ON STAGE PHOENIX 2022-2023

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2022-23 SEASON Sponsor Welcome

SINCE 1951, OneAZ Credit Union has been serving Arizonans by providing financial services that uplift the lives of our members and their communities. As a community-focused credit union, we know the value of bringing people together for a common cause.

The Arts do this in a powerful way. Art has the unique ability to transcend boundaries and bring communities together. By spending an evening at a play or an afternoon at a museum, we are transported to enchanting worlds beyond our imaginations. These experiences give us unique insights into cultures and experiences that otherwise would be beyond the scope of our individual lives. In short, the arts bring beauty into our world and open our hearts to one another.

That power in bringing communities together is why OneAZ is a proud supporter of the Arts. Our Credit Union’s mission is to truly improve the lives of our members and the communities we serve. The Arts are one of the most powerful and poignant ways of doing just that. As you enjoy the wonderful shows and exhibits this season, please remember to take some time to reflect on how art can bring value to your neighborhood and community. In service,

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Grant a Wish Today to Provide Hope for Tomorrow.

Wesley, 4, was dealing with 12 hours of dialysis daily and a future transplant surgery when he was referred for a wish through Make-A-Wish Arizona.

His wish to have a playset in his backyard was granted after his transplant surgery – offering him hope and happiness after a traumatic medical journey.

“Wesley has been on his playset every day since it was installed,” said Carol, his grandmother.

“His wish not only uplifted Wesley, it gave all of us a little more hope for the future.”

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Anote like this from a teacher is all the validation that we need to know that our organization opens doors to imagination and creativity, something all children need in today’s world.  Act One’s mission to provide meaningful arts experiences that enhance the academic and creative potential of children and families in Arizona, is more important than ever.

Through our field trip programs, Act One made the world a better place by providing free and low-cost field trips to thousands of children across the state.

We relaunched our traditional field trip program and provided live arts experiences and transportation to over 9,500 Title I students in Phoenix and Tucson.

We created our first Virtual Reality field trip and traveled 9,241 miles around the state in our VR vans delivering a unique arts experience to 5,583 Title I students.

We do all of this because we believe that education in the arts enriches all lives. The arts teach us to be more compassionate, collaborative and creative in our thinking.  We believe that provid-

ing access to arts education at an early age, through something as simple as a field trip, can have a lasting impact on children.

This coming year we will increase the number of arts field trips to meet the growing need from our Title I schools.  We will create new content for our VR program that will expand the minds of students and bring arts educational experiences directly to the classroom. These are exciting times at Act One!

If you would like to be a part of our growing organization and help support our mission, I encourage you to visit our website at act1az.org to learn more. Join us!

Bernadette Carroll Executive Director

“Act One has helped make this year special for all our kids and has afforded them the opportunity to see places and things that they otherwise would not have." – Gratefully, Stephanie, Teacher, Grade 5

ENDEARED. ENCOMPASSED. EMBRACED.

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At Friendship Village Tempe, we don’t live undercover. We live out loud. Under an umbrella of equality. We like to think we exemplify what life at a senior living community (and, really, life in general) should be.

If you’re ready to eschew the expected and live life on your terms, we’d be elated if you joined us.

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Of all the enthralling “E” words out there, our favorite is “Equal.”

ARTS GROUPS OFFER EXCITING LINEUP for 2022-23 season

Valley arts organizations will offer hundreds of compelling live performances and exhibitions for the 2022-23 season – a rich palette of reimagined classics, new works and familiar favorites to entertain and inspire audiences at venues from Peoria to Mesa.

The breadth and depth of theater, music, dance, visual, and cultural experiences were thoughtfully crafted by artists who developed innovative ways to connect with audiences and forge professional alliances.

“It’s an amazing season ahead,” said Anne L’Ecuyer, executive director, Arizona Commission on the Arts, a state agency. “A lot of new experiences are in store for us.”

THEATER

The ASU Gammage 2022-2023 Broadway season is filled with blockbuster productions, starting in October with Six, a musical retelling of Henry VIII’s six wives presented as a pop concert.

Next up is To Kill a Mockingbird, adapted by Aaron Sorkin, who relates the American classic through a modern-day, challenging lens. “We try to knock you off your pins,” Sorkin told The Atlantic.

Arizona Theatre Company’s dynamic 55th season, in Phoenix and Tucson, includes reinvented classics such as The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and Private Lives by Noel Coward, along with new and notable productions such as The Lion and Pru Payne.

Arizona Broadway Theatre in Peoria offers favorites including Monty Python’s Spamalot, Mame and Wizard of Oz, as well as tribute band concerts, murder mysteries and Sunday brunches with music.

The Phoenix Theatre Company – now in its 103rd season – has an eclectic lineup ranging from the well-known A Chorus Line, Cinderella and American in Paris to contemporary true stories such as The Prom, about a high school

student in Mississippi who took her girlfriend to prom.

Herberger Theater Center offers several admission-free, outdoor experiences, including First Friday Live, Performance Pop-Ups and Festival of the Arts.

MUSIC, DANCE, VISUAL ARTS

The spectrum of musical offerings is extraordinary this season, with concerts in every genre featuring world-class artists performing at community settings and arts venues.

The Phoenix Symphony has an ambitious schedule of 70 performances at places including arts, religious and health-care organizations.

Arizona Opera has chosen five exciting works, starting with the newly commissioned The Falling and the Rising, a story of military service and sacrifice told through an injured soldier’s

coma-induced dreamscape. Tosca and The Magic Flute also are in the lineup.

Ballet Arizona, the Valley’s only professional ballet company, kicks off the season with Ballet Under the Stars, free performances in outdoor settings. The company will pair up with The Phoenix Symphony for Cinderella and The Nutcracker.

Museum-goers can experience a wide range of visual arts, such as Phoenix Art Museum’s exhibition of the contemporary Japanese artist Mr. whose works explore desire, fantasy and trauma.

Desert Botanical Garden offers feasts for the senses, with events that fuse plants, people and cultures. Art, music, dance and food combine in the celebrations of Guelaguetza and Dia de Muertos, back after a two-year pause.

COMMUNITY ARTS CENTERS AND FESTIVALS

No matter where you live in the Valley, check out your local community arts center for shows and multi-cultural festivals designed to entertain and educate people of all ages, interests and tastes.

Mesa Arts Center’s biggest season lineup yet spans theater, comedy, dance, music and film. Blue Man Group and Riverdance are among the offerings.

Scottsdale Arts’ major highlight in early 2023 will be the reopening of the renovated 25-acre Scottsdale Civic Center with outdoor stages. Additionally, The Temptations 60th Anniversary Tour stops at the Center.

Chandler Center for the Arts will present the new show NORTH: The Musical, a story set against the backdrop of the Underground Railroad.

For more information, read the stories inside.

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Don’t miss upcoming musical performances in this one-of-a-kind theatre in the heart of the P83 Entertainment District in Peoria. Arizona Broadway Theatre produces high-caliber professional productions with national and local actors and artists.

Don’t miss upcoming musical performances in this one-of-a-kind theatre in the heart of the P83 Entertainment District in Peoria. Arizona Broadway Theatre produces high-caliber professional productions with national and local actors and artists.

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Arizona Broadway Theatre!

Tucked away in Peoria’s P83 Entertainment District on Paradise Lane sits Arizona Broadway Theatre, also known as ABT, which lives and breathes the performing arts on a daily basis. As a nonprofit theatre company, ABT Performing Arts Association creates high-caliber musical productions. From set and costume design to choreography and direction, ABT unites some of the most talented artistic professionals from across the state and around the country, especially from New York City, home to Broadway, the epicenter of the Musical Theatre artform. Arizona Broadway Theatre champions its high standards in the Valley of the Sun by providing professionals opportunities on stage and behind the curtain. These local and national artists participate in productions with a supporting team of experts to direct and lead the performances.

The upcoming 22|23 Season is filled with hilarious musicals Monty Python’s Spamalot, Dirty

Rotten Scoundrels, two newer Broadway musicals, Disaster! and Escape to Margaritaville, and along with classics - Mame, Wizard of Oz, and A Christmas Carol The Broadway Musical. From After Dark Cabarets and the annual Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration to Sunday brunches with mimosas and music, tribute band concerts, and murder mysteries in The Encore Room, ABT provides unique experiences in the West Valley.

Before walking into the theatre, guests will notice the bright and colorful mural of iconic people and places significant to New York City’s Broadway in the lobby. From Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing in the middle of the art piece to Stephen Sondheim as a baby held by Oscar Hammerstein II, one will get lost gazing at all 100 individuals painted on the wall.

The Mainstage Theatre seats 450 guests for performances and provides dining options for its matinee and evening shows, as well as

a well-stocked bar in the lobby with themed cocktails for each production.

More than a theatre, ABT provides growth opportunities to children, teens, and adults throughout the year. Children and teens can grow their acting, vocal, and dance skills in ABT’s Academy for Young Performers summer camps, where they learn from artistic professionals and have an opportunity to perform on ABT’s mainstage after the last day of camp.

The organization provides additional opportunities to teens, including the HyRev performing troupes and all-teen productions on the ABT Mainstage. In April 2023, the teen production will be Rent, a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson, loosely based on Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 opera La Bohème.

For each musical production, the Theatre provides a unique Master Class workshop for teens and adults to build acting, dance, and audition skills with in-person sessions featuring the production’s artistic professionals from around the country.

Since opening its doors in November 2005, ABT has created beautiful, versatile performance spaces that allow for every type of theatrical production and special event. From the locally produced Mainstage Broadway-style musicals to the Academy for Young Performers and Youth Performance troupes (HyRev), ABT continues to play a uniquely pivotal role in the vibrant and growing arts scene in the Valley.

For more information, visit azbroadway.org or call 623.776.8400.

MAINSTAGE THEATRE | ARIZONA BROADWAY THEATRE

Arizona Musicfest, one of the Valley’s leading cultural destinations, is excited to produce another season featuring world-class artists and exceptional performances. Based in attractive venues conveniently located in and around North Scottsdale, Musicfest will offer over thirty concerts between November and April.

Featured artists include beloved entertainer

Marie Osmond; 14-time Grammy winner

David Foster with acclaimed singer Katharine McPhee; Tony-winning star of stage and screen

Jason Alexander; American music favorite

Rosanne Cash; Broadway’s leading lady Kelli

O’Hara; celebrated artists Michael Feinstein and Jean-Yves Thibaudet; and Musicfest audience favorites Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Additional concerts showcase the artistry of famed jazz vocalist Kurt Elling; Grammy-winning

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singer-songwriters Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohn and Sarah Jarosz; classical virtuoso Pinchas Zukerman; and entertainer extraordinaire Gunhild Carling with the Arizona Musicfest Big Band.

In an exciting change from seasons past, the 2023 Festival Orchestra concert series is expanded to two weeks of performances. Each season, Musicfest assembles a superlative ensemble of musicians from some of the nation’s finest orchestras to perform as the Festival Orchestra. The 2023 ensemble will include musicians from the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and more. As a highlight of this year’s Festival Orchestra programming,

THE CAT & DAVE SHOW

Musicfest welcomes the distinguished US Naval Academy Glee Club to perform with the Orchestra.

“Following the tremendous success of our 2021-22 concert season, Musicfest is thrilled to build upon the exciting momentum that our artists and audiences have developed over the last many years,” says Allan Naplan, Arizona Musicfest’s executive and producing director. “We look forward to presenting many new artists this season, as well as to welcoming back some of the exceptional performers who have illuminated our stages and delighted our patrons in years past.”

This season, Musicfest audiences will also enjoy tribute concerts featuring the music of Chicago; Aretha Franklin; and The Doobie Brothers; while The Modern Gentlemen (Doo Wop & Motown); Live From Laurel Canyon

(60’s-70’s Folk-Rock); and The Folk Legacy (50’s-70’s folk) will offer patrons a nostalgic journey through beloved music of the past. Finally, Musicfest favorite Neil Berg returns to perform Part 3 of his popular retrospective 50 Years of Rock n’ Roll.

For more than 30 years, Arizona Musicfest has served the Valley as a valued non-profit arts organization. Along with its annual concert season, the organization also provides important music education programs to valley schools, acclaimed youth performance and scholarship opportunities for some of the best and brightest young musicians of the region, as well as Music Alive!, a dynamic community lifelong learning and creative aging series for the Greater Scottsdale/Phoenix area.

For more information, visit azmusicfest.org or call 480.422.8449.

MARIE OSMOND

JASON ALEXANDER

KELLI O’HARA

Rosanne Cash

Zukerman Trio Jason Alexander

ARIZONA OPERA’S 2022/23 SEASON INCLUDES A MOVING STORY OF MILITARY SERVICE AND SACRIFICE, beloved classics, and a familyfriendly musical theater favorite

Arizona Opera’s 2022/23 Season features five exciting performances from timeless classics to inspiring new works.

Kicking off the McDougall RED Series is the regional premiere of a new opera co-commissioned by Arizona Opera, The Falling and the Rising. A story of service and sacrifice, the opera traces the inner journey of a soldier who enters a coma after suffering from a roadside attack. Through her dreamscape, the audience serves as both companion and witness, sharing powerful encounters with fellow service members.

The McDougall RED Series also features Strauss’ masterpiece, Ariadne auf Naxos, a satirical farce that combines sublime music with hilarious antics. A wealthy gentleman in Vienna commissions two pieces of entertain-

ment as an after dinner treat for his guests, to be performed by two separate groups of artists: a dramatic opera and a lighted hearted theatrical comedy. Unfortunately, the dinner is running late, and the two ensembles are forced to perform on stage together, at the same time.

Arizona Opera’s Main Stage series opens with Puccini’s dramatic Tosca. A political drama, set in Rome in June 1800, Tosca tells a story of passionate, yet tender love, jealousy, betrayal, lust, and self-sacrifice. Tosca’s action takes place over a span of less than 24 hours during the Napoleonic wars and amidst great political unrest, making it one of the most dramatic thrill rides in opera.

Fall in love all over again with The Sound of Music, presented in the Marlu Allan and Scott Stallard Modern Masterworks Series! This trea-

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sured musical is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, and tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family. Many songs from the musical have become family classics, including “Edelweiss,” “My Favorite Things,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Do-Re-Mi,” and the title song, “The Sound of Music.”

Concluding Arizona Opera’s Main Stage Series is Mozart’s beloved classic, The Magic Flute, a fairytale of darkness and light, which explores the journey in search of truth and reason, love, and enlightenment. As the action unfolds, Tamino, a prince lost in a foreign land, is tasked with saving the daughter of the Queen of the Night, Pamina. With the gift of a magic flute and magic bells, as well as the light-hearted assistance of the bird-catcher, Papageno, Tamino sets off on his dangerous quest.

Beyond the stage, Arizona Opera will continue its Production Apprentice and Marion Roose Pullin Studio training programs, welcome the return of in-person music education programs, and offer established and newly developed community programs as part of the company’s NextGen Initiative, which positively touch the lives of tens of thousands of people each year.

