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has been serving the financial services needs of communities across the state. During this time, NB|AZ has been serving and supporting the cultural needs of our community as an ardent supporter of the arts in all forms. From live performances to art therapy and educational outreach, NB|AZ and our nearly 1,000 employees statewide view our responsibility to the growth of the cultural community as important as any financial investment. When you think about it, National Bank of Arizona practically grew up with many of the fine arts programs in this state. We have always felt that what we do is less about building a ‘portfolio’ and more about building a community. We believe that the arts bring a sense of community.
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From bank executives serving on performing and fine arts boards to chairing fundraising efforts, NB|AZ employees have been a constant source of support since the bank was founded in Tucson over 30 years ago. Today, the bank’s commitment to the arts community goes far beyond volunteering and sponsorship. We are grateful to the arts community for the opportunity to support their efforts. We are equally proud of our partnership with Act One to help bring the arts to as many of our fellow Arizonans as possible. It is truly an honor.
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ON Stage's Nonprofit Beneficiary: ACT ONE
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Cover Artist: ROSALIE TRULLI VACCARO
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Arizona Musicfest
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Arizona Opera
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Arizona Theatre Company
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Ballet Arizona
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PERFORMING ARTS
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Mesa Arts Center
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The Phoenix Symphony
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Phoenix Theatre
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Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
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Southwest Shakespeare Company
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Tempe Center for the Arts
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ACT ONE: PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE ARTS Act One is honored to be the recipient of the proceeds generated by ON Stage, a collaborative magazine that brings arts-goers the best of this season’s arts offerings. It is thanks to ON Media, National Bank of Arizona, the arts partners featured here and ON Stage advertisers that this free publication is made available to the public.
ACCESS TO THE ARTS Do you remember climbing on a school bus and going on an arts field trip? In Arizona, schools increasingly do not have funds for field trips, especially Title 1 schools in lower-income communities. Act One is a charitable organization founded in 2011 to provide lower-income school children the opportunity to experience arts performances and exhibitions through field trips to professional theaters and museums. 6
In the 2018-19 school year, Act One has capacity to bring more than 46,000 K-12 students on educational arts field trips in Phoenix and Tucson. Act One partners with more than 50 arts organizations to bring students on field trips. Because Act One pays for both the tickets and the busing, students who previously didn’t attend field trips are able to experience the arts. Among the 37,000+ students who attended field trips with Act One last school year were 181 3rd and 5th graders and 23 chaperones from Frank Elementary School in Guadalupe, where 99 percent of students receive free or reduced-price lunches. The students went to Symphony Hall to see Ballet Arizona’s
ACT ONE The Nutcracker last December. For many students, it was their first time on a field trip.
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“This type of experience benefits all of our students because this is likely their only opportunity thus far in life to see this type of performance,” says Nicole Gutierrez, a 5th grade teacher from the school. Cris Smith, a 3rd grade teacher from Frank Elementary, said the students were very excited. “This really piqued their interest in ballet. They marveled at the strength of both the female and male dancers. They wanted to know more about the Nutcracker story.”
CULTURE PASSES FOR ALL In addition to its field trip program, Act One also manages the Act One Culture Pass, which provides opportunities for nearly 500,000 people to attend Metro Phoenix arts and cultural destinations and performances for free. Culture Passes are available at 48 Valley libraries and can be checked out by library card holders. Visit www.act1az.org/culture-pass for more information.
SUPPORT ACT ONE! Act One depends on the generosity of donors to provide the funding to bring more than 46,000 Arizona students on educational arts field trips. For as little as $10, you can sponsor one child on an arts field trip. Learn more about Act One at act1az.org or call (602) 343-6239.
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ROSALIE TRULLI VACCARO Each year, Act One and Scottsdale Artists’ School hold a painting competition to select an original piece of art for the cover of ON Stage. This year’s winner is Rosalie Trulli Vaccaro.
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Rosalie Trulli Vaccaro’s love of oil painting shows in her work. She is a contemporary artist with a classical painting background who loves to portray people in their environments. Born in New York, where she earned her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree at SUNY, Rosalie worked in the graphic design industry, which encouraged her to attend a two-year program at Paier College of Art, specializing in portraits and figurative painting. She has studied with several nationally known artists and her works have been in several exhibits, and juried shows in New York, Connecticut, Florida and Arizona. She has won many awards and her work is in private collections. To learn more, visit rosalievaccaro.com. To submit a piece of artwork for next season’s ON Stage guide, please contact inquiry@onmediaaz.com for details.
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ARIZONA MUSICFEST PRESENTS A SHOWSTOPPING LINEUP Brian Stokes Mitchell
For its 28th season, Musicfest headline artists include five-time Grammy®-winning country music star Wynonna & The Big Noise (November 17), legendary music icon Neil Sedaka, (February 15), Broadway’s leading man Brian Stokes Mitchell (February 7), and favorites of Las Vegas and beyond, Human Nature (January 25). Jazz trumpet legend Herb Alpert and Grammy Award®-winning singer Lani Hall (January 28) come to Musicfest for a special collaborative evening, and Lonesome Traveler, with special guest Peter Yarrow, (February 4) perform a journey through American folk music from the hills of Appalachia to the nightclubs of New York.
CLASSICAL MUSIC LOVERS, REJOICE! The Festival Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Robert Moody, is comprised of musicians from the nation’s finest 10
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Highlighting this year’s Festival Orchestra Week are two momentous concerts (February 23 & 24) featuring violin virtuoso Gil Shaham and the Violins of Hope, a rare collection of restored violins from the Holocaust.
orchestras. This ensemble will perform six concerts in February, including works by Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Bach and Mahler. Award-winning American pianist Andrew von Oeyen (February 19) joins the Orchestra for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3. “Arizona Musicfest has experienced tremendous growth over the last few years,” says Arizona Musicfest Executive and Producing Director Allan Naplan. “With a continued expansion of our festival concert programming, including more performances than ever before with top level artists, we look forward to providing another exciting season!”
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Arizona Musicfest’s 2018-19 festival season brings a diverse lineup of exceptional artists to North Scottsdale, with 27 performances from November 2 through March 15.
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Stellar ensembles coming to the Musicfest stage include the legendary Count Basie Orchestra Directed by Scotty Barnhart (March 11), jazz and swing greats Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (February 1) and The Hot Club of San Francisco (March 5), the leading interpreters of cool gypsy jazz. The Musicfest stage will rock when audience favorites The Bronx Wanderers (November 8) bring their high-octane ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s rock & roll experience to North Scottsdale. The hits continue with the rock super-group The Hit Men (February 9), comprised of performers who recorded with some of the biggest names in music. This season, Musicfest also celebrates some of the greatest musical acts of all time with tributes to iconic artists. Billy Joel 2 Elton John (November 2) honors the legendary piano men, while the unforgettable music of Barbra Streisand is featured when acclaimed cabaret singer-songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway performs The Streisand Songbook (March 7). Changes in Latitude (March 15), America’s premier tribute to Jimmy Buffet, closes out the 2018-19 season.
BEYOND THE FESTIVAL STAGE
Musicfest presents its outstanding young musicians in two festival concerts: Young Musicians Fall Concert (November 18) and at the Young Musicians Winter Concert (March 3). Visit AZMusicfest.org or call (480) 422-8449.
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Along with Musicfest’s concert season, the organization also enriches the community through dynamic in-school music education programs, extensive performance and scholarship opportunities for some of the best and brightest young musicians of our area, as well as through Musicfest’s lifelong learning series Music Alive in Suite A-5.
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27 Performances in North Scottsdale • November through March
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THE HIT MEN: NEIL SEDAKA
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ARIZONA OPERA'S BLAZINGBRIGHT 2018/2019 SEASON
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Think passion, drama, love.... Think sexy. That’s how Arizona Opera Head of Music Christopher Cano describes the McDougall Arizona Opera RED Series coming in the 2018-19 season. “We want to introduce Arizona to newer works in more intimate venues,” says Cano, “so for the first time we’re performing two operas in downtown Phoenix’s Herberger Theater Center and Tucson’s Temple of Music and Art.” Arizona Opera adds the McDougall RED to its more traditional Main Stage Series, which features three grand operas at Symphony Hall in Phoenix and Tucson Music Hall. The McDougall RED launches with the gritty and surreal Maria de Buenos Aires (September 28-30 Phoenix Herberger/ October 6-7 Tucson Temple) — “a modern classic by great tango master Astor Piazzolla
and poet Horacio Ferrer,” says Joseph Specter, president and general director. “It’s a dark, seductive piece about redemption.” The Spanish-language opera premiered in 1968, and director-choreographer John de los Santos created this Arizona Opera coproduction with San Diego Opera. Maria de Buenos Aires’ tiny, versatile cast (three principals with dancers and a small chorus) performs with a tango orchestra including guitar and bandoneon. “It’s a very tight, small show that packs a hell of a punch,” says de los Santos. Soprano Catalina Cuervo is Maria, with Celeste Lanuza as El Duende and baritone Luis Alejandro Orozco. Dense, visceral verse fills the libretto and “every number keeps revealing new colors and new layers — it’s a very moody show,” ON STAGE 2018–2019 |
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the director says. Arizona Opera patrons can also celebrate the opening nights of Maria de Buenos Aires at the RED Party in both Phoenix and Tucson with live music and dancing. “Both Maria de Buenos Aires and Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (November 9-11 Phoenix Herberger/November 17-18 Tucson Temple) are about dangerous lives lived dangerously,” says Specter. “They create an atmospheric and psychological space.” With jazz-inflected music from 2015 by Swiss saxophonist Daniel Schnyder and text by Bridgette A. Wimberly, the vignettes of Yardbird take place in the six-hour afterlife limbo following Parker’s death as the musician tries to write one last masterpiece while grappling with addiction. “Schnyder was fascinated with bel canto as jazz riff,” says Joshua Borths, Arizona Opera’s former Director of Education and Community Engagement Emeritus. “Taking these licks, written out just like the cadenzas of the great bel canto operas — what happens if you throw in a blues note instead?”
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Borths says staff members from The Nash, a downtown Phoenix jazz club, are a natural fit and instrumental to the production. Another natural fit for Arizona Opera? Welcoming Metropolitan Opera National
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Council Auditions winner Vanessa Vasquez back to her hometown in La Traviata (January 25-27 Symphony Hall/February 2-3 Tucson Music Hall). Vasquez — born in Arizona and a graduate of Xavier College Preparatory — sings "Violetta" with fellow soprano Sara Gartland in the opera by Giuseppe Verdi and Francesco Maria Piave. Spring brings the Pulitzer Prize-winning Silent Night (March 1-3 Symphony Hall/ March 9-10 Tucson Music Hall) by Kevin Puts. Silent Night was the composer’s debut opera, adapted in 2011 from the French film Joyeux Noël about the spontaneous Christmas Eve truces of the first World War. “One thing that Silent Night does quite beautifully because of the music is simply ask the audience, ‘Why? Why do we do this again? Why do we continue to go to war? Is there something we can do to stop this?’” says librettist Mark Campbell. The opera features more than half-a-dozen major roles with verse in five languages. Arizona Opera wraps up its season with a vibrant, energetic cast in The Marriage of Figaro (April 5-7 Symphony Hall/April 13-14 Tucson Music Hall) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo da Ponte. Directed by Tara Faircloth and starring sopranos Jeanine de Bique and Meechot Marrero as Susanna, it’s “going to be a theatrically vibrant production that the audience is really
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going to adore,” says conductor Dean Williamson, who explains that Mozart’s brisk tempos follow Italian language patterns. “Basically, it’s a play set to music, and it should feel like it’s moving at the natural conversational speed.” “From the moment the overture begins until the end of the Act II finale, it never stops,” adds Williamson. “You start to learn and love and care for all of the characters onstage.” McDougall RED performances last about 90 minutes, while Main Stage productions run for 2½-3 hours. All Arizona Opera Main Stage and McDougall RED productions feature English supertitles projected above the stage. In late April, Arizona Opera plans an experimental production of Così fan tutte with piano, giving the Studio Artists an opportunity to learn new roles, build
their resumes and gain practical experience. They’ll also perform throughout the season in La Traviata, Silent Night, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird and The Marriage of Figaro. “They’re exceptional talents,” Cano says. Education and outreach events include a mini Magic Flute touring to 50,000-60,000 schoolchildren across Arizona along with five student nights, cultural festivals like OperaCon RED and a recital of WWI-era songs, and Arizona Opera’s book club. “We’re using opera as the springboard for a community engagement celebration,” Borths says. “Everything we do is for the communities we serve across Arizona,” adds Specter, “so of course we want to get it right.” For more information visit arizonaopera.org. ON STAGE 2018–2019 |
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MARIA DE BUENOS AIRES SEPTEMBER 28-30 Music by Astor Piazzolla Libretto by Horacio Ferrer
I know why the caged bird sings.
CHARLIE PARKER’S YARDBIRD NOVEMBER 9-11 Music by Daniel Schnyder Libretto by Bridgette A. Wimberly RED Series Performances at Herberger Theater
True love, impossible choices.
LA TRAVIATA JANUARY 25-27 Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
All is calm, all is bright.
SILENT NIGHT MARCH 1-3 Music by Kevin Puts Libretto by Mark Campbell
Love is a battlefield.
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO APRIL 5-7 Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
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ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY’S 2018/2019 SEASON, SCENE IN AMERICA, EXPLORES THE WORLD WE LIVE IN Arizona Theatre Company’s 52nd season, the first full season reflecting the impact, influence and personal touches of Artistic Director David Ivers at the Herberger Theater Center, features world-class productions created IN and FOR Arizonans. Six stories. Six compelling productions from Arizona’s official state theatre company:
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superstar as a best-selling author and syndicated journalist. Discover the story behind America’s cherished humorist who championed women’s lives with wit that sprang from the most unexpected place of all — the truth. “Immensely entertaining.” – TheaterMania. The Music Man, music and lyrics by Meredith Willson, book by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey and directed by David Ivers (January 5-27). The irresistible musical tribute to the power of make-believe
Native Gardens, Karen Zacarías’ hilarious new comedy is anything but neighborly (October 4–21). This is the story of highpowered lawyer Pablo and his wife, Tania, a doctoral student — both working toward the American Dream — who move into a well-to-do, mostly white neighborhood in the nation’s capital. A delicate disagreement over a long-standing fence line soon spirals into a laugh-out-loud border dispute exploring an otherwise hot-button issue through a refreshingly amusing lens. “A true breath of comic fresh air.” – DC Theatre Scene. Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, by Margaret Engel and Allison Engel, directed by Casey Stangl (November 15-December 2), is a loving tribute to the Ohio wife and mother turned long-time Arizona mother and housewife who made herself into a national ON STAGE 2018–2019 |
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Things I Know to be True, by Andrew Bovell, directed by Mark Clements (May 16-June 2). Can parents love their children too much? Is it possible not to love them enough? These questions hover over Things I Know to be True, a portrait of a family and the frictions that arise when grown-up children try to push beyond the confines of their loving parents’ expectations. “FIVE STARS! A thing of beauty. An absolute gem.” – Daily Telegraph.
marches onto ATC’s stage with trumpets blaring! By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic and touching, The Music Man is American musical theatre at its best. “Even if you're seeing it for the umpteenth time, you can be surprised by the musical's vigor, warmth, uplift and virtually faultless construction. Here is both popular art and a model of musical theater craft.” – The New York Times.
This ATC season also will include the launch of the Arizona Artists Initiative, complemented by the intimate and intriguing Off-script — off-site collaboration events with other national and Arizona-based performing arts organizations. Treat yourself to a season subscription and get the best available seats at the best price. Single tickets will be on sale on a staggered schedule throughout the season. Visit arizonatheatre.org or call the box office at (602) 256-6995.
Two Trains Running, by August Wilson and directed by Lou Bellamy (February 14March 3). From the writer of Fences, this story of a new president in the White House with racial tensions on the rise is not set in 2018. It’s 1969 — and the Civil Rights Movement is sending tremors through Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Two Trains Running explores a time of extraordinary change — and the ordinary people who get left behind. “Mr. Wilson's most adventurous and honest attempt to reveal the intimate heart of history.” – The New York Times. American Mariachi, by José Cruz González (April 4–21). Spending her days caring for her ailing mother, Lucha yearns to break the monotonous routine though a wild idea: an all-girl mariachi band! But it’s the 1970s, and girls can’t be mariachis ... or can they? A heartwarming and hilarious new comedy about music’s power to heal and connect featuring gorgeous live mariachi music. ON STAGE 2018–2019 |
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comes to the Valley again, with the 2018-2019 ASU Gammage Desert Financial Broadway Across America - Arizona Season. THE SEASON features everything you’d
wish for, including the winner of six 2017 Tony Awards® and 2018 Grammy Award® winner Dear Evan Hansen, beloved Broadway hit Disney’s Aladdin, and Broadway’s greatest musical, the 2017 Tony Award® winner for Best Revival, Hello, Dolly! starring Betty Buckley. “Dear Evan Hansen is so moving. Aladdin is magical, and Hello Dolly! is the love letter to Broadway you’ve been waiting for! You are going to love them,” says Colleen JenningsRoggensack, Executive Director of ASU Gammage & ASU Vice President for Cultural Affairs.
WAITRESS
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Brought to life by a groundbreaking allfemale creative team, this irresistible new hit features original music and lyrics by six-time Grammy® nominee Sara Bareilles (“Brave,” “Love Song”), a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam) and direction by Tony Award® winner Diane Paulus (Hair, Pippin, Finding Neverland).
The season will also include Broadway favorites Waitress and On Your Feet! as well as a family favorite, Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the smash-hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong. In addition, ASU Gammage is thrilled to welcome back three Valley favorites as season options: Rent, The Book of Mormon and Arizona’s most popular musical Wicked. “This season is packed with Broadway’s biggest hits, and I can’t wait for the Valley to experience these amazing productions,” says Jennings-Roggensack. “There is something in this season for everyone! Great family shows, fun date nights, Broadway classics and fan favorites.” ON STAGE 2018–2019 |
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ON YOUR FEET
Inspired by Adrienne Shelly's beloved film, Waitress tells the story of Jenna — a waitress and expert pie maker. Jenna dreams of a way out of her small town and loveless marriage. A baking contest in a nearby county and the town's new doctor may offer her a chance at a fresh start, while her fellow waitresses offer their recipes for happiness. But Jenna must summon the strength and courage to rebuild her own life. “Waitress is a little slice of heaven!” says Entertainment Weekly and “a monumental contribution to Broadway!” according to Marie Claire. Don't miss this uplifting musical celebrating friendship, motherhood and the magic of a well-made pie.
ON YOUR FEET! November 6 - 11, 2018
From their humble beginnings in Cuba, Emilio and Gloria Estefan came to America and broke through all barriers to become a
crossover sensation at the very top of the pop music world. But just when they thought they had it all, they almost lost everything. On Your Feet! takes you behind the music and inside the real story of this recordmaking and groundbreaking couple who, in the face of adversity, found a way to end up on their feet. Directed by two-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots), with choreography by Olivier Award winner Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys) and an original book by Academy Award® winner Alexander Dinelaris (Birdman), On Your Feet! features some of the most iconic songs of the past quarter-century — and one of the most inspiring stories in music history.
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DEAR EVAN HANSEN
HELLO, DOLLY!
A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about to get the one thing he’s always wanted: a chance to finally fit in.
Tony Award®-winning Broadway legend Betty Buckley stars in Hello, Dolly! — the universally acclaimed smash that NPR called “the best show of the year!” Winner of four Tony Awards® including Best Musical Revival, director Jerry Zaks’ “gorgeous” new production (Vogue) is “making people crazy happy!” says The Washington Post. Breaking box office records week after week and receiving thunderous raves on Broadway, this Hello, Dolly! pays tribute to the original work of legendary director/choreographer Gower Champion with a show hailed both then and now as one of the greatest stagings in musical theater history. Rolling Stone calls it “a must-see event. A musical comedy dream. If you’re lucky enough to score a ticket, you’ll be seeing something historic. Wow, wow, wow, indeed!”
November 27 - December 2, 2018
“One of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history,” says The Washington Post. Rolling Stone calls Dear Evan Hansen “a game-changer that hits you like a shot in the heart,” and NBC News raves, “An inspiring anthem resonating on Broadway and beyond.” Dear Evan Hansen features a book by Tony Award® winner Steven Levenson, a score by Academy Award and Tony Award® winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and direction by four-time Tony Award® nominee Michael Greif. Winner of six Tony Awards® including Best Musical, Dear Evan Hansen is the deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it.
HELLO DOLLY!
January 8 - 13, 2019
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Discover a whole new world at Disney’s Aladdin, the hit Broadway musical.
Wicked, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz … but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin — smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships … until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked.”
From the producer of The Lion King comes the timeless story of Aladdin, a thrilling new production filled with unforgettable beauty, magic, comedy and breathtaking spectacle. It’s an extraordinary theatrical event where one lamp and three wishes make the possibilities infinite. See why audiences and critics agree, Aladdin is “Exactly What You Wish For!” (NBC-TV).
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG March 19 - 24, 2019
What would happen if Sherlock Holmes and Monty Python had an illegitimate Broadway baby? You’d get The Play That Goes Wrong, Broadway & London’s award-winning smash comedy! Called “a gut-busting hit” by The New York Times and “the funniest play Broadway has ever seen” by Huffington Post, this classic murder mystery is chock-full of mishaps and madcap mania. Welcome to opening night of “The Murder at Haversham Manor,” where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. With an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines), Variety calls it “comic gold” — sure to bring down the house!
April 3 - May 5, 2019
From the first electrifying note to the final breathtaking moment, Wicked — the untold story of the Witches of Oz — transfixes audiences with its wildly inventive story that USA Today cheers is “a complete triumph! An original musical that will make you laugh, cry, and think.”
Wicked. Photo by Joan Marcus
January 31 - February 17, 2019
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RENT
In 1996, an original rock musical by a littleknown composer opened on Broadway … and forever changed the landscape of American theater. Two decades later, Jonathan Larson’s Rent continues to speak loudly and defiantly to audiences across generations and all over the world. And now, this Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award®-winning masterpiece returns to the stage in a vibrant 20th anniversary touring production. A re-imagining of Puccini’s La Bohème, Rent follows an unforgettable year in the lives of seven artists struggling to follow their dreams without selling out. With its inspiring message of joy and hope in the face of fear, this timeless celebration of friendship and creativity reminds us to measure our lives with the only thing that truly matters — love.
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May 28 - June 2, 2019
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY June 11 - 16, 2019
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Photo by Joan Marcus
Roald Dahl’s amazing tale is now Tempe’s golden ticket! It's the perfect recipe for a delectable treat: songs from the original film, including “Pure Imagination,” “The Candy Man,” and “I’ve Got a Golden Ticket,” alongside a toe-tapping and ear-tickling new score from the songwriters of Hairspray. Willy Wonka is opening his marvelous and mysterious chocolate factory ... to a lucky few. That includes Charlie Bucket, whose bland life is about to burst with color and confection beyond his wildest dreams. He and four other golden ticket holders will embark on a mesmerizing joyride through a world of pure imagination. Now’s your chance to experience the wonders of Wonka like never before — get ready for OompaLoompas, incredible inventions, the great glass elevator and more, more, more at this everlasting showstopper!
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Written by Inua Ellams
Saturday, October 13
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THE BOOK OF MORMON
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The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment Weekly raves, “Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.” Jimmy Fallon calls it “Genius. Brilliant. Phenomenal.” It’s The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award®winning Best Musical.
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This outrageous musical comedy follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries who are sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. Now with standing room only productions in London, on Broadway, and across North America, The Book of Mormon has truly become an international sensation. For more information visit asugammage.com.
ASU GAMMAGE BEYOND SEASON
THE BOOK OF MORMON
August 6 - 11, 2019
ASU Gammage is gearing up for another
amazing Beyond season with a lineup of extraordinary performances. For more than 25 years, Beyond has brought world-class artists into the community by presenting compelling work while connecting with Valley residents through artist residency programs, master classes, and public performances. The 2018-2019 Beyond series is packed with shows that are more innovative, more inspired, and more powerful than ever. This season will include the show that has taken London by storm with Barber Shop Chronicles, and the return of awardwinning choreographer and TED Fellow Camille A. Brown. “Beyond is a powerful experience unique in the Southwest with amazing, diverse performing artists engaged in our communities. They speak a compelling common language that celebrates us all,” says Michael Reed, ASU Gammage Senior Director of Programs and Organizational Initiatives.
Barber Shop Chronicles. © Marc Brenner
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ANDA UNION
EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY Ronald K. Brown
September 29, 2018
Founded by Ronald K. Brown in 1985 and based in Brooklyn, Evidence, A Dance Company focuses on the seamless integration of traditional African dance with contemporary choreography. Through its vibrant and soulful dance works, Evidence provides a unique view of human struggles, tragedies and triumphs. Known for his musicality and brilliant use of stage space, with movement Brown reinforces the importance of community in African American culture. His work acquaints audiences with his kinetic storytelling style with a message that showcases the beauty of contemporary dance blended with traditional African forms and rhythms. He is an advocate for the growth of the African American dance community and is instrumental in encouraging young dancers to choreograph and to develop careers in dance.
BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES
A Fuel, National Theatre and West Yorkshire Playhouse co-production October 13, 2018
One day. Six cities. A thousand stories. Newsroom, political platform, local hot spot, confession box, preacher-pulpit and football stadium. For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops to discuss the world. This dynamic new play leaps to barbershops across the U.K. These are places where the banter can be barbed and the truth is always telling.
ANDA UNION October 27, 2018
This season, ASU Gammage welcomes back the irresistibly charismatic Mongolian musical group Anda Union. Anda Union is part of a musical movement that is finding inspiration in old and forgotten songs, drawing on a repertoire of magical music that all but disappeared during China’s recent tumultuous past. Anda Union holds on to the essence of Mongolian music while creating a new and addictive form of music.
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SILENT VOICES: LOVESTATE Brooklyn Youth Chorus January 19, 2019
Lovestate is the third installment in Silent Voices, a multimedia, multi-composer, and multi-year series of concert works with spoken word conceived, produced and performed by Brooklyn Youth Chorus. The Chorus has commissioned a dynamic roster of composers to collaborate with the choristers in confronting the challenges of racism, sexism, social and economic disparity, immigration, our environment, and threats to our understanding of truth, as we advance toward a more inclusive and compassionate vision of the future.
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March 30, 2019
Quetzal, the Grammy® Award-winning East L.A. Chicana rock group now celebrating its 25-year anniversary, is influenced by an East L.A. rock soundscape composed of Mexican ranchera, cumbia, salsa, rock, R&B, folk and fusions of international music, with political vision. Quetzal is based in social activism, feminism, and the belief that there is radical potential in expressive culture. Named “one of Los Angeles' most important bands” by the Los Angeles Times, Quetzal forges a sound that will simultaneously make you dance and contemplate change, a sound as rich and complex as their pluri-ethnic barrio experience.
March 16, 2019
Award-winning choreographer and TED Fellow Camille A. Brown brings her company and its passionate storytelling back to ASU Gammage with ink.
For more information visit asugammage.com.
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ink celebrates the rituals, gestural vocabulary and traditions that remain ingrained within the lineage of the African Diaspora and reclaims African Americans’ narratives by showcasing their authenticity. The work examines the culture of Black life that is often appropriated, rewritten or silenced.
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BRINGING THE CLASSIC STORY TO LIFE ONSTAGE Aladdin at ASU Gammage Jan. 31 - Feb. 17, 2019
Early in the evolution of Aladdin, composer Alan Menken, book writer and lyricist Chad Beguelin and director/choreographer Casey Nicholaw got together to write a brand-new song for the stage musical – a unique collaboration that could only happen on Broadway. “We needed to write a new song for the Genie, [for] when he’s going to free Aladdin from the dungeon in Act II,” recalls Menken. “And we wrote this song called ‘Somebody’s Got Your Back.’ It was just one of these oldfashioned theatre moments where you lock three people in a room. I run over to the piano and try an idea; Casey gets up and gets kind of a movement idea; and Chad shouts out lyric ideas ... and within a half an hour, we had the beginning of this song. And we’re very proud of it. The best part of the process is always the initial creativity, the initial writing — and that was a great moment.” It’s hard to imagine that the late, great lyricist Howard Ashman wouldn’t be ridiculously pleased with the success of his Disney-based collaborations with longtime songwriting partner Alan Menken. The duo’s iconic scores for the animated films The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast were given continued life as Broadway musicals, seen by millions all over the country and the world. But what about the pair’s last Disney project — 1992’s Aladdin? Die-hard fans know Alan and Howard had written 11 songs for the film, only to have most of them cut from
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early drafts of the screenplay; production was later marred by Howard’s woefully early passing from AIDS-related complications in 1991. Did any of those original songs still exist? Could a reimagined Aladdin ever make it to Broadway? The answer, thankfully, is “yes” — and the final product joins several of Howard Ashman’s original ideas for the film with brand-new, wholly theatrical notions from the new musical’s blue-chip creative team. It all started several years ago, when Tony®-nominated lyricist Chad Beguelin was asked to help put together a draft of a stage version of Aladdin. When Menken saw Beguelin’s initial draft, he realized the time was right to resurrect the film’s littleheard deleted songs and debut them to a new generation. “It’s been really a unique process,” Beguelin explains. “The task was to create Aladdin ‘the new stage musical,’ but also integrate these lost songs — which are really wonderful. It’s been like putting together a musical puzzle.” While a host of new or previously unheard songs takes flight, fans can expect all their favorites — including the Menken/Tim Rice Oscar®winner “A Whole New World” and a totally swingin’ version of “Friend Like Me.”
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Menken/Ashman tunes and the brand-new Menken/Beguelin songs and fully embrace this fresh, joyful take on a classic. “It’s about keeping all the stuff that everyone loves from the movie and in order to get it on stage, give it a musical-comedy heart.” For more information visit asugammage.com.
Aladdin | Photo by Deen van Meer
Bringing Aladdin to Broadway and now to audiences across North America has been a memorable experience, even for stage adaptation-maestro Menken. “Coming to the show is like opening up, in a sense, a treasure trove — or a ‘Cave of Wonders,’ if you will — of material that was intended for the animated movie,” he says. “And it’s now being brought to life on stage!” Ultimately, Nicholaw thinks audiences will hail the “new”
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U.S. premiere at ASU Gammage Oct. 13
Barbershop Chronicles. All photos © Marc Brenner
A Q&A WITH INUA ELLAMS, THE WRITER OF BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO WRITE THIS SHOW? INUA ELLAMS: Back in 2010, someone
gave me a flyer which was about a pilot project to teach barbers about the very basics in counseling. I was surprised that conversations in barber shops were so intimate, that someone thought that barbers should be trained in counseling, and also that they wanted the counseling project sessions to happen in the barber shop. This meant that on some level, the person who was organizing this thought there was something sacred about barber shops. Initially, I wanted to create a sort of poetry and graphic art project where I would create illustrations or portraits of the men whilst getting their haircuts and write poems based on the conversations I’d overhear. I failed to get that project off the ground but the idea just stayed with me for a couple of years, until I got talking to Kate McGrath from Fuel, who liked the idea. Together we approached The National Theatre. That’s where the show came from and how it was inspired.
YOU DESCRIBE YOUR PLAYS AS ‘FAILED POEMS’ – WHY WAS THIS IDEA BETTER SUITED TO A PLAY? IE: The voices in my head just began to
grow bigger, louder and in numbers. When this happens, the poems become multivoiced and turn into dialogue. Eventually this dialogue breaks away from the poetic form altogether. The idea of Barber Shop Chronicles was suited to a play because there were several voices feeding into the conversations within the sacred spaces that barber shops seemed to be as I began to research.
WHAT WAS THE PROCESS FOR CREATING THE SHOW? IE: I began with a month residency at The National Theatre in London, then a week-long residency at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. I then had six weeks of research travelling through the African continent. I returned with about 60 hours of recordings, which I whittled down to a four-hour play, and was then eventually whittled down into an hour and forty-five-minute long show. I got rid of lots of things, which I intend to use at some point.
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HOW DOES IT FEEL TO WRITE THE PLAY AND HAND IT OVER TO OTHERS TO BRING TO LIFE? IE: It’s all about trust, and that is mediated by the director. It can be very nerve-racking. It can also be very exposing for other people to take your words and do what they will with them. They can find that moments in the play are not as subtle as you imagined they were and critique and ask questions. But this is all conducive to creating better art. So this has definitely been a positive experience with this play. Join us at asugammage.com.
HOW DIFFERENT IS IT TO WRITE FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO PERFORM RATHER THAN A SHOW YOU PERFORM? IE: It’s not that different. I guess I just know from the get-go that I’m not going to be the performer of the text. So it isn’t different as such; the difference is when it comes to the rehearsal period. Up until then when I’m writing, it’s just various shades of my voice speaking to each other in my head, or various shades of me coming out in various voices in my head. Then when I get into the rehearsal space and I see other actors take on the lines, it becomes something else. ON STAGE 2018–2019 |
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ASU KERR CULTURAL CENTER FEATURED ARTISTS 2018-2019 From tales of Teddy Roosevelt to Chilean indie-folk music, there’s something for just about everyone this season at Kerr.
NAYO JONES
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Nayo Jones, a young veteran of New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and French Quarter Fest, shares her soulful selections, from R&B to jazz.
CHRISTMAS FROM A CELTIC TABLE Saturday, December 22, 2018
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actor Derek Evans brings to life the 26th President of the United States, one of the most exciting, charismatic personalities in all of history. Learn lessons in patriotism, selfreliance, family values and the conservation of our great natural resources.
RACHEL LEE PRIDAY Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Violinist Rachel Lee Priday, acclaimed for her tonal beauty and riveting stage presence, has appeared as soloist with major international orchestras including the Chicago, Houston, National Symphony Orchestras as well as the Boston Pops.
Join us for this authentic Irish Christmas celebration featuring the music and dance of Ireland.
BOB SHIMIZU JAZZ Saturday, February 9, 2019
Bob Shimizu’s wonderful, creative take on “standards” includes select songs from his youth. Experience the swinging melody and improvisation of his jazz.
SHANA BOUSARD AND BRIAN RUNBECK DUET Thursday, February 14, 2019
MAN IN THE ARENA THEODORE ROOSEVELT Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Nayo Jones
Here’s a great Valentine’s date night, featuring this power duet and beloved songs from Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby and other hits from the Great American Songbook.
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DAVE STAMEY Friday, March 1, 2019
QUARTETO NUEVO Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Quarteto Nuevo merges western classical, eastern European folk, Latin music and jazz with an organic feel, jazzy interludes, rumbling percussion motifs and mesmerizing rhythms. They meld the music of ancient worlds and faraway places with a contemporary groove that enchants audiences of all ages.
COMPOSER’S CHOICE FEATURING NOKUTHULA NGWENYAMA Thursday, March 21, 2019
This annual show, featuring contemporary composers whose work ranges from video games and visual art to film and television, is curated by violist and composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama. This is not a typical classical music concert, it’s a peek into the fascinating craft of working musicians today.
NANO STERN
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Chilean indie folk-rock singer/songwriter Nano Stern is leading the new wave of Chilean song. His devoted following stretches from South America to North America and from Europe to Australia. His musical virtuosity, charismatic live performances and passionate advocacy for current social justice issues result in a true and honest universal message.
MARIO ABNEY Friday, April 5, 2019
Chicago-born jazz trumpeter Mario Abney, now of New Orleans, fuses traditional and extended trumpet techniques in 38
Dave Stamey
Western music may have left the country music genre with the end of the silver screen cowboy crooners, but Dave Stamey is a real cowboy that celebrates historic and contemporary characters, horses, western landscapes and a bandit or two!
signature, inventive ways. His strikingly personal instrumental vision imbues the music with an infinite array of tonal color that reflects his many influences.
CHARLES LEWIS QUINTET Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Jazz master, pianist and storyteller Charles Lewis, close friend of the late Louise Lincoln Kerr, shares a personal selection of tunes close to his heart, interwoven with stories of his time in Kerr’s home and studio.
THE NASH AND ASU KERR PRESENT THE JAZZ IN CONCERT SERIES 2019 FRANCINE REED
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
JOE BOURNE DOES NAT KING COLE Wednesday, February 6, 2019
RETURN OF THE DIVAS Wednesday, March 6, 2019
For more information, visit asukerr.com.
Charming, intimate and full of rich history, ASU Kerr, a division of ASU Gammage, is a historic home and one-of-a-kind arts venue in the heart of Scottsdale. Built in 1959 by violist and composer Louise Lincoln Kerr, the venue was a hub of creative exploration for Kerr and her friends, revered musicians and intellectuals Isaac Stern, Pablo Casals, Itzhak Perlman, Will and Ariel Durant, Charles Lewis and more. Kerr’s generous spirit, hospitality and unfailing support for artists inspires us today as we maintain her vision and share intimate performances with the Valley. Discover adventurous arts experiences at ASU Kerr!
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BALLET ARIZONA’S 2018-2019 SEASON FEATURES GROUNDBREAKING NEW WORK
With the highly-anticipated world premiere of Artistic Director Ib Andersen’s The Firebird, as well as the Ballet Arizona debut of George Balanchine’s Emeralds and Tony Award® winner Justin Peck’s In Creases, this is sure to be a season of excitement.
accompanied by The Phoenix Symphony. Set to Tchaikovsky’s celebrated score, this classic tale is gleaming with vivid color and spilling over with fairies, princes and nymphs, drawing the audience into a world of romance, wonder and grandeur.
The new season opens with New Moves, a program of daring contemporary choreography at The Orpheum Theatre, September 27-30. The company proudly features Andersen’s Brazilian-inspired work, Rio, set to the music of Philip Glass, and In Creases, an internationally performed ballet from Peck, resident choreographer for New York City Ballet. In Creases is brought to Arizona audiences for its premiere due to a sponsorship gift from Bob Benson.
Ballet Arizona’s holiday treasure, The Nutcracker, returns to delight families December 13-24, with The Phoenix Symphony at Symphony Hall. Named one of the top three productions in the United States by The New York Times’ chief dance critic, Alastair Macaulay, the $1.8 million production was created in 2006 by Ballet Arizona Artistic Director Ib Andersen. CopperPoint Insurance Companies sponsors this beloved Valley tradition.
The classic The Sleeping Beauty brings its storybook charms to Symphony Hall October 25-28, featuring live music
Sure to set Phoenix aglow from February 14-17, The Firebird interprets the classic Russian fairytale through the lens of today,
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BALLET ARIZONA DANCERS IN RIO, CHOREOGRAPHY BY IB ANDERSEN. PHOTO BY ALEXANDER IZILIAEV
while exploring themes of love, fantasy, and escapism, making it perfectly in tune with Stravinsky’s modern score performed by The Phoenix Symphony. Thanks to a generous gift from Barbara and Donald Ottosen, the unique and forward-thinking production will showcase Andersen’s compelling choreography, stunning costumes and multimedia enhanced sets. This brand-new production will be paired with the classic romantic ballet, La Sylphide, a doublebilling of ballet as Phoenix has never seen. The highly regarded All Balanchine program returns in the spring, May 2-5, with three ballets by the father of American Ballet. The Symphony Hall production is highlighted by the Arizona premiere of Emeralds, the first act of George Balanchine’s celebrated work Jewels, and also includes Theme and Variations, and Square Dance. Ib Andersen is one of a handful of artists worldwide
entrusted by the George Balanchine Trust to stage these masterpieces. Ballet Arizona embraces the Sonoran Desert May 14-June 1, with the return of last year’s world premiere, Eroica. This performance is back by popular demand, having drawn sellout crowds with ballet that takes chances and challenges emotional boundaries in the breathtaking setting of the Arizona desert. The production is made possible by gifts from the Dorrance Family Foundation, Carol and Randy Schilling, and supporters of the New Works Initiative. Visit balletaz.org to purchase tickets or call the box office at (602) 381-1096.
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The season of world premieres and the reimagination of classics
2018-2019 SEASON New Moves
The Nutcracker
All Balanchine
Sept. 27 – 30, 2018
Dec. 13 – 24, 2018
May 2 – 5, 2019
The Sleeping Beauty
WORLD PREMIERE The Firebird & La Sylphide Feb. 14 – 17, 2019
An Evening at Desert Botanical Garden
Oct. 25 – 28, 2018
Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.
May 14 – June 1, 2019
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2018-19
ETHINGTON THEATRE SEASON RING ROUND THE MOON
Play by Jean Anouilh l Adapted by Christopher Fry
AUG. 24-26 & AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 gcu.edu/RingRound
MACBETH
Play by William Shakespeare
OCT. 12-14 & 19-21 gcu.edu/Macbeth
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER* Play by Rick Elice
NOV. 16-18 & NOV. 23-25 gcu.edu/Starcatcher
WINTER DANCE CONCERT: UNCOVERED
WHO WILL CARRY THE WORD? Play by Charlotte Delbo
FEB. 8-10 & 15-17
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GODSPELL*
Book by John-Michael Tebelak Music and Lyrics by Stephan Schwartz
MARCH 22-24 & 29-31 gcu.edu/Godspell
SPRING DANCE CONCERT: POP! GOES THE DANCE DEPT. APRIL 12-14
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DEC. 7-9
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GCU, while reserving its lawful rights in light of its Christian mission, is committed to maintaining an academic environment that is free from unlawful discrimination. Further detail on GCU’s Non-Discrimination policies can be found at gcu.edu/titleIX ©2018 Grand Canyon University 18COF0179 *“Peter and the Starcatcher” and “Godspell” are presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials also supplied by MTI, 423 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019 | Tel.: (212) 541-4684 Fax: (212) 397-4684 www.MTIShows.com
FROM BELOVED HOLIDAY TRADITIONS TO A 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Center Dance Ensemble – resident modern dance company at Herberger Theater Center – has artistic and provocative performances in store for the Valley again this season!
A HAUNTING WE WILL GO featuring "THE RETURN OF DRACULA" Herberger Theater Center, Stage West October 18 – 21
Just in time for Halloween, this two-act modern dance performance is full of mystery and suspense. The first act will premiere exciting new works by CDE Assistant Artistic Director Diane McNeal Hunt, guest artist Nicole Olson, and Instinct Dancecorps.
SPECIAL HALLOWEEN COSTUME HAPPENING
Herberger Theater Center, Stage West patio Saturday, October 20, at 6:30 p.m.
Special admission includes two adult beverage tickets (beer and wine only) plus admission to the 7:30 p.m. performance of The Return of Dracula.
FRANCES SMITH COHEN’S SNOW QUEEN Herberger Theater Center, Stage West December 1 - 16
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crystal palace. Now in its 28th season, this modern dance masterpiece is a Valley favorite and holiday classic.
WORLDS OF WONDER featuring "RITE OF SPRING"
Herberger Theater Center, Stage West February 3 – March 3, 2019
The provocative and spellbinding performance of Rite of Spring, set to Stravinsky's magnificent score, will headline this season's production of Worlds of Wonder, which will feature exciting new works themed to "Creation" by CDE Assistant Artistic Director Diane McNeal Hunt, choreographer Amber Robins and guest artist Nicole Olson.
SPIRIT OF DANCE 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Herberger Theater Center, Stage West Sunday, March 3, at noon
Join us for a special reception as we celebrate Center Dance Ensemble's 30th Season and honor our Founder and Artistic Director, Frances Smith Cohen, with the “Spirit of Dance Lifetime Achievement Award” for her vision and leadership as a dancer, choreographer and master storyteller. Patron tickets include admission to the 2 p.m. matinee performance of Rite of Spring. For patron tickets and sponsorship information, please visit CenterDance.org or call Howard Paley, General Manager, at (520) 419-4816.
CDE’s award-winning Artistic Director, Frances Smith Cohen, brings Hans Christian Andersen’s magical wintry fairy tale, Snow Queen, to life! Families will delight in the mystical world of sprites, gypsies and ice maidens, while the young Gerda seeks to rescue Kai from the wicked Snow Queen’s ON STAGE 2018–2019 |
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Macy Gray Sun, Sept. 23 · 7:00 p.m.
Lucia Micarelli
Pink Martini
Sat, Oct. 20 · 7:30 p.m.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Sat, Feb. 2 · 7:30 p.m.
Fri, Jan. 18 · 7:30 p.m.
La Santa Cecilia
Sun, Mar. 10 · 8:00 p.m.
Storm Large
Fri, Apr. 26 · 7:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Filters Off Tickets on sale at
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for great performances, exceptional customer service, amazing acoustics and intimate theatrical experiences. But the secret is out, after a 2017-2018 season that broke records with 18 sell-out shows. The center’s 29th season promises to be its best yet, with show-stopper performances from artists who travel the world, including Macy Gray, Boney James, Pink Martini, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, La Santa Cecilia and Storm Large. Outstanding performers representing different genres punctuate the season with Don Felder, formerly of the Eagles, Lucia Micarelli, Travis Tritt, Run Boy Run, Raul Midón, We Banjo 3, The 5 Browns and California Guitar Trio. And enjoy an afternoon with the legendary Shirley MacLaine. The 19th Annual Mariachi and Folklorico Festival, co-presented by C.A.L.L.E. de Arizona, once again brings the outstanding
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artistic direction of Vanessa Ramirez for all of the color and sound of Mexico in the best festival of its kind, featuring Mariachi Angeles de Pepe Martinez Jr. and Mariachi Sonido de Mexico. Chandler Center for the Arts is also here to get you in the mood for the holidays with Charles Phoenix and his Retro Holiday Jubilee, Sons of Serendip, Drumline Live Holiday Spectacular and Zoppé Italian Family Circus, an annual tradition and signature event at the Center. Chandler Center for the Arts is one of Arizona’s leading collaborative arts institutions. Located on the northwest corner of Arizona Ave and Chandler Blvd, the Center is the centerpiece for Chandler’s growing Downtown Entertainment District with locally-owned upscale restaurants and bars nearby. For more information on the upcoming season and how to create your own Pick 5 series to save $6 off each ticket, visit chandlercenter.org or call the box office at (480) 782-2860.
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its 2018-2019 season. With more than 800 performances planned for this upcoming year, the Herberger Theater Center remains an organization focused on keeping the arts alive in downtown Phoenix. From Broadway musicals and opera to 50-minute lunch time performances, the Herberger Theater Center has it all — for the experienced theater-goer or the casual afternoon adventure-seeker. The six resident companies at HTC include Arizona Broadway Theatre (ABT), Arizona Theatre Company (ATC), Arizona Opera (AZO), Center Dance Ensemble (CDE), Childsplay Theatre (CP) and iTheatre Collaborative (ITC). The addition of ABT, AZO and CP as resident companies in November 2017 helped further solidify HTC as the premier performance venue, arts incubator and advocate in Phoenix. These companies will bring even more engagement, laughter, inspiration and imagination to the theater than ever before in this entertaining and diverse season. As part of the Broadway at the Herberger Series, the Herberger Theater and Arizona Broadway Theatre will co-present three shows during the 2018-2019 season: Sweeney Todd (September 4-16) kicks off the season followed by An American in Paris (March 8-24) and The Addams Family (July 12-28). HTC’s First Friday Live series returns, offering free outdoor performances by diverse and eclectic artists featuring music, performances, projection art and interactive activities.
With two art galleries located inside the building, the Herberger Theater also offers visual art to its patrons and guests. Exhibits will once again feature the talent of local Arizona artists, including the seventh annual children’s art exhibit, showcasing the imagination of children ages 2-5. The Herberger Art Galleries are open 10 a.m.5 p.m. Monday through Friday, during performances and also by appointment. Enjoy live theater at Phoenix’s premier performing arts venue, the Herberger Theater Center, where audience meets art. Visit HerbergerTheater.org.
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SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Mesa Arts Center is excited to present the 2018-19 Performing Live season! Highlights include fan favorite and “raucously funny” duo Penn & Teller on October 5. In December, bring the whole family to see the wildly creative OK Go as they bring their unique magic to the stage. The season culminates with an all-new musical, American Girl Live, in April.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE
Mesa Arts Center’s longest-running series National Geographic Live, is back with five new amazing shows! In October, photojournalist Ami Vitale shares her experiences from covering everything from warzones to the reintroduction of rhinos to the wild in Rhinos, Rickshaws and Revolutions. Get the secret to a long and happy life from best-selling author Dan Buettner and photographer David McLain in The Search for Longevity on November 14. Get up close to the magnificent creatures of the natural world in A Wild Life with 50
National Geographic Photographer/ Filmmaker Bertie Gregory January 23. In February, explore the delicate balance between human well-being and healthy ecosystems in Standing at the Water’s Edge with photographer Cristina Mittermeier. Finally, the Nat Geo Live season closes with breathtaking underwater photography by Thomas Peschak in Wild Seas, Secret Shores.
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
Looking for fun for the whole family? Mesa Arts Center has many family-friendly shows. Take a journey back in time with Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure in October, where the whole family can jump in and explore unknown ocean depths where prehistoric marine reptiles lived eons ago. In December, experience jaw-dropping magic and breathtaking circus acts at A Magical Cirque Christmas! Finally, see Shakespeare in a whole new light with the new hip-hop musical Magic Tree House Showtime with Shakespeare in March.
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JAZZ AND CLASSICAL SERIES
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis returns to Mesa Arts Center in October with Spaces, featuring two singular dance geniuses – Lil Buck and Jared Grimes. Treat your Valentine to a romantic evening with Joshua Bell (violin) and Sam Haywood (piano). In March, enjoy a new twist on classical music with Break from Reality. Finally, in April, witness the legendary Monterey Jazz Festival on tour starring Cécile McLorin Salvant and featuring renowned artists including Bria Skonberg (trumpet), Melissa Aldana (tenor sax), Christian Sands (piano) and more!
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Experience 90 minutes of hilarious improvised comedy in WHOSE LIVE ANYWAY? in November. In March, matchboxes, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters and more fill the stage with the energizing beats of STOMP, the inventive and invigorating stage show that's dance, music and theatrical performance blended together in one electrifying rhythm. Finally, the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform two nights at the end of March.
ARTS IN SERVICE: ARTS EXPERIENCES FOR VETERANS AND ACTIVEDUTY SERVICE MEMBERS
“Arts in Service provided me with an opportunity to explore a new art form in a low risk, stress-free environment where I am with other veterans,” says U.S. Navy veteran Matthew Brest. “I’ve really enjoyed the calm, introductory environment of the program, the ability to build my skill by making several different prints, and the instructor, who is also a veteran – it’s provided me with a safe entrance point into the arts.” Thanks to a generous grant from The Boeing Company, the program offers free art classes like welding, ceramics, watercolor, jewelry and flameworking exclusively for veterans and active-duty service members. The program culminates with a free exhibition of artwork created by program participants. United States Air Force Veteran and Arts in Service participant Caryn Walsh says, “Being in a group of veterans who share the experience of military service is indescribable. Seeing my peers with servicerelated injuries, and stresses alongside me means many things. Not having to
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Mesa Arts Center offers a unique engagement program that supports service members and veterans. Arts in Service provides creative pathways for veterans and active-duty service members to use studio arts experiences in reaching their personal goals, whether that means finding a supportive community, stress relief, working toward overall health and wellness or pursuing career interests in art making.
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explain my experiences which are, frankly, unrelatable to most Americans is a relief ... I feel comfortable to learn what I can, at my own speed.” Are you, or do you know a veteran or active-duty service member who would benefit from this program? Visit mesaartscenter.com/artsinservice or email engagement@mesaartscenter.com. ON STAGE 2018–2019 |
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Our fun and artistic 2018-19 season offers spectacular programming, music and experiences guaranteed to make a big impression. Hear beloved masterworks from Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Beethoven presented alongside fresh compositions from young American composers. Be there for larger-than-life Pops performances like a stunning multimedia presentation of Star Wars: A New Hope™ and Troupe Vertigo’s mind-bending Cirque Holiday Spectacular. Experience music brought to life with the next two installments of The Harry Potter™ Film Concert Series and Tim Burton's delightfully spooky The Nightmare Before Christmas™ featuring the full film projected above the orchestra. The impact of The Phoenix Symphony doesn't end there. Through our innovative community outreach, education and health and wellness initiatives, our talented musicians reach more than 125,000 people 54
outside the concert hall each season. From the concert hall to the community … we play for you!
SPECIAL EVENTS AND FUNDRAISERS NEW YEAR’S EVE GALA
It’s back by popular demand! The Phoenix Symphony New Year’s Eve Gala returned last year in spectacular fashion, dazzling guests with festivities and music during the best event of the season. This year, ring in your New Year with The Phoenix Symphony once again. This magical evening will include music and dancing, a cocktail reception, three-course dinner and the once-in-alifetime opportunity to dance into the New Year with the entire The Phoenix Symphony orchestra. A champagne toast and many other surprises will delight guests.
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SAVOR THE SYMPHONY WOMEN’S LUNCHEON
A sold-out success for the last seven years, the Savor the Symphony Women’s Luncheon has become a signature fundraiser for The Phoenix Symphony, raising over $1 million to benefit the Symphony’s Education & Community Engagement programs that influence over 125,000 youth and adults in our community every year. We are thrilled to announce that our February 8 event will feature Broadway and television star Matt Doyle, best known for his roles in Broadway's The Book of Mormon, War Horse, Spring Awakening and the hit CW television show Gossip Girl. Guests will eavesdrop on a dazzling musical tour of Broadway as Matt Doyle rehearses with The Phoenix Symphony. This one-ofa-kind women’s luncheon will once again generate buzz about the Symphony in our community and will simply be a lot of fun!
PARTIES OF NOTE
The popular Parties of Note series continues with an array of intimate Symphony performances at the Valley’s most magnificent private homes. The 2018-19 Parties of Note event series will be even more spectacular, featuring spaces with world class art collections, stunning views and beautiful gardens. Each party features an exclusive performance by The Phoenix Symphony musicians. Look for the announcement of the 2018-19 Parties of Note event dates on The Phoenix Symphony website in the fall. Contact Louann Phillips at lphillips@ phoenixsymphony.org or (602) 452-0423 for hosting and sponsorship opportunities. For tickets or more information, visit phoenixsymphony.org or call (602) 495-1999.
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ARIZONA’S LEADING THEATRE SINCE 1920. CELEBRATING 100 YEARS. We began as Phoenix Players in 1920, performing in Maie Heard’s carriage house, located in what is now our courtyard. We enthusiastically joined the nationwide Little Theatre movement in 1924 – a collection of avant-garde, experimental companies that championed an emerging style of theatrical realism. The Phoenix Little Theatre was born. In 1952, the Heard family donated the land for an ambitious cultural center — featuring Phoenix Little Theatre, a public library and the
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Phoenix Art Museum. Since then, we’ve added two theatres, a nationally recognized new work incubation program and a Festival of New American Theatre. In 1993, Phoenix Little Theatre shortened its name to Phoenix Theatre and moved toward professional status as a regional theatre. We are now a fully professional, LORT-D LOA company. Over the years, we’ve launched many careers – Steven Spielberg worked in our prop shop and showed his first feature length film in our Mainstage Theatre at the tender age of 17. We’re one of the nation’s top regional theatres, and we invite you to join us for the launch of many more! For more information, visit phoenixtheatre.com.
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FESTIVAL OF NEW AMERICAN THEATRE january 25 - february 10
JERSEY BOYS january 23 - march 10
AIRNESS march 6 - 31
SISTERS IN LAW april 3 - 28
COOKIN’S A DRAG april 24 - may 19
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Scottsdale Arts manages Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale Public Art and Scottsdale Arts Education & Outreach. The organization annually presents Canal Convergence in November and the Scottsdale Arts Festival in March.
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Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts’ 2018-19 season features an international lineup of music, dance, comedy, theater, world-renowned performers and more. Here’s a sampling of what’s in store:
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The long-running Virginia G. Piper Concert Series begins October 28 with a debut season performance by Van Cliburn Gold Medal winner Yekwon Sunwoo, followed on November 11 by David Finckel on cello and Wu Han on piano. Garrick Ohlsson will perform a range of piano works on January 6. Jeremy Denk, one of America’s foremost pianists, teams with legendary English chamber orchestra, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, for a concert on March 6. Innovative violinist Midori and renowned pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet pair for an April 6 concert, while the Jerusalem Quartet ends the season’s series on April 7. Acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns for his 40th season of Keyboard Conversations® with four concerts on December 11, January 15, February 12 and March 12, and cellist Yehuda Hanani presents two programs in his Close Encounters With Music series on January 16 and February 6.
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Tony Award®-winner Alan Cumming returns to the Center on December 10 with his new show, Alan Cumming: Legal Immigrant. Mixing classic show tunes and candid showbiz stories, the Mark Cortale Presents Broadway @ Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts series welcomes awardwinning Broadway and television actress Sutton Foster on December 14, and sixtime Tony Award®-winner Audra McDonald on January 19. Both concerts feature the charismatic Seth Rudetsky as pianist and host; stars are still to be announced for concerts on November 17 and March 22. Pianist and composer Rob Kapilow returns on March 31 with an evening of the music of Richard Rodgers, part of his What Makes It Great® series. Lea Salonga, best known for her Tony Award®-winning role in Miss Saigon, takes the stage on May 17 for a solo performance.
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Julia Chacón Flamenco Theatre brings Flamenco Intimo to the Center’s Stage 2 every Saturday night in October and November, beginning October 6. The most celebrated modern dance troupe in the country, the Martha Graham Dance Company, will present The EVE Project on November 10 in recognition of the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, while Los Angeles-based dance ensemble BODYTRAFFIC brings its virtuosic, stylized and diverse repertoire
to the stage on February 8. On March 2, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet will present a program devoted to contemporary dance works accompanied by a live piano performance by Korean-born pianist Joyce Yang, and on March 29, Complexions Contemporary Ballet will perform an exhilarating program featuring Dwight Rhoden’s Star Dust, a tribute to the life and music of David Bowie.
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Two holiday traditions return to the Center: The Capitol Steps bring fresh political satire set to favorite tunes on November 23 and 24; while Sister teaches the reason for the season in Sister’s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi’s Gold, December 7–16. Assisted Living the Musical®, a two-actor revue set in a retirement community, takes the stage January 10–13, and March 14 brings the one-man show Wiesenthal, the riveting true story of Simon Wiesenthal, who brought more than 1,100 Nazi war criminals to justice.
JAZZ
Grammy® Award-winning jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves rings in the holiday season on December 8 with music from her celebrated album, Christmas Time Is Here. On January 23, Grammy Award®-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis returns with the Branford Marsalis Quartet. On April 4, National Endowment for the Arts jazz master and three-time Grammy Award® winner Ramsey Lewis performs an exciting new show,
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and percussionist Pedrito Martinez incorporate elements of jazz into their AfroCuban sounds for a joint March 15 concert, while Havana Cuba All-Stars promote the entire tapestry of Cuban music through song and dance on March 30. And former Cuban Ambassador Carlos Alzugaray Treto brings context to the series through a March 13 conversation, Killing Me Softly: Normalizing Cuba-U.S. Relations.
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Ramsey Lewis Plays The Beatles Songbook, celebrating some of the group’s greatest works.
HEADLINERS
On October 15, Scottsdale Arts and Danny Zelisko Presents bring Graham Nash, legendary musician and two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Vicki Lawrence, the Emmy Award-winning comedian from The Carol Burnett Show, performs as herself and her most endearing character, “Mama,” in a two-woman show on March 23. Fourtime Grammy Award® winner and one of the country’s pre-eminent singer-songwriters, Rosanne Cash, brings her band and her She Remembers Everything tour to town on February 19, and best-selling author and humorist David Sedaris will read from his latest work on May 4 at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix.
DISCOVERY CUBA
This year’s Discovery Series features the culture and arts of Cuba. The annual La Gran Fiesta will have a Cuban twist with a headlining performance by La Dame Blanche on February 24. Pianist Alfredo Rodriguez
SMoCA’s Fall Opening celebration will be held on October 26, and includes NKAME: A Retrospective of Cuban Printmaker Belkis Ayón (1967-1999), October 13–January 20; and Double Agents: Carla Fernández and Pedro Reyes, October 27–February 3. Beginning February 15, to celebrate its Spring Opening and 20th anniversary, SMoCA will present an exhibition intended as a nod to its past and a look to its future, featuring installations of four of the most epic videos of the past 20 years, honoring the building’s
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Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) offers new, curated exhibitions three times a year, as well as a diverse range of public programs.
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previous life as a movie theater. Supporting SMoCA’s anniversary, the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will present Manual Cinema’s No Blue Memories: The Story of Gwendolyn Brooks on February 16. The performance collective, design studio and film/video production company combines shadow puppetry and cinematic techniques, as well as sound and live music, to create immersive visual stories.
SCOTTSDALE PUBLIC ART
Since its inception in 1985, Scottsdale Public Art has commissioned more than 100 permanent and temporary public artworks throughout the city. Canal Convergence and the IN FLUX programs bring temporary public artworks to Scottsdale, while events like April’s Cycle the Arts provide opportunities for participants to tour the city’s vast outdoor collection by bicycle. The sustainability-focused Canal Convergence Water+Art+Light will bring temporary light-based and interactive art installations to the Scottsdale Waterfront,
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November 9-18. Moving this year to the fall, this annual free, family-friendly event encompasses 10 days of art, entertainment, educational workshops and other programming. Live music, dance, spoken word performances, food trucks and a beer and wine garden will provide attendees with plenty to see and do. The Scottsdale Appaloosa and Civic Center libraries will host a special exhibition about legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright, September 15-December 31. Beginning in October and leading up to Canal Convergence, the new Local Light project will connect with galleries and other businesses in Old Town Scottsdale. Information and tickets for all performances and events are available by visiting ScottsdaleArts.org or calling (480) 499-TKTS (8587).
CELEBRATE 25 YEARS WITH US! Mesa Arts Center Frankenstein Oct 26 -Nov 10 Pericles, Prince of Tyre Oct 26 -Nov 10 As You Like It Feb 22 - Mar 9 The Taming of the Shrew Feb 22 - Mar 9
Taliesin West Death of Kings March 2019 Harlem Shakespeare’s Othello April 2019 Education Tour: Julius Caesar Through the Season
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they call, “Better Strangers!” Filled with stories of humanity, hope, love, laughter and finding home, each offering explores the question, “How can we be better to one another?” They kick off the fall with one of the most popular plays in Shakespeare’s time but one rarely produced in our own, Pericles, The Prince of Tyre, a romantic adventure story filled with shipwrecks, evil queens, magicians, Gods and a boatload of pirates! In repertory with Pericles, just in time for Halloween and on the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s gothic tale of man and monster, is the world premiere of Southwest Shakespeare's exclusive stage adaptation of Frankenstein. The Spring Repertory is an explosion of laughter and love, pairing two classics of the Shakespearean stage, the joyous and musical As You Like It and the ultimate battle of the sexes, the hilarious audience favorite, The Taming of the Shrew starring real-life husband-and-wife artistic directors Betsy 66
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Mugavero and Quinn Mattfeld as Kate and Petruchio! And don’t forget to catch Southwest Shakespeare’s Standing O series at Taliesin West in Scottsdale featuring the hilarious The Holiday Show, a 90-minute adaptation of eight Shakespearean history plays, Death of Kings: Seize the Crown, and the Harlem Shakespeare Festival’s all-female production of Othello. “Better Strangers” is the Southwest Shakespeare Company's quarter-century celebration loaded with surprises and theatrical events you can't see anywhere else in Arizona! For tickets and more information, visit swshakespeare.org.
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A play by Lauren Gunderson Co-produced with The Bridge Initiative for Women In Theatre A n i r r ev e r a nt c o m e d y a b o u t fo u r w o m e n a n d t h e F r e n c h R ev o l u t i o n .
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TEMPE CENTER FOR THE ARTS IS MAKING WAVES IN THE DESERT TCA’s 2018-19 season features Arizona premieres of critically-acclaimed theatre, cutting-edge hip-hop, “swingin’” comedy, Grammy Award®-winning musicians, a female revolution and drama inspired by American history. Musical highlights include “Juilliard-meetsNashville” sensations the Annie Moses Band, hip-hop and classical orchestra Ensemble Mik Nawooj, and Dailey & Vincent, fivetime Grammy® Award winners. Arizona theatre debuts include The Revolutionists, a play about feminism, legacy and change, and Detroit ’67, exploring the 1967 race riots and the soulful sounds of Motown. Popular offerings include Dinner at Five, a “swingin’” comedy, the holiday classic A Christmas Carol, and TCA’s third annual Disrupt FEST.
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Juilliard meets Nashville! From the stages of Carnegie Hall to the Grand Ole Opry, the Annie Moses Band is a unique blend of classical, folk, bluegrass and pop in a way that is both fresh and poignant. September 22
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Twisting genres and smashing stereotypes, hip-hop orchestra Ensemble Mik Nawooj creates new concert music by merging hiphop and classical. The result is a seamless blend of genres, creating one unforgettable experience. October 20
CHANGÜÍ MAJADERO
Changüí Majadero has recaptured the traditional Afro-Cuban musical sound of changüí and brought it into the modern era. With an innovative combination of raw
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Cuban roots and East L.A. grit, the band’s music has an intensity and grace that lovers of folk, jazz and world music will appreciate. October 27
the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, is about violence and legacy, feminism and terrorism, art and how we go about changing the world. December 7–15
DINNER AT FIVE (AZ DEBUT)
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Written and Directed by Lloyd J. Schwartz (The Brady Bunch, Gilligan’s Island, Harper Valley PTA). Dinner At Five stars TV legends Kathy Garver (Cissy from Family Affair), Caryn Richman (Gidget from The New Gidget), Larry Thomas (The Soup Nazi from Seinfeld) and Christopher Knight (Peter Brady from The Brady Bunch) in a swinging comedy filled with one-liners, zingers and a raised eyebrow here and there. November 3
DAILEY & VINCENT
Five-time Grammy® Award-winners individually and three-time nominees collectively, Dailey & Vincent are two of the top performers in American music — bluegrass, traditional country, and gospel — today. Jamie Dailey’s tenor, Darrin Vincent’s reedy harmonies and electric musicianship will make TCA patrons feel right at home. November 17
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Co-presented with resident artist Scottsdale Musical Theater Company You don’t want to miss this spectacular Broadway musical adaptation of the holiday classic, A Christmas Carol (music by Broadway’s Alan Menken and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens). Follow Ebenezer Scrooge on a ghost-guided, eye-opening journey through his past, present and future to learn the importance of family and friendship. December 6–23
Written by Dominique Morriseau, directed by TCA Producing Artistic Director Ralph Remington and co-produced with resident artist Black Theatre Troupe. Winner of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, this powerful play unfolds during an explosive moment in Detroit when the soulful sounds of Motown are breaking records and breaking down barriers. Set to the soundtrack of 1967, this journey takes the audience to an important moment in history. February 22–March 17
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Returning in April for its third annual festival, this mashup of super-charged experiences ventures into the country music world for the first time at TCA. April 5 & 6 *Not included in season packages. For tickets, ticket packages and information, visit tempecenterforthearts.com or call (480) 350-2822.
Written by Lauren Gunderson and coproduced with resident artist The Bridge Initiative: Women in Theatre Literally anything can happen when French Queen Marie Antoinette, assassin Charlotte Corday, playwright Olympe de Gouge and Caribbean spy Marianne Angelle hang out together. This irreverent comedy, set during
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Singin’ In The Rain: In Concert is a guaranteed hit for even the youngest musical theatre fanatic in your family. Coming November 30-December 2, the hilarious situations, snappy dialogue and hit-parade score make it the pinnacle of the golden age of movie musicals. A wonderfully fun musical based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde - The Musical follows the transformation of California girl Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in self-discovery at Harvard Law School. This action-packed musical equipped with LED technology, fresh inventive design and snazzy modern scenery explodes on the stage January 2527. Evita, winner of 7 Tony Awards®, shines with its female and male star power and highly involved, meaningful chorus, with a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Follow the rise of ambitious Eva Peron through the eyes
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of Che Guevara as she becomes the iconic Argentinian First Lady. Evita combines Latin music, pop, jazz and musical theatre styles that have captivated audiences for over 40 years. This smash hit comes to the stage March 1-3. Enjoy one show-stopper after the next in CHICAGO, the longest running American musical on Broadway, set to play March 2831. Winner of six Tony Awards®, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy Award® and the coveted Academy Award® for Best Picture, CHICAGO holds its place as one of the greatest musicals in history. Editor's note: Theater League became American Theatre Guild during production of this publication. Become a season member or join our email list to receive insider exclusives at BroadwayOrpheum.com. Individual tickets go on sale this fall. Groups of 10+ can purchase now; for pricing and information, visit Groups.BroadwayOrpheum.com.
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THIS 2018-19 SEASON MARKS VALLEY YOUTH THEATRE’S 30TH AND IT’S COME A VERY LONG WAY SINCE 1989! From humble beginnings as a traveling troupe in the basement of what was once Tower Plaza shopping center in central Phoenix, Valley Youth Theatre (VYT) has evolved into a world-class theatre company and one of the best-respected youth theatre companies in the country. Known equally for alumni who have successfully charted careers on Broadway — and beyond — and those who have become business and community leaders, VYT prides itself on nurturing children in the areas of discipline, cooperation and respect. Producing Artistic Director Bobb Cooper joined VYT in 1996 and is lauded for his passion and professionalism. He and the theatre have been recognized with myriad
awards and unparalleled reviews of their productions. VYT is also acclaimed for the many contributions the company makes to the community. Sponsor-a-Seat has allowed more than 20,000 at-risk children to attend live theatre, many for the first time. Literacy for The Arts raises reading and vocabulary comprehension for thousands of students attending Title 1 schools each year. Terminally ill HopeKids and their families are VYT’s guests for the dress rehearsal of every production, and special Military Nights are often offered for families of active and retired members of the armed forces. To celebrate 30 years, this season’s lineup was very intentionally selected for its diverse appeal, inspiring lessons and timely themes. Disney’s Newsies is Arizona’s youth theatre premiere of this successful musical. It depicts the true story of young newspaper boys striking against unfair conditions and their fight for what they believe is right. It WINNIE-THE-POOH CHRISTMAS TAIL
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shows that young people really can create change. Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical (Arizona premiere) is a new musical inspired by the true events of Civil Rights pioneers Ruby Bridges and The Little Rock Nine and written by Broadway actor Douglas Lyons. A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail is VYT’s perennial musical that tells a holiday adventure of sharing, caring, friendship and joy. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Written by Matt Schutz and adapted for the stage by Dwayne Hartford, Producing Artistic Director of Tempe-based Childsplay, this story follows the china rabbit Edward Tulane as he traverses the world and learns what it means to truly love and be loved. Tuck Everlasting, the musical based on the best-selling children’s classic by Natalie Babbit, another Arizona premiere, asks the eternal question, “If you could live forever, would you?”
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Disney’s Freaky Friday is the Arizona premiere of this new musical, based on the 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films. It is a heartfelt, comedic and unexpectedly emotional update on an American classic. By spending a day in each other's shoes, Katherine and Ellie come to appreciate one another's struggles, learn self-acceptance and realize the immeasurable love and mutual respect that bond a mother and daughter. “This is a landmark year for VYT,” says Cooper. “In fact, we’ve beaten the odds a number of times to keep this theatre and its programs alive. Today, I’m very proud to say that we continue to thrive in the Phoenix arts community and that every season is better than the last, thanks to our incredible donors, board of directors, staffs, students, campers, casts, crews, parents, volunteers and business partners. Together, we inspire young people to be the best they can be.” For more information visit vyt.com or call the box office at (602) 253-8188. ON STAGE 2018–2019 |
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By day, visitors from around the world gather at Desert Botanical Garden to experience the breathtaking beauty of desert plants, as well as the fascinating adaptations that shape their oddities. This fall, the Garden’s newest exhibition is illuminating these natural intricacies after dark with a dazzling light display. The Garden is joining the likes of Target, Nike and Central Park by featuring the ingenuity of Klip Collective with Electric Desert | A Light and Sound Experience (October 12 – May 12). Cactus and desert become a living canvas in this nighttime experience, taking visitors on an immersive journey through the Garden with light and original music. Ricardo Rivera and his team at Klip Collective are designing seven site-specific installations at the Garden. Each experience is a custom display, which creates audiovisual elements to evoke the mood of a serene desert landscape. 76
“Everything I am creating for Desert Botanical Garden is inspired by the areas where I am going to be doing the work,” says Rivera. “It’s the organic forms that are inspiring, and it really plays off the natural patterns that are inherent in a lot of the plants.” Electric Desert’s installations will span the entire Garden. As visitors enter, they will be greeted by glowing golden barrel cactus in Ottosen Entry Garden. As they follow the Desert Discovery Trail, Rivera anticipates the Sybil B. Harrington Cactus and Succulent Galleries will halt guests in their tracks with melodic light choreography, creating the effect of plants dancing to the exhibition’s custom soundtrack. The elephant in the room (as Rivera likes to call it) is the light show on the Garden’s south butte. The show will be visible throughout the Garden, but it is best viewed on Ullman Terrace and the Sonoran Desert Nature Loop Trail. The installation tells a story related to the
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Sonoran Desert through brilliant light projection. “I think the most exciting thing about the desert environment is really the forms and the color,” says Rivera. “The color is amazing. It’s going to be great for projection and light … and it’s really going to glow." While Electric Desert may evoke an emotional connection for Garden visitors, Rivera wants them to put their phones away and experience his work for what it is.
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Electric Desert is the nighttime exhibition you won’t want to miss. But daytime at the Garden is as lively as ever this season. Check out some of the exhibitions and festivities coming to the Garden.
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Monarch butterflies are vital to the Southwest’s ecosystem, and the Garden’s Fall Butterfly Exhibit lets visitors explore just how beneficial this fluttery friend is. From September 29–November 18, visitors can experience up-close interactions with monarchs and other butterfly species to discover how they care for and protect our desert environment. See these insects at every life stage, from whimsical butterflies in the pavilion, growing caterpillars on host plants and fascinating chrysalises in the emergence chamber.
WILD COMPOSTIONS
Visitors who make their way over to Ottosen Gallery September 22-January 7 will
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discover Untamed: Wild Compositions by Frank Gonzales. This thematic, compelling exhibition explores pollinators and natural elements from the Sonoran Desert, playfully arranged in dynamic and fantasy-rich compositions. Known widely for his vivid avian subjects, Gonzales is a classically trained painter with a fresh, contemporary perspective.
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Encounter weird sights, fun tricks and curious creatures. Dance ‘til you drop at the Spook-tacular Monster Bash. And kids, if you dare, come dressed in your Halloween best. Don’t leave empty-handed, kids 12 and younger can pick the perfect pumpkin to take home.
SUNDAY BEST CONCERTS
Spend your Sunday afternoon in the Garden enjoying live music. Some of Arizona’s best musicians will perform against the stunning backdrop of the butte at Ullman Terrace. October 7, Domingo DeGrazia Band October 14, Marmalade Skies October 21, The Sugar Thieves November 11, Lee Perreira Band November 18, Big Nick and the Gila Monsters November 25, Joe Garcia and Friends Group
CACTUS, AGAVES, ALOES, OH MY
Don’t let 30,000 plants intimidate you! Create your own enviable garden after a visit to the Fall Plant Sale October 20 and 21. Onsite horticulture experts will help you find the perfect cactus, agave, herb or veggie to plant in your own garden.
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ALL IS BRIGHT
Celebrating 40 years of this iconic holiday tradition, Las Noches de las Luminarias will be aglow for 29 magical evenings December 1–31. The lights will be brighter than ever as Luminaria and Electric Desert unite for a dazzling display. Plus, enjoy music performances, entertainment and the chance to dine at the Garden with family and friends. The Southwest elegance and beauty of the Garden at night will remind you of what the season is all about.
CELEBRATING TRADITION
Celebrate the tradition of Dìa de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, with a twoday festival filled with music, dance and storytelling November 3 and 4. Children will love the crafts and face painting, and the whole family will enjoy the entertainment and browsing the Mercado filled with art, jewelry and other wares. Each day ends with La Procesión, a procession through the Garden by all the performers and audience members, concluding with a traditional burning of troubles. La Procesión represents the ancient tradition of marching as a community to burial sites in order to honor those who have passed. From October 26-November 4, visitors can view 12 traditional ofrenda altars, or offerings, created by local artists. This year’s theme is “Duality,” marking the 15th consecutive year of the popular exhibit.
For more information about this upcoming season at the Garden and for ticket sales, visit dbg.org or call (480) 941-1225.
The Garden is going to the dogs November 17 for Dogs’ Day at the Garden! Meet other dog lovers, heel for family photos, learn about local dog-related nonprofits, shop and enjoy samples with your pup.
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Sample and shop your way through Arizona’s top chile and chocolate vendors at the Chiles & Chocolate Festival November 9-11. Indulge in gourmet chocolates, zesty sauces, fresh fire-roasted chiles and other delights. Listen to catchy musical mixes and enjoy fiery live performances of Latin, Brazilian and Spanish dance on Boppart Courtyard.
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Central Yup’ik, Napaskiaq Village, Kuskokwim River, Alaska. Wanelnguq dance mask, c. 1900. Wood, feathers, pigment. Collection of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, 9/3 432. Photo by NMAI Photo Services.
FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENTS First Fridays: Monthly Second Saturdays: November through March October 8: Indigenous Peoples’ Day November 12: Heard Museum Sunset Ceremony Tribute to Veterans December 26-30: Holidays at the Heard February 9-10: 29th Annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest March 1-3: Heard Guild Indian Fair & Market March 29-April 1: Heard Guild Student Art Show April 28: Dia del Niño May 27: Memorial Day Tribute to Veterans
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Celebrating 90 years, the Heard Museum is a world-class Arizona institution. In the new Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Grand Gallery, the Heard continues to present innovative exhibitions paired with original programs and unique events the whole family will enjoy. The 2018-2019 calendar offers exciting, diverse and groundbreaking cultural opportunities.
TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS OCTOBER 5, 2018 – MARCH 10, 2019 Sonwai: The Jewelry of Verma Nequatewa Sonwai is recognized as one of the leading American Indian lapidary artists and the nation’s preeminent woman lapidarist. Verma Nequatewa, who signs her work with the Hopi feminine word for beauty – Sonwai – began an apprenticeship with her uncle, the legendary contemporary American Indian jeweler Charles Loloma, in 1966 at the age of 17. The Heard Museum is honored to organize this first comprehensive exhibition of her work. Be the first to see it on First Friday October 5, from 6-10 p.m.
OCTOBER 29, 2018 – FEBRUARY 3, 2019 Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit The Heard Museum is proud to create an original exhibition, Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit, presented exclusively in Phoenix. This will be the public’s only opportunity to see this groundbreaking exploration of the surprising artistic and spiritual connection between the 20th century French master, Henri Matisse, and the Indigenous people of the Arctic.
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not least, an original ink drawing by Matisse depicting his beloved dog Raudi will be shown in this companion exhibition and hung at eye-level for kids to enjoy.
The exhibition will feature rarely seen original works by Matisse and the Native Alaskan masks that inspired him. FEBRUARY 1 – MAY 27, 2019 Josef Albers in Mexico Organized by the Guggenheim Museum, the exhibition Josef Albers in Mexico includes photographs Josef Albers took in Mexico as well as his paintings inspired by the architecture of the country. In 1933 after the Nazis closed the Bauhaus, the German art and design school where Albers and his wife Anni were instructors, the couple moved to North Carolina to teach at Black Mountain College. They made their first trip to Mexico in the winter of 1935-36 and began to explore and appreciate the architecture of the country. For Josef, the abstract vocabulary of Pre-columbian art and architecture embodied the principles he and Anni espoused in their work and teachings.
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS Remembering Our Indian School Days: The Boarding School Experience HOME: Native People in the Southwest
FAMILY ACTIVITY GALLERY Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit will be incorporated into our familyfriendly exhibition: It’s Your Turn: Matisse in the Sandra Day O’Connor Gallery. Animals play an important role in Arctic cultures, so we’ve created Henri the Husky to act as educational mascot to help families, youth and students engage and learn about the art and themes in the exhibition. Henri will be incorporated into all collateral materials including a Matisse Family Guide. Last but
Henri Matisse, Esquimaude. Charcoal on paper, 1949. Collection Musée départemental Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France. Gift of Barbara and Claude Duthuit, 2010. # 2010-1-9. © 2018 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (AR S), New York
Verma Nequatewa/Sonwai Hopi, b. 1949. Bracelet, late 1990s. Coral, turquoise, wood, fossilized ivory, 18k gold Private Collection
If you haven't visited the Heard Museum lately or even at all, you are really missing out! Come experience American Indian art and culture in the heart of downtown Phoenix. For more information and a full listing of exhibitions, programming and events, visit us online at heard.org. ON STAGE 2018–2019 |
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Original Works by Henri Matisse and the Native Alaskan Masks that Inspired Him
Only at the Heard Museum | Oct. 29, 2018 - Feb. 3, 2019 Henri Matisse, Esquimau. Lithograph, ca. 1947, Plate I (frontispiece) from Georges Duthuit’s Une Fête en Cimmérie, 1963. Collection Musée départemental Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France. Gift of Barbara and Claude Duthuit, 2010. # 2010-1-6 (2-1). © 2018 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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This season, take a journey that traverses the globe at Phoenix Art Museum. Those who call the Valley of the Sun home will not have to travel far to see some of the splendors of the globe — they’ll just have to make a trip downtown. In the 2018-19 season, Phoenix Art Museum will present a number of exciting exhibitions, along with cherished old favorites, that bring the world to our city.
Shara Hughes, Narnia (detail), 2017. Oil and acrylic on canvas. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum. Purchased with funds provided by the Dawn and David Lenhardt Emerging Artist Acquisition Fund. Jasper Johns, Flag, Committee Against the War in Vietnam, 1969. © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
Opening this fall during First Friday on October 5, Phoenix Art Museum will present Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire, which explores the art and artifacts of the original Valley of the Sun through nearly 200 objects from the first major metropolis of North America. With objects dating from 100 BCE to 650 CE, City of Water, City of Fire explores the archaeological history of the city through sculptures, friezes, murals, domestic and religious relics, and extraordinary objects crafted from precious materials including jade, obsidian and onyx.
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Circular relief, 300–450. Stone. Museo Nacional de Antropología / INAH, 10-8 1807. Archivo Digital de las Colecciones del Museo Nacional de Antropología / INAH-CANON.
Ultracontemporary exhibit. Alessandro Michele for Gucci, Ensemble, fall 2016.
Continue the journey when the Museum opens Wondrous Worlds: Art & Islam Through Time & Place on January 26. This exhibition explores Islamic art through more than 100 objects from the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and East and West Africa. Viewers will gain a new perspective on one of the world’s largest religions through ceramics, dress, paintings, tapestries and more, spanning 1,400 years.
Ragnar Kjartansson, The Visitors (detail), 2012. Ninechannel video. Phoenix Art Museum, restricted gift of the Diane and Bruce Hall Foundation to the Phoenix Art Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. © Ragnar Kjartansson; Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik.
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Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire will be open from the evening of October 5 through January 27. Wondrous Worlds: Art & Islam Through Time & Place will be on view January 26 – June 2. The Museum will also feature European, Latin American, modern and contemporary art, along with photography and fashion design. All special-engagement exhibitions are included with general admission and are free for museum members. For more information, visit phxart.org, or call (602) 257-1880.
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Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist Opening March 2019
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image credits: (top) Carlos Amorales, Black Cloud (detail), 2007. Paper. The Collection of Diane and Bruce Halle. (above, left to right) Circular Relief (detail) 300-400. Stone. Museo Nacional de Antropología /
INAH, 10-81807; Ragnar Kjartansson, The Visitors (detail), 2012. Nine-channel video. Phoenix Art Museum, restricted gift of the Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation to the Phoenix Art Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. © 2012, Ragnar Kjartansson; Bowl with Foliate and Geometric Motifs. White paste body with black slip and turquoise glaze, Iran, late 13th–early 14th century, Ilkhanid Period (1256–1353). Newark Museum Gift of Bertha Hernstadt, 1961; Agnes Pelton, Messengers, 1932. Oil on canvas. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, Gift of The Melody S. Robidoux Foundation.
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1 thru 11/4 2017 Contemporary Forum Artists' Grant Recipients and the Arlene and Morton Scult Artist Award Recipient Phoenix Art Museum 1 thru 11/11 Rauschenberg and Johns: The Blurring of Art and Life Phoenix Art Museum 1 thru 11/11 To Be Thirteen: Photographs and Videos by Betsy Schneider Phoenix Art Museum 3 thru 9/4 The Art of Architecture Art Exhibit Herberger Theater Center HTC Bob's Spot Gallery 3 thru 9/30 Repetition Art Exhibit Herberger Theater Center HTC Art Gallery 11 thru 9/30 Moonage Virtual Reality Phoenix Art Museum
SEPTEMBER 2 thru 10/14 Charlotte's Web Childsplay Theatre Herberger Theater Center
4 - 16 Sweeney Todd Arizona Broadway Theatre Herberger Theater Center 5 thru 10/14 West Side Story Phoenix Theatre 7 - 22 White Guy on the Bus iTheatre Collaborative Herberger Theater Center
7 thru 10/30 Sunrise or Sunset Art Exhibit Herberger Theater Center HTC Bob's Spot Gallery
21 - 23 Sinatra and Friends The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall
8 thru 12/16 Present Tense: Selections fom the Lenhardt Collection Phoenix Art Museum
21 thru 1/6 Untamed: Wild Compositions by Frank Gonzalez Desert Botanical Garden
14 Season Kick-Off Festival: Get Jazzed Mesa Arts Center 14 - 16 Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 The Phoenix Symphony 17 - 27 Worthy Women Warriors Lunch Time Theater D'Amore Productions Herberger Theater Center
22 Afro Baile Presents Brazilian Day Arizona Scottsdale Arts Scottsdale Civic Center Mall 22 Annie Moses Band Tempe Center for the Arts 22 Mike Super Magic and Illusion Chandler Center for the Arts
19 Australian Pink Floyd Mesa Arts Center
23 Luma Mesa Arts Center
21 Gabriel Royal Mesa Arts Center
23 Macy Gray Chandler Center for the Arts
21 Live & Local: The Gaines Brothers & Vinyl Station Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
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ON the calendar 26 John Oates and The Good Road Band Mesa Arts Center 27 - 30 New Moves Ballet Arizona Orpheum Theatre 28 Live & Local: Marmalade Skies — A Musical Tribute to the Beatles & Moonlight Magic Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 28 & 29 Mozart, Strauss and Tchaikovsky The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 28 - 30 Maria de Buenos Aires Arizona Opera Herberger Theater Center 29 Popovich Pet Comedy Theater Chandler Center for the Arts 29 Ronald K. Brown Evidence, A Dance Company ASU Gammage 29 thru 11/18 Mighty Monarchs and the Plant Protectors Desert Botanical Garden 30 Scottsdale Arts and Danny Zelisko Presents: An Evening With Al Di Meola with Special Guest Jordan Rudess Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
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4 Get the Led Out - The American Led Zeppelin Chandler Center for the Arts
5-7 Titanic Scores: The Music of James Horner The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall
4 Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchesta with Wynton Marsalis Mesa Arts Center 4 - 21 Native Gardens Arizona Theatre Company Herberger Theater Center
5 thru 12/2 Contemporary Still Life Art Exhibit Herberger Theater Art Gallery 5 thru 3/10 Sonwai: The Jewelry of Verma Nequatewa Exhibition Heard Museum 6 CCA & C.A.L.L. E. presents 19th Annual Mariachi & Folklorico Festival Chandler Center for the Arts 6 thru 11/24 Flamenco Intimo (Saturdays only) Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 6 thru 1/27 Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire Phoenix Art Museum
7 thru 4/14 Sunday Concerts in the Garden Desert Botanical Garden 8 Indigenous Peoples Day Heard Museum 10 thru 12/2 Fun Home Phoenix Theatre 11 Boney James Chandler Center for the Arts 11 - 13 Erth's Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure Mesa Arts Center 12 David Bromberg Quintet with Special Guest John McEuen Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 12 - 14 Tchaikovsky’s Fourth and Rachel Barton Pine The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall
13 Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández Mesa Arts Center 13 Barbershop Chronicles ASU Gammage 13 Mandy Harvey Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 14 Don Felder, Formerly of the Eagles Chandler Center for the Arts 14 I'm With Her Mesa Arts Center 14 Parcast: Serial Killers Live on Stage Mesa Arts Center 15 Scottsdale Arts and Danny Zelisko Presents: Graham Nash Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
17 Nat Geo Live: Rhinos, Rickshaws & Revolutions with Ami Vitale, Photographer Mesa Arts Center 18 - 21 A Haunting We Will Go Featuring: "The Return of Dracula" Center Dance Ensemble Herberger Theater Center 18 - 21 Robert Dubac's The Book of Moron Mesa Arts Center 19 - 21 The Nightmare Before Christmas™ The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 19 thru 11/3 The Trial of the Catonsville Nine iTheatre Collaborative Herberger Theater Center 20 2018 Applause! Gala Phoenix Theatre 20 Ensemble Mik Nawooj Tempe Center for the Arts 20 Lucia Micarelli Chandler Center for the Arts
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12 - 28 Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical Valley Youth Theatre
12 thru 5/12 Electric Desert | A Light and Sound Experience by Klip Collective Desert Botanical Garden
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ON the calendar 20 & 21 Fall Plant Sale Desert Botanical Garden 21 ASU Symphony Orchestra Music & Film: Frankenstein Mesa Arts Center 22 ASU Concerts @ the Center: An Evening of Chamber Music with the ASU School of Music Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 24 & 25 C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert Fellowship for Performing Arts Herberger Theater Center 25 - 28 The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Arizona Symphony Hall 26 SMoCA Fall Opening Celebration Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art 26 & 27 Strange Garden Desert Botanical Garden
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27 Anda Union ASU Gammage
26 thru 11/10 Frankenstein Southwest Shakespeare Company Mesa Arts Center
27 Changüí Majadero Tempe Center for the Arts
26 thru 11/10 Pericles, Prince of Tyre Southwest Shakespeare Company Mesa Arts Center
27 Herberger Theater Festival of the Arts Herberger Theater Center HTC Plaza 27 Run Boy Run Chandler Center for the Arts
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27 thru 11/18 The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus Childsplay Theatre Herberger Theater Center 27 thru 3/24 Ultracontemporary Phoenix Art Museum 28 Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games Mesa Arts Center 28 Virginia G. Piper Concert Series: Yekwon Sunwoo, piano Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 29 thru 11/8 #TheBounceBack Lunch Time Theater Unshackled Productions Herberger Theater Center 29 thru 2/3 Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit Heard Museum
NOVEMBER 2 Billy Joel 2 Elton John Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church
2 Story Pirates AfterDark Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 2 Travis Tritt Chandler Center for the Arts 2 Whose Live Anyway? Mesa Arts Center
2&3 Elgar’s Enigma Variations The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall
9 – 18 Canal Convergence Scottsdale Arts Scottsdale Waterfront
3 Dinner At Five Tempe Center for the Arts
10 Martha Graham Dance Company: The EVE Project Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
3 Story Pirates Greatest Hits Show Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
11 The United States Army Field Band Chandler Center for the Arts
3 The pARTy in the Garden Phoenix Art Museum
11 Virginia G. Piper Concert Series: David Finckel, cello, and Wu Han, piano Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
3&4 Día de los Muertos Desert Botanical Garden 3 thru 4/14 Ragnar Kjartansson: Scandinavian Pain and Other Myths Phoenix Art Museum
12 Sunset Ceremony Tribute to Veterans Heard Museum 13 Anderson & Roe Piano Duo Arizona Musicfest Pinnacle Presbyterian Church
6 - 11 On Your Feet! ASU Gammage 8 The Bronx Wanderers Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church 8 The Tenors Mesa Arts Center 9 Lea DeLaria Chandler Center for the Arts 9 - 11 Charlie Parker's Yardbird Arizona Opera Herberger Theater Center 9 - 11 Chiles & Chocolate Festival Desert Botanical Garden 9 - 11 The Second City Guide to the Symphony The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall
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27 & 28 Dia de los Muertos Festival Mesa Arts Center
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ON the calendar 14 The Search for Longevity with Dan Buettner, Author and David McLain, Photographer Mesa Arts Center 14 Rodney Crowell Mesa Arts Center 14 thru 12/30 Elf: The Musical Phoenix Theatre 15 Awadagin Pratt Mesa Arts Center 15 thru 12/2 Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End Arizona Theatre Company Herberger Theater Center 16 Charles Phoenix Chandler Center for the Arts 16 Snap Judgment Mesa Arts Center 16 - 18 Dvorák’s New World Symphony, No. 9 The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall
16 thru 3/15 Julius Caesar Touring Show Southwest Shakespeare Company Taliesin West Pavilion 17 Dailey & Vincent Tempe Center for the Arts 17 Dogs' Day at the Garden Desert Botanical Garden 17 Raul Midón Chandler Center for the Arts 17 Wynonna & The Big Noise Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church 18 Politicon LIVE! Mesa Arts Center 18 Young Musicians Fall Concert Arizona Musicfest MIM 19 ASU Concerts @ the Center: Big Band Night Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
20 Celtic Thunder X Tour Mesa Arts Center 23 & 24 The Capitol Steps: Make America Grin Again Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 23 - 25 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ in Concert The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 25 A Magical Cirque Christmas Mesa Arts Center 26 thru 12/13 Let it Glo Lunch Time Theater 16 Bars Herberger Theater Center 27 thru 12/2 Dear Evan Hansen ASU Gammage 28 Emerson String Quartet Mesa Arts Center 30 thru 12/2 Holiday Pops The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 30 thru 12/2 Holiday Show! Southwest Shakespeare Company Taliesin West Pavilion 30 thru 12/2 Singin' in the Rain: In Concert American Theatre Guild Orpheum Theatre 30 thru 12/23 A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail Valley Youth Theatre
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DECEMBER 1 Scottsdale Arts Gala: Matthew Morrison Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
1 - 16 Frances Smith Cohen's Snow Queen Center Dance Ensemble Herberger Theater Center 1 - 23 & 26 - 31 Las Noches de las Luminarias Desert Botanical Garden 1 thru 6/9 Mexican Photographers, Mexican Views Phoenix Art Museum 3 The Ten Tenors Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church 3 Trey Anastasio Mesa Arts Center 6 thru 12/23 A Christmas Carol Tempe Center for the Arts co-presented with Scottsdale Musical Theater Company 7 Puddles Pity Party Mesa Arts Center
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7 – 16 Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 7 thru 1/1 Fantasy for a Noble Universe Art Exhibit Herberger Theater Center HTC Art Gallery 8 Dianne Reeves: Christmas Time is Here Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 8&9 Mesa Arts Festival Mesa Arts Center
7-9 Cirque Holiday Spectacular The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall
9 Scottsdale Philharmonic Holiday Concert Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
7 & 14 Snow Queen Lunch Time Dance Theater Center Dance Ensemble Herberger Theater Center
10 Alan Cumming: Legal Immigrant Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
7 - 15 The Revolutionists Tempe Center for the Arts co-produced with The Bridge Initiative: Women in Theatre
11 Keyboard Conversations® With Jeffrey Siegel: The Joyous Music of Beethoven Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
12 Robert Cray Band Mesa Arts Center 12 - 16 Handel’s Messiah The Phoenix Symphony venues around the Valley 13 - 24 The Nutcracker Ballet Arizona Symphony Hall 14 Mark Cortale Presents Broadway: Sutton Foster Featuring Seth Rudetsky as Pianist and Host Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 14 OK Go: The Live Video Tour Mesa Arts Center 14 Sons of Serendip Chandler Center for the Arts 14 thru 3/15 Julius Caesar Touring Show Southwest Shakespeare Company Taliesin West Pavilion
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ON the calendar 15 A Merry-Achi Christmas Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 15 Dave Koz & Friends Christmas 2018 Mesa Arts Center 15 The Nayo Jones Experience ASU Kerr 15 - 30 Ella Enchanted: The Musical Childsplay Theatre Herberger Theater Center 16 Rob Kapilow: What Makes it Great?® It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 18 All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 Mesa Arts Center
19 thru 1/20 My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy! Playhouse Productions Herberger Theater Center 21 Drumline Live Holiday Spectacular Chandler Center for the Arts
2-6 Zoppé, An Italian Family Circus Chandler Center for the Arts
21 Jason Mraz and Toca Rivera "Live In Stereo" Mesa Arts Center 22 Christmas From a Celtic Table ASU Kerr 26 - 30 Holidays at the Heard Heard Museum 26 - 31 Zoppé, An Italian Family Circus Chandler Center for the Arts 27 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas ASU Gammage 27 Straight No Chaser Mesa Arts Center 28 - 30 Symphony and Chill: The Music of the Flatscreen The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 31 Home Free Mesa Arts Center 31 New Year's Eve Celebration The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall
Arizona Opera
JANUARY
LEGALLY BLONDE THEATER LEAGUE
2 - 20 The Second City's It's Not You, It's Me Phoenix Theatre 5&6 A Mozart Celebration The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 5 - 27 Cancer Survivors Art Exhibit Herberger Theater Center HTC Art Gallery 5 - 27 The Music Man Arizona Theatre Company Herberger Theater Center 6 Virginia G. Piper Concert Series: Garrick Ohlsson, piano Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
7 - 17 Brad Allen International Man of Mystery Lunch Time Theater Herberger Theater Center 8 - 13 Hello, Dolly! ASU Gammage 9 Francine Reed! ASU Kerr 10 - 13 Assisted Living the Musical® Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 11 & 12 Grand Canyon Suite: An HD Experience The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 12 Croce Plays Croce Mesa Arts Center 15 Keyboard Conversations® With Jeffrey Siegel: Celebrating Rachmaninoff and Debussy Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 16 Close Encounters With Music: Romantic Quintets: Brahms and Schumann Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
17 Marc-André Hamelin Mesa Arts Center 18 thru 2/2 Hostage iTheatre Collaborative Herberger Theater Center 18 & 3/15 Julius Caesar Touring Show Southwest Shakespeare Company Taliesin West Pavilion 18 Pink Martini Chandler Center for the Arts 19 Dogs' Day in the Garden Desert Botanical Garden 19 Mark Cortale Presents Broadway: Audra McDonald, featuring Seth Rudetsky as Pianist and Host Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 19 Silent Voices: LOVESTATE ASU Gammage 20 PhxArt Amplified Phoenix Art Museum 20 Remembering Patsy Cline Chandler Center for the Arts
Arizona Theatre Company
23 An Evening With Branford Marsalis Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 23 Nat Geo Live: A Wild Life with Bertie Gregory, Filmmaker Mesa Arts Center 23 thru 2/24 The Secret Comedy of Women Playhouse Productions Herberger Theater Center 23 thru 3/10 Jersey Boys Phoenix Theatre 25 Human Nature Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church
HERB ALPERT & LANI HALL ARIZONA MUSICFEST
25 The Fab Four Mesa Arts Center 25 We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. featuring Damien Sneed Mesa Arts Center 25 - 27 La Traviata Arizona Opera Symphony Hall ON STAGE 2018–2019 |
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25 - 27 Legally Blonde American Theater Guild Orpheum Theatre 25 thru 2/10 Phoenix Theatre Festival of New American Theatre Phoenix Theatre 26 Ben and Noel Haggard Mesa Arts Center 26 Mozart and Schubert Chamber Music Festival 1 The Phoenix Symphony MIM 26 thru 6/2 Wondrous Worlds: Art & Islam Through Time & Place Phoenix Art Museum 27 ASU Concerts @ the Center: ASU Symphony Orchestra Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 28 Herb Alpert and Lani Hall Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church 31 thru 2/17 Aladdin ASU Gammage
FEBRUARY 1 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church 1 The Moth Mainstage Mesa Arts Center 1 We Banjo 3 Chandler Center for the Arts
MAN IN THE ARENA THEOD ORE ROOSEVELT A SU KERR
ON the calendar
1&2 Beethoven and Haydn The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall
5 Joan Osborne Sings the Songs of Bob Dylan Mesa Arts Center
1 - 25 Organic Observance Art Exhibit Herberger Theater Center HTC Art Gallery
6 Close Encounters With Music: Three Russian Giants - Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev and Stravinsky Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
1 thru 5/27 Josef Albers in Mexico Heard Museum 2 Chris Botti Mesa Arts Center 2 Scottsdale Arts and Danny Zelisko Presents: Soft Machine and the Levin Brothers Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 2 Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Chandler Center for the Arts 3 thru 3/3 Worlds of Wonder Featuring: "Rite of Spring" Center Dance Ensemble Herberger Theater Center 4 Lonesome Traveler with Peter Yarrow Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church
6 Nat "King" Cole Centennial with Joe Bourne and Dennis Rowland ASU Kerr 7 Brian Stokes Mitchell Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church 7 Kodo Mesa Arts Center 8 BODYTRAFFIC Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 8 - 10 Matt Doyle's Broadway The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 8 - 24 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Valley Youth Theatre
9 Bob Shimizu Jazz ASU Kerr 9 Jad Abumrad: The Miracle of Indoor Plumbing Mesa Arts Center 9 Mark Cortale Presents Broadway: Jeremy Jordan, featuring Seth Rudetsky as pianist and host Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
13 Arizona Storytellers Project: Romance or Not Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 14 Joshua Bell, Violin with Sam Haywood, Piano Mesa Arts Center 14 Shana Bousard and Brian Runbeck Duet ASU Kerr 14 - 17 The Firebird & La Sylphide Ballet Arizona Symphony Hall
9 The Hit Men Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church
14 thru 3/3 Two Trains Running Arizona Theatre Company Herberger Theater Center
9 & 10 29th Annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest Heard Museum
15 Neil Sedaka Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church
9 & 10 Corks & Cactus Desert Botanical Garden 10 Shirley MacLaine Chandler Center for the Arts 10 Trio Solisti Arizona Musicfest MIM 11 - 21 A Company of Warriors Lunch Time Theater Grey Matters Productions Herberger Theater Center 12 Keyboard ConversationsÂŽ With Jeffrey Siegel: The Romantic Connection: Chopin, Schumann and Liszt Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 12 Ruth Moody Band Arizona Musicfest La Casa de Cristo
15 SMoCA Spring Opening and 20th Anniversary Celebration Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art 16 Manual Cinema: No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 16 Murphy's Celtic Legacy Chandler Center for the Arts 17 Festival Sinfonia with the Festival Chorus Arizona Musicfest Pinnacle Presbyterian Church
19 Festival Orchestra: Beethoven & Dvorak with Andrew von Oeyen Arizona Musicfest La Casa de Cristo 19 Rosanne Cash and Band: She Remembers Everything Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 20 Man in the Arena Theodore Roosevelt ASU Kerr 20 Nat Geo Live: Standing at the Water's Edge with Cristina Mittermeier, Photographer Mesa Arts Center 21 Festival Orchestra: Concert of Triumph Arizona Musicfest La Casa de Cristo 22 Festival Orchestra POPS! Arizona Musicfest La Casa de Cristo
ROSANNE CA SH AND BAND | S COTTSDALE ARTS
8 thru 5/12 Michelle Stitzlein Exhibit Desert Botanical Garden
17 Winston Churchill: The Blitz Chandler Center for the Arts
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ON the calendar 22 thru 3/9 As You Like It Southwest Shakespeare Company Mesa Arts Center 22 thru 3/9 Taming of the Shrew Southwest Shakespeare Company Mesa Arts Center 22 thru 3/17 Detroit '67 Tempe Center for the Arts co-produced with Black Theatre Troupe 23 The Doo Wop Project Chandler Center for the Arts 23 Violins of Hope: Gil Shaham with The Festival Orchestra Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 23 - 24 Devour Culinary Classic Desert Botanical Garden 24 Best of Broadway Chandler Center for the Arts 24 La Gran Fiesta Featuring La Dame Blanche Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 24 Violins of Hope: Gil Shaham with The Festival Orchestra Arizona Musicfest La Casa de Cristo 26 A Silenced Legacy: Honoring the Music and the Musicians Arizona Musicfest Temple Chai 27 Rachel Lee Priday ASU Kerr
VIOLINS OF HOPE - