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After last summer's successful runs in Sacramento, Walnut Creek, and San Jose, Alan Jacobson's WaistWatchers The Musical! returns to the Herberger Theater Center from Jan.

Four Valley residents who have overcome personal and financial barriers to create new, improved and successful lives through programs and services at Arizona Women's Education & Employment (AWEE) will be recognized for their achievements at the Faces of Success Gala on Friday, Feb.

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

Program conjures images from the surreal Aurora Borealis to the Muppets' Swedish Chef (Phoenix, Ariz.

'As a theatre artist I have always been drawn to work that explores issues of social justice, often featuring strong and vibrant female characters,' Pamela Sterling said.

Playwright Jeanmarie (Simpson) Bishop's 2011 solo work, The Joy seems eerily appropriate for development by one of the Valley's most up and coming new theatre companies.

The Joy, Jeanmarie (Simpson) Bishop's celebrated solo work, rises again in Phoenix on January 19th at the Metropolitan Arts Institute at 7:30 pm.

On Today, January 19, 2018, Ballet Arizona will honor longtime supporters Rose and Harry Papp with its popular and entertaining fundraising event Dance with Me at Phoenix Art Museum.

'Dance film selfies' filmed in exotic locales, performers in surreal animal masks, and riveting exhibitions from masters of movement, the Breaking Ground Contemporary Dance and Film Festival brings the nation's top artists to Arizona for its annual festival at Tempe Center for the Arts.

Between vivid portrayals of characters from 1960's Manhattan to present day San Francisco, Marga Gomez ponders the ballads (or Latin Standards) penned by her late father Willy Chevalier: a comedian/producer/entrepreneur and composer of dance tunes steeped in jealousy and obsession.

If you thought AVENUE Q was the dirtiest thing a show could do with puppets, you have to meet Tyrone.

If you thought AVENUE Q was the dirtiest thing a show could do with puppets, you have to meet Tyrone.

ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT speaks directly with a warning for today.

See the great lineup of shows on the way at Arizona Puppet Theater.

Fifteen of the Valley's most talented young classical musicians will showcase their astounding abilities, maturity and artistry at Arizona Musicfest's Young Musicians Winter Concert at 2 p.

The fourth times the charm as this all-puppet production proves that smut is always better when it comes from fornicating felties.

Metropolitan Klezmer, hailed as one of the finest American klezmer bands (Songlines Magazine), brings its inspired, neo-traditional interpretations and compositions of eclectic Yiddish songs to Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Feb.

If you thought Avenue Q was the worst thing theatre could do with puppets, you're going to want to sit down for this one.

Southwest Shakespeare Company (SSC), Arizona's only classical theatre, continues to bring new and exciting ideas to the stage all while remaining true to each play's original form.

Hale Centre Theatre in Gilbert revives the good old days of rock 'n' roll with the rollicking jukebox musical Life Could Be A Dream.

B3 recently announced its 2018 line-up.

The Chase is on at Don Bluth Front Row Theatre.

The City of Peoria, in collaboration with TheaterWorks, presents Traces in the Wind.

Compass Players, in an act of remarkable prescience, has resurrected Gore Vidal's THE BEST MAN, revealing that the more things political change, the more they remain the same.

Passions run high on the mighty Mississippi as the paddle-steamer Cotton Blossom sets sail.