Phoenix Metro Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 42

BWW Reviews: Applause for Actors Theatre's THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
by Herbert Paine - June 23, 2014

No doubt about it. The Book Club Play, written by Karen Zacarias and masterfully directed by Matthew Weiner, is an audience's delight and a tribute to the latter's commitment to socially relevant and provocative theatre. The ensemble is as good as it gets ~ a dream cast of dynamic and energetic acto...

BWW Reviews: PETER PAN is Flying High at Valley Youth Theatre
by Herbert Paine - June 16, 2014

Valley Youth Theatre rounds out its 25th Anniversary with a spirited and hugely entertaining production of Peter Pan. From the robust overture to the rousing finale, these young actors from six to sixteen give their energetic all in a Broadway-worthy show about the boy who never grows up....

BWW Reviews: Humanity Exposed in Theatre Artists Studio's NEW SUMMER SHORTS
by Herbert Paine - June 14, 2014

Imagine a world without music or dance. Walk in the shoes of war veterans who cope in singular ways with their demons. Feel for the husband who can't get a word in edge-wise between two prototypical controllers, his wife and a doctor. Contemplate government-regulated dinners. Feel for the wife who f...

BWW Reviews: STEEL MAGNOLIAS Bloom at Stagebrush Theatre
by Herbert Paine - June 09, 2014

Steel Magnolias is at heart a play about beauty, not the cosmetic kind that stylists manufacture with gels and lotions and sprays but the kind that tells in the truth lines on a woman's face, in the soul that she bares in private and safe moments with friends. The telling of the tale requires skille...

BWW Reviews: THE FULL MONTY Lifts the Spirits at Mesa Encore Theatre
by Herbert Paine - June 02, 2014

Men of steel, stripped of their power, can regain their mettle when they dare to drop their fears and self-doubt. The Full Monty affirms this truth and reveals more than bare bottoms in Mesa Encore Theatre's final production of its 76th season. Director Chris Hamby, despite some technical glitches t...

BWW Reviews: Jane Krakowski in Concert - A Funny, Sex Kitten Romp
by Risa Peris - April 02, 2012

On March 31 the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts presented Jane Krakowski's cabaret show as part of their Broadway series. Jane Krakowski is a veteran Broadway performer, who has appeared in productions ranging from "Grand Hotel" to "Nine", for which she won a 2003 Tony Award. On screen, Kr...