head cheerleader, Jenny McGrath, Emily must learn to fit in with her classmates while yearning to stay out of the spotlight.
Celebrate an Old-Time Easter at The Great AZ Puppet Theater
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2018
'JACK RABBIT AND THE EASTER BASKET': Little Sally Johnson is just too far away from the Easter bunny to get an Easter basket, so Jack Rabbit and his desert-dwelling friends step in to help in this cute, fun holiday musical set in old-time Arizona.
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2018
'JACK RABBIT AND THE EASTER BASKET': Little Sally Johnson is just too far away from the Easter bunny to get an Easter basket, so Jack Rabbit and his desert-dwelling friends step in to help in this cute, fun holiday musical set in old-time Arizona.
WEST SIDE STORY, FUN HOME, ONCE, and More Slated for Phoenix Theatre's 2018-2019 Season
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2018
Phoenix Theatre is delighted to announce this incredible lineup for the upcoming 2018/2019 season!
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2018
Phoenix Theatre is delighted to announce this incredible lineup for the upcoming 2018/2019 season!
BWW Review: Arizona Theatre Company Presents OUTSIDE MULLINGAR ~ Magnificent!
by Herbert Paine - February 19, 2018
If I saw nothing else this season, Arizona Theatre Company's current production of OUTSIDE MULLINGAR would be enough to satisfy my soul. In his triumphant debut as the company's new Artistic Director, David Ivers has magnified John Patrick Shanley's Tony-nominated opus on love and birthright into a honey-sweet masterpiece of stagecraft. In so doing, he has stamped his signature as a worthy successor to the brilliant David Ira Goldstein and revealed his own distinctive artistic vision. Endowed with a brilliant cast, the show runs through March 4th at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix.
by Herbert Paine - February 19, 2018
If I saw nothing else this season, Arizona Theatre Company's current production of OUTSIDE MULLINGAR would be enough to satisfy my soul. In his triumphant debut as the company's new Artistic Director, David Ivers has magnified John Patrick Shanley's Tony-nominated opus on love and birthright into a honey-sweet masterpiece of stagecraft. In so doing, he has stamped his signature as a worthy successor to the brilliant David Ira Goldstein and revealed his own distinctive artistic vision. Endowed with a brilliant cast, the show runs through March 4th at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix.
Arizona Broadway Theatre Mounts HAIR
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2018
Experience the sixties counter-culture in all its psychedelic and bell-bottomed glory! As relevant today as when it opened on Broadway in the tumultuous spring of 1968, Hair is the original rock musical that defined a generation's struggles with community, war, peace and resistance. Sit back and be intoxicated by songs like "Easy to Be Hard," "Good Morning Starshine" and the everlasting anthem "Let the Sun Shine In."
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2018
Experience the sixties counter-culture in all its psychedelic and bell-bottomed glory! As relevant today as when it opened on Broadway in the tumultuous spring of 1968, Hair is the original rock musical that defined a generation's struggles with community, war, peace and resistance. Sit back and be intoxicated by songs like "Easy to Be Hard," "Good Morning Starshine" and the everlasting anthem "Let the Sun Shine In."
BWW Review: ANCIENT MUSICAL TREASURES FROM CENTRAL CHINA at Musical Instrument Museum
by Lee Cooley - February 19, 2018
Ancient Chinese Secret? Harmony in music is a metaphor for harmony in life. Hear it, feel it during the Ancient Musical Treasure exhibit through May 6 at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix.
by Lee Cooley - February 19, 2018
Ancient Chinese Secret? Harmony in music is a metaphor for harmony in life. Hear it, feel it during the Ancient Musical Treasure exhibit through May 6 at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix.
Judith Hardes To Receive Philanthropist Award At 2018 Governor's Arts Awards
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2018
Judith Hardes of Phoenix will receive the second annual Philanthropist Award at the 37th annual Governor's Arts Awards dinner and celebration on March 22 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort.
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2018
Judith Hardes of Phoenix will receive the second annual Philanthropist Award at the 37th annual Governor's Arts Awards dinner and celebration on March 22 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort.
BWW Review: Phoenix Theatre Presents Sally Jo Bannow's THE BOOB SHOW
by Herbert Paine - February 18, 2018
The very talented and versatile Sally Jo Bannow has a lot to say about the breast!...through song and vignette in THE BOOB SHOW, an original work developed in collaboration with Craig Bohmler and now premiering at Phoenix Theatre under the direction of Michael Barnard. A powerful theme ~ that defining a woman by the size and shape of her breast is demeaning and destructive ~ weaves throughout her performance but risks getting lost in periodic snarls of distraction. What a powerhouse of a one-woman show this would be if it were more focused and streamlined!
by Herbert Paine - February 18, 2018
The very talented and versatile Sally Jo Bannow has a lot to say about the breast!...through song and vignette in THE BOOB SHOW, an original work developed in collaboration with Craig Bohmler and now premiering at Phoenix Theatre under the direction of Michael Barnard. A powerful theme ~ that defining a woman by the size and shape of her breast is demeaning and destructive ~ weaves throughout her performance but risks getting lost in periodic snarls of distraction. What a powerhouse of a one-woman show this would be if it were more focused and streamlined!
