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Naughty Peter disobeys his mother and sets off to find adventure (and lunch!) in Mr.

Honoring the Centennial of legendary jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus The Mingus Dynasty Quintet featuring Jack Walrath and special guest artist Charles McPherson will kick off a three-city concert tour in Arizona, the place of Mingus' birth.

Childplay's pop culture phenomenon Schoolhouse Rock LIVE! brings its national tour back home again for a four-week run on Stage West at the Herberger Theater Center from April 23 to May 22.

In Stray Cat Theatre’s Arizona premiere of the absorbing 2019 play SHEEPDOG by Kevin Artigue, now playing at Tempe Center for the Arts Studio Theatre until March 26th, a young police officer in an interracial partnership – he’s white, she’s black - answers an emergency call while on duty.

MusicaNova Orchestra, led by Music Director Warren Cohen, announces it will perform the historic world premiere of a 'lost version' of Bruckner's 4th Symphony, written in 1878.

Fountain Hills Theater announces the next in its series of concerts, Swing Street Café.

Kerry Lengel's unique and innovative take on FARINELLI AND THE KING, written by Claire Van Kampen and directed by Carmen Jakobi, getting its Arizona premiere at Southwest Shakespeare Company and running through March 20th at the Mesa Arts Center.

Last fall, when local companies were announcing their various seasons, one particular show made my eyes widen as I thought, 'WHO'S doing WHAT?' I'm talking about Arizona Opera bringing to Phoenix and Tucson a fully orchestrated presentation of the infrequently produced, head-shakeningly brilliant St

This outrageous musical comedy is lovingly ripped off from the film classic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

On April 9, Angélique Kidjo will bring her Remain in Light tour to Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, playing songs from her 2018 album that reimagined the 1980 Talking Heads album “Remain in Light.

In A MINISTER'S WIFE, the composer's collaboration with Austin Pendleton (book), and Jan Levy Tranen (lyrics) dilutes his influence on CANDIDA's transcription, relegating the audience to a compendiary version that eliminates, among other elements, Candida's businessman father - a staunch capitalist

Sedona filmmakers Bryan Reinhart and Ronald Melmon's FOREVER WILD chronicles the valiant years-long struggle to preserve the Valley Floor of Telluride as open space.

Sharyn Rothstein's heartfelt play reveals a vulnerable family and close-knit community struggling to survive the effects of both Hurricane Sandy and their own relationships.

In order to enhance the luminous experience for guests as they walk the red carpet, Scottsdale Arts' annual The ARTrageous Gala on April 2, 2022, will now begin at 7 p.

This evening of pure, frothy fun will have you boppin' to over fifty well-known songs that topped the 1960s charts: Respect, You Can't Hurry Love, Say A Little Prayer, and more!  When Cindy, a laundromat attendant, receives a letter from her pen-pal boyfriend ending their romance, her stylish guard

In FOUR WOMEN, history reminds us there's no rest for the weary, and the call for racial justice is a collective effort requiring sustained vigilance.

This evening of pure, frothy fun will have you boppin’ to over fifty well-known songs that topped the 1960s charts: Respect, You Can’t Hurry Love, Say A Little Prayer, and more! When Cindy, a laundromat attendant, receives a letter from her pen-pal boyfriend ending their romance, her stylish

From March 18th through March 20th, Special Guest Artist Mesner Puppet Theater is set to present 'RINGO'S SING-ALONG ROAD TRIP'.

After a 2-year hiatus, Valley Youth Theatre re-opens its doors with the world premiere of Dear 2020!, Friday, February 25 at 7:00 pm, at Valley Youth Theatre.

“Capturing Space,” a new solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based Mandan/Hidatsa artist Teresa Baker at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), will challenge the definitions of and traditions surrounding painting when it opens April 16.

Theater Works will debut its new After Darkseries for audiences aged 16 and older on March 18 with “The Superhero Ultraferno: After Dark.

A shipwreck by magical design maroons a group on a remote island where Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, confronts his treacherous brother.

When Dorrance Dance brings its revolutionary “SOUNDspace” show to Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on March 25, the New York City company will reveal what is most beautiful and exceptional about tap dancing: movement as music.

The Southwest Shakespeare Company (SSC) presents its 28th season mainstage repertory production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, directed by Ingrid Sonnichsen for a limited run from now  through March 19th at the Nesbitt/Elliott Playhouse.

Janet Craig's WAKE UP is a raw and harrowing eye-opener to the insidious and seductive tactics that entrap young innocents.