Subject: Martha Clarke

• Curtains: Bye Bye Birdie at Arizona Broadway Theatre in Peoria

  courtesy of Arizona Broadway TheatreJustin Jutras is the swoon-worthy Conrad Birdie in ABT's Bye Bye Birdie.Martha J. Clarke and the costume shop of Arizona Broadway Theatre have done it again. From the cowboy-print pajamas on little brother Randolph to the huge, crinolined confections on the wives and mothers, ABT's Bye Bye Birdie is a vinyl overnight bag crammed with the ginchiest Barbie and Ken outfits for you, the audience member, to enjoy. Popping with turquoise, tangerine, kelly green, and

  July 8, 2009

• Curtains: Arizona Broadway Theatre's Anything Goes in Peoria

  ©2009 Arizona Broadway TheatreGina Handy (center) and the cast of Anything Goes rock us on the waters.​Tap-dancing has become kind of a specialty thing, though maybe I'm the only person who ever found it mainstream. Anyway, you don't see tap numbers frequently, and sometimes when you do see one, the shoes don't all have taps on them and the orchestra plays really loud so you can't hear that the timing is not militarily precise. (Because it's a hard thing to do.)Not so at Arizona Broadway Thea

  October 26, 2009