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Most people would find a lack of playwright directions daunting when staging a play, especially when the work examines the inner thoughts of characters and there are only two of them.

American actress-singer Lorna Luft embraces her mother's illustrious songbook in a celebration of Judy Garland's musical genius.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will present author, journalist and social observer Fran Lebowitz on Thursday, March 1, at 7:30 p.

It's time to let your hair down and dance the night away! Hairspray, Broadway's musical comedy phenomenon that inspired a major motion picture is coming to Peoria as a Theater Works special presentation.

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It's time to let your hair down and dance the night away! Hairspray, Broadway's musical comedy phenomenon that inspired a major motion picture is coming to Peoria as a Theater Works special presentation.

The board of directors for Theater Works in Peoria has hired the executive director of Phoenix Theater to be the new leader of the community theater organization.

One of Arizona's best kept secrets is Ballet Arizona, whose Artistic Director Ib Andersen was critically celebrated and won legions of fans during his decade of performing as a principal dancer with New York City Ballet.

The board of directors for Theater Works in Peoria has hired the executive director of Phoenix Theater to be the new leader of the community theater organization.

Artists, arts-related organizations, advocates and business leaders representing tourism and economic development from across the state will gather at the Arizona State Capitol for the 26th annual Arizona Arts Congress from 7:30 a.

The Palladium is ringing in the New Year with the opening of the Broadway Cabaret Series; three shows featuring Tony and other award winning actors in intimate cabaret-style shows.

Al Raitano sings in the style of male singers like Sinatra and Bennett.

The Great AZ Puppet Theater has announced the following upcoming events.

The Actor's Youth Theatre presents THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL at Mesa Arts Center from Tuesday, January 24 - Saturday, January 28, 2012.

Denver Center Events will open the doors to the Seawell Grand Ballroom for the first wedding showcase and fashion show on January 22 from 1:00-3:00pm.

Following Ruhl's In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play) last season, Actors Theatre brings Dead Man's Cell Phone to Stage West at the Herberger Theater Center, 222 E.

The eternally popular Late Nite Catechism comedies will return to Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts for a limited engagement from Jan.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will present red, black & GREEN: a blues by Marc Bamuthi Joseph on Friday, Jan.

If you love Fried Green Tomatoes or Steel Magnolias, don't miss this hilarious and poignant play that tells the story of five longtime friends who set aside a weekend every August to renew their relationships.

Mesa Arts Center invites music lovers to enjoy their Thursday lunch hour outdoors at Mesa Arts Center's Wells Fargo Garden for the Out to Lunch Concert Series.

The Actor's Youth Theatre presents THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL at Mesa Arts Center from Tuesday, January 24 - Saturday, January 28, 2012.

The international hit comedy MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH & I'M IN THERAPY!, featuring Ron Tobin, will come to the Herberger Theater, 222 E.

Stray Cat is thrilled to announce that they will be teaming up with the new incoming class of MFA actors at ASU for a kinetic and visceral production of this wicked expressionistic fantasy.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will open the 25th-anniversary season of Sunday A'Fair on Jan.

With the community helping Actors Theatre reach the first of three critical fund-raising deadlines allowing the company to continue operating at least through mid-January, Ron May, founding artistic director of Stray Cat Theatre, will direct 'Hunter Gatherers' on Stage West at the Herberger Theater