BORDERLANDS THEATER

by Herbert Paine - March 31, 2026

By the mid-1920s the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo) were already well known on the vaudeville circuit. Broadway gave their mayhem a larger canvas. Producer Sam Harris commissioned a musical comedy built around them, pairing their improvisational chaos with the polish of Berlin’s ...

by Herbert Paine - March 30, 2026

A tour de force, a musical perfectly crafted and performed, and directed by Dzifa Kwawu with remarkable precision. A must-see!...

by Zach Wetzel - March 28, 2026

INSIDE OUT is a truly moving piece of theatre....

by Herbert Paine - March 23, 2026

With four actors on a generally bare deck, and a whale that exists in our imagination, the old story of compulsion and the sea finds a fresh, unexpectedly playful life....

by Zach Wetzel - March 22, 2026

This production is filled with sparkling wit and fantastic performances!...

by Zach Wetzel - March 21, 2026

THE ROOMMATE is a clever and well-acted production....

by Herbert Paine - March 18, 2026

What’s more satisfying than watching six wronged women reclaim their power? Watching them do it in rhinestone corsets, backed by a thunderous girl band and enough LED lighting to short-circuit Times Square. SIX, the British import that’s barreled from university revue to Broadway headliner like ...

by Herbert Paine - March 17, 2026

Stephen Casey, the director and choreographer of Arizona Broadway Theatre’s production of PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL, understands something essential about adapting a modern fairy tale, especially one rooted in a Rodeo Drive fantasy, for the stage: unless the performers anchor the story in authenti...

by Cheyenne Lewis - March 15, 2026

Nearly 161 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by actor John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre as he watched a production of OUR AMERICA COUSIN. Every American knows this famous and tragic tale, but not everyone will know the story of those on stage that night. Making its full-length premie...

by Cheyenne Lewis - March 13, 2026

Every couple deserves a space to feel safe, accepted, celebrated, and normal. Although a milestone was crossed in 2015 with the legalization of gay marriage in the United States, many people, both in and outside of the United States, are still unable to love freely. The Bridge Initiative’s perform...