ARIZONA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 197

The Papp Family, whose history of support for the arts as both advocates and donors extends over many decades, will receive the 10th annual Shelley Award at the 34th Governor's Arts Awards on Tuesday, March 24 at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel, 340 N.

The off-Broadway hit Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience - A Parody by Dan and Jeff will bring an uproarious performance of all seven Harry Potter books in 70 minutes to Mesa Arts Center's Piper Theater, tonight, Feb.

Triumphant! Exhilarating! Dazzling! Ib Andersen's masterful and extraordinary staging of August Bournonville's Napoli is a cornucopia of bravura performances, bristling with energy, velocity, and vivacity.

In his directorial debut, Damon J.

The Great Arizona Puppet Theatre presents, 'JACK RABBIT AND THE DESERT TORTOISE,' Mar.

April is Jazz Appreciation month and in recognition, the Nash announces a new series of classes for the public to learn about the history of jazz by examining the great masters.

Arizona Broadway Theatre (ABT) recently announced its Season 11 lineup to a packed house of invited donors and season subscribers.

Theatre Artists Studio presents The Heiress, from February 27 through March 15 at The Studio, 4848 E.

Arizona Theatre Company's 2015-16 season brings the return of master entertainer Hershey Felder, a mind-bending new comedy from the producer of HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher, the provocative 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway play, an August Wilson masterpiece, John Steinbeck's classic American

Broadway stars and Valley luminaries create a perfect storm of talent in the Arizona premiere of FOLLIES, Stephen Sondheim's musical masterpiece.

Prentice Powell, the first spoken word artist to appear on The Arsenio Hall Show, will headline the second event in Mesa Arts Center's Spoken World series on Friday, Feb.

Valley Youth Theatre (VYT) has partnered with St.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts presents the Montreal circus troupe Les 7 doigts de la main for two shows this weekend, Feb.

Theater Works announces the cast for the Arizona premiere of FOLLIES, the legendary musical The New York Times calls 'one of the greatest musicals ever written'.

The 2014-15 Broadway on Center series, presented at Mesa Arts Center in partnership with WestCoast Entertainment, brings National Touring Broadway production Nice Work If You Can Get It, a madcap tale full of crazy antics, to Mesa Arts Center for performances on Tuesday, March 3 and Wednesday, March

Burning in the Night: A Hobo's Song tells the tales of a Hobo, one of the many who rode the rails of America in the 1930s, looking for work.

Valley Youth Theatre (VYT) has partnered with St.

One of fastest-growing theater companies in the Valley is kicking off a new Cabaret Series featuring multi-award winning vocalist HECTOR CORIS's new solo show Our Own Kind of Universe.

In Rick Cleveland's ingenious Five Presidents, directed by Mark Clements and on stage at the Herberger Theatre, the 38th to the 42nd occupants of the Oval Office come to pay their respects to #37, Richard Milhous Nixon.

BURNING IN THE NIGHT: A HOBO'S SONG is as fine a piece of theatrical artistry as one will find in the Valley of the Sun.

Prescott Center for the Arts presents GRAPES OF WRATH, adapted by Frank Galati and directed by Jon Meyer, running Feb 26, 27, 28, Mar 5, 6, & 7 at 7:30 Mar 1 & 7 at 2:00

Mesa Arts Center Foundation will present the East Valley premier of Burning in the Night: A Hobo's Song, a play based on the memoir by the late Dale Wasserman, the award-winning playwright best known for Man of La Mancha and One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.

?From Citizen Kane, considered by some to be the greatest film of all time, to classic films starring Richard Dreyfuss (who will be on hand) to films about food and food waste and from Sophie Tucker to Dean Kamen

Valley Youth Theatre (VYT) has announced that Brian Kunnari, group account director for R&R Partners, is now a voting member on its board of directors.

The Great Arizona Puppet Theater has announced its upcoming productions for the month of February.