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DESERT STAGES THEATRE

Desert Stages Theatre, 7014 E Camelback Rd #0586
Scottsdale



Review: THE COCOANUTS at Fountain Hills 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 ...

Review: THREE SISTAHS at Black Theatre Troupe


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!...

Review: INSIDE OUT: MEN BEHIND BARS at The Invisible Theatre


by Zach Wetzel - March 28, 2026

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

Review: MOBY DICK at Southwest Shakespeare Company


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....

Review: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at Live Theatre Workshop


by Zach Wetzel - March 22, 2026

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

Review: THE ROOMMATE at Arizona Theatre Company


by Zach Wetzel - March 21, 2026

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

Review: SIX at ASU Gammage


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 ...

Review: PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL at Arizona Broadway Theatre


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...

Review: OUR AMERICAN TRAGEDY at Sunny Gingham And Banzerini House


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...

Review: STOP KISS at The Bridge Initiative


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...

Past Shows

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
May 28 – Jun 6, 2021

Happiness is great musical theatre! With charm, wit, and heart, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown explores life through the eyes of Charlie Brown and...

Tick, Tick...BOOM!
Tick, Tick...BOOM!
May 7 – May 16, 2021

Tick, Tick Boom! is a musical written by American composer Jonathan Larson, who won a Pulitzer and three Tony Awards for his musical Rent.Tick, Tick...

Neil Simon's THE ODD COUPLE
Neil Simon's THE ODD COUPLE
Apr 9 – Apr 25, 2021

This classic comedy opens as a group of the guys assemble for cards in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. And if the mess is...

Desert Showstoppers: Icons (Encore Fundraiser)
Desert Showstoppers: Icons (Encore Fundraiser)
Jun 2

Stars of the valleys theatre scene come together to raise money for a new Arizona based artistic company and sing their favorite, most impressive, show-stopping...

SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS
SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS
Jan 18 – Mar 3, 2019

A touching and human comedy about a formidable retired woman, Lily Harrison, who hires an acerbic dance instructor, Michael Minetti, to give her private dance...

Of Mice & Men
Of Mice & Men
Sep 4 – Oct 25, 2015

In this touching John Steinbeck classic tale of friendship, George and Lennie are migrant workers in the Great Depression trying to make money to fulfill...

Desert Stages Theatre Presents Rumors
Desert Stages Theatre Presents Rumors
Jun 5 – Jul 26, 2015

When guests arrive at a formal dinner party in a high class New York townhouse they immediately sense something is terribly wrong. There are no...

Desert Stages Theatre Presents Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Jr.
Desert Stages Theatre Presents Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Jr.
May 22 – Jun 21, 2015

Five golden tickets are hidden in Wonka chocolate bars and the world goes bonkers to find one! Winners receive a tour of Willy Wonka’s mysterious...

Desert Stages Theatre Presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Desert Stages Theatre Presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Apr 30 – May 17, 2015

The six very different youngsters who signed up for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee are in for the competition of a lifetime! Follow...

Shrek The Musical
Shrek The Musical
Apr 10 – May 10, 2015

Shrek the ogre happily lives a life of solitude in his swamp, that is until Lord Farquaad banishes all fairytale creatures from the Kingdom of...

Rocky Horror Show
Jul 12 – Aug 10, 2013

A wonderfully weird and wacky musical production, the newly engaged Brad and Janet experience a car breakdown and find themselves one stormy night in the...

The Mousetrap
Jun 7 – Jun 28, 2013

Agatha Christie’s murderous timeless classic The Mousetrap originally opened in London, in 1952, and has captured the imaginations of its audiences ever since. The mystery...

The Butterfly's Day
May 24 – Jun 23, 2013

This Gerry Cullity original musical story adaptation of the Emily Dickinson poem imparts an inspiring magical garden tale about a Butterfly given one day to...

The Foreigner
Mar 22 – May 19, 2013

One man’s lack of words yields an abundance of knowledge when he and a friend lie about his native language. Set in a Georgia fishing...

Legally Blonde the Musical
Apr 12 – May 11, 2013

The blonde and beautiful Elle Woods has the world on a string until her boyfriend, Warner, dumps her. A demolished-turned-determined Elle emerges on a mission,...

Sunset Boulevard
Jan 11 – Feb 10, 2013

SUNSET BOULEVARD weaves a magnificent tale of faded glory and unfulfilled ambition. Silent movie star Norma Desmond longs for a return to the big screen,...

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
May 19 – Jun 18, 2012

"The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable. Joseph, his father's favorite son,...

Altar Boyz
Mar 23 – May 20, 2012

"ALTAR BOYZ is a foot-stomping, rafter-raising, musical comedy about a fictitious Christian boy-band on the last night of their national 'Raise th e Praise' tour....

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