The 2022/23 Season will also see the return of Connection Lab, which features unique virtual engagement opportunities initially created during the onset of the pandemic as a way for the community to stay connected and enjoy operabased discussions from home. Virtual classes and conversations will unfold online through innovative video series like Arizona Opera’s UnMic’d, an opportunity to peek behind the curtain and enjoy dynamic conversations between opera professionals and professionals from seemingly unrelated fields. Other Arizona Opera Connection Lab presentations include Behindthe Scenes! A Podcast, and the video series LOUD! (Living Opera, Understanding Diversity).

For more information, visit azopera.org or call 602.266.7464 (Phoenix) or 520.293.4336 (Tucson).

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THE WORLD OF THEATRE, Here At Home

Arizona Theatre Company’s legacy of world-class theatre continues with its 55th Season, filled with stories that traverse the intricacies and intimacies of familial and personal relationships, celebrating the spectrum of human emotion to ultimately find hope, forgiveness, redemption, and healing.

New York Times Critics’ Pick The Lion opens ATC’s season with its Arizona debut after wowing audiences throughout London. Other long-awaited plays The Legend of Georgia McBride (also a New York Times Critics’ Pick) and the world premiere Pru Payne bring poignant stories to ATC stages.

The State Theatre’s long history of presenting reimagined and reinvented classics continues with The Glass Menagerie and the popular and enduring comedy Private Lives. And Jane Austen’s charming Bennet sisters return in The Wickhams for a new holiday favorite.

“You can’t ever have a real conversation about connections unless you can see the world through someone else’s eyes,” says Sean Daniels, ATC’s Kasser Family Artistic Director. “We strive to create a forum for the ideas and feelings that lead a society to connect, heal and change. Theatre is an emotional art form, and we want each show to start fantastic conversations and spirited debate beyond the theatre walls.”

The Lion by Benjamin Scheuer, directed by Sean Daniels and Alex Stenhouse (October 20 - November 6). The Lion is a story about courage; the music is about finding it. This heartwarming and powerful one-man folk musical tells a mesmerizing true story of survival and redemption, reminding us that great things can come from challenging times. Max Alexander-Taylor stars in the lead role of Ben with a supporting cast of six guitars.

The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, directed by Veronika Duerr (December 8 - 23). Boisterous Bennet sister Lydia Wickham is joined by her long-lost husband and the home’s downstairs residents, who find themselves amid a holiday scandal, complete with misunderstandings and shenanigans. When the festivities spiral into chaos, Lydia finds her voice in this celebration of family and forgiveness.

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, directed by Chanel Bragg (February 16 - March 5). One of the greatest plays of all times, this poetic and raw portrayal of a family on the brink of change is reimagined for Arizona Theatre Company’s stages. This intimate and intense classic that changed the way we tell stories draws from the memories of narrator Tom and explores the complex web of love, longing, loyalty, and constraints that bind families together.

Pru Payne by Steven Drukman, directed by Sean Daniels (March 30 - April 16). This ATC world premiere is a remarkable, funny, and life-affirming story about the relationship between a mother and son. Esteemed critic Prudence “Pru” Payne is widely recognized as a wit, a scholar, and a public intellectual; her son Thomas lives in that shadow. But as her

memory begins to fade, all her preconceived notions – about herself and, more importantly, others – also slip away.

Private Lives by Noël Coward (May 11 - 28).

Amanda and Elyot are enjoying a romantic honeymoon – just not with each other. This hilarious classic comedy filled with clever, witty barbs starts when an explosive divorced couple and their new spouses inadvertently honeymoon in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. When combustible chemistry reignites, mayhem occurs, and strong passions and stronger personalities take over.

The Legend of Georgia McBride by Matthew Lopez, directed by Meredith McDonough (June 29 - July 16). This big-hearted, fierce, music-filled comedy has been hailed as “stitch-in-your-side funny” by the New York Times. When successful Elvis impersonator Casey loses his gig, a drag show moves in and “The King” transforms into an all-out queen. With snappy zingers and dance-worthy numbers, this wildly entertaining story challenges assumptions with humor and depth.

For more information, visit atc.org or call 833.ATC.SEAT.

THEASU Gammage 2022–2023 Desert Financial Credit Union Broadway Across America — Arizona season is one you will not want to miss, filled with hot, fresh from Broadway shows, powerful plays and some all-time favorites. “The 2022–2023 season is something to celebrate,” said Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Executive Director of ASU Gammage. “It is packed with amazing shows, and we know our audiences will not only love them on stage but will love the experience that goes along with seeing shows at ASU Gammage.”

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THE ASU GAMMAGE 2022–2023

Broadway Season

HAIRSPRAY

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SIX

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SIX

October 4 – 9, 2022

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.

From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the mic to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an exuberant celebration of 21st century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over. The New York Times says SIX “TOTALLY RULES!” (Critic's Pick) and The Washington Post hails SIX as “Exactly the kind of energizing, inspirational illumination this town aches for! The Broadway season got supercharged!”

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

December 6 – 11, 2022

All rise for Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prizewinning masterwork. The New York Times Critic’s Pick To Kill a Mockingbird is “the most successful American play in Broadway history. It has not played to a single empty seat” (60 Minutes). Rolling Stone gives it 5 stars, calling it “an emotionally shattering landmark production of an American classic,” and New York Magazine calls it “a real phenomenon. Majestic and incandescent, it’s filled with breath and nuance and soul.” With direction by Tony Award® winner Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird — “the greatest novel of all time” (Chicago Tribune) — has quickly become “one of the greatest plays in history” (NPR).

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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

January 31 – February 5, 2023

Celebrating its 50th Anniversary, a mesmerizing new production of the iconic musical phenomenon returns to the stage. Originally staged by London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and helmed by the acclaimed director Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You, Into the Woods) and cutting-edge choreographer Drew McOnie (King Kong, Strictly Ballroom), this production won the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival garnering unprecedented reviews and accolades. Appealing to both theater audiences and concert music fans, this production pays tribute to the historic 1971 Billboard Album of the Year while creating a modern, theatrical world that is uniquely fresh and inspiring.

DISNEY’S FROZEN

February 22 – March 5, 2023

From the producer of The Lion King and Aladdin, Frozen, the Tony®-nominated Best Musical, is now on tour across North America and the critics rave, “It’s simply magical!” (LA Daily News). Heralded by The New Yorker as “thrilling” and “genuinely moving,” Frozen features the songs you know and love from the original Oscar®winning film, plus an expanded score with a dozen new numbers by the film’s songwriters, Oscar winner Kristen Anderson-Lopez and EGOT winner Robert Lopez. Oscar winner Jennifer Lee (book), Tony and Olivier Award winner Michael Grandage (director), and Tony winner Rob Ashford (choreographer) round out the creative team that has won a cumulative 16 Tony Awards. An unforgettable theatrical experience filled with sensational special effects, stunning sets and costumes, and powerhouse performances, Frozen is everything you want in a musical: It’s moving. It’s spectacular. And above all, it’s pure Broadway joy.

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ANNIE

March 24 – 26, 2023

Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly small package. Little Orphan Annie has reminded generations of theater goers that sunshine is always right around the corner, and now the best-loved musical of all time is set to return in a new production — just as you remember it and just when we need it most.

Annie, directed by Jenn Thompson, features the iconic book and score, written by Tony Award®winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. This celebration of family, optimism and the American spirit remains the ultimate cure for all the hard knocks life throws your way.

A SOLDIER’S PLAY

May 16 – 21, 2023

A Soldier’s Play, the 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning thriller by Charles Fuller, has rocketed back into the spotlight, thanks to this 2020 Tony Award®winning Best Revival from Roundabout Theatre Company. “This is a play that deserves to be staged regularly all over America— though it’s hard to imagine that it will ever be done better than this. It keeps you guessing all the way to the final curtain” (The Wall Street Journal).

In 1944, on a Louisiana Army base, two shots ring out. A Black sergeant is murdered. And a series of interrogations triggers a gripping barrage of questions about sacrifice, service, and identity in America. Broadway’s Norm Lewis leads a powerhouse cast in the show Variety calls “a knock-your-socks-off-drama,” directed by Tony winner Kenny Leon.

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HAIRSPRAY

June 20 – 25, 2023

You Can’t Stop the Beat! Hairspray, Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon is back on tour! Join 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in 1960’s Baltimore as she sets out to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair) change the world?

Featuring the beloved score of hit songs including “Welcome to the 60’s,” “Good Morning Baltimore” and “You Can’t Stop the Beat,” Hairspray is “fresh, winning, and deliriously tuneful!” (The New York Times).

This all-new touring production will reunite Broadway’s award-winning creative team led by Director Jack O’Brien and Choreographer Jerry Mitchell to bring Hairspray to a new generation of theater audiences.

BEETLEJUICE

August 22 – 27, 2023

He earned his stripes on Broadway… now the ghost-with-the-most is coming to Tempe!

It’s showtime! Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, this hilarious musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. With an irreverent book, an astonishing set, and a score that’s out of this Netherworld, Beetlejuice is “SCREAMINGLY GOOD FUN!” (Variety). And under its uproarious surface (six feet under, to be exact), it’s a remarkably touching show about family, love, and making the most of every Day-O!

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ASU GAMMAGE PRESENTS ITS 2022–2023 Beyond Season

ARE you ready to be moved? To feel challenged? To push past the boundaries of a traditional arts experience?

The 2022–2023 ASU Gammage Beyond season is ready to take you beyond the normal arts experience to transport you with bold artists, powerful messages and talent like you have never seen before.

WICKED BODIES

September 24, 2022

Visionary choreographer Liz Lerman’s dancetheater piece WICKED BODIES explores the culture of old crones, evil stepmothers, and the use of the female body as a source of fear by governments and institutions. Part epic, part fable, we discover ways in which female wisdom has emerged over time even as it has been misunderstood, negated and legislated against.

DRUMFOLK

Step Afrika!

October 29, 2022

Step Afrika! combines dance, song, storytelling and humor to create a heart-pounding experience and celebrates the African American tradition of stepping.

When Africans lost the right to use their drums, the beats found their way into the body of the people — the Drumfolk. New percussive art forms took root and made way for tap, beatboxing and the African American tradition of stepping.

In Drumfolk, the remarkable performers of Step Afrika! recreate histories too often left in the margins and achieve a musical and movement-filled celebration of the human spirit that is perfect for families to share together.

DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM

November 18, 2022

Now a singular presence in the ballet world, the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company presents a powerful vision for ballet in the 21st century. The 18-member, multi-ethnic company performs a forward-thinking repertoire that includes treasured classics, neoclassical works by George Balanchine and resident choreographer Robert Garland, as well as innovative contemporary works that use the language of ballet to celebrate Black culture. Through performances, community engagement and arts education, the Company carries forward Dance Theatre of Harlem’s message of empowerment through the arts for all.

KRISTINA WONG FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

March 18, 2023

Kristina Wong is an actual elected representative of Koreatown, Los Angeles. But before she created a raucous show about her current stint in Public Office, she was a scrappy performance artist with a bright future in reality television. The system she used to ridicule is now the one she’s become. Is she more effective as a performance artist or a politician? Can she Abolish ICE? Is there actually a difference between performance art and politics?

Kristina Wong for Public Office is a comedic performance that crosses the aesthetics of campaign rallies, church revivals, and solo theater shows to tell the story of what it means to run for local office, the history of voting and the impact artists can have on democracy.

RECKLESS UNDERDOG

RUBBERBAND

April 1, 2023

In this new dance work, Reckless Underdog, RUBBERBAND artistic director and choreographer Victor Quijada has overturned traditional conventions of dance by blending choreographic principles with street dance origins in a dazzling three act masterpiece. Exploring new interpretations of ballet, breakdance and theater, this dance piece is a whole new way to experience dance and choreography.

COMPASS

Ripe Time

April 22, 2023

What do systems of power in America look like? How do those systems fail us? How can we re-envision them? Who are the voices of people paving the way for this new vision? These are the questions that are addressed in Compass Expertly blending documentary, dance and immersive theater, Compass plunges inside the mind of advocates not invited to the table of today’s systems of political power.

Tickets for all shows on the ASU Gammage Beyond series are on sale now at asugammage.com.

Liz Lerman WICKED BODIES

September 24, 2022

Step Afrika! DRUMFOLK

October 29, 2022

Dance Theatre of Harlem

November 18, 2022

2022–2023 SEASON

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Kristina Wong

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March 18, 2023

RUBBERBAND RECKLESS UNDERDOG

April 1, 2023

Ripe Time COMPASS

April 22, 2023

A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT To Kill a Mockingbird

THEBroadway adaptation’s writer Aaron Sorkin talks about updating and paying homage to Harper Lee’s American classic today.

Excerpted from Sims, David. “A New Way of Looking at To Kill a Mockingbird.” The Atlantic, December 17, 2019

The first line of Aaron Sorkin’s stage adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird is one of quiet confusion. “Something didn’t make sense,” Scout Finch tells the audience of the tale that’s about to unfold. Sorkin’s dramatization of Harper Lee’s novel, which opened on Broadway in December 2018, is an unexpectedly probing work that refuses to let an American classic go unchallenged. Instead, it stages two trials: One is from the book, in which Scout’s attorney father, Atticus Finch, defends Tom Robinson, an African American man accused of rape in 1930s Alabama, and tries to combat the community’s entrenched racism.

In Sorkin’s play, the other trial is of Atticus’s own nobility, and how it doesn’t always square with his grander vision of justice. Though the adaptation broadly follows the narrative arc of Lee’s novel, it uses Scout, her brother Jem, and her friend Dill (all played by adult actors) to cast a wary eye over some of the book’s more idealistic details. That framing encourages the audience to ponder the limits of Atticus’s impulse to empathize even with vile racists such as Bob Ewell, a man who’s trying to pin his own assault of his daughter Mayella on Tom. The play beefs up the relatively anonymous parts given to Black characters in Lee’s work, gives Atticus’s kids a more argumentative nature, and sheds harsher light on the book’s somewhat pat ending.

The stage adaptation is nonetheless made with appreciation for Lee’s novel, and that mix of homage and update has translated into a Broadway hit.

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DAVID SIMS: The show surprised me. I knew the book, and I had seen the film multiple times, so I was not expecting to be surprised.

AARON SORKIN: I’m glad to hear that. From the moment the curtain goes up, we try to knock you off your pins a little bit. Scout spends the play trying to solve [the mystery of Bob Ewell’s death], but broadly what we’re doing is having a new conversation about the book, the story we all learned in seventh grade and thought we knew.

When I started out [with this play], I thought it was a suicide mission, but I said yes right away ’cause I wanted to do a play so badly. My first draft was terrible because I tried to gently swaddle the book in bubble wrap and transfer it to the stage. It felt like a greatest-hits album done by a cover band—just somebody trying to imitate Harper Lee and standing up the most famous scenes from the book. I realized that Atticus, as the protagonist [of the stage version of the] story, has to change. And if he’s gonna be the protagonist, he has to have a flaw.

How did Harper Lee get away with having a protagonist who doesn’t change? Because Atticus isn’t the protagonist in the book or the movie; Scout is—her flaw is that she’s young, and the change is that she loses some of her innocence. While I wanted to explore Scout, I absolutely wanted Atticus to be a traditional protagonist, so he needed to change and have a flaw … It turned out that Harper Lee had [already] given him one; it’s just that when we all learned the book, it was taught as a virtue. It’s that Atticus believes that goodness can be found in everyone.

