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Awakening Events Announces Expansion With Additions To Leadership Team
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2019
Awakening Events has announced their expansion with the additions of multiple members to their leadership team.  Music Industry veterans Chris Farnsworth,  Stacey Lathe, and Greg Lathe join the existing team of Awakening Events Directors as the organization continues to expand its footprint.
Zimbabwe Dictator Robert Mugabe Examined in Black Theatre Troupe's BREAKFAST WITH MUGABE
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2019
With its ability to use theater to explore timely topics, Black Theatre Troupe brings the riveting play BREAKFAST WITH MUGABE October 25- November 10 to the Helen K. Mason Performing Arts Center, 1333 E. Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85004. The production is as timely as the notorious Zimbabwe revolutionary and president who recently died in September.
TheaterWorks Stages THE CRUCIBLE
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2019
TheaterWorks presents Arthur Miller's modern classic The Crucible, opening on Friday, October 11, 2019 at the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts. This fictional masterpiece centers around a farmer, his wife and a young servant girl, all three of which are dangerously intertwined in a story of deceit, jealousy and hostility. How far can a young girl's word go in the court of law? 
Greasepaint Presents Disney's FROZEN JR.
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2019
A story of true love and acceptance between sisters, Frozen JR. expands upon the emotional relationship and journey between Princesses Anna and Elsa. When faced with danger, the two discover their hidden potential and the powerful bond of sisterhood. With a cast of beloved characters and loaded with magic, adventure, and plenty of humor, Frozen JR. is sure to thaw even the coldest heart!
Educational Gallery Rebrands With New Still Life Exhibition
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2019
The main gallery space inside Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has a new name, a new mission and a new exhibition.
Cast Announced For AGNES OF GOD At The Fountain Hills Theater
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2019
Summoned to a convent, Dr. Martha Livingstone, a court-appointed psychiatrist, is charged with assessing the sanity of a novice accused of murdering her newborn. Miriam Ruth, the Mother Superior, determinedly keeps young Agnes from the doctor, further arousing Livingstone's suspicions. Who killed the infant, and who fathered the tiny victim? Livingstone's questions force all three women to re-examine the meaning of faith and the power of love, leading to a dramatic, compelling climax. A hit on Broadway and later on film.
Tenth Annual Herberger Theater Festival Of The Arts Returns To Phoenix
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2019
The tenth annual Herberger Theater Festival of the Arts returns to downtown Phoenix on Saturday, October 26, 2019, 11:30am-5:00pm, at the Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe Street.
A 7th Anniversary Celebration With Alumni of The Jazz Messengers Highlights The Nash October Calendar
by BWW News Desk - September 18, 2019
Celebrate the Nash's 7th anniversary with a slate of performances from some of the world's premier jazz players, including alumni from Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers!
Borderlands Theater And A Todo Dar Productions Presents THEIR DOGS CAME WITH THEM
by BWW News Desk - September 18, 2019
From the award-winning writer of Your Healing is Killing Me, blu, and The Panza Monologues, Virginia Grise returns to Tucson with Their Dogs Came with Them, a new play about the destruction and displacement of a Mexican-American community, roaming dogs, quarantines, earthmovers and ancient voladores.
SWEENEY TODD Comes To Arizona Broadway Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 17, 2019
Arizona Broadway Theatre (ABT) kicks off its 15th Season with Stephen Sondheim's musical theatre masterpiece, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, October 11 - November 9, 2019, at Arizona Broadway Theatre in Peoria, Arizona.
Equity Cast Announced For BAUER At BLK BOX PHX
by BWW News Desk - September 17, 2019
BLK BOX PHX is proud to be offering three Actors' Equity Association contracts for their upcoming production of BAUER, the visceral and visual true story of forgotten modern artist Rudolf Bauer, struggling with his fading place in the history of art. Congratulations to Brian Runbeck, Maria Amorocho Weisbrod & Shana Rebilas Bousard. BAUER is written by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Elaine 'E.E.' Moe, member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society.
BWW Review: Childsplay Presents THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE ~ A Triumph Of The Heart!
by Herbert Paine - September 16, 2019
Under the direction of Childsplay's Artistic Director, Dwayne Hartford, THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE is as powerful and poignant in its emotional punch as its first showing in 2014. Featuring stellar moving portrayals by Katie McFadzen, David Dickinson, Kyle Sorrell, Debra K. Stevens, and Ricky Araiza,the show is a family must-see. Runs on Saturdays and Sundays through October 13th at the Herberger Theater Center's Stage West in Phoenix.
EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL To Be Unleashed On Downtown Glendale
by BWW News Desk - September 13, 2019
The Brelby Theatre Company, located in Historic Downtown Glendale, is dying with excitement to present the Evil Dead The Musical. Combining elements of the cult classic films The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness, the result is one of the craziest, funniest, and bloodiest theatrical experiences of all time.
Benjamin Benne Wins Arizona Theatre Company's National Latinx Playwriting Award
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2019
Benjamin Benne, a previous finalist for Arizona Theatre Company's (ATC) (Sean Daniels, Artistic Director; Billy Russo, Managing Director) National Latinx Playwriting Award (NLPA), formerly the National Latino Playwriting Award, took top honors this year for Alma, which mines the tension between a mother and her daughter who stands on the precipice of adulthood in today's politically-charged environment.
Phoenix Chorale Opens Season with LUX AETERNA
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2019
Artistic Director Christopher Gabbitas makes his highly anticipated debut leading the Grammy-Winning Phoenix Chorale in its first concerts of the 2019/20 Season. Gabbitas was named Artistic Director of the sixty year-old Phoenix Chorale in May, becoming the eighth conductor in the organization's history.
MAMMA MIA! Extends at Fountain Hills Theater
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2019
Fountain Hills Theater announces the EXTENSION of the hit ABBA musical Mamma Mia! through Sept 29th.
BWW Review: iTheatre Collaborative Presents Anna Ziegler's ACTUALLY - He Said. She Said. And The Quest For Truth
by Herbert Paine - September 10, 2019
iTheatre Collaborative presents Anna Ziegler's ACTUALLY. He Said. She Said. And The Quest For Truth. This is the scenario that is center stage in iTheatre Collaborative's stirring production of the play, tautly directed by Rosemary Close and featuring bristling performances by Elizabeth Broeder and Rapheal Hamilton. Runs through September 21st in the The Kax Stage at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix.
BWW Review: INTO THE WOODS at Mesa Encore Theatre
by Lee Cooley - September 10, 2019
It's not be the most lavish production, but it's got a lot of chudzpah. If you're a Sondheim fan who's not adverse to long and sometimes less than pitch-perfect performances, then pack a lunch and get your tix! https://bit.ly/2lGsKT8
Free Downloadable Tickets Available To See PJ MASKS At Phoenix Famtastical Festival
by BWW News Desk - September 09, 2019
Free downloadable tickets are available to see P.J. Masks, everyone's favorite mystery-solving heroes, at the 2019 Phoenix Famtastical Festival (formerly the Phoenix Children's Festival) with a full lineup of family activities, entertainment and themed adventures from 10 a.m.a?"5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 28 at 1st Avenue and Washington St. in downtown Phoenix.
Diablo Ballet Announces 26th Season
by BWW News Desk - September 09, 2019
Diablo Ballet's programming for the 2019-2020 season presents breathtaking performances of classic ballets by George Balanchine and Val Caniparoli and stunning contemporary works by today's top award-winning choreographers, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Penny Saunders, and Stanton Welch.
BWW Review: Arizona Broadway Theatre Goes To Camp-y With XANADU ~ A-musing!
by Herbert Paine - September 08, 2019
Arizona Broadway THeatre's production of XANADU, directed and choreographed by Courtney Laine Self, is a friendly and joyful reminder that the human experience is rendered comprehensible through art. Otherwise, a campy show with flashes of fine performances. Runs through September 29th.
ALL THE WRONG PLACES Comes to Now & Then Creative Co
by BWW News Desk - September 08, 2019
XANADU Arrives At Arizona Broadway Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2019
Arizona Broadway Theatre (ABT), Arizona's Leader in Musical Theatre, finishes the fourteenth season with the hilarious roller-skating, finger-tapping Xanadu.
BWW Review: Hale Centre Theatre Presents BRIGHT STAR
by Herbert Paine - September 06, 2019
If you believe that things happen for a reason, that redemption is possible, and that perhaps lives that are torn apart can be made whole again, then this BRIGHT STAR is the one to follow. Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's BRIGHT STAR, directed by Tim Dietlein, runs through October 5th at the Hale Centre Theatre in Gilbert, AZ.
Rob And Laurie Glaser To Receive Arizona Theatre Company's Georgy Award
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2019
Longtime Arizona Theatre Company (Sean Daniels, Artistic Director; Billy Russo, Managing Director) supporters Rob and Laurie Glaser will receive The Georgy Award for their passionate commitment to theatre and ATC at Life is a Cabaret, the 2019 annual fund-raising gala on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Temple of Music & Art, 330 S. Scott Ave.

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