Photo Flash: Valley Youth Theatre presents THE HOBBIT
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2018
Valley Youth Theatre presents The Hobbit, weekends from Friday, February 9th through February 25th at VYT's theatre in downtown Phoenix, 525 N. First St. (southeast corner of First and Fillmore Streets). Valley Youth Theatre is an award-winning professional theatre company for audiences of all ages. This production of The Hobbit is a dramatized version of the book by J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings books which are also a popular movie trilogy by Director Peter Jackson.
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2018
Valley Youth Theatre presents The Hobbit, weekends from Friday, February 9th through February 25th at VYT's theatre in downtown Phoenix, 525 N. First St. (southeast corner of First and Fillmore Streets). Valley Youth Theatre is an award-winning professional theatre company for audiences of all ages. This production of The Hobbit is a dramatized version of the book by J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings books which are also a popular movie trilogy by Director Peter Jackson.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Comes to Prescott Center for the Arts
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2018
The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways.
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2018
The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways.
Zürich Chamber Orchestra Presents VIVALDI'S THE FOUR SEASONS — THEN AND NOW
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2018
Classic and contemporary will meet in concert Saturday, March 24, at 8 p.m., in the Virginia G. Piper Theater at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. That's when the Zurich Chamber Orchestra performs Vivaldi's famous cycle of violin concertos, The Four Seasons, along with a recent take on that famous score, Vivaldi Recomposed, a rewrite of The Four Seasons by German-born British composer Max Richter (1966 - ). Zurich Chamber Orchestra music director Daniel Hope will serve as violin soloist for both pieces.
by BWW News Desk - February 16, 2018
Classic and contemporary will meet in concert Saturday, March 24, at 8 p.m., in the Virginia G. Piper Theater at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. That's when the Zurich Chamber Orchestra performs Vivaldi's famous cycle of violin concertos, The Four Seasons, along with a recent take on that famous score, Vivaldi Recomposed, a rewrite of The Four Seasons by German-born British composer Max Richter (1966 - ). Zurich Chamber Orchestra music director Daniel Hope will serve as violin soloist for both pieces.
BWW Review: In POINT OF NO RETURN, The Sun Is Man's Co-Pilot
by Herbert Paine - February 16, 2018
In POINT OF NO RETURN, filmmakers Quinn Kanaly and Noel Dockstader document the ambitious journey of two such pioneering spirits, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, to fly around the Earth in a solar-powered zero-fuel plane named Solar Impulse. It is as dramatic and thrilling as any cinematic space odyssey. It will be featured at the Sedona International Film Festival during the week of February 25th.
by Herbert Paine - February 16, 2018
In POINT OF NO RETURN, filmmakers Quinn Kanaly and Noel Dockstader document the ambitious journey of two such pioneering spirits, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, to fly around the Earth in a solar-powered zero-fuel plane named Solar Impulse. It is as dramatic and thrilling as any cinematic space odyssey. It will be featured at the Sedona International Film Festival during the week of February 25th.
Japanese And American Dancers Explore Female Aging
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2018
Enmei (Long Life) is more than just a dance performance coming to Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, March 23, at 8 p.m., in the Virginia G. Piper Theater. It's a cross-cultural artistic project about age, time and culture via the older moving body.
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2018
Enmei (Long Life) is more than just a dance performance coming to Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, March 23, at 8 p.m., in the Virginia G. Piper Theater. It's a cross-cultural artistic project about age, time and culture via the older moving body.
MusicaNova Orchestra Performs Bach's St John Passion
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2018
MusicaNova Orchestra (MNO) presents an innovative performance of J. S. Bach's great Eastertide oratorio 'St. John Passion' on Palm Sunday, March 25, 2018, 3:00 PM at Scottsdale Presbyterian Church, 3421 North Hayden Road.
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2018
MusicaNova Orchestra (MNO) presents an innovative performance of J. S. Bach's great Eastertide oratorio 'St. John Passion' on Palm Sunday, March 25, 2018, 3:00 PM at Scottsdale Presbyterian Church, 3421 North Hayden Road.