SIMS: He excuses things [such as bigotry and cruelty].

SORKIN: By the end of the play, he realizes he doesn’t know his friends and neighbors as well as he thought he did, that it may not be true that goodness can be found in everyone.

SIMS: You give a lot of anger to the kids. In the novel, I don’t remember them ever challenging their father; they’re more like observers who are invested in childish obsessions, like [their mysterious neighbor] Boo Radley. But you’ve given them, especially Jem, a more defiant dynamic with Atticus.

SORKIN: Well, if Atticus is going to have all the answers, let’s ask him tougher questions.

SIMS: Calpurnia [the Finch family’s Black housekeeper] has more to do as well, and she’s a much more passive figure in the book.

SORKIN: I returned to the book and was surprised to find that in a story about racial tension, there were really only two significant AfricanAmerican characters, neither of whom had much to say. I want to be careful—this play is in no way meant to correct what I feel were mistakes that Harper Lee made. It’s a conversation. And I couldn’t do a Harper Lee impersonation or pretend like I was writing the play in 1960. But Calpurnia in the book is mostly concerned with whether Scout’s going to wear overalls or a dress; Tom Robinson pleads for his life, but we don’t know much more about him. In 1960, using African American characters mostly as atmosphere is something that probably would have gone unnoticed by a mostly white audience. But it would be noticeable today, and it’s a really big missed opportunity. You want their point of view in this.

SIMS: It’s been an interesting year for great American works getting interrogated on Broadway.

SORKIN: They’re not getting repainted. We’re just taking another look, given the times we’re living in.

Don’t miss TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at ASU Gammage December 6 – 11, 2022.

For more information, visit asugammage.com.

By Leigh Scheps

HOW THE JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR Pays Tribute to the Original Concept Album

HOW THE JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

Pays Tribute to the Original Concept Album

INhonor of the Jesus Christ Superstar 50th Anniversary Tour now playing across North America, the show pays tribute to the musical’s original rock and roll roots. The musical, directed by Timothy Sheader, is unlike any other production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar. The production is heavily influenced by Superstar ’s original Brown Album produced in 1970 that defined a generation.

“It blew me away,” said producer Stephen Gabriel when he first saw this version of Superstar originally staged by London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. It went on to win the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival.

One of the most famous stories Webber always tells about writing the score in the late 1960s, is that he ran into a restaurant to jot down musical notes on a napkin so he wouldn’t forget the tune he crafted for the title song. That tune turned into a concert album, co-created with Tim Rice who wrote the lyrics. The story is a retelling of how Jesus Christ spent the last week of his life as seen through the eyes of Judas. It was then transformed into the beloved 1971 rock opera stage musical fans love today.

When the original album was released, it topped the Billboard charts at number one rising above Carol King’s “Tapestry,” Janis Joplin’s

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“Pearl” and even “Led Zeppelin III.” In 1971, “Superstar” was crowned the Billboard Album of the Year. “That’s why I think it resonated so much because this album hit at the zeitgeist of rock and roll,” Gabriel explained of its popularity. “So that really puts it into context.”

For Gabriel, Superstar has always remained something special in his life after his dad gifted him the album at age nine. “I just wore it out,” he recalled of the era, noting he learned to play guitar from trying to play all the songs. “When I got into theater much later in my life and had the opportunity to produce this show it was really full circle. It means that much to me. It really does.”

His continued passion for Superstar fifty years later doesn’t go unnoticed in the latest stage version of the show that channels that raw rock and roll sound. “It’s much different than truly any other musical [adaptation],” he teased. “The really exciting thing about this production is how faithful it is to recreating the feel and the sound of the Brown Album. If you drop the [record] needle on that Album, that’s what our show sounds like and visually represents.”

Pointing to the cutting-edge choreography, Gabriel described the dancing like a modern ballet. “The audience may not realize it, but it is danced from the first downbeat right to the end of the show. [Choreographer] Drew McOnie has embodied the feel of the album into the physical movement of the actors. In ‘What’s the Buzz,’ the movement is a visual representation of the music. You can almost strip way everything else and you’d have a modern dance ballet, which is very interesting and unique. You don’t see any other versions of Superstar that does this.”

The 50th anniversary production aims to please the long-time theater fans of the musical, and as Gabriel points out, those who rocked out to the original album sending it to the top of the Billboard charts.

“To them in particular, they’re going to get the experience that they remember,” added Gabriel.

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR takes the ASU Gammage stage January 31 – February 5, 2023.

For more information, visit asugammage.com.

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jam at our house in the 2022-2023 season!

Rising Sun Daughter: Grace Rolland

INDIE FOLK, AMERICANA

Friday, Oct. 14

Acoustic Eidolon

GLOBAL, FOLK

Friday, Jan. 27, 2023

Charles Lewis Quintet + 2

JAZZ, LATIN JAZZ

Thursday, March 16, 2023

photo by Shervin Lainez @shervinfoto

HOW THE JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR Pays Tribute

ADVENTURE THROUGH CULTURES ACROSS THE GLOBE with live music at ASU Kerr

to the Original Concept Album

LADAMA

Global, Latin Alternative

Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

Flowing to electric from acoustic and through Spanish, English and Portuguese lyrics, LADAMA is a group of four women—virtuosic musicians and educators—that are sisters in song, rhythm and spirit. Lara Klaus, Daniela Serna, Mafer Bandola and Sara Lucas harness music from their respective countries of origin: Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and the U.S.  Reimagin-

ing Caribbean and South American genres like maracatu, cumbia, onda nueva and joropo and spinning them with soul, R&B and pop, they created a sound and world all their own.

Each taking turns as lead singer, they shape and modernize their sound by celebrating traditional and non-traditional instruments from the vast expanse of the Americas. Transcend borders. Experience Latin alternative music and join LADAMA as they lead a journey across cultures and continents through story and sound.

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WELCOME TO INDIAN COUNTRY

An Indigenous Celebration of Original Music and Poetry

Tuesday, February 14 at 7:30 p.m.

“Welcome to Indian Country” is an evening celebrating Native culture through music and storytelling. A world-class musical ensemble of five is joined by Rena Priest, storyteller and Washington State Poet Laureate. Together they weave new songs and compositions with poignant and witty poetry and satire. The event honors the ancestors and elders, unearthing the joy, solidarity and depth that indigenous people find in their cultures, families and communities. Their individual strands of Diné (Navajo), Lhaq’temish (Lummi), Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior, Osage and Odanak W8banaki First Nation heritage braid together to create this must-hear show.

LP AND THE VINYL

Jazz

Saturday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m.

LP and the Vinyl was born when famed jazz, blues and gospel vocalist Leonard Patton joined forces with the critically beloved Danny Green Trio. The band’s wide influences include the best of jazz, rock, R&B, Brazilian music, classical music and ‘80s and ‘90s tunes. Mixing many styles, LP and The Vinyl has a jazz-forward sound charged with vibrancy and emotion.

LP and The Vinyl are veterans of huge jazz events including the Telluride Jazz Festival, Vail Jazz Festival and more.

Patton’s magnetic charm will be on full display as he entwines his versatile vocals with the brilliant backing of Danny Green (piano), Justin Grinnell (bass) and Julien Cantelm (drums). Explore the band’s complex palette of sounds in this show focusing on their bewitching original works!

SEFFARINE

Spanish Flamenco, Arabic, Jazz Friday, March 10, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

Globally acclaimed singer Lamiae Naki was born in the ancient city of Fes, Morocco. Her ensemble Seffarine channels their profound knowledge of the music of the intersection of Middle Eastern, African and European culture— both sides of the Straits of Gibraltar. From the ninth to 15th centuries these cultures coexisted in peace, bringing into being a musical alchemy that influenced the foundations of classical Arabic and European Renaissance music.

Today, Seffarine embraces and extends the rich legacy of this incredible age of tolerance and exchange between Muslim, Jewish and Christian cultures by creating innovative works reconnecting this shared Mediterranean DNA. Imbued with color and texture, Seffarine concerts transport the audience on a vast musical journey as they express the joy of the sounds and dance of North Africa and southern Spain. Envelop yourself in Seffarine’s expansive world where Arabic, Persian classical, Spanish flamenco, Andalusian music and jazz meet.

For more information, visit asukerr.com.

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When Girls Succeed, So Does Society.

Girls are the leaders and innovators that our future world requires and being Girl Scouts gives them the space, support, and tools they need to succeed. Because we know what she learns today will solve tomorrow’s problems. After all, before she becomes a CEO, discovers a new species, launches a company, or walks on the moon, she’s a Girl Scout.

Will you help us help them? Volunteer or donate today at girlscoutsaz.org.

BALLET ARIZONA'S 2022-2023 SEASON

Masterful choreography and dreamlike storytellings

THEValley’s only professional ballet company is excited to announce its 37th season, which will celebrate artistic classics and storybook favorites. Ballet Arizona’s 2022-2023 season promises to excite and inspire audiences with a blend of classical and contemporary ballets.

Ballet Arizona kicks off the season with Ballet Under the Stars. These performances are free and open to the public and allow Arizona communities to enjoy dance in a unique outdoor setting complete with a stage, lighting, costumes, and beautiful Arizona weather.

All performances begin at 7 p.m.:

Thursday, September 8 –

Fountain Park, Fountain Hills

Friday, September 9 –

Sahuaro Ranch Historic Park, Glendale

Saturday, September 10 –

Steele Indian School Park, Phoenix

Sunday, September 11 –

Estrella Lakeside Amphitheater, Goodyear

Ballet Arizona returns to the Orpheum Theatre September 22 through 25 to present Contemporary Moves, a program designed to move you. These ballets are a dance lover’s dream, featuring an evening of diverse works from some of the most masterful choreographers of our time.

From October 20 through 23, 2022, the company presents one of the most beloved romantic tales, Cinderella. Step between the pages of the cherished fairytale as Ballet Arizona’s Artistic Director, Ib Andersen, brings the romantic story to life, complete with glass slippers, pumpkin carriages, fairy godmothers, and, of course, a “happily ever after.” The enchantment continues as The Phoenix Symphony will be performing the beautiful score.

Rejoicing in the spirit of the holidays, Ballet Arizona’s famous performance of The Nutcracker takes place December 9 through 24, 2022, in Symphony Hall. Live music from The Phoenix Symphony brings the enchantment and splendor of The Nutcracker to life, alongside

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Andersen’s dazzling choreography. Ballet Arizona’s production has been named “among the top three in the country” by The New York Times.

Experience love, tragedy, and romance Valentine’s Day weekend with one of the most beloved and romantic ballets of all time, February 9 through 12, 2023, at The Madison Center for the Arts. Giselle, tells the tragic yet passionate tale of a young woman who dies of a broken heart. The ballet is famous for the Wilis, ghostly maidens who take revenge on the young nobleman who betrayed her.

All Balanchine presents three ballets by renowned choreographer George Balanchine and staged by Ib Andersen, who is one of a handful of artists worldwide authorized by The Balanchine Trust to stage the late choreog-

rapher’s masterpieces. The lineup includes performances such as Raymonda Variations and Emeralds May 4 through 7, 2023, with The Phoenix Symphony at Symphony Hall.

Ballet Arizona’s annual tradition An Evening at Desert Botanical Garden concludes the 2022-2023 season May 16 through June 3, 2023. Surrounded by the matchless Desert Botanical Garden landscape with the setting sun as a backdrop, Andersen’s vision for dance in the desert continues in 2023.

Tickets for the 2022-23 season are as low as $35. Discounts are available for senior, students, military and groups.

For more information, visit balletaz.org or call 602.381.1096.

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33 YEARS OF MUSIC-MAKING and Memory-Making at its Finest

relli with two-time nominee Catherine Russell singing the music of Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday (March 5).

With every performance and program, Chandler Center for the Arts (CCA) strives to create experiences that are conversation worthy, selfie worthy and, most importantly, memory worthy.

“It is our privilege and honor to present engaging arts events that create cherished memories,” says Michelle Mac Lennan, General Manager at the CCA. “We have put together a season filled with diverse artists, appealing to patrons of all tastes.”

In its 33rd season, the Main Stage will shine with GRAMMY® Award winners and notables, including five-time winner Lalah Hathaway (January 28), four-time winners Los Lobos (March 11), , two-time winners Mariachi Los Camperos (October 1), and one-time winner John Pizza-

The CCA will come alive with distinct performances from the old-school soul vibe of Marc Broussard (November 12) to the Irish Celtgrass sound of We Banjo 3 (February 4), the percussion extravaganza of DRUMLine Live! (January 20) to the electrifying jazz of saxophonist Grace Kelly (October 2). There is also the southern sass of everyone’s favorite Tupperware lady Dixie Longate (March 16), a celebration of life and death with Las Cafeteras presents Hasta La Muerte (October 28), and the opulent harmonic gospel of Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar (March 12).

With aninnovative sound system and awardwinning acoustics, the CCA is a delight for firsttime attendees, music aficionados and everyone in between. Located on the northwest corner of Arizona Ave and Chandler Blvd, the CCA is at the heart of Chandler’s downtown entertainment district where locally-owned restaurants and eateries are within walking distance, and parking is always free.

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Chandler Center for the Arts is proud to present the brand-new show, NORTH: The Musical. Created and directed by composer, musician and vocalist Ashli St. Armant (Jazzy Ash and the Leaping Lizards) and directed by Isaiah Johnson (Hamilton, The Color Purple), this powerful original score and theatrical production is an uplifting story set against the backdrop of the Underground Railroad.

NORTH follows the precocious Lawrence and his mother Minnie on their journey through Louisiana’s bayous, the bustling city of New Orleans, and the young town of Lawrence, Kansas. The score is equal parts jazz, musical theatre, and St. Armant’s own signature style, drawing inspiration from an array of musical heroes, including Nat King Cole, Mahalia Jackson, Fela Kuti and Stephen Sondheim.

“While doing research, my own ancestry had a significant impact on this work,” says St. Armant. “I visited the plantation where my family had been.”

It was the visit to the plantation, as well as an avenue lined with ancient oak trees that inspired the location of the characters in NORTH and a song called, “Oh, What These Trees Have Seen.”

“It is exciting to be a part of this project and be one of four co-commissioning partners,” says Michelle Mac Lennan, General Manager at Chandler Center for the Arts. “What Ashli has created is stunning. This is a story with incred-

ible heart and beautiful music.”

As a creative who has always had music in her life, St. Armant has built a name for herself in the music industry, writing and performing for youth. With an amazing creative team that includes Broadway star Isaiah Johnson (Hamilton, The Color Purple), this new work is accessible to everyone.

“This project has been one of love. All of the pieces have fit in perfectly, and when you add in the voices that have lent themselves to the music…it’s magic,” says St. Armant.

This is a work of passion, love and soul for St. Armant, as well as the artists and professionals who are helping her make it a reality.

“It is my dream to be on Broadway,” she says. “For anyone who sees it at Chandler Center for the Arts this year, when you see it on Broadway in a few years, you can say you saw it before it hit it big. You were among the first audiences to experience it.”

