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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.

The very talented and versatile Sally Jo Bannow has a lot to say about the breast!.

Valley Youth Theatre presents The Hobbit, weekends from Friday, February 9th through February 25th at VYT's theatre in downtown Phoenix, 525 N.

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde.

Classic and contemporary will meet in concert Saturday, March 24, at 8 p.

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.

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.

MusicaNova Orchestra (MNO) presents an innovative performance of J.

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.

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.

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.

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.

See the brand-new lineup of shows coming to the Great AZ Puppet Theater this spring!

Music won and the NBA lost when Amit Peled chose the cello over basketball.

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 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.

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.

Come join us at The Community Playhouse (1881 N.

After seeing HAND TO GOD, you may wish you'd brought your spiritual advisor or psychotherapist with you, either for consolation, confession, or calming your endorphins.

Ballet Arizona revealed today it will present The Firebird, a groundbreaking, dramatic new work from Artistic Director Ib Andersen for the anticipated upcoming 2018-2019 season.

"Animaniacs in Concert!" starring Rob Paulsen and Randy Rogel will be performed at the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts at The College of Lake County on Sunday, March 4th, 2018.

Finalists in seven categories have been selected for 2018 Governor's Arts Awards.

See the latest lineup of shows at Great AZ Puppet Theater!

Arizona Theatre Company (David Ivers, Artistic Director; Billy Russo, Managing Director), in collaboration with Theatre Communications Group's (TCG) Blue Star Theaters Program, is encouraging veterans and active military personnel to create and explore theater together by participating in the Vetera

Alberto Álvaro Rios, Arizona's inaugural State Poet Laureate and currently Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, has been named the 2018 Shelley Award Honoree.