William Shakespeare

Bloody Good Time

Nearly Naked Theatre's Shakespeare's R & J Is an Early-Season Highlight

Five Gifts for Crazy Theater People

​If you're intimate enough to be exchanging gifts with either a fan or a practitioner of theater, you know that "they" can be extremely ... uh, particular. They tend to feel misunderstood, so you'll score huge friendship points if you give a gift that shows you get them. Here are a few ideas: 1. ... More >>

Very Bard Things

​If you're intimate enough to be exchanging gifts with either a fan or a practitioner of theater, you know that "they" can be extremely ... uh, particular. They tend to feel misunderstood, so you'll score huge friendship points if you give a gift that shows you get them. Here are a few ideas: 1. ... More >>

Rock and Role

​If you're intimate enough to be exchanging gifts with either a fan or a practitioner of theater, you know that "they" can be extremely ... uh, particular. They tend to feel misunderstood, so you'll score huge friendship points if you give a gift that shows you get them. Here are a few ideas: 1. ... More >>

Fairy Interesting

​If you're intimate enough to be exchanging gifts with either a fan or a practitioner of theater, you know that "they" can be extremely ... uh, particular. They tend to feel misunderstood, so you'll score huge friendship points if you give a gift that shows you get them. Here are a few ideas: 1. ... More >>

Wyrm Food

Author revisits the French and Indian War, fantasy-style

The Food of Love

O, had you but followed the arts

10 Cringe-Worthy Candies That Probably Taste Awesome

​Candy just isn't what it used to be. We have entered a world where nothing is sacred and anything goes. Abd we're not just talking about gum that changes flavor half way through or candy that you spray into your mouth, those are gross but they certainly can't hold a candle to what's on our li ... More >>

Curtains: The Fantasticks at Scottsdale's Desert Stages

Ron Nachtwey / Composition PhotographyDesiree Vaughan and Nathan Dunn are The Fantasticks.​Oh, my. 1960 (and what passed for groundbreaking then) was a very long time ago, wasn't it? The longest-running musical ever in the whole world, The Fantasticks, manages to make that very clear while still d ... More >>

Doubt, a Parable; Rabbit Hole; and Nearly Naked Take Home the Hardware in This Year’s Robbie Awards

Ron Nachtwey / Composition PhotographyDesiree Vaughan and Nathan Dunn are The Fantasticks.​Oh, my. 1960 (and what passed for groundbreaking then) was a very long time ago, wasn't it? The longest-running musical ever in the whole world, The Fantasticks, manages to make that very clear while still d ... More >>

New Restaurant Round-up

So many new restaurants, so little time. But hey, at least I'm trying to keep track of them for you. Here's a quick cheat sheet on new spots that have opened recently. In Phoenix, there's Postino Central, Moira Sushi, Scramble, Corona Cantina, Barrio Cantina & Grill, Saito's Japanese Steakhouse, ... More >>

Budget Beat: The Hero Factory

"Life is like a sandwich. The more you add to it, the better it becomes." I have no idea what genius offered that pearl -- Shakespeare? Thoreau? Charles Schulz? -- and, frankly, I don't care to take the time to look it up, because I'm too busy planning my next trip to The Hero Factory, a bre ... More >>

Coming Soon: Shakespeare's

Funny how as St. Patrick's Day approaches, it forces aspiring pub owners to pick up the slack and get their doors open in time for the beer-centric holiday. For example, consider last week's timely opening of The Turf downtown. Another new place just might be open for St. Patty's, too (at least that ... More >>

Wes Martin

Everything's up to date in Kansas City

Dream Cleaver

Hacking at a fantasy wonderland

Theater Scene

What's running now

Theater Scene

What's running now

Theater Scene

What's running now

Theater Scene

What's running now

Theater Scene

What's running now

Erika Rolfsrud

Making 'em laugh

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

Making 'em laugh

Love to Hate Me

Scraps from the big man's mailbag

Tongue and Groove

Count Smokula lights up the Trunk Space

Slick Willy

Dinner theater serves up the sweet stuff

True Confessions

Summer heat makes us want to sit perfectly still and read about peoples wild, wild lives

Pieces of Ib

Ballet Arizona makes sense of Mosaik

RenFest Retch

Into medieval torture? Try the food at the Renaissance Festival.

Tricks of the Trade

Craig Davis enlightens the magically suspicious

Bard Company

Macbeth meets the classic-rock block in Scotland, PA.

Learned Hand

TV-mom icon Michael Learned brings her stage skills to Sedona Shakespeare

Fairy Warning

Proving that muses are more than mere myth, we expose the unusual inspirations for the latest crop of Valley bands

Best Place to Put Your Kids in the Spotlight

Herberger Theater Center's Volunteer Usher Program
222 East Monroe
602-254-7399, extension 176

Let's Much Ado It Again

Three shows on this year's slate for the Shakespeare Theatre

Shakespeare -- The Lost Episodes

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Thou Swellington

All hands on Duke in exuberant Play On!

Bard Karma

All hands on Duke in exuberant Play On!

'Tis Pity He's a Moor

Shakespearean hanky-panky sparks Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief

Crown Ruse

Despite wildly uneven production, King Lear rules

In Farm's Way

Film version of A Thousand Acres tries to cover too much ground

Si World

Film version of A Thousand Acres tries to cover too much ground

Hype, Hype, Hooray

Remembering 1996's overlooked--and way overrated--films

Avon Crawling

In Valley theatres, there's a whole lotta Shakespeare goin' on

Much Skidoo About Nothing

Shakespeare's Gentlemen time-trip into the Roaring Twenties

Pic Hits for the week

Shakespeare's Gentlemen time-trip into the Roaring Twenties

Pic Hits for the week

Shakespeare's Gentlemen time-trip into the Roaring Twenties

Slumber Camp

Shakespeare's Gentlemen time-trip into the Roaring Twenties

BARD COMPANY

Shakespeare's Gentlemen time-trip into the Roaring Twenties

COCINA GAMBOLING

Shakespeare's Gentlemen time-trip into the Roaring Twenties