Phoenix Metro Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 19

BWW Review: Kids Rock SCHOOL OF ROCK!
by Herbert Paine - June 20, 2018

Rocking performances by super kids and Rob Colletti make the National Tour of SCHOOL OF ROCK a riproaring good time. Now at ASU Gammage through June 24th....

BWW Review: LOW DOWN DIRTY BLUES at Herberger Theater Center
by Lee Cooley - April 16, 2018

If you've ever wondered what kind of music led to The British Invasion of the 1960s, go see LOW DOWN DIRTY BLUES, now through April 22 at the Herberger Theater in Phoenix, Ariz....

BWW Review: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT at Don Bluth Front Row Theatre
by Lee Cooley - April 13, 2018

Adapting a classic film to the stage is no easy task. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT director Erica Parrish found it 'a challenge, but lots of fun.'...

BWW Review: ANCIENT MUSICAL TREASURES FROM CENTRAL CHINA at Musical Instrument Museum
by Lee Cooley - February 19, 2018

Ancient Chinese Secret? Harmony in music is a metaphor for harmony in life. Hear it, feel it during the Ancient Musical Treasure exhibit through May 6 at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix....

BWW Review: Hail, Hail The Hale's A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Herbert Paine - December 10, 2017

David Dietlein's production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Hale Centre Theatre through December 23 gift wraps the celebrated tale of Ebenezer Scrooge's redemption with all the sparkle, festivity, and messaging that befits the Holiday Season. Cory McCloskey delivers an outstanding performance as Scrooge...

BWW Review: DIE HARD: A CHRISTMAS STORY at Playhouse On The Park
by Lee Cooley - December 04, 2017

What happens when you mix puppets with cult classics like DIE HARD, A WONDERFUL LIFE and A CHRISTMAS CAROL? Just ask the All Puppet Players artistic director and movie buff Shaun Michael McNamara or better yet, see it....

BWW Review: FUN HOME at ASU Gammage
by Erin Kong - September 11, 2017

Fun Home relays the story of Alison Bechdel, a cartoonist who wrote a graphic memoir that serves as the basis for the musical. Fun Home explores Bechdel's life and her relationship with her father, a closeted gay man....

BWW Review: 1070 at Herberger Theater Center
by Lee Cooley - June 24, 2017

New Carpa Theater's #1070theplay shows the impact S.B. 1070 had on one Mexican family and the damage done to @ArizonaTourism....

BWW Review: URINETOWN at Mesa Encore Theatre
by Erin Kong - May 31, 2017

Satirical works tend to resurface during trying social and political times, and Mesa Encore Theatre's production of Urinetown timing is impeccable. Urinetown takes place in a dystopian-esque world, where due to a severe drought, private toilets are banned by the government, and citizens can only rel...

BWW Review: THE BOOK OF MORMON Tour Two at ASU Gammage
by Lee Cooley - May 21, 2017

THE BOOK OF MORMON is just as irreverently funny now as it was when it opened in 2011....

BWW Review: WONDERLAND: ALICE'S ROCK & ROLL ADVENTURE at Childsplay
by Erin Kong - May 16, 2017

Childsplay kicks off their summer with the rockin' Wonderland: Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure, a reinvented production of the treasured stories by Lewis Carroll, written by Rachel Rockwell with a score by Michael Mahler....

BWW Review: The Nuclear Implodes In Stray Cat Theatre's HIR
by Erin Kong - May 07, 2017

Change can be jarring. The contemporary worldwide rise of populism demonstrates the backlash of the older generations against the new social current. Stray Cat Theatre's Hir showcases this social metamorphosis through the implosion of a nuclear family and its identity politics....

BWW Review: HOLMES AND WATSON Solve Another Case!
by Maria Rita Meli - April 24, 2017

A thrilling new mystery from the playwright of Arizona Theatre Company's smash hit Sherlock Holmes and the Adventures of the Suicide Club and the film Mr. Holmes makes its world premiere at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson, Arizona; Jeffrey Hatcher's Holmes and Watson will leave you on the edge...

BWW Review: NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS at Hale Centre Theatre
by Lee Cooley - April 16, 2017

NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS flashes back to simpler, slower-paced times. Great for 1950s sitcom fans 65+....

BWW Review: RING OF FIRE Pays Tribute to a Legend
by Maria Rita Meli - March 13, 2017

The story of Johnny Cash, one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century, comes vibrantly to life on stage in Arizona Theatre Company's crowd pleasing Ring of Fire: the Music of Johnny Cash....

BWW Review: MATILDA THE MUSICAL Is Magic At ASU Gammage
by Erin Kong - February 13, 2017

While Matilda the Musical is silly, it is by no means lighthearted--rather, it is full of dark twists, and strong social messages about the cruelty of society, and the imagination that suffers because of it. The national tour of Matilda the Musical is based off of the classic children's novel by Ro...

BWW Review: LA ESQUINITA, USA at Temple Of Music And Art
by Maria Rita Meli - January 23, 2017

It's a small town, La Esquinita, USA. One, perhaps some of us are familiar with, while others not so much, but the story of such a place is not entirely uncommon....

BWW Review: A VERY HAIRY JAVELINA HOLIDAY at Childsplay Theatre
by Erin Kong - December 19, 2016

A Very Hairy Javelina Holiday has been in workshop for several years, and made its official debut at Childsplay Theatre this winter. With book and lyrics by Jenny Millinger, music by Todd Hulet, and based on the books by Susan Lowell, A Very Hairy Javelina Holiday is a family-fun treasure appropriat...

BWW Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Brings Tradition to Tucson
by Maria Rita Meli - December 12, 2016

Regarded as one of the greatest musicals of all time, the Fiddler on the Roof comes to Tucson for the first time, making it the largest production the Arizona Theatre Company has produced in over thirty years, and it does not disappoint....

BWW Review: ANYTHING YOU CAN HEAR AND ONLY HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE Triumphs at Stray Cat Theatre
by Erin Kong - December 12, 2016

This Quentin Tarantino-style black comedy is written by Arizona native playwright and actor Ron Hunting, and runs through December 10 at Stray Cat Theatre for its world premiere. 'Anything You Hear and Only Half of What You See' is a dark, yet hilarious delight, driven by plot twist and turns that l...

BWW Review: MAMMA MIA! at ASU Gammage
by Lee Cooley - December 08, 2016

#MammaMia Farewell as good/better than previous national tours @ASUGammage...