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STARLIGHT COMMUNITY THEATER

1611 W. Whispering Wind Dr
Phoenix, AZ 85085



Review: DADDY LONG LEGS at The Phoenix Theatre Company


by Herbert Paine - April 04, 2026

A small, sincere musical that reaches for neither spectacle nor modernity....

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...

Past Shows

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Jun 6 – Jun 22, 2025

The world-famous Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his mysterious factory…but only to a lucky few. Young Charlie Bucket and four other golden ticket winners...

Scotland Road
Scotland Road
Apr 25 – Apr 27, 2025

Scotland Road tells the story of a young woman found floating on an iceberg some 75 years after the sinking of the Titanic. Her doctor,...

Goosebumps, The Musical
Goosebumps, The Musical
Apr 4 – Apr 13, 2025

Based off of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps Book (The Phantom of the Auditorium) - Brooke and Zeke have been cast as the leads in the schools...

Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
Feb 21 – Mar 2, 2025

Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell Abby and...

Legally Blonde The Musical
Legally Blonde The Musical
Jan 10 – Jan 26, 2025

Based on the hit movie with Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde The Musical is a classic fish-out-of-water tale about being true to yourself and looking fabulous...

The Birds
The Birds
Oct 18 – Oct 20, 2024

Daphne du Maurier’s short story is boldly adapted by Conor McPherson—a gripping, unsettling, and moving look at human relationships in the face of societal collapse.

Junie B. Jones is Not A Crook
Junie B. Jones is Not A Crook
Sep 6 – Sep 15, 2024

Something terrible happened to Junie B. Jones at school today! Someone stole her new furry mittens! So when Junie B. finds a wonderful pen of...

PUFFS!
PUFFS!
Jul 26 – Aug 11, 2024

TWO CASTS - ONE TEEN and ONE ADULTPUFFS! is a fast-paced romp through the "Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and...

The Prom
The Prom
Jun 7 – Jun 23, 2024

Four eccentric Broadway stars hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, they know it’s time to spotlight the issue…and themselves.

A Bench in the Sun
A Bench in the Sun
Apr 26 – Apr 28, 2024

See the comedy that Mel Brooks called, "Very wise, very moving, but most of all, very funny." For one weekend only at Starlight Community Theater!

Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express
Apr 5 – Apr 14, 2024

Agatha Christie's classic story featuring Hecule Poirot is full of romance, tragedy, primal murder and the urge for revenge.

Last Five Years
Last Five Years
Feb 2 – Feb 4, 2024

This modern musical ingeniously chronicles the five-year life of a marriage, from meeting to break-up and from break-up to meeting.  Jason Robert Brown's Drama Desk winner, The...

She Loves Me
She Loves Me
Dec 1 – Dec 17, 2023

Considered by many to be the most charming musical ever written, She Loves Me is a warm romantic comedy with an endearing innocence and a...

Done to Death
Done to Death
Apr 29 – May 7, 2022

Once-famous mystery writers involve the audience as they apply their individual methods to solving various murders. They include a couple who write sophisticated murders, a...

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Feb 18 – Feb 27, 2022

This production of Much Ado About Nothing is set in Chicago just before the repeal of Prohibition. Don Pedro, a notorious rum-runner, has just extracted...

Disney My Son Pinocchio
Disney My Son Pinocchio
Jan 14 – Jan 23, 2022

Join the Blue Fairy, Stromboli and a lively cast of characters as Geppetto journeys beyond the toyshop to discover the meaning of family. When the...

The SpongeBob Musical
The SpongeBob Musical
Dec 3 – Dec 19, 2021

The Arizona Premier of THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL in a community production. In The SpongeBob Musical, we find ourselves in the undersea city of Bikini Bottom,...

The Wacky Horror Cyber Show
The Wacky Horror Cyber Show
Oct 22 – Oct 23, 2021

A virtual production of "The Wacky Horror Cyber Show." Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 2pm and 7pm. Tickets are $10 for an individual and $25...

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Sep 10 – Sep 19, 2021

Randle McMurphy is a charming rogue who contrives to serve a short sentence in an airy mental institution rather than in a prison. This, he...

Footloose
Footloose
Jul 23 – Aug 8, 2021

When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high...

Holy Matrimony!
Holy Matrimony!
Nov 13 – Nov 15, 2020

Can marriage stand the test of time? Donald and Betty Goodwin seek the answer to this question in a two-person, three act comedy that spans...

Dracula
Dracula
Oct 23 – Nov 1, 2020

The mysterious Count Dracula has gone to England where he is living on a large estate next to an insane asylum run by the incredibly...

Radium Girls
Radium Girls
Aug 28 – Aug 30, 2020

In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rageuntil the girls who painted them began to...

Objection: Disorder in the Court
Objection: Disorder in the Court
Aug 7 – Aug 8, 2020

Casey Licit is on a cross-country road trip when shes apprehended and held for trial in a town appropriately named Berserksville. Charged with an outrageous...

Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
Jul 19 – Aug 4, 2019

MAMMA MIA! is an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you'll...

The Pajama Game
The Pajama Game
Feb 22 – Mar 24, 2019

Conditions at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory are anything but peaceful as sparks fly between new superintendent, Sid Sorokin, and Babe Williams, leader of the union...

Avenue Q - School Edition
Avenue Q - School Edition
Jan 18 – Feb 2, 2019

Music and Lyrics by Jeff Marx & Robert Lopez. Book by Jeff Whitty. Based on an original concept by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx. Originally...

It's A Wonderful Life
It's A Wonderful Life
Dec 14 – Dec 16, 2018

Adapted for the stage by James W. Rodgers. Based on the film by Frank Capra and the story by Peter Van Doren Stern. Presented through...

The Princess King
The Princess King
Nov 9 – Nov 10, 2018

Written by Jeff Fluharty. Presented through special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service Everyone loves a good story, especially when it comes to life! Lucille’s mother...

A Murder Is Announced
A Murder Is Announced
Oct 12 – Oct 28, 2018

Written By Agatha Christie & Leslie Darbon Presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Directed by Van Rockwell An announcement in the local paper...

Honk Jr!
Honk Jr!
Sep 7 – Sep 23, 2018

Honk! JR. is a heartwarming celebration of being different that is sure to delight all ages with its sparkling wit, unique charm and memorable score....

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