BWW Review: SEEING IS BELIEVING: WOMEN DIRECT ~ A Celebration of Women as Filmmakers
by Herbert Paine - February 15, 2018
Cady McClain's illuminating, absorbing, and intelligently crafted documentary, SEEING IS BELIEVING: WOMEN DIRECT is a powerful affirmation and celebration of women directors who struggle to overcome the systemic impediments to their artistic progress. Making its Arizona Premiere at the Sedona International Film Festival during the week of February 25th.
by Herbert Paine - February 15, 2018
Cady McClain's illuminating, absorbing, and intelligently crafted documentary, SEEING IS BELIEVING: WOMEN DIRECT is a powerful affirmation and celebration of women directors who struggle to overcome the systemic impediments to their artistic progress. Making its Arizona Premiere at the Sedona International Film Festival during the week of February 25th.
Stray Cat Theatre Joins Forces With TCA Theatre To Present GIDION'S KNOT
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2018
Over the course of a parent/teacher conference, a distraught mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the mother's son, Gidion. As his story is slowly uncovered, the women try to reconstruct a satisfying explanation for Gidion's violent act and come to terms with excruciating feelings of culpability.
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2018
Over the course of a parent/teacher conference, a distraught mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the mother's son, Gidion. As his story is slowly uncovered, the women try to reconstruct a satisfying explanation for Gidion's violent act and come to terms with excruciating feelings of culpability.
Compass Players Closes 2nd Season with World Premiere of WEST PALM PRIME
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2018
Compass Players brings its second season to a close by throwing open the doors on the world premiere of veteran TV writer/producer Cynthia J. Cohen's romantic comedy about finding love in the "prime of life," West Palm Prime, March 15-31 at TheatreWorks, 10580 N. 83rd Drive in Peoria.
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2018
Compass Players brings its second season to a close by throwing open the doors on the world premiere of veteran TV writer/producer Cynthia J. Cohen's romantic comedy about finding love in the "prime of life," West Palm Prime, March 15-31 at TheatreWorks, 10580 N. 83rd Drive in Peoria.
Multi-Talented Vanessa Williams Returns To Scottsdale
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2018
Vanessa Williams, multi-faceted star of Broadway, film, music videos and television, brings her award-winning talents to Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, April 7, at 8 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2018
Vanessa Williams, multi-faceted star of Broadway, film, music videos and television, brings her award-winning talents to Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, April 7, at 8 p.m.
See the New Schedule of Shows at Great AZ Puppet Theater
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2018
See the brand-new lineup of shows coming to the Great AZ Puppet Theater this spring!
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2018
See the brand-new lineup of shows coming to the Great AZ Puppet Theater this spring!
Grammy-Nominated Cellist Plays 'Homage To Pablo Casals'
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2018
Music won and the NBA lost when Amit Peled chose the cello over basketball. Peled, who stands 6-foot-5, says that as a young man he had to decide between a future dribbling basketballs and a future bowing four strings. He chose the life of a musician, although today at 44 he continues to follow his favorite b-ball teams and shoot hoops with his children.
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2018
Music won and the NBA lost when Amit Peled chose the cello over basketball. Peled, who stands 6-foot-5, says that as a young man he had to decide between a future dribbling basketballs and a future bowing four strings. He chose the life of a musician, although today at 44 he continues to follow his favorite b-ball teams and shoot hoops with his children.
Arizona Theatre Company Announces 2018-19 Lineup
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2018
Arizona Theatre Company (David Ivers, Artistic Director; Billy Russo, Managing Director) is excited to announce the six shows selected for the 2018/2019 season, ATC's 52nd, and the first full season reverberating with the impact and influence of Artistic Director David Ivers.
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2018
Arizona Theatre Company (David Ivers, Artistic Director; Billy Russo, Managing Director) is excited to announce the six shows selected for the 2018/2019 season, ATC's 52nd, and the first full season reverberating with the impact and influence of Artistic Director David Ivers.
A WOMAN ON STAGE Asks What It Means To Be Alive
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2018
A WOMAN ON STAGE finds Rachel, a grad student in an archaic field of study, feeling that her annoying roommates are making less and less sense, when a message comes to her through a Man on TV that she isn't real, but a fictional character. Rachel resists grasping the truth, relying on soliloquies and round-robin scene changing to explore her theatrical state.
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2018
A WOMAN ON STAGE finds Rachel, a grad student in an archaic field of study, feeling that her annoying roommates are making less and less sense, when a message comes to her through a Man on TV that she isn't real, but a fictional character. Rachel resists grasping the truth, relying on soliloquies and round-robin scene changing to explore her theatrical state.
BWW Review: Grand Canyon University Presents MAJOR BARBARA
by Herbert Paine - February 12, 2018
The gifted young talents of Grand Canyon University's College of Fine Arts and Production, directed by Michael Kary, deliver solid performances in George Bernard Shaw's MAJOR BARBARA, on the stage of Ethington Theatre in Phoenix through February 18th.
by Herbert Paine - February 12, 2018
The gifted young talents of Grand Canyon University's College of Fine Arts and Production, directed by Michael Kary, deliver solid performances in George Bernard Shaw's MAJOR BARBARA, on the stage of Ethington Theatre in Phoenix through February 18th.
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