Arizona Theatre Company

Phoenix's New Theater Season Looks for an Edge

Robrt Pela on Local Theater Troupes' Tough Times in 2011

Parental Warring

Arizona Theater Company's The Mystery of Irma Vep Is Victorian Melodrama at Its Funniest

Sex and the Second City Is Neither Sexy Nor Funny

Arizona Theatre Company's The Glass Menagerie Builds a Story Around Story Building

Arizona Theater Company's [title of show] Appeals to More Than Thespians

Terry Goddard Fire Knocks Out Arizona Theatre Company's Phone Lines

The Arizona Theatre Company is asking potential customers to buy tickets online or from its Tucson box office after a fire at state Attorney General Terry Goddard's house knocked out phone lines.Jennifer Spencer, spokeswoman for the company, writes in a comment on our post about the cause of the fir ... More >>

Arizona Theatre Company's Executive Director, Jessica Andrews, Stepping Down

  Jessica Andrews, who helped manage the Arizona Theatre Company for 15 years, is stepping down from her role as executive director following a successful fundraising campaign. In an announcement today (see below), Andrews says her focus on raising money for the theater company in rec ... More >>

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical New Year's Eve Premiere

Actors Theatre presents View of the Harbor, Black Theatre Troupe has Gem of the Ocean, and more in this fall theater preview

And the Robbie Award goes to…

Reviews and previews of what's on Valley stages now

Despite its hitting the right notes, ATC's The Pajama Game seems, oh, ho hum

Reviews and Previews of What's Running Now

The Year in Revue

The good, the bad, and the tuneful

Theater Scene

What's running now

The Play's the Thing

A preview of the 2006-2007 season

Glenn Bruner

Pay some attention to the man behind the curtain

Erika Rolfsrud

Making 'em laugh

Staged Resolutions

Critic pledges to be a good audience member in 2005

A Good Cigar Is a Smoke

ATC's Anna lights up the stage

Get the Blues

ATC's got it bad, and that Ain't's good

The Best and the Rest

Our drama critic reviews the year in theater

So Farce, So Good

Steven Dietz's Over the Moon goes there

The Pursuit of Happiness

Felix Pire's show at the Herberger is part of a local surge in Latino theater

Season of the Switch

Local theater companies are offering a different kind of program this season

Three Times a Lady

ATC has extended its run of My Fair Lady twice. If you see it, you'll understand why.

Pianist Envy

Two piano players strive for the big time in the nearly note-perfect comedy 2 Pianos, 4 Hands

Queen of Arts

Kax Herberger's generation knew the importance of perpetuating the arts. Will a younger generation be as giving?

Stale Mates

Hackneyed How the Other Half Loves is too trite by half, but performers are exemplary

Edifice Complex

Building new cultural facilities is a risky business for Valley cities.

Punched-Up Topsy Turvy

Arizona Theatre Company's H.M.S. Pinafore takes an oldie and makes it even better without losing its integrity

Step Brothers

The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm is an eye-catching update of genius that requires no contemporizing

History Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard

Complete History barely worth recalling, Picasso sparkles

Night & Day

October 8 -14, 1998

Plays of the Day

Laudable Scapin and Mission make for bravo combo

Dowry Queen

Threadbare Heiress finishes out of the money

Mr. Microphone

America's top theatrical sound designer has heard it all

Flying Sorcerer

Arizona Theatre Company works magic with Tony Kushner's grand Illusion

The Winner of Our Discontent

ATC playwriting award doesn't prevent La Malinche from becoming a totally myth-guided production

Much Skidoo About Nothing

Shakespeare's Gentlemen time-trip into the Roaring Twenties

A Taj of Class

Shaw Girl

Rioters' Cramp

Garden of Eaten

Pic Hits for the week

Dreamy Update

HIGH BLOOD COUNT

BACKSTAGE GAS