NORTH: The Musical will make its Arizona premiere on Friday, November 4, 2022, at 7 p.m. , followed by a cast reception. There will be two performances on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., followed by talk backs with the cast and creator. This shows is recommended for anyone 10 and older.

For more information, visit chandlercenter.org or call the box office at 480.782.2680.

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CHILDSPLAY’S NEWEST SEASON celebrates dreams-come-true

Audiences won’t want to miss Childsplay’s 46th season. Replete with stories of dreams-come-true, no matter the odds, these plays both delight and inspire.

In October, Childsplay begins its season with Selena Maria Sings, Miriam Gonzales’ latest play, featuring original music by Las Cafeteras’ Daniel French. It tells the story of Selena Maria, a young songwriter trying to live up to the legacy of Selena Quintanilla. Through the help of her friends and family, Selena Maria finds her voice. Selena Maria Sings celebrates music, family, immense love, and the strength it takes to be yourself.

Starting in November, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Childsplay’s record-breaking holiday show, returns to the stage by popular demand. Based on the classic animation, this production features favorite characters including Santa and Mrs. Claus, Hermey the Elf, the Abominable Snow Monster, Yukon Cornelius and, of course, Rudolph. Audiences can celebrate the season with an array of holiday hits, like “Rudolph The

Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Holly Jolly Christmas.” This musical is the perfect way to add some holiday magic!

Tomás and the Library Lady kicks off the new year. Based on the true story of Tomás Rivera (Chicano author, poet, and educator) and book by Pat Mora, this play is a celebration of reading, imagination, and creativity.

In April, Childsplay will present a new play based on the book by Thelma Lynne Godin, The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen. It follows Kameeka, a young girl confident that she will finally beat her rival and become the Hula-Hoopin’ Queen. Set in Harlem, The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen is a charming celebration of family and community ties. This intergenerational story shows the importance of staying young at heart.

You can see Childsplay’s performances at the Herberger Theater Center.

For more information, visit childsplayaz.org.

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CELEBRATE CULTURE, PEOPLE AND PLANTS at Desert Botanical Garden

This fall, Desert Botanical Garden will celebrate the cultures, traditions, people and of course the variety of plants that make up the Americas.

More than 30 countries comprise what is known as the Americas, a rich landmass home to a billion people, a wealth of history and art, as well as the cactus family. Cactus are native to the Americas, including prickly pear cactus species — some that can withstand the snowy winters in parts of Canada, the iconic saguaro cactus of the hot Sonoran Desert and the ashylooking Copiapoa genus from the dry coastal deserts of Chile.

The connection between plants and people is rich and deep in the Americas, and there’s no better place to see that relationship than at the Garden. In the fall, the Garden is hosting several events that recognize unique cultural celebrations in the Americas while fusing peoples’ love for plants.

From October 1 - 2, the Garden will host a colorful celebration of Guelaguetza, an indigenous cultural event put on every year in Oaxaca, Mexico. Immerse yourself in art, music,

dance and enjoy the flavors of Oaxaca. Guests also can dance along a colorful parade of dancers called Calenda throughout the Garden.

After a two-year hiatus, the Garden is excited to bring back a vibrant Día de Muertos celebration with new experiences that honor the dead and create lasting memories for families. The twoday festival will feature an immense community altar designed by Oaxacan artist Rufina Ruiz López for guests to honor a loved one with

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orange Mexican marigolds and an interactive virtual photograph experience. Visitors can join La Procesión, a procession that pays tribute to the dead, throughout the Garden. And families can participate in other festival activities throughout the day. Día de Muertos runs October 29 - 30.

Food and culture go hand in hand in the Americas. The culinary diversity is rich and recognized worldwide from Mexican mole sauce, Colombian arepas to Brazilian churrascaria. The Garden is honoring the marriage between cultures and food by hosting several delicious gastronomical events.

From November 19 - 20 Viva Las Americas is a new Garden festival that celebrates the rich cultural diversity of North and South American countries. This two-day festival will feature music and dance from a variety of regions of the Americas. The celebration continues with the return of Chiles & Chocolate on November 11 - 13. Experience the perfect recipe for a sweet and spicy weekend by sampling gourmet chocolates, flavorful sauces, fresh and fireroasted chilis, and a variety of homemade treats. Don’t leave empty handed, shop the Valley’s top chili and chocolate vendors for savory delicacies. For all the dancers out there, experience the hip-hip beats, the sway

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of Bachata music, Brazilian orchestras and samba at the Music & Dance Viva Festival on November 19-20. The Garden’s electrifying new event will feature music and dances from a variety of regions of the Americas.

In addition to celebrating the life, people and plants of the Americas, the Garden is hosting an inspiring new art exhibit Playing with Stars, Rotraut at Desert Botanical Garden from global visual artist and Valley resident Rotraut from October 7 to May 14.

Rotraut’s art takes inspiration from human subconscious feelings and behavior and explores the relationship between the sky, sun and universe. Rotraut will further enliven the Garden’s trails and Ottosen Gallery this fall with an ensemble of large-scale sculptures, paintings and photography.

To round off the fall, experience the Garden’s annual holiday festivities of Las Noches de las Luminarias. For 21 nights in December, the Garden’s trails will gleam with thousands of

lit luminarias and twinkling lights. Watch the Garden glisten all while enjoying live music throughout the trails, hot chocolate, smores and a photobooth. Make it a memorable family outing or bring your friends to this 45-year-old Garden tradition.

Several fall favorites are returning, including the Fall Butterfly Exhibit, Dog Days at the Garden, Lotería Nights, Music in the Garden and the Fall Plant Sale.

Families can enjoy a plethora of nature activities and programming at the Garden this fall. Cactus Clubhouse will reopen in October and offers kids under 12 the opportunity to discover the fun of the natural world. Special activities and programming will be offered with Cactus Kids Club, including a complimentary desert bingo for caregivers and children, fun onsite activities, opportunities to meet enchanting creatures of the Sonoran Desert and more.

For more information, visit dbg.org.

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HERBERGER THEATER CENTER

Arizona’s Center Stage

The Herberger Theater Center is proud to present its 2022-2023 season! They are Arizona’s center stage, engaging the community through diverse arts experiences that ignite emotion, stimulate conversation and inspire connections to the arts.

The Herberger Theater Center is focused on keeping the arts alive in downtown Phoenix by:

• Maintaining an award-winning venue with a variety of well-equipped and versatile spaces

• Providing an exceptional guest experience for all visitors

• Partnering with — and supporting — our resident performing arts companies as well as other local and national artists and arts organizations

• Delivering quality education and outreach programs to thousands of children

• Making the arts accessible and available to our whole community

2022-2023 Season - What’s Happening at the Herberger Theater Center

First Friday Live – runs October through May and offers free outdoor performances by diverse and eclectic artists featuring music, dance, projection art, and interactive activities.

Performance Pop-Ups - admission-free outdoor presentations for the community that celebrate the depth and variety of the Valley’s talent and provide high-quality music, dance, and theatrical programming in a safe and welcoming environment.

Festival of the Arts - family-friendly annual event featuring performances, dance, live music, hands-on activities for kids, vendor market, food, art demonstrations, aerials, wine and beer tasting, and more!

Art Galleries - located on the second level of the theater featuring the creative and inspiring work of Arizona artists.

Lunch Time Theater - one-act performances lasting 45 to 50 minutes. Guests may bring lunch or pre-order a delicious lunch from our menu. Tickets are $10 each (not including lunch) and feature some of the most talented groups on the Arizona theatre scene.

For more information, visit herbergertheater.org or call 602.252.8497

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PERFORMING LIVE at Mesa Arts Center

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Explore Mesa Arts Center’s biggest season lineup yet! Show highlights include the quirky and innovative Blue Man Group in November. Their new show is everything you love about Blue Man Group—signature drumming, colorful moments of creativity and comedy—the men are still blue, but the rest is all new! Catch a rare Arizona appearance by the world-renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Riccardo Muti on January 22. Then, in May, experience a powerful and stirring reinvention of the beloved favorite, Riverdance, as they celebrate their 25th Anniversary Tour.

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE

National Geographic Live returns to Mesa Arts Center with a new cast of adventurers and explorers! On October 19, Diana MagaloniKerpel takes us back to ancient Mesoamerican civilizations in Mesoamerica Illuminated. Then, in November, explore rarely seen undersea worlds in Coral Kingdoms and Empires of Ice On January 18, learn about the innovative ways people around the world have been adjusting to our changing planet in Adaptation, by Alizé Carrère. Paleontologist Lindsay Zanno presents T. Rex Rises, where she uncovers how a global climate crisis changed the evolution of the beloved apex predator. Then, in April, join paraclimber Maureen Beck in Improbable Ascent as she chronicles her journey of being one of the world’s best one-handed rock climbers.

FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

On November 17, Deck the Halls with Disney featuring DCappella ! Kick off the holiday season as DCappella takes you on a musical journey featuring your favorite holiday songs and Disney classics. Smash hit STOMP takes over Mesa Arts Center March 9 – 12. Matchboxes, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters and more fill the stage with energizing beats. STOMP. See what all the noise is about! Also in March, join Black Violin’s Wil B. and Kev Marcus as they use their unique blend of classical and hip

hop “classical boom” to overcome stereotypes and encourage people of all ages, races and economic backgrounds to break down cultural barriers.

JAZZ, CLASSICAL AND POP CONCERTS

Witness the commanding presence of Grammy® award-winner Lila Downs when she returns to Mesa Arts Center in November. Feel the magic of the season with holiday favorite Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis on November 27. Saxophonist Dave Koz returns for his 25th Anniversary Christmas Tour in December. Hear the reigning virtuoso of the violin, Itzhak Perlman, when he returns to Mesa Arts Center on February 19. Then, in April, experience the irreverent wit and outstanding sound of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

THEATER, COMEDY, AND DANCE

In February, enjoy the raucously funny and magical Penn & Teller ! Take a journey through thirty years of hit songs in A Whole New World of Alan Menken. In his first one-man show on March 31, Menken sings some of his best-loved tunes and shares the secrets of his journey from “Sesame Street” to premiering three Broadway shows. Finally, witness the beauty, power and grace of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on April 7 and 8.

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MESA ARTS CENTER The Collective

Creative Catalysts, an initiative of Mesa Arts Center, is now accepting applications for The Collective, a program utilizing creative methods to activate leadership skills and enhance innovation across sectors. The Collective brings creativity to the forefront of the conversation by intentionally weaving it into every lesson by using alternative approaches and insight from leads at the forefront in their respective fields.

“Over a four-month commitment, the cohort will experience six half-day sessions, two+ arts experiences and one retreat experience. We include sessions on creativity, leadership, design thinking, equitable mindfulness, storytelling and videography 101. We also include personal growth segments and selfassessments, taking a holistic view on building your roadmap to success and making your

vision a reality,” said Danica Marlin, Program Manager for The Collective.

IF YOU WANT TO BUILD YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND LEARN HOW TO MAKE CHANGE THROUGH CREATIVE PRACTICE, THIS PROGRAM IS FOR YOU.

“Creativity is ranked as one of the top characteristics of a good leader—you can be creative in any industry, and that’s why The Collective is so important,” Marlin said.

This fifth Cohort of The Collective is now open for application. Apply today to be a part of our cohort of 24 select individuals across sectors. Applications for The Collective 2023 cohort are available now through November 1, 2022.

For more information, visit MESAARTSCENTER.COM/THECOLLECTIVE.

THE COLLECTIVE: A CREATIVE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE

EXPERIENCE WORLD-CLASS CONCERTS at the MIM Music Theater

The MIM Music Theater’s Fall 2022 Concert Series is underway, and it features more than 40 concerts spanning multiple genres—including jazz, classical, bluegrass, and singersongwriters—and highlighting sounds from around the world.

As part of Phoenix’s innovative Musical Instrument Museum (MIM), the MIM Music Theater presents nearly 300 concerts each year, and over 200 Grammy-winning artists have performed on its stage, including Herb Alpert, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Taj Mahal. Opened in 2010, the theater has been recognized as one of the top music venues of its size in the world. Audiences and musicians have praised its unparalleled intimate atmosphere and acoustically superb sound—Grammy win-

ner Shawn Colvin called it “the best 300-seat venue in the country.”

In addition to hosting performances by renowned artists, MIM’s Music Theater introduces guests to emerging talents from around the world. Each performance is an extension of the museum’s exhibits showcasing the instruments, the people who play them, and the musical language we all share.

“When you look at the MIM Music Theater, perhaps more so than any other theater in Phoenix, we have programming that isn’t just robust—it’s music of incredible quality that spans the entire world,” says MIM Music Theater manager Patrick Murphy.

BILLY COBHAM

Highlights of the Fall 2022 Concert Series include a special performance on September 23 by singer-songwriter Janis Ian, who also hosts a songwriting master class at MIM on September 22; an intimate evening of songs and stories with folk singer Suzanne Vega on October 1 and 2; Grammy-winning trumpeter Chris Botti on October 21 and 22; and singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, who is celebrating the 30th anniversary of her debut album Tongues and Tails, on October 26.

Concertgoers can also look forward to the return of several favorites to the MIM Music Theater, including Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist Julian Lage on September 29, Scottish Celtic rock group Skerryvore on October 5, and Grammy-nominated and Latin Grammy–winning all-woman mariachi group Flor de Toloache on October 23.

The fall series also welcomes artists who will be performing at the MIM Music Theater for the first time. New performers include Australian singer and pianist Sarah McKenzie on September 17, emerging retro-jazz singer Emmaline on September 18, Afro-Cuban funk musician Cimafunk on September 27, award-winning young jazz singer Samara Joy on September 30,

and acclaimed jazz drummer and bandleader Makaya McCraven on October 29.

“We are incredibly excited about the lineup for this year’s Fall Concert Series,” Murphy says. “The MIM Music Theater rapidly gained a national reputation for programming that is both powerful and eclectic, giving voice to performers from all walks of life and from all around the world. This fall, we will feature performers ranging from burgeoning stars to the critically acclaimed, from intimate solos to dense spectacles, and from singer-songwriters to rock and roll.”

For people who support the arts and regularly attend shows, MIM offers memberships that include exclusive benefits for concertgoers. Circle of Friends memberships starting at $250 include presale access to concerts and invitations to Concert Series Previews with MIM’s artistic director. Members who give $500 or more annually also enjoy 10% off concert tickets.

MIM’s Fall 2022 Concert Series runs through December. Additional artists, including many holiday concerts, will be added throughout the season.

For more information, visit MIM.org.

ANTONIO SANCHEZ AND BAD HOMBRE

DAN VERMILLION

EXPERIENCE THE VIBRANT AND DARING ART of Our World

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Beginning November 6, the Museum presents Mr.: You Can Hear the Song of This Town, showcasing the imaginative works of contemporary Japanese artist Mr. With obsessive interests in anime, manga, and virtual fantasy worlds, Mr. creates graffiti-inspired works with cartoon-like subjects that examine desire, fantasy, and trauma within Japanese society and among a global audience obsessed with social media. This exhibition is a rare opportunity to experience work by one of today’s most prolific Japanese artists, including a 30-foot-long canvas that will premiere at PhxArt.

