ARIZONA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 137

Parsons Dance, an internationally celebrated dance troupe that creates and performs contemporary American dance of extraordinary artistry, takes the stage on Friday, March 9, at 8 p.

A dozen young, energetic drummers, all trained in the traditional Japanese art of taiko, will bring their explosive spectacle to the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts for two performances on March 3 at 2 p.

A spectacular night of colorful and vibrant dance comes to Tempe as AMOR AL BAILE returns to Tempe Center for the Arts.

More than 200 arts advocates, business leaders, patrons, artists and nominees will be at the Herberger Theater Center Tuesday evening for the announcement of the finalists for 2018 Governor's Arts Awards.

Rising piano superstar Seong-Jin Cho will perform music of Beethoven, Debussy and Chopin on Friday, March 2, at 8 p.

Erika Lynne Hanson has been an artist-in-residence at the Icelandic Textile Center and Alaska's Wrangell Mountains Center.

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

The National Tour of HAMILTON is now at ASU Gammage in Tempe through February 25th.

Louisiana arts executive Gerd Wuestemann, D.

THE FANTASTICKS, best known for being the world's longest running musical, will open this week at the Winding Road Theater Ensemble! With Music by Harvey Schmidt, and a Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones, THE FANTASTICKS opened Off-Broadway in 1960 and ran for a record breaking forty-two years, closing in

Save the Family has received a generous grant from the Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation to support core operating services including housing programs, fundraising, administration and operating reserves.

MANKILLER, one of the featured films in this year's Sedona International Film Festival, is a compelling and inspiring tribute to the Cherokee Nation's first woman Chief, Wilma Mankiller.

Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre (DST) announces the premiere of "13 the Musical" on Friday, February 23 at 7:30 p.

Theatre Artists Studio's production of Joanna McClelland Glass's TRYING is a triumph of direction by Judy Rollings and performances by Alan Austin and Vanessa Benjamin.

The Brelby Theatre Company located in Historic Downtown Glendale, is bringing this dark musical comedy to life this February.

Neither Douglas Clarke's lavish set nor Marie Quinn's Broadway-bright lights, neither Connie Furr Soloman's classy and colorful costume design nor a cast comprised of some of the Valley's thespian luminaries can save Terrence McNally's snarky snipe at Broadway, IT'S ONLY A PLAY, from its weak legs ~

Love, cultural equality, and LGBT history highlight the 2018 Desperado LGBT Film Festival Feb 9-11 (various starting times) at Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC).

What can make your heart race yet bring peace to your soul at the same time? Glorious music, sung by 60 specially blended voices accompanied by a seventeen-piece chamber orchestra.

Written by Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, It's Only a Play is a celebration of theatre at its best and theatre people at their not-so-best.

Center Dance Ensemble brings two distinct programs to the Herberger Theater Center, a 1980s pop music version of Cinderella for a family matinee, and an exploration of the genius of Shakespeare in the evenings.

Ireland's honorary musical ambassadors, The Chieftains, will bring the Emerald Isle sound to Scottsdale a few weeks ahead of St.

Phoenix Theatre is a leading professional regional theatre company, recog nized locally and nationally for artistic excellence and the development of original work.

Written by Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, It's Only a Play is a celebration of theatre at its best and theatre people at their not-so-best.

A cast of 70 youth actors will sing, dance and roar their way onto the stage during Disney's 'The Lion King JR.

Virginia Olivieri is putting another notch in her directorial and acting belt with a riveting production of Agatha Christie's VERDICT, running through March 4th at Desert Stages Theatre's new digs in Scottsdale.