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?Arizona Broadway Theatre (ABT) celebrated its 10-year anniversary in the Valley on November 4, exactly 10 years from the professional performing arts organization's founding.

Cold winds may not often blow into the Valley of the Sun, but we still need the warmth of music like Cecilia McDowall's A Winter's Night.

Theater Works 30th Season continues with the YouthWorks production The Secret Garden opening Today, November 6.

The Royal Players in partnership with The Jeff Mattingly Foundation and First Security Bank of Benton are pleased to announce our Holiday Musical 'White Christmas' by Irving Berlin.

The glory of Theater Works' staging of ALMOST, MAINE, directed by Richard Powers Hardt, lies in the amazing ability of its four stars to shift seamlessly from one scene to another and to sculpt, at each new turn, distinctly different characters.

Big TENS all around for THE TOXIC AVENGER, now burning up the stage of Phoenix Theatre and oozing with spectacular staging and absolutely intoxicating performances by Caleb Reese, Johanna Carlisle, Trisha Ditsworth, Nathaniel Lewis Tenenbaum, and Lucas Coatney.

ASU Gammage has capped their record breaking week of THE BOOK OF MORMON by announcing a second visit by the show in May 2017.

Scottsdale Musical Theater Company's production of SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM, smartly directed by Hector Coris and delightfully executed by eight talented singers, is a joyous journey into the mind and soul of one of America's most prolific songwriters.

Tonight, October 29th at 7:00 pm, Quicksilver Radio Theater returns to the EPISCOPAL ACTORS' GUILD with a Halloween production of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Scottsdale Musical Theater Company is proud to present the Arizona premiere of the musical revue SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM with a cast of some of the Valley's best talent.

Gammage Auditorium fires up its impressive 2015-2016 season with the high-profile opener The Book of Mormon.

Director Robyn Allen and Theatre Artists Studio's skilled cast make AMERICAN MYTH a thought-provoking theatrical experience.

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It clearly is more than evident at this dinner: politics and religion are two topics one would consider to be off topic at any social gathering.

Last call! ??This is your last chance to nominate for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2014 and September 2015.

The Phoenix Theatre presents THE WIZARD OF OZ, opening the weekend of Nov 20 - 22.

In 1964, the beloved stop-motion animated television classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, made its network television debut delighting audiences across the country.

Hershey Felder take to the stage as the dean of American songwriters in HERSHEY FELDER AS IRVING BERLIN ~ currently, the second production of Arizona Theatre Company's 49th Season.

Arizona Broadway Theatre's well-executed staging of WEST SIDE STORY, directed by Kiel Klaphake, stays true to its creators' vision and features a compelling performance by Melissa Rapelje as Anita.

Disgraced, Ayad Akhtar's edge-of-your-seat Pulitzer Prize- winning play about a successful Muslim-American lawyer whose dinner guests' discussion of race and identity explodes to reveal racial prejudices and personal secrets plays at the Temple of Music and Art from tonight, Oct.

In the space between the provocative opening questions and final reflections of Frank Higgins' THE TASTE TEST, a potentially clever take on identity, friendship and betrayal fizzles flat.

Sunday In The Park with George is produced by Anne Kelleher, directed and choreographed by Damon J.

Backed by Brett Aiken's set design, D.

A top-notch cast, stunning costumes, and a memorable story make Valley Youth Theatre's JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH a must-see for families.

Held against the backdrop of Sedona's breathtaking red rock vistas, the Sedona Arts Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this fall.