Starting February 1, MOVE: The Modern Cut of Geoffrey Beene offers an intimate view into the late designer’s work with fashions drawn from the Museum’s Geoffrey Beene Archive. Presented across three galleries, the exhibition explores how Geoffrey Beene—the most awarded fashion designer in U.S. history—designed garments that moved with the human form. Featured works include jumpsuits, boleros, jackets, and evening gowns, and the exhibition design mimics the energy of Beene’s visionary runway ballets.

In May, Juan Francisco Elso: Por América will illuminate the brief but significant career of the late Cuban artist Juan Francisco Elso (1956-1988). Elso examined the intersections of Caribbean, African, and western artistic traditions through mystical, uncanny sculptures and installations fashioned from clay, straw, twigs, bark, and earth. The exhibition also explores Elso’s influence on contemporary Cuban artists investigating social conditions under communist rule, as well as his connection to contemporary Black and African-American artists.

Along with displays of European, Latin American, Asian, and Western American works, Arizona audiences can discover the vibrant, daring art of our world at PhxArt.

Mr.: You Can Hear the Song of This Town – On view from November 6, 2022 through March 12, 2023. MOVE: The Modern Cut of Geoffrey Beene – On view from February 1, 2023 through July 23, 2023. Juan Francisco Elso: Por América – On view from May 6, 2023 through September 17, 2023. Special-engagement exhibitions are free for Museum Members and included with general admission.

For more information, visit phxart.org or call 602.257.1880.

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IMMERSIVE CHORAL EXPERIENCE

Added to New Season

Expanding the audience experience of choral music, Grammy-winning Phoenix Chorale promises two nights in March with chamber orchestra at the Phoenix Art Museum.

"In Dominion custom digital animation art by CandyStations provides a stunning backdrop to a juxtaposition of baroque and contemporary masterworks: Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for the Endangered,” says Phoenix Chorale Executive Director Nicole Belmont. “We are so excited to be venturing into a less traditional, but no less awe-inspiring multi-sensory environment.”

A Chorale Christmas anchors the festive season, with a spotlight within the program on Christmas music of Hispanic origin. Perennial Valley residents will enjoy Eclipse in November, a journey from darkness to light, and Soundtrack in May, an affectionate recognition of how songs have acted through the ages as the companion to so many aspects of our lives.

For more information, visit phoenixchorale.org.

2022 - 2023 SEASON

PHOENIX BOYS CHOIR CELEBRATES

Their 75th Anniversary with You

Phoenix Boys Choir is thrilled to present their anticipated 2022-2023 Season, celebrating their 75th Anniversary. Join Artistic Director, Herbert Washington and the choir as they take you on a musical journey, where Phoenix Boys Choir is truly Your Ticket to the World. Audience members will experience memorable and uplifting music that spans their history. They are excited to premiere several new choral works including: the winners of New Works Rising, our Choral Composition Competition

The season will kick off with their Holiday Concert Series: Home for the Holidays. Whether you are traveling from near or far, it wouldn’t be the holidays without the Phoenix Boys Choir. Their holiday concert series features collaborations with a chamber orchestra, solo artists, Phoenix Boys Choir alumni and audience members. Celebrate the season with an array of holiday music, including Home for the Holidays, Carol of the Bells, Torah Ora, and Sweet Little Jesus Boy, featuring powerful soloists. Do not miss this annual tradition!

In March, their Classics Concert Series: Harmonious Journey visits the masterworks of choral music and provides an adventurous glimpse into their 75th Anniversary Summer Tour 2023 to the British Isles. The program will include well known standards such as Loch Lomond, Danny Boy, The Skye Boat Song, and Gloria Tibi, an excerpt from Leonard Bernstein’s MASS

The season will conclude in May with their Pops Concert Series: PBC Playlist: Sounds from our 75 Years. Featuring PBC secular hits over their history, our concerts pay homage to the legacies of former Artistic Directors Dr. Harvey K. Smith and Mr. Georg Stangelberger. Audience members will hear timeless classics with a Broadway flare including Edelweiss, Consider Yourself, My Favorite Things, Hallelujah, and Route 66.

Phoenix Boys Choir continues to seek new choristers for the 2022-2023 Season. Since 1947, their Grammy-award winning organization has provided choral music training, education, performance opportunities and learning experiences that instill excellent musicianship and critical values in young people. Auditions are open to any boy 7-18 years old with an interest in singing and a willingness to learn.

Phoenix Boys Choir performances will be located in venues across the Valley. Tickets go on sale September 9, 2022.

For more information, visit boyschoir.org or call 602.264.5328.

TOUR

The Phoenix Symphony’s (TPS) 2022-23 season offers over 70 live performances and is guaranteed to have something for everyone!

A SPECTACULAR SEASON

The season opens with a Classics Series program conducted by Virginia G. Piper Music Director Tito Muñoz featuring Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Gustav Mahler’s epic first symphony and Dvořák’s Carnival Overture. Other Classics Series performances will feature works by Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Claude DeBussy, and Johannes Brahms to name a few.

The season’s Pops Series will include Hocus Pocus in Concert Live to Film, Best of Broadway, Totally 80’s, Disney in Concert, Holiday Pops, The Music of John Williams (4 performances!), Pink Martini, The Princess Bride in Concert Live to Film and Latin Fire.

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STELLAR GUEST ARTISTS AND CONDUCTORS

The 2022-23 season features appearances from world-renowned musicians and performers, including violinists Sarah Chang, Augustin Hadelich, Steven Moeckel, and Gil Shaham; cellist Jay Campbell; pianists Andrew von Oeyen, Eric Lu, and Jeremy Denk; and narrator Geoffrey Owens, and many more. In addition to Virginia G. Piper Music Director, Tito Muñoz and TPS Resident Conductor Matthew Kasper, guest conductors include Constantine Kitsopoulos, Rob Fisher, Andrew Litton, Anthony Parnther, Enrico Lopez-Yañez, Stuart Chafetz, Carlos Izcaray, Xian Zhang, Sarah Hicks, and Lawrence Loh.

REVERB CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL

TPS is pleased to announce the second season of the REVERB Contemporary Music

THE PHOENIX SYMPHONY | PHOTO BY TAVITS

Festival. This season’s REVERB is curated by the celebrated virtuoso violinist and new music champion Jennifer Koh. REVERB is a vital extension of new music from their symphonic stages to the intimate performance space at Phoenix’s Central United Methodist Church and promises to be one of this season’s most memorable and engaging musical events.

SPOTLIGHT ON TPS CHORUS

The 2022-23 season is rich in choral performances with The Phoenix Symphony Chorus, under the direction of Chorus Master Thomas Bookhout, performing on five separate programs with the orchestra and one chorus only performance.

EXTENDING REACH ACROSS THE VALLEY

This season, TPS is embarking on a series of concerts that will extend their reach to venues across Greater Phoenix, from Mesa Arts Center

to Camelback Bible Church to The Orpheum Theatre to Symphony Hall, and their newest venue partner, The Madison Center for the Arts.

COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION

The work of TPS is not just limited to the performance hall; it is varied and extends to many facets of musical performance. TPS enriches the community via their Homeless, Hospital, Caregivers, and Hospice Initiatives, their Alzheimer’s Research Initiative, and their extensive work on and off stage with the students of Greater Phoenix is a year-round effort.

For more information, visit phoenixsymphony.org or call 602.495.1999.

LATIN FIRE

PASSION AND POWER | ERIC LU

2022/23 Season Highlights:

Oct. 14 - 16 | Symphony Hall

Opening Night! A Romantic Evening

Oct. 28 - 30 | Symphony Hall

Hocus Pocus in Concert Live to Film

Nov. 25 - 27 | Symphony Hall

Disney in Concert: Around the World

Jan. 27 - 29 | Madison Center for the Arts

Totally ’80s

Feb. 17 - 19 | Symphony Hall (Four Concerts)

The Music of John Williams in Concert

March 17 - 19 | Orpheum Theatre

Pink Martini

March 24-26 | Symphony Hall

French Connection

March 31 - April 2 | Orpheum Theatre

The Princess Bride in Concert Live to Film

April 14 - 16 | Symphony Hall

Belshazzar’s Feast

April 21 - 23 | Symphony Hall

Latin Fire

April 28 - 30 | Symphony Hall

Passion and Power

May 12 & 13 | Symphony Hall

Grand Finale

THE PHOENIX THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS A World of Possibility

Crafting a flawless season is much like making the perfect mix tape. Creating a balance between groundbreaking, humorous, and thought-provoking is an art within itself. With his tenure at The Phoenix Theatre Company (TPTC) as Producing Artistic Director, Michael Barnard is no stranger to this craft. This season TPTC welcomes all to “explore the possibilities.” From fun and familiar in Cinderella to exploring parallel lives in Constellations, TPTC is bringing variety and diversity in their thrilling new lineup. Please enjoy this historical look into their 103rd season!

ALL SHOW ART POSTERS DESIGNED BY KATE LERNER & REG MADISON

THE BOOK OF WILL

This season’s opener was written by an author who has been referred to as “the most popular playwright you’ve never heard of,” Lauren Gunderson. Gunderson has delighted Arizona audiences in several successful regional theater productions such as Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Arizona Theatre Company) and Ada and the Engine (The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre).

This hysterical and heartfelt show follows the (mostly) true story of Shakespeare’s fellows who, in fear of losing his work forever, came together to compile and publish ‘the first folio.’ The first folio was the first-ever mass-printed collection of Shakespeare’s works and quite the publication nightmare. When he died in 1616 his writings (and the rights to them) were scattered amongst his playmates, family, and friends. While collecting his works was a monumental task, the printing of these folios was a challenge in and of itself. These delicate and rare folios are still being counted and collected today. As it stands, there have been 235 of the first edition found across the globe.

BANDSTAND

With lyrics by Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor and music by Oberacker, this show depicts young veterans healing through music in the post-war landscape of 1945. The show began as a workshop in September 2014 with actors Laura Osnes, Corey Cott, and Beth Leavel. They worked on the production through its premiere at the Paper Mill Playhouse the following year and Broadway premiere at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater in April 2017. Most spectacularly the recorded stage production was made available on streaming platforms during the pandemic as a way to connect with audiences while theaters were dark.

To tell their story as true to the veteran experience as possible, Oberacker and Taylor received feedback from Got Your 6, “a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless Veterans rebuild their lives and redevelop their self-confidence.” Their efforts to portray characters in a raw and authentic way were rewarded when the show received an official certification from the organization.

A CHORUS LINE

As dancers Michon Peacock and Tony Stevens saw their fellow dancers being cast less and less often and theater becoming more expensive to produce, the two decided to create a dance troupe. Knowing they would need a big-name choreographer and director, they reached out to their friend Michael Bennett with their idea. He had been thinking of something similar but instead of a troupe, a show.

In the winter of 1974, Bennett, Peacock, and Stevens gathered together a group of dancers and began interviewing them. Starting with their name and how they started dancing, they began sharing stories that covered everything from childhood trauma to their insecurities. These sessions were recorded to provide the basis for the show. In August, the first workshop began and Bennett brought in three-time Academy Award winner Marvin Hamlisch to write the score. The show that reinvented Broadway, A Chorus Line, danced its way into the heart of audiences at the Shubert Theatre in 1975 and became the longest-running show of its time until surpassed by Cats in 1997.

CINDERELLA

Wanting to craft a musical specifically for TV, NBC sought out Broadway legends Rodgers and Hammerstein (R&H) who were already known for their successes with Oklahoma!, Carousel, State Fair, and South Pacific. In the end the show was broadcast by rival station CBS, who had a very special woman in mind for the titular role, Julie Andrews. Andrews already had gained attention for her work on My Fair Lady and became so ingrained in the creation process of Cinderella that no understudies were ever contracted. According to Rodgers, when asked what they would do in the event Julie could not make the date, he said, “If Julie can’t make the show, then neither can we.” The magic that was made within the 4,200 square-foot New York studio that Sunday in 1957 was broadcast to approximately 24.2 million households making it the biggest single-network event in American history until Super Bowl XLV.

While Cinderella did not light up Broadway until 2013, it was quickly put on regional and community stages starting in 1961. As its popularity continued to grow, CBS restaged the event in 1965 with another blockbuster cast. Each broadcast continued to hone the musical into its current iteration culminating in the 1997 Wonderful World of Disney made for TV movie starring Whitney Houston, Brandy, Bernadette Peters, and Whoopi Goldberg. The film broke ground in its casting and new songs, many of which became permanent additions to the stage musical.

2022/2023 season

The Book of Will

AUG 31–SEP 18, 2022

Bandstand

SEP 21–OCT 23, 2022

Cinderella

NOV 16, 2022–JAN 1, 2023

Constellations

JAN 11–JAN 29, 2023

An American in Paris

JAN 25–MARCH 12, 2023

the last five years

MARCH 15-APRIL 2, 2023

a chorus line

APRIL 5–MAY 14, 2023

Festival of New American Theatre

APRIL 7 – APRIL 23, 2023

The Prom

JUNE 7–JULY 9, 2023

Dreamgirls

AUG 2–SEP 3, 2023 PERFORMANCE DATES ARE LIMITED.

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AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

While Bandstand depicts American veterans returning home from WWII, An American in Paris follows the story of a veteran who stayed in Europe to follow his passion for love and art. While many places across the globe had begun to feel the relief of the war’s end, Paris still experienced food rationing until mid-1949. It was this grief and difficulty, contrasted against the vibrance of the city, that created the spirit of the story.

Inspired by a trip to the city of lights in 1928, George Gershwin composed “An American in Paris,” which would later become the influence for Gene Kelly’s film by the same name. MGM Studios worked with Ira Gershwin after his brother George’s death to get the rights to some of their unpublished work and engaged Alan Jay Lerner to write the script. With a beautiful love story, beloved Gershwin tunes, and a 17-minute ballet scene choreographed by Kelly, the 1951 film became an instant classic. It easily lent itself to the stage and in December of 2014 it premiered with a new book by Craig Lucas at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Quickly adored by audiences, the show went on to win four Tony Awards and a Grammy for its Broadway production.

CONSTELLATIONS

All of The Phoenix Theatre Company’s shows this season revolve around life’s possibilities, but perhaps the most intricate of these stories is told in Nick Payne’s Constellations. Payne’s play was inspired by his interest in physics, specifically the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics. He was fascinated by the idea of two complementary yet opposed theories living in unison. Using a non-traditional storytelling device, the play is in its essence a relationship story.

Payne opened Constellations in January 2012 at the Royal Court Theater in London then transferred to the West End in November. The show won the Evening Standard Theater Award for Best Play making then 29-year-old Payne the youngest winner of the award in its history. The play also enjoyed a run in the U.S. when it opened on Broadway a few years later featuring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson under the direction of Michael Longhurst. Most recently Constellations has continued enrapturing audiences, with its 2022 production winning the Olivier Award for Best Revival.

THE LAST 5 YEARS

With a unique narrative style and complex score, The Last 5 Years premiered off-Broadway in 2002 with actors Sherie Rene Scott and Norbert Leo Butz. The production won the 2002 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music, but it certainly wasn’t composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown’s first venture into musical theater.

