Phoenix Metro Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 38

BWW Reviews: Color A BLOODY MARY CHRISTMAS Blue
by Herbert Paine - December 08, 2014

Space 55's A Bloody Mary Christmas is not your typical Holiday fare, but it is most assuredly, raucous run of laughs, featuring the comedic trio of Toni Jourdan, Paula McKenny, and Lee Quarrie as distressed, disgruntled, over-the-hill denizens of a condo in senior city....

BWW Reviews: MURDER FOR TWO Follows Protocol at Temple Of Music And Art
by Maria Rita Meli - December 08, 2014

A cop who plays by the rules, dreaming of making detective, and his suspects deliver a full 90 minutes of a madcap fun evening of theatre -- and this is all pulled off by two actors....

BWW Reviews: Theatre Artists Studio Strikes It Rich ON GOLDEN POND
by Herbert Paine - December 05, 2014

In a beautifully designed and rustically appointed set, director Brad Allen has choreographed a sensitively balanced dance of requited and unrequited loves, supported by a marvelous cast, in Ernest Thompson's ON GOLDEN POND. Michael Fleck and Judy Lebeau have crafted an attractive and endearing port...

BWW Reviews: TOMMY J AND SALLY Face Off In Dueling Stereotypes
by Herbert Paine - December 05, 2014

Roosevelt Watts and Sarah Chapman bear the slings and arrows of racial stereotyping in Mark Medoff's riveting TOMMY J AND SALLY, now on stage at Black Theatre Troupe and smartly directed by Janet Arnold....

BWW Reviews: There May Be A MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET But It's Not In The Musical
by Herbert Paine - December 04, 2014

The musical version of Miracle on 34th Street is a weak substitute for the film classic, a point validated by The Palms Theatre's current production....

BWW Reviews: THE CAPITOL STEPS Show No Mercy - Thankfully!
by Herbert Paine - December 02, 2014

The Capitol Steps, a marvelously talented and creative group of satirists remind us how important a healthy sense of humor is, particularly given the foibles and follies of the politically powerful....

BWW Reviews: Arizona Broadway Theatre's WHITE CHRISTMAS Is A Yuletide Treat
by Herbert Paine - December 02, 2014

It's Yuletide at Arizona Broadway Theatre, and the musical du jour is the ever-appealing White Christmas, served with all the sugar and spice that has made Irving Berlin's classic a seasonal favorite. In his directorial/choreographic debut at ABT, Stephen Casey has imbued this production with distin...

BWW Reviews: NEW WORLD SYMPHONY Caps a Program of Virtuoso Performances
by Herbert Paine - December 02, 2014

JoAnn Falletta guest conducts the Phoenix Symphony with authority, conviction, and intensity. Dvo?ak's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World., is in the best of hands. Chloe Hanslip delivers a virtuoso performance of Prokofiev's Concerto No. 1 in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op....

BWW Reviews: Phoenix Theatre's MARY POPPINS Is the Resounding Sum of All Its Fabulous Parts
by Herbert Paine - November 24, 2014

Phoenix Theatre has rolled out the Holiday Season carpet with a Mary Poppins that will delight children of all ages and set the standard for this musical for years to come. The beauty of Michael Barnard's direction and musical staging is the seamless welding of a top-of-the-line cast and a brilliant...

BWW Reviews: Arizona Theatre Company Revival of WAIT UNTIL DARK Is Riveting
by Herbert Paine - November 17, 2014

No matter if you saw the original Broadway production or the classic film version of Wait Until Dark, the fact of the matter is that Arizona Theatre Company, in co-production with Geva Theatre Center, has mounted a show that stands on its own two feet as riveting and suspenseful drama....