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Back by popular demand for its fifth consecutive year, Childsplay will bring its holiday hit, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, to the Herberger Theater Center.

Convergence Ballet and Ballet Theatre of Phoenix once again bring the magic of the season to life with their enchanting production of THE NUTCRACKER, presented at the Herberger Theater Center.

The University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television will present Love and Information as the next production in its 2025–26 Performance Season.

Some art offends not out of malice, but out of necessity.

For Filipino performers of my generation, Lea Salonga has always been both.

Even in a nation celebrated for its singers, Lea Salonga occupies a realm entirely her own.

RACE TO THE NORTH POLE is the warm cup of cocoa we need in the world right now.

LOTERÍA: THIS GAME IS NO JUEGO is a marvelous and mystical musical now playing at Live Theatre Workshop.

Premiering December 20, 2025, under Parker's company House of Parker Productions, Miles of Grace transforms a traditional night of theatre into a living act of compassion.

The Phoenix Theatre Company will present Applause! Gala 2025: Grand Opening a night dedicated to honoring the visionaries, humanitarians, and dreamers who have helped shape Arizona's arts landscape.

Black Theatre Troupe will present Langston Hughes’ celebrated song play, BLACK NATIVITY at the Helen K.

TheaterWorks Peoria will present its annual holiday tradition, A Christmas Carol, running December 5–21, 2025 at the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts.

Arizona Theatre Company will continue its 58th season with the high-stakes, adrenaline-fueled U.

Arizona Musicfest, a leading arts and cultural destination in the Valley, will present its second musical theater collaboration with the Herberger Theater Center, featuring Ragtime.

The Phoenix Children’s Chorus will present two festive holiday programs, Comfort and Joy and Season’s Greetings, showcasing more than 300 young voices from across the Valley.

In the Tony-nominated musical & Juliet, it’s as if William Shakespeare was handed a bedazzled microphone and told to start writing Romeo and Juliet all over again, only this time he should make it a fizzy, whirling pop fantasia that pulses with enough pop/rock earworms to play in your head on an

THE FRONT PAGE, although it is a crazy and ridiculous scenario, still resonates with audiences today.

Though modest in scale, Chanel Bragg’s and Kelcey Watson’s production achieves gravitas, a testament to a life fully lived in history’s shadows.

& JULIET, playing at Broadway in Tucson, is a lively jukebox musical stuffed to the brim with charm.

Theatrikos Theatre Company has announced its upcoming holiday production, the heartwarming true story The Man Who Saved Christmas.

The Arts Academy of Sedona is turning up the tricks and treats with an unforgettable night of stand-up comedy, dancing, and Halloween festivities at their finest.

Ken Ludwig's MORIARTY is now playing at The Invisible Theatre in Tucson.

The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art will open Tender Alchemy: Beth Ames Swartz and Julianne Swartz on March 21, 2025.

Eight years into redefining what a holiday show can be, drag powerhouses Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme are once again decking the halls, and the patriarchy, with a brand-new production of The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show.

Arizona Arts Live welcomes the acclaimed Ukrainian vocal and theater ensemble Kurbasy to La Rosa, Southern Arizona's new home for adventurous performance, on Thursday, November 13.