His first big break off-Broadway, Songs for a New World, partnered him with director Daisy Prince, daughter of famed Broadway director Hal Prince. With Daisy directing and inspired by his own messy divorce, Brown wrote the musical so close to his own experience that he had to change character details during previews to avoid being sued by his ex-wife. In true musician fashion the show has been lauded for using musical theory to support the narrative in new and exciting ways.

THE PROM

In 2010 high schooler Constance McMillen caused controversy in Fulton, Mississippi when she expressed her intention to take her girlfriend to prom and wear a tux. To prevent the couple from attending, the school board canceled the dance entirely. With an ACLU lawsuit and negative press putting pressure on the school board, they reinstated the dance, but the event was attended by only seven students. As it turned out, local parents threw a prom for the rest of the high school at a private location so they would not risk having a gay couple attend. This garnered national attention and celebrities came together on social media to support and sponsor a “second chance” prom.

This true story inspired creative team Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin, and Bob Martin to put the event on stage and The Prom had its first Broadway preview in October of 2018. Beguelin spoke about the creative’s fear that the show would not have the same impact on audiences as it would have 10 or 15 years prior, however, this was not the case. It seemed to be just as controversial as ever. The year it premiered, actors playing the teen couple kissed during The Prom’s performance at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and received substantial media attention for being the first LGBTQ+ kiss in the parade’s broadcast history.

DREAMGIRLS

Originally conceived as a project for Nell Carter, Dreamgirls creatives Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen wanted to write a show that featured the stories of Black backup singers. Carter ended up taking a television contract and the project was put away until Michael Bennett, recently off of his A Chorus Line success, heard about the show’s premise.

Guided by a desire to represent the Black Power Movement of the 60s, and with new financial backing from ABC Entertainment, the show was workshopped for two years before its Broadway premiere in 1981. The show launched the careers many cast members, especially a young Jennifer Holliday. The recording of her solo

“And I’m Telling You, I’m Not Going” hit #1 on the Billboard RnB charts and won her the Grammy for Best Vocal Performance.

There has been much conjecture about the real people the show was inspired by, but Bennett, Krieger, and Eyen have all publicly denied the musical’s plot being specific to any one band (such as The Supremes). Eyen said, “Dreamgirls isn’t about any one group. It’s a cavalcade of Black Motown Singers… all the characters are bigger than life.”

Written for The Phoenix Theatre Company by Hanna Spence-Schehr, Dramaturg 2022

For more information, visit phoenixtheatre.com or call 602.254.2151.

EMBRACE THE UNEXPECTED at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 2022–23 season features a diverse selection of artists to pique your curiosity for something new and give you a chance to embrace the unexpected.

BROADWAY COMES TO SCOTTSDALE

Scottsdale Center’s intimate Virginia G. Piper Theater showcases the finest talent from Broadway in an acoustically unique space that allows patrons to develop a new relationship with their favorite performers. This November, we’re excited to welcome Tony® winner Alan Cumming, who needs no introduction, presenting his new solo work, Alan Cumming is Not Acting His Age. In early 2023 we’ll feature an evening with Jessica Vosk, known for prominent roles in Wicked and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. With Hitting New Heights, Mandy Gonzalez and Javier Muñoz, both known for Hamilton and In the Heights, join voices to celebrate Broadway’s hottest composers. And we’re always ecstatic to see pianist and host Seth Rudetsky return with his special guests, including both Megan Hilty (Wicked, Noises Off ) and Ramin Karimloo (The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables) this season.

THE BEST IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts continues to foster the growth of contemporary dance in the region with captivating performances and impactful learning opportunities, welcoming back favorites like Julia Chacón Flamenco Theatre, with a fiery series of Flamenco Intimo, every weekend in October. BODYTRAFFIC burst on to the international dance scene—its dancers becoming cultural ambassadors who take their unique L.A. spirit into spaces around the world, including Scottsdale in December. Works from Limón Dance Company have influenced the evolution of dance with their arresting visual clarity, theatricality, and rhythmic and musical life, while Dance Heginbotham brings a program of repertory favorites, paired with live music, vibrant athleticism, humor, and theatricality. Spring 2023 will also see the second annual Arizona Trolley Dances, a series of site-based works that bring together various movement artists to revel in a sense of place.

LIMÓN DANCE COMPANY | PHOTO BY PETER KAI

GIANTS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC

Experience the premier classical series in the Southwest with the Virginia G. Piper Concert Series at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, led by Emerson String Quartet, renowned as one of the world’s top chamber music ensembles, now on its final world tour. Six additional classical performances round out the series, including Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, celebrating its 50th anniversary season with a special program in collaboration with violinist Renaud Capuçon. Pianist Marc-André Hamelin will bring his unrivaled blend of consummate musicianship and brilliant technique as Mandolinist Avi Avital joins The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, one of the world’s finest chamber orchestras. The Balourdet Quartet will share the stage with Memphis Symphony Orchestra acting principal flutist Adam Sadberry. And the final two concerts in the series will feature Yunchan Lim, the most recent—and youngest—gold medalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and the chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy, performing with pianist Inon Barnatan. Scottsdale Center’s emphasis on dynamic artists in the classical space continues to provide defining experiences for all audiences.

AIDA CUEVAS

YUNCHAN LIM |

PHOTO BY RALPH LAUER

PREMIERE ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE

This season we also welcome The Temptations to the stage as they celebrate their 60th anniversary with a national tour. We will also present prominent vocal groups like Soweto Gospel Choir and the Vienna Boys Choir in Scottsdale. A diverse mix of jazz artists, including Joshua Redman, Matthew Whitaker, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra will deliver awe-inspiring shows. Performers from around the globe include the Queen of Mariachi herself, Aida Cuevas, as well as the Celtic group Altan and the Japanese taiko ensemble Kodo Global sounds also infuse the holiday season with ‘ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro’s Christmas in Hawai’i, A Merry-Achi Christmas from Mariachi Sol de México® de José Hernández, and so much more.

THE ARTS LIVE IN SCOTTSDALE

Finally, a major highlight in early 2023 will be the reopening of the newly renovated 25-acre Scottsdale Civic Center with fantastic, stateof-the-art outdoor stages for plenty of exciting performances and other soon-to-be-announced events. Keep your eyes on Scottsdale, there’s even more to come!

For more information, visit scottsdaleperformingarts.org.

CHIRSTMAS IN HAWAI'I | JAKE SHIMABUKURO

THE ORPHEUM THEATRE IS JEWEL OF DOWNTOWN PHOENIX

Since 1929, it has hosted Vaudeville acts, films, concerts, and national-touring Broadway shows. Experience an eclectic mix of programming for yourself.

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SOUTHWEST SHAKESPEARE’S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Looks to Her First ThoughtProvoking Season

Artistic Director Debra Ann Byrd is known for her ground-breaking work transforming the works of William Shakespeare for today’s audiences. As Artistic Director for Harlem Shakespeare in NYC, she developed surprising, thought-provoking interpretations of the Bard’s classics, drawing enthusiastic audiences and critical acclaim. Now a resident of Arizona, Byrd is about to embark on her first full season overseeing Southwest Shakespeare’s artistic initiatives and productions.

“I am always energized by the timelessness of Shakespeare’s works, how universal his themes, plots and characters are, and the cleverness of his phrasing and mastery of language,” says Byrd. “Assembling actors, actresses, directors and designers to create new worlds for our audiences to experience this literature in our contemporary times is electrifying. Today’s artists are fearless, pushing boundaries of what characters are thinking and feeling, how these plays illuminate the timelessness of the human condition as seen through the lens of today. Each day I’m overwhelmed by the genius of artists, from centuries ago, to today.”

This year, the company is embarking on two major Shakespearean productions, KING LEAR

and ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, both hailed for their characters of great depth and complexity. In a bold move of casting, Byrd is bringing Tony Award winning Actress Trezana Beverley to take the role of KING LEAR. “Trezana brings such a simmering power to every character she creates and will truly stun audiences as she portrays the mad King. I can’t wait for opening night,” says Byrd.

The company will also be performing a highly curated series of performances in the architectural gem of Taliesin West in North Scottsdale. This series brings audiences and actors together for an intimate theatrical experience in Frank Lloyd Wright’s eclectic space. Taliesin productions include Shakespeare’s LOVE LABORS LOST and MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, as well as Ben Johnson’s THE ALCHEMIST. Rounding out the season is Stephan Walton’s CRY “HAVOC!” filled with Shakespeare’s moving passages, examining the cost of war and its effect on our veterans.

“Bard Card” season passes and single tickets are on sale now.

For more information, visit swshakespeare.org.

SOUTHWEST SHAKESPEARE

PHOTO BY DEVON CHRISTOPHER ADAMS

Written by

STEPHAN WOLFERT

Directed by ERIC TUCKER

Written by

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Directed by NOV 17-20, 2022

Written by

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Directed by MAR 17-APR 1, 2023

OH, THE PLACES YOU’LL GO with Valley Youth Theatre!

Valley Youth Theatre is excited to present its 34th year of magic with an exciting lineup of shows that will take audiences to new places as they experience some of their favorite characters live on stage!

Since its inception in 1989, VYT has made an impact on over a million children and their families through performances, workshop, showcases, and youth development programs. Children are given a safe place where they can dare to be themselves. They have the freedom to create, explore, dance and sing, and the responsibility to work hard, cooperate and learn. It is truly a place where ALL Valley young people can learn and grow as individuals, performers, and leaders through a transformational performing arts experience.

“The focus on the positive development of children is at the foundation of VYT,” says Producing Artistic Director, Bobb Cooper. Cooper joined VYT in 1996 and is lauded for the passion and professionalism he instills throughout the company. “The theatre has received hundreds of awards and accolades over the years, but truthfully, watching our amazing young performers grow up and become Broadway actors,

Academy Award winners, teachers, lawyers, police officers, parents – those making a difference in their communities – that’s what it’s all about.”

Valley Youth Theatre is also acclaimed for the many contributions they make to the local community through its various programs. Sponsora-Seat has allowed more than 25,000 underresourced children to attend live theatre, many for the first time. Literacy and the Arts raises reading and vocabulary comprehension for thousands of students attending Title 1 schools, each year. Terminally and chronically ill HopeKids and their families are VYT’s guests for the final dress rehearsal of every production, and special Military Nights are often offered for families of active and retired members of the armed forces along with donations to VetTix.

A perfect activity for the entire family, Valley Youth Theatre invites you to continue the journey that started in August with Seussical and will end up in a pineapple under the sea! Welcome to Valley Youth Theatre Season 34!

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL PHOTO BY CANDACE WEIR

SPOOKLEY THE SQUARE PUMPKIN: THE MUSICAL

October 7 – 30, 2022

Valley Youth Theatre

Your first stop is Holiday Hill Farm. Based on the wildly popular books and animated special, Spookley the Square Pumpkin: The Musical combines the spectacle and joy of Halloween with delightful songs, and a magical puppet that people of all ages will love!

A WINNIE-THE-POOH CHRISTMAS TAIL

December 2 - 23, 2022

Valley Youth Theatre

Next, it’s over to the Hundred Acre Wood for a holiday classic that’s back for the first time since 2019! Come celebrate 25 years of Pooh with Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and all of your favorite Woodland Friends as they ring in the season in this musical adventure filled with sharing, caring, friendship and joy.

SLEEPING BEAUTY

February 10 - 26, 2023

Valley Youth Theatre

Join Valley Youth Theatre on a journey back in time for an innovative play that’s a magical introduction to classical ballet! Set to Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty ballet suite, VYT’s Sleeping Beauty incorporates classical ballet into one of the most beloved stories of our time.

JUNIE B. JONES: THE MUSICAL

April 7 – 30, 2023

Valley Youth Theatre

Next, we’re going back to school with Junie B. Jones! It’s Junie’s first day of first grade in this delightful adaptation of Barbara Park’s best-selling books, brought to life in a genuinely comical (and not strictly-for-kids) musical. Between the new friends, a new teacher, a friendly cafeteria lady, a kickball tournament and a “Top-Secret Personal Beeswax Journal,” first grade has never been more exciting!

THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL

June 9 – 25, 2023

Herberger Theater Center

Get your snorkels ready because you’re going under the sea with VYT! The stakes are higher than ever in this dynamic stage musical, as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world! Just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage. The power of optimism really can save the world! This colorful adventure includes songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I., songs by David Bowie and many more!

For more information, visit vyt.com or call 602.253.8188.

A WINNIE THE POO CHRISTMAS TAIL

PHOTO CANDACE

PHOTO BY JENNIFER MULLINS

THEMUSICAL

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Follow photographer Edward S. Curtis on his 30-year odyssey, crisscrossing the West from Alaska to northern Mexico as he strove to preserve Indigenous Americans and their cultures on film.

Visit Life and Legacy: The Art and Techniques of Edward S. Curtis, the most comprehensive exhibition ever devoted to the artist’s life’s work, now on view at Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West until April 30, 2023.

Over 900 objects, including gravures, platinum prints, cyanotypes, goldtones, and original copper plates, as well as unique ephemera, a box camera of the kind Curtis used, and bottles of the developing chemicals he used are on view. After long photo shoots in the field, Curtis spent his nights in a tent, artfully generating his haunting, indelible images. Visitors will share in Curtis’s adventures, learn all about the sheer difficulty of his task in the face of countless hardships and setbacks, and discover the essential role that Native Americans played in his ultimate success.

From 1900 to 1930, Native Americans from more than 80 tribes worked alongside Curtis and his team. Creating thousands of evocative portraits, striking images of lifeways and ceremonies, and recording languages, stories, and music, Curtis painstakingly compiled the 20 volumes of The North American Indian, the most beautiful and far-reaching ethnographic study of its kind ever undertaken in the United States. When he wasn’t in the field, Curtis tirelessly pursued every opportunity to raise funds and public awareness of his project. In 1911, he mounted a “picture opera,” at Carnegie Hall, a theatrical extravaganza with hand-colored slides of his photographs, filmed segments, a scripted narrative he delivered himself, and a live orchestra playing a score based on Native music Curtis recorded in the field on Edison cylinders.

OPEN: Tues-Sat: 9:30-5 PM; Sun: 11-5 PM

Closed Monday

For more information, visit scottsdalemuseumwest.org.

“If you hear anyone say I am not to succeed, tell them they don’t know me.”

