Phoenix Metro Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 18

BWW Review: XERXES at ASU School Of Music
by Emily Noxon - February 15, 2019

Xerxes is the King, and the King gets what he wants. Unless it's Romilda, who is in love with the King's brother, Arsamene. In Handel's 40th opera, the humor and absurdity of love is presented....

BWW Review: THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE Inspires Young Minds at Valley Youth Theatre
by Seth Tucker - February 11, 2019

The Miracle of Valley Youth Theatre Comes From Within. "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" is beautifully helmed by Carolyn Marie Wright. Congratulation to VYT, Dwayne Hartford and Bobb Cooper for continuing to be progressive leaders in youth theatre and for refusing to shy away from difficult...

BWW Review: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE at Toro Theatre Company
by Emily Noxon - February 10, 2019

Abby and Martha Brewster are pillars of the community in Brooklyn. When their nephew, Mortimer, finds out about their 'merciful' good deeds, his life is in a shambles. Further complications arise when his brother, Jonathan returns home and demands a place at home....

BWW Review: ANA MARIA MARTINEZ at Crowder Hall, U Of AZ
by Maria Nockin - February 06, 2019

On February 5, 2019, The Tucson Desert Song Festival and the University of Arizona (UA) presented a recital of Spanish language art songs by soprano Ana Maria Martinez and pianist Craig Terry in Crowder Hall. The songs, from Spain, Mexico, Cuba, and Puerto Rico were appropriate to the Puerto Rican s...

BWW Review: ALADDIN at ASU Gammage
by Emily Noxon - February 04, 2019

Aladdin wants to change his life and he gets the opportunity when he befriends a Genie. Will three wishes be enough to help him win the heart of Princess Jasmine?...

BWW Review: THE PRODUCERS at Fountain Hills Theater
by Nathaniel Jones - February 04, 2019

Fountain Hills Theater shows us 'where we went right' with The Producers....

BWW Review: VANYA AND SONYA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at Mesa Encore Theatre
by Emily Noxon - January 20, 2019

Vanya and Sonya and Masha have to learn how to deal with aging, living with one another, and youths....

BWW Preview: THE FIREBIRD AND LA SYLPHIDE at Symphony Hall
by Maria Nockin - January 11, 2019

Are you wondering what you and your love should to do on Valentines Day? Ballet Arizona is presenting the world premiere of Ib Andersen's THE FIREBIRD to music by Igor Stravinsky at Symphony Hall from February 14 to 17, 2019....

BWW Review: HELLO, DOLLY! at ASU Gammage
by Emily Noxon - January 09, 2019

Dolly Levi is a fast-talking, relationship adviser. She has her hands in several relationships, including her own with Horace Vandergelder. Hijinks ensue as Dolly gets exactly what she wants....

BWW Review: ELLA ENCHANTED at Childsplay Theatre
by Nathaniel Jones - December 17, 2018

Childsplay's Ella Enchanted is enchanting theatergoers young and young at heart....

BWW Review: S#!TFACED SHAKESPEARE at BLK BOX PHX
by Lee Cooley - December 11, 2018

S#!TFACED SHAKESPEARE doth not fall on its countenance, but one cast member per night could indeed given the imbibing that precedes and continues throughout each performance. Drink along or merrily watch...lest ye be called up on stage! Tickets at www.blkboxphx.com thru NYE....

BWW Review: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD at Arizona Regional Theatre
by Emily Noxon - December 10, 2018

Songs for a New World presents the joy and the heartache of the human condition....

BWW Review: THE REVOLUTIONISTS at Tempe Center For The Arts
by Emily Noxon - December 10, 2018

Set during the height of the French Revolution, The Revolutionists presents the story of four women who fought for equality and freedom and paid the ultimate sacrifice....

BWW Review: BYE BYE BIRDIE at DESERT FOOTHILLS THEATER
by Nathaniel Jones - November 18, 2018

Don't miss your 'One Last Kiss' at Desert Foothills Theater's production of BYE BYE BIRDIE....

BWW Review: PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE at Southwest Shakespeare Company
by Emily Noxon - November 07, 2018

The 25th anniversary season at Southwest Shakespeare company is in full swing with Pericles, the Prince of Tyre....

BWW Review: ON YOUR FEET! at ASU Gammage
by Lee Cooley - November 07, 2018

The touring company production of ON YOUR FEET! (The Emilio & Gloria Estefan Broadway Musical) personifies the evolution of 80's Cuban-pop music by the Miami Sound Machine....

BWW Review: RHINOCEROS at Now & Then Creative Company
by Nathaniel Jones - November 04, 2018

Pachyderms demolish the 4th wall and help us contemplate the inevitability of change in Now & Then Creative Company's production of RHINOCEROS....

BWW Review: FRANKENSTEIN at Southwest Shakespeare Company
by Emily Noxon - October 30, 2018

Plagued with the desire to create life, Viktor Frankenstein realizes that creation comes with a price....

BWW Review: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at MCC PAC Musical Productions
by Emily Noxon - October 27, 2018

Frederick Frankenstein does not want to join the family business, but he cannot refuse once he moves to Transylvania....

BWW Review: 12 ANGRY JURORS at Toro Theatre Company
by Emily Noxon - October 26, 2018

Set in 1957, 12 jurors from different backgrounds argue over the fate of a 16 year old boy accused of murder...

BWW Review: THE WORLD GOES ROUND at Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts
by Emily Noxon - October 19, 2018

The World Goes Round musical revue features songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb. You will recognize the classic songs from Chicago, Cabaret, and New York, New York and fall in love with the superb cast....

BWW Review: STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Fountain Hills
by Emily Noxon - October 14, 2018

Set in 1980's Louisana, Steel Magnolias presents a real-life look into relationships through joy and heart ache....

BWW Review: WAITRESS at ASU Gammage
by Emily Noxon - October 03, 2018

Waitress, the charming musical about an unhappily married, pregnant, pie-maker charms it's way through relationship issues and helps the audience understand that you can be truly happy and not just 'happy enough'....

BWW Review: Hale Centre Theatre Presents THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
by Herbert Paine - August 30, 2018

Hale Centre Theatre's season-opening production of THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, directed by the inimitable Cambrian James ~ is two and a half hours of spirited story-telling, featuring a bravura performance by Austin Delp as the heroic Sir Percy Blakeney. Show runs through October 6th....

BWW Review: MISANTHROPE, Camden People's Theatre
by Gary Naylor - June 22, 2018

Moliere's masterpiece is given a 'fake news' update, but the narrative thrust gets lost in an avalanche of words....