Ben Tyler

Robrt Pela on Local Theater Troupes' Tough Times in 2011

Barry Conservative

Curtains: Southwest Shakespeare's Blithe Spirit Is Blithe and Spirited, Thank God

Ash Rhodes, BlackHole Photography Justine Hartley (left), Ben Tyler, and Serena Vesper are ectoplasmically challenged in Blithe Spirit.​Wanna know a secret about publicity photos? A show's final hair and makeup designs often do not appear in them, since they're taken weeks or months before ... More >>

Curtains: David Barker's Dodging Bullets at ASU Tempe

David BarkerA theater experience always includes, at a minimum, you and a performer. Ideally, you both emerge transformed. It doesn't get much more perfectly bare-bones than Dodging Bullets, a one-man show by ASU prof and local theater artist David Barker. In 65 minutes on a nearly empty stage, thi ... More >>

View of the Harbor at Herberger Theater Is Saved by Its Cast

David BarkerA theater experience always includes, at a minimum, you and a performer. Ideally, you both emerge transformed. It doesn't get much more perfectly bare-bones than Dodging Bullets, a one-man show by ASU prof and local theater artist David Barker. In 65 minutes on a nearly empty stage, thi ... More >>

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Jazz Hands

The Energy Trio is equal parts Coltrane and Cobain

David Hemphill

Histrionic truth

GUV Hurts

Lopping off heads of state

What a Sight

Actors Theatre paints a picture

Hale Breaks Loose

Hale Center Theatre's Pirates offers a unique view of an old classic.

Pieces of Ib

Ballet Arizona makes sense of Mosaik

Author, Author

Jewish Theatre production has the write stuff

The Last Days of Ladmo

A new play raises the curtain on the off-screen life of Arizona's favorite TV clown

Keeping It Real

Tom Stoppard's lush and layered The Real Thing is just enough for Actors Theatre to handle

Anti-Social Intercourse

In Black Theatre Troupe's bawdy bIRTH, only the audience gets screwed

The Pink Slip

What's behind the accusations that got artistic directors fired from two local troupes?

Flight From Phoenix

In 1944, 25 German POWs tunneled out of the Papago Park internment camp. Now, a Valley playwright has excavated their adventure.

Ho Ho Ha Ha Hee Hee

In 1944, 25 German POWs tunneled out of the Papago Park internment camp. Now, a Valley playwright has excavated their adventure.

Loco Boys Make Good

Wallace & Ladmo Show channels beloved Valley TV nut fest

Geek Comedy

Oldfangled A Thousand Clowns is still funny despite outdated characters

Major League

Mr. Rickey hits a home run with legendary baseball tale

The Return of Nativity

Mr. Rickey hits a home run with legendary baseball tale

Calendar for the week

Mr. Rickey hits a home run with legendary baseball tale

Party of One

Arizona's GOP stalwart holds court in lively Goldwater: Mr. Conservative

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Arizona's GOP stalwart holds court in lively Goldwater: Mr. Conservative

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Arizona's GOP stalwart holds court in lively Goldwater: Mr. Conservative

The Simple Simon

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CROWD WHEEZER

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TRIFLING WITH SUCCESS

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THE RED RIVER'S MAIDEN VOYAGETEMPE'S VERSION OF HEE HAW LIVES AT NEW OPRY HOUSE

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The Haunting of Mill House

The Mill Avenue gang won't breathe easy until they get a few performances under their garter belts.