—Edward S. Curtis

EDWARD

S. CURTIS, MEDICINE CROWAPSAROKE, 1908. GOLDTONE. VOLUME 4, PORTFOLIO PLATE

ON the calendar 2022–2023

Calendar dates current as of August 2022

PRESENTED BY:

PHOTO BY JACOB BLICKENSTAFF

16 Tumbledown House

17 thru 5/14

Sama Alshaibi: Generation After Generation and the 2021 Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards Exhibition

21

Coffee @ Kerr Lecture: The Falling and the Rising Arizona Opera

Kerr Cultural Center & Digital

21 thru 10/23

Bandstand

The Phoenix Theatre Company

Mainstage Theatre

22

Jen Fulwiler

Mesa Arts Center

22 - 25

Contemporary Moves: An Evening of Three Short Ballets

Ballet Arizona

Orpheum Theatre

23

The Magic of Bill Blagg Live! Chandler Center for the Arts

23

Janis Ian

Musical Instrument Museum

MIM Music Theater

23

Broadway Curious Bridge Initiative and ASU Kerr

ASU Kerr

23 - 25

Daughter of the Regiment

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

Evelyn Smith Music Theatre

23 thru 1/22

Exhibition On View: Uniquely Arizona Scottsdale Center for the

24 thru 2/12

Exhibition On View: In Our Time: Selections from the Singer Collection

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

25

Yamma Ensemble Musical Instrument Museum MIM Music Theater

26

Behind the Scenes! A Podcast Season 3 Episode 1 Arizona Opera azopera.org

26

Le Vent du Nord

2

ASU Symphony Orchestra

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

2 Fall Family Festival Arizona Opera

2

Exhibiton Closing: Visions ‘22 Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

3

Get The Led Out

Hitting New Heights Scottsdale Center for the

Cimafunk: El Alimento Tour

3 ariZoni Theatre Awards of Excellence

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

4

ASU Chamber Winds and Maroon and Gold Band

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre Madison Center for the Arts

4

OCTOBER 1

23rd

Tuesday Morning Music and Tea ASU Kerr and ASU School of Music ASU Kerr

4 – 9

Six ASU Gammage

5 Skerryvore Musical Instrument Museum MIM Music Theater

6 Classical Music Inside Out: Adam Golka, Piano Mesa Arts Center

7 - 29

Flamenco Intimo Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Stage 2

7 - 30

Spookley The Square Pumpkin The Musical Valley Youth Theatre

7 – 31

Monty Python’s Spamalot Arizona Broadway Theatre

7 thru 10/31

Mirage Exhibit featuring Josh Louchheim Herberger Theater Center Main Gallery

7 thru 11/27

Stranger Things Exhibit Herberger Theater Center

9 Exhibition Closing: Teresa Baker: Capturing Space

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

9

Scottsdale Philharmonic Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

10 thru 12/31

Exhibition On View: Cultural, Familia, y Arte

Scottsdale Public Art

Scottsdale Civic Center Library

11

The Bad Plus Musical Instrument Museum MIM Music Theater

12

Student Preview: The Falling and the Rising Arizona Opera

13

Book Club Meeting: The Falling and the Rising

14 Rising Sun DaughterGrace Rolland

14 - 30

King Lear

Southwest Shakespeare Mesa Arts Center

15

ASU Symphony Orchestra with Vijay Iver

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

ASU Gammage

15

Tuesday Morning Music and Tea

ASU Kerr and ASU School of Music

ASU Kerr

15

Aida Cuevas

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

18

Anat Cohen Quartetinho Featuring Vitor Gonçalves, Tal Mashiach, and James Shipp

Musical Instrument Museum

MIM Music Theater

18 - 23

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s OKLAHOMA!

ASU Gammage

19

National Geographic Live: Diana Magaloni-Kerpel | Mesaoamerica Illuminated Mesa Arts Center

20 - 23

Cinderella Ballet Arizona

Symphony Hall

20 thru 11/6

Virgina G. Piper Theater

14 - 16

The Falling and the Rising Arizona Opera Herberger Theater Center

14 - 16

Opening Night! A Romantic Evening The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

The Lion

Arizona Theatre Company Herberger Theater Center

21 - 23

ASU Dance Emerging Artists

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

Margaret Gisolo Dance Theatre

21 & 22

Chris Botti

Musical Instrument Museum

MIM Music Theater

21 thru 1/22

Exhibition On View: Hold on to Hope

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Center Space

22

Composer’s Choice featuring Nokuthula Ngwenyama

ASU Kerr

22

The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute | Presented in partnership with Emporium Presents

Mesa Arts Center

22 & 23

Día de los Muertos Festival

Mesa Arts Center

22 thru 11/5

Selena Maria Sings

Childsplay Theatre

Herberger Theater CenterStage West

22 thru 4/30

Exhibition On View: Inside Job: Staff Selections from the SMoCA Collection

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

23

Flor de Toloache

Musical Instrument Museum

MIM Music Theater

24

Behind the Scenes! A Podcast

Season 3 Episode 2

Arizona Opera

azopera.org

25

Johnny DeFrancesco

Musical Instrument Museum

MIM Music Theater

25

Soweto Gospel Choir

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

26

Sophie B. Hawkins: Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Tongues and Tails

Musical Instrument Museum

MIM Music Theater

27 - 29

Cry “Havoc!”

Southwest Shakespeare Mesa Arts Center

28

Las Cafeteras presents

Hasta La Muerte Chandler Center for the Arts

28 - 30

Hocus Pocus in Concert

Live to Film

The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

28 - 30

Songs from Liquid Days

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

Evelyn Smith Music Theatre

29 DRUMFOLK

ASU Gammage

29

Makaya McCraven

Musical Instrument Museum

MIM Music Theater

29 thru 8/6

Exhibition On View: Phillip K. Smith III: 3 Parallels

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

NOVEMBER

1

Canvas & Opera @ The Center

Arizona Opera

Arizona Opera Center

1

Antonio Sánchez and Bad Hombre with Thana Alexa, BIGYUKI, and Lex Sadler

Musical Instrument Museum

MIM Music Theater

1 – 5

Monty Python’s Spamalot Arizona Broadway Theatre

2

ASU Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre ASU Gammage

2 Bob Schneider

Musical Instrument Museum

MIM Music Theater

2

Lenhardt Lecture: Rashid Johnson

Phoenix Art Museum Whiteman Hall

4

Gus Farwell and the ASU Symphony Orchestra, Gospel Choir and Marching Band

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

ASU Gammage

First Friday LiveDía de los Muertos Herberger Theater Center

Herberger Theater Plaza

4

First Friday: Mr. Opening and Community Celebration Phoenix Art Museum

4 - 6

Eclipse Phoenix Chorale Various

4 - 6

Music of the Americas

The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

4 - 13

Canal Convergence

Scottsdale Arts

Scottsdale Waterfront

4 & 5

North: The Musical Chandler Center for the Arts

4 - 6, 10, 12 - 13

The Wolves

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

ASU Lyceum Theatre

4 thru 11/28

Borderlands: Where We Live

Now Exhibit featuring Diana Creighton

Herberger Theater Center Main Gallery

5 Wardruna | Presented in partnership with Emporium Presents Mesa Arts Center

5 America the Beautiful, Family Performance The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

6 Belinda Carlisle Mesa Arts Center

6 thru 3/12

Mr.: You Can Hear the Song of This Town Phoenix Art Museum Steele Gallery

7 Brass Transit: The Musical Legacy of Chicago Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church

10

ASU Symphony Orchestra and ASU Philharmonia ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

ASU Gammage

10

Classical Music Inside Out: Laureates of the Sphinx Competition | Kebra-Seyoun Charles, Double Bass and Jonathan Okseniuk, Violin Mesa Arts Center

11 - 13

Best of Broadway

The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

12 Marie Osmond Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church

12 Marc Broussard Chandler Center for the Arts

12

Alan Cumming is Not Acting His Age

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

12

Lila Downs Mesa Arts Center

13

Naturally 7 & Hiroshima Chandler Center for the Arts

15

Tuesday Morning Music and Tea ASU Kerr and ASU School of Music ASU Kerr

15 Bob Shimizu Musical Instrument Museum MIM Music Theater

15

Vienna Boys Choir Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

16

Coffee @ Kerr Lecture: Ariadne auf Naxos Arizona Opera Kerr Cultural Center & Digital

16

National Geographic Live: David Doubilet & Jennifer Hayes | Coral Kingdom and Empires of Ice Mesa Arts Center

16 thru 01/01

Cinderella

The Phoenix Theatre Company

Mainstage Theatre

17

Opera for Lunch:

Arizona Opera Recital Series

Arizona Opera

Arizona Opera Center

17

Deck the Halls with Disney

Dcappella | Presented in partnership with Emporium Presents

Mesa Arts Center

17 - 20

Head Over Heels

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

Evelyn Smith Music Theatre

17 - 20

Love’s Labours Lost Southwest Shakespeare Taliesin West

18

Dance Theatre of Harlem

ASU Gammage

18

Mike Birbiglia Live! Mesa Arts Center

18 - 20

ASU Dance Fall Forward

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

Galvin Playhouse Theatre

18 - 20

Dancers, Dreamers and Presidents

The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

18 – 30

A Christmas Carol The Musical Arizona Broadway Theatre

19

Herberger Theater Festival of the Arts

Herberger Theater Center

Outdoor Stages & Plaza

19

Emerge Festival: Eating at the Edges | Presented in partnership with ASU

Mesa Arts Center

19

Hermanos Gutiérrez Musical Instrument Museum

MIM Music Theater

19

Matthew Whitaker

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

19 thru 12/24

Rudolph

The Red-Nosed Reindeer Childsplay Theatre

Herberger Theater CenterStage West

20

An Evening with Brian Culbertson

Mesa Arts Center

20

Arizona Musicfest Young

Musicians Concert

Musical Instrument Museum

MIM Music Theater

20

Altan

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

21

Kurt Elling with the Arizona Musicfest Big Band

Arizona Musicfest

Highlands Church

21 & 22

Blue Man Group

Mesa Arts Center

25

Under the Streetlamp: Hip to the Holidays

Mesa Arts Center

25 - 27

Disney in Concert: Around the World The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

26

Jake Shimabukuro

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

27

Mannheim Steamroller

Christmas by Chip Davis

Mesa Arts Center

28

Behind the Scenes! A Podcast Season 3 Episode 3

Arizona Opera Digital (azopera.org)

A CHIRSTMAS CAROL THE MUSICAL | ARIZONA BROADWAY THEATRE

28 & 29

Irish Christmas in America Musical Instrument Museum MIM Music Theater

28 thru 12/15

Lunch Time Theater Herberger Theater Center

Stage

ASU Wind Symphony and Maroon and Gold Band ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

1

ASU Chamber Orchestra and Concerto Competition prize winners ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre ASU Gammage

1 Book Club Meeting: Ariadne auf Naxos Arizona Opera Digital

1 – 29

A Christmas Carol The Musical Arizona Broadway Theatre

2

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: Wild and Swingin’ Holiday Party! Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church

2 Holiday Choral Gala with six ASU Choirs

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre ASU Gammage

2

First Friday LiveDickens Fair at HTC Herberger Theater Center Herberger Theater Plaza

2

First Friday Phoenix Art Museum

2 Emerson String Quartet Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

2 - 4

Ariadne auf Naxos

Arizona Opera Herberger Theater Center

4

Holiday Pops

The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

2 - 23

A Winnie The Pooh

Christmas Tail

Valley Youth Theatre

2 thru 1/29

Freedom Exhibit

Herberger Theater Center

Bob’s Spot Gallery

2 thru 1/3

Exhibit featuring Matt Cohen Herberger Theater Center

Main Gallery

3

Broadway Curious Bridge Initiative and ASU Kerr

ASU Kerr

3 thru 11/19

Beauty and Function:

Japanese Folk Art from the Mayro-Strelitz Collection

Phoenix Art Museum

Art of Asia galleries

3 thru 11/19

Demonic, Divine, Human:

Japan’s Noh Theater

Phoenix Art Museum

Art of Asia galleries

3 thru 11/19

Exquisite Enamels: Gifts of Japanese Cloisonné from Waynor and Laurie Rogers

Phoenix Art Museum

Art of Asia galleries

3 thru 11/19

Gods and Mortals:

Arts of India

Phoenix Art Museum

Art of Asia galleries

3 thru 11/19

Princely States of the Punjab:

Sikh Art and History

Phoenix Art Museum

Khanuja Family Sikh Heritage Gallery

Scottsdale Philharmonic Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

5 Arizona Costume Institute Holiday Luncheon

Phoenix Art Museum

Cummings Great Hall

6 Mark O’Connor’s An Appalachian Christmas Arizona Musicfest

La Casa de Cristo

6 – 11

To Kill a Mockingbird

ASU Gammage

8 - 23

The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley Arizona Theatre Company

Herberger Theater Center

9 BODYTRAFFIC

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

9 Daniell Howell | Presented in partnership with AEG Mesa Arts Center

9 - 24

The Nutcracker Ballet Arizona Symphony Hall

10

Kandace Springs Musical Instrument Museum MIM Music Theater

10

Home for the Holidays

Phoenix Boys Choir St Luke Lutheran Mesa

11

Scottsdale Philharmonic Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

11

Home for the Holidays

Phoenix Boys Choir

Musical Instrument Museum (MIM)

13

Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: American Pianistic Treasures

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

14

Coffee @ Kerr Lecture: Tosca

Arizona Opera

Kerr Cultural Center & Digital

14

Dave Koz & Friends 25th Anniversary Christmas Tour featuring Special Guests

David Benoit, Rick Braun, Peter White and Rebecca Jade

Mesa Arts Center

15 - 18

Handel’s Messiah

The Phoenix Symphony

Camelback Bible Church, Mesa Arts Center, Pinnacle Presbyterian Church

15 - 19

A Chorale Christmas: Navidad Phoenix Chorale Various

15 - 19

A Chorale Christmas: Navidad Phoenix Chorale Various

16

The Doo Wop Project Holiday Show

Chandler Center for the Arts

17

Merry-Achi Christmas

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

17

Home for the Holidays

Phoenix Boys Choir

Camelback Bible Church

6

Brubeck Brothers Quartet

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

18 Home for the Holidays

Phoenix Boys Choir

Brophy Chapel

23

The Illusionists: Magic of the Holidays | Presented in partnership with Tobin Entertainment

Mesa Arts Center

27 Straight No Chaser | Presented in partnership with Emporium Presents

Mesa Arts Center

31 New Year’s Eve Concert

The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

JANUARY

1 thru 3/30

Exhibition On View: Creating Magic

Scottsdale Public Art

Scottsdale Civic Center Library

3 - 8

Bosendorfer and Yamaha International ASUSA Piano Competition

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

ASU Music building

5 thru 1/15

Lombardi

Herberger Theater Center

Kax Stage

6 The Modern Gentlemen

Arizona Musicfest

Highlands Church

6

First Friday LiveCelebration of a New Year

Herberger Theater Center

Herberger Theater Plaza

First Friday

Phoenix Art Museum

6 thru 1/30

Stories We Love To Tell Exhibit

Herberger Theater Center

Main Gallery

6 - 8

Purely Classical

The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

7

M is for Mozart, Family Performance

The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

11 - 29

Constellations

The Phoenix Theatre Company Hormel Theatre

12

The Temptations

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

13 - 15

Little Women

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

Evelyn Smith Music Theatre

14

Gunhild Carling with the Arizona Musicfest Big Band Arizona Musicfest

Highlands Church

14

Limón Dance Company

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

15

Arizona Musicfest

Young Musicians Concert

Arizona Musicfest

MIM

17

Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Immortal Impromptus

Scottsdale Center for the

Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

18

Student Preview: Tosca

Arizona Opera Symphony Hall

18

National Geographic Live: Alizé Carrère | Adaptation

Mesa Arts Center

18 & 20

REVERB: Contemporary Music Festival

The Phoenix Symphony Central United Methodist Church

19

Opera for Lunch: Arizona Opera Recital Series

Arizona Opera

Arizona Opera Center

19

Book Club Meeting: Tosca

Arizona Opera Digital

19

Classical Music Inside Out: Awadagin Pratt and Maxwell Quartet Mesa Arts Center

19

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

19 - 22

Assisted Living: The Musical® Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Stage 2

20

Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohn & Sarah Jarosz: Together in Concert Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church

20 DRUMline Live! Chandler Center for the

20

The Smothers Brothers Mesa Arts Center

20 - 22

Tosca Arizona Opera Symphony Hall

20 – 31

Mame Arizona Broadway Theatre

21 The Texas Tenors Chandler Center for the Arts

22 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Mesa Arts Center 23 Jason Alexander Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church 23 Behind the Scenes! A Podcast Season 3 Episode 4

FEBRUARY

1

The Festival Orchestra: Wagner, Mozart & Dvorak

Arizona Musicfest

La Casa de Cristo

1 - 25

Mame Arizona Broadway Theatre

1 thru 7/23

MOVE: The Modern Cut of Geoffrey Beene

ASU Kerr and ASU School of Music ASU Kerr

25 thru 3/12 An American in Paris The Phoenix Theatre Company Mainstage Theatre 27

Eidolon

27

Hollywood! ASU Wind Ensemble ASU Gammage

27

Pilobolus: Big Five Oh! Mesa Arts Center

27

Live from Laurel Canyon: Songs & Stories of American Folk Rock Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church

27 - 29

Totally 80’s The Phoenix Symphony Madison Center for the Arts

28

Lalah Hathaway Chandler Center for the Arts

28

The pARTy Phoenix Art Museum

28

Lucy Loves Desi

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

29

Jessica Vosk

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

31 thru 2/5

Jesus Christ Superstar

ASU Gammage

Phoenix Art Museum

Harnett, Ellman, and Orme Lewis galleries

3

The Festival Orchestra featuring Haochen Zhang

Arizona Musicfest

La Casa de Cristo

3

Syncopated Ladies: Live Chandler Center for the Arts

3

First Friday Phoenix Art Museum

3

Christian McBride’s New Jawn Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

3

First Friday LiveLove Is In the Air Herberger Theater Center Herberger Theater Plaza

3 - 5

Fireworks

The Phoenix Symphony Madison Center for the Arts

3 thru 2/27

Where Music Lives Exhibit Herberger Theater Center Main Gallery

3 thru 4/23

Exhibition On View: con∙text

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

ArtReach Space

LADAMA | PHOTO BY YANINA MAY

3 thru 4/23

Exhibition On View: Unintended Consequences

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Center Space

4 We Banjo 3

Chandler Center for the Arts

4 thru 3/12

Tomás and the Library Lady Childsplay Theatre

Herberger Theater Center - Stage West

5

The Festival Orchestra: The Creation

Arizona Musicfest

Pinnacle Presbyterian Church

7

The Black Market Trust

Arizona Musicfest

La Casa de Cristo

9 - 12

Giselle Ballet Arizona Madison Center for the Arts

10

Emil Viklicky

ASU Kerr

10 - 26

Sleeping Beauty Valley Youth Theatre

13

Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Boulanger

ASU Symphony Orchestra

ASU Gammage

14

Isn’t It Romantic: A Swingin’ Valentine’s Arizona Musicfest

The Gathering Place at La Casa de Cristo

14

ASU Maroon and Gold Band and Philharmonia

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

ASU Gammage

14

Welcome to Indian Country

ASU Kerr

15

ASU Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

ASU Gammage

15

Coffee at KerrThe Sound of Music

Arizona Opera

ASU Kerr

15

Coffee @ Kerr lecture: The Sound of Music

Arizona Opera Kerr Cultural Center & Digital

15 - 16

KODO

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

16

LADAMA

ASU Kerr

16 thru 3/5

The Glass Menagerie

Arizona Theatre Company Herberger Theater Center

17

Opera for Lunch:

Arizona Opera Recital Series

Arizona Opera Arizona Opera Center

17 - 19

The Music of John Williams in Concert

The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

18

The Kat & Dave Show featuring David Foster & Katharine McPhee

Arizona Musicfest

Highlands Church

18

Kathleen Turner: Finding My Voice

Mesa Arts Center

19

Barrett Pops Concert

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

Tempe Center for the Arts

19

Itzhak Perlman Recital with Rohan de Silva

Mesa Arts Center

19

Scottsdale Philharmonic Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

21

Tuesday Morning Music and Tea

ASU Kerr and ASU School of Music

ASU Kerr

PENN & TELLER

21

Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Musical Valentines

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

22

Marc-André Hamelin

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

22 thru 3/5

Disney’s FROZEN ASU Gammage

23

The Moth Mainstage Mesa Arts Center

23 - 26

Robert Dubac’s Stand-Up Jesus

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

24

Penn & Teller Mesa Arts Center

24

Ramin Karimloo with Seth Rudetsky Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

24 - 26

The Rake’s Progress ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre Evelyn Smith Music Theatre

25

Our Planet Live in Concert Mesa Arts Center

25

Arizona Young Artists’ Competition Herberger Theater Center Stage West

25 - 26

Neil Berg’s 50 Years of Rock n’ Roll Part 3 Arizona Musicfest Highlands

26 Rhythm of the Dance Chandler Center for the Arts

26

The Scottsdale Chorus

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

27

Behind the Scenes! A Podcast Season 3 Episode 5 Arizona Opera azopera.org

MARCH

1 Student Preview: The Sound of Music Arizona Opera Symphony Hall

2 Book Club Meeting: The Sound of Music Arizona Opera Digital

2 Classical Music Inside Out: Zuill Bailey, Celebrating the Bach Cello Suites

3 Broadway Curious Bridge Initiative and ASU Kerr ASU Kerr

3 First Friday LiveJigging on the Plaza Herberger Theater Center Herberger Theater Plaza 3 The Queen’s Cartoonists

3 - 5

The Sound of Music

Arizona Opera Symphony Hall

3 & 4

Arizona Trolley Dances Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

3 thru 4/3

In Celebration of Women II –Making HERstory Exhibit Herberger Theater Center Main Gallery

4 LP and the Vinyl ASU Kerr

4 Mania The ABBA Tribute Mesa Arts Center

4

Exhibition On View: Language in Times of Miscommunication Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

5 Michael Feinstein & Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church

5 Billie and Blue Eyes: Featuring John Pizzarelli & Catherine Russell Chandler Center for the Arts

7 The Festival Orchestra featuring Ben Beilman Arizona Musicfest La Casa de Cristo

7

Dover Quartet, Soovim Kim, violin and friends: Mozart Viola Quintet ASU Kerr and Phoenix Chamber Music Society ASU Kerr

3

and

7 Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

8 thru 11/12

Fashioning

10 - 12

Turning Points The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

10 - 31

Escape to Margaritaville Arizona Broadway Theatre

11

Los Lobos with Special Guest Gaby Moreno Chandler Center for the Arts

11

Megan Hilty with Seth Rudetsky Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

12

Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar Chandler Center for the Arts

12

Glenn Miller Orchestra Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

14

Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Mozart and Friends: Beethoven and Haydn Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

15 thru 4/2

The Last Five Years The Phoenix Theatre Company Hormel Theatre

16

Charles Lewis Quintet + 2 ASU Kerr

16

Dixie Longate: Cherry Bombs & Bottle Rockets Chandler Center for the Arts

17

Black Violin Mesa Arts Center

17 thru 4/1

Antony & Cleopatra

Southwest Shakespeare Mesa Arts Center

17 - 19

Pink Martini

The Phoenix Symphony Orpheum Theatre

18

KRISTINA WONG FOR PUBLIC OFFICE ASU Gammage

19

Zukerman Trio

Arizona Musicfest

Pinnacle Presbyterian Church

19

Arizona Opera Gala

Arizona Opera Omni Montelucia Resort & Spa

Scottsdale Philharmonic Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

21

Kelli O’Hara

Arizona Musicfest

La Casa de Cristo

22

Coffee @ Kerr Lecture: The Magic Flute

Arizona Opera

Kerr Cultural Center & Digital

22

National Geographic Live:

Lindsay Zanno | T.Rex Rises

Mesa Arts Center

22

Lenhardt Lecture

Phoenix Art Museum

Whiteman Hall

22

Balourdet Quartet

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

23

Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

24 – 26

Annie

ASU Gammage

24 - 26

Dominion Phoenix Chorale Various 24 - 26

French Connection

The Phoenix Symphony

25

Classics Concert Series:

Harmonious Journey Phoenix Boys Choir Desert Hills

ASU Gospel Choir, Canticum Bassum, Sol Singers and Concert Choir

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre Dayspring United Methodist Church, Tempe

25

Dance Heginbotham Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

31

Kill Move Paradise

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

ASU Lyceum Theatre

31 thru 4/2

The Princess Bride in Concert Live to Film

The Phoenix Symphony Orpheum Theatre

APRIL

1

Reckless Underdog

ASU Gammage

1 - 16

Escape to Margaritaville

Arizona Broadway Theatre

1 & 2

Kill Move Paradise

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

ASU Lyceum Theatre

4 Book Club Meeting: The Magic Flute

Arizona Opera Digital

5

ASU Symphony Orchestra and Brooklyn Rider

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

ASU Gammage

5

ASU Kerr

30 thru 4/16

Pru Payne

Arizona Theatre Company Herberger Theater Center

31

Tito Puente Jr.

Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church 31

A Whole New World of Alan Menken Mesa Arts Center

Student Preview: The Magic Flute

Arizona Opera Symphony Hall

5 thru 5/14

A Chorus Line

The Phoenix Theatre Company Mainstage Theatre

6 Classical Music

Inside Out: Eroica Trio Mesa Arts Center

Kill Move Paradise

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

ASU Lyceum Theatre

7

First Friday LiveAll That Jazz

Herberger Theater Center

Herberger Theater Plaza

7

First Friday Phoenix Art Museum

7 & 8

Let’s Misbehave: The Songs of Cole Porter

The Phoenix Symphony

Orpheum Theatre

7 & 9

The Magic Flute

Arizona Opera Symphony Hall

7 - 30

Junie B. Jones The Musical Valley Youth Theatre

7 & 8

Alvin Ailey

American Dance Theater

Mesa Arts Center

7 thru 5/1

Have Passport

Will Travel Exhibit featuring Paula Cullison

Herberger Theater Center

Main Gallery

7 thru 5/29

Elevate Hope Exhibit in partnership with Cancer Support Community Arizona

Herberger Theater Center

Bob’s Spot Gallery

11

Folk Legacy Trio

Arizona Musicfest

La Casa de Cristo

11 thru 6/30

Exhibition On View: Recycle/Upcycle

Scottsdale Public Art

Scottsdale Civic Center Library

12

ASU Wind Ensemble

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

ASU Gammage

12

National Geographic Live: Maureen Beck | Improbable Ascent

Mesa Arts Center

13

Beauty and the Beast

Arizona Opera

Arizona Opera Center

13 - 16

The Alchemist

Southwest Shakespeare Taliesin West

14

Jarabe Mexicano with Ballet Folklorico Quetzalli-AZ

Chandler Center for the Arts

14

Van Cliburn Gold Medalist

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

14 - 16, 20 - 23

Into the Woods

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

Evelyn Smith Music Theatre

14 - 16

Belshazzar’s Feast

The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

15

Simply Three Mesa Arts Center

17

Respect: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin

Arizona Musicfest

Highlands Church

18

Tuesday Morning

Music and Tea

ASU Kerr

and ASU School of Music

ASU Kerr

19

Side-by-Side

The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

21 - 23

Spring Dance Fest

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

Galvin Playhouse Theatre

21 - 23

Latin Fire

The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

22

COMPASS

ASU Gammage

22

Family Day

Arizona Opera Arizona Opera Center

22

Production Apprentice

Showcase & Open House

Arizona Opera Arizona Opera Center

23

Plated & Staged… A Herberger Theater Experience

Herberger Theater Center

Herberger Theater & Valley Restaurants

24

Behind the Scenes! A Podcast

Season 3 Episode 7

Arizona Opera azopera.org

25

ASU Wind Symphony and Maroon and Gold Band

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

ASU Gammage

25

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Mesa Arts Center

27

The Phoenix Symphony Chorus Concert

The Phoenix Symphony Chorus Symphony Hall

ASU Symphony Orchestra and ASU Choirs

ASU School of Music, Dance and Theatre

ASU Gammage

28

Marion Roose

Pullin Studio Cabaret

Arizona Opera

Arizona Opera Center

28 - 30

Passion and Power

The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

29

Takin’ It To The Streets: A Doobie Brothers Tribute

Arizona Musicfest

Highlands Church

29

Les Violons du Roy

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

29 thru 5/21

The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen Childsplay Theatre

Herberger Theater CenterStage West

Production Masterclass #2: Natural Dyes

Arizona Opera

Arizona Opera Center

MAY

3 - 7

Riverdance

Mesa Arts Center

4 Joshua Redman 3x3

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

4 - 7

All Balanchine

Ballet Arizona Symphony Hall

5

Production Masterclass #3

Arizona Opera

Arizona Opera Center

5 First Friday Live - Spring Dance

Herberger Theater Center Herberger Theater Plaza

5 First Friday

Phoenix Art Museum

5 - 7

Soundtrack

Phoenix Chorale

Various

5 thru 6/3

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Arizona Broadway Theatre

5 thru 5/29

Listen To Your Inner

Creative Voice Exhibit

Herberger Theater Center

Main Gallery

6 thru 9/17

Juan Francisco Elso: Por América

Phoenix Art Museum

Steele Gallery

7 Scottsdale Philharmonic

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Virgina G. Piper Theater

11 - 28

Private Lives

Arizona Theatre Company Herberger Theater Center

12 & 13

Pops Concert Series:

PBC Playlist: Sounds from our 75 Years Phoenix Boys Choir

12 & 13

Grand Finale

The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall

16 – 21

A Soldier's Play

ASU Gammage

16 thru 6/3

An Evening at Desert Botanical Garden

Ballet Arizona

Desert Botanical Garden

18 - 21

Much Ado About Nothing

Southwest Shakespeare

Taliesin West

20

Broadway Curious Bridge Initiative and ASU Kerr

ASU Kerr

20

Joey Alexander

Mesa Arts Center

22

Behind the Scenes! A Podcast Season 3 Episode 8

Arizona Opera azopera.org

JUNE

2

First Friday

Phoenix Art Museum

2 thru 7/31

Children’s Exhibit with First Things First Herberger Theater Center Main Gallery

7 thru 7/9

The Prom

The Phoenix Theatre Company Mainstage Theatre

9 - 25

SpongeBob Square Pants

The Musical Valley Youth Theatre

Herberger Theater Center

16 - 30

The Wizard of Oz

Arizona Broadway Theatre

17 thru 6/30

William Herbert “Buck”

Dunton (1878-1936):

A Mainer Goes West

Phoenix Art Museum

Art of the Americas galleries

20 – 25

Hairspray

ASU Gammage

29 thru 7/16

The Legend of Georgia McBride

Arizona Theatre Company

Herberger Theater Center

JULY

7

First Friday

Phoenix Art Museum

20 thru 2/23

And Let it Remain So: Women of the African Diaspora

Phoenix Art Museum

Norton Gallery

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PHOTO BY TOM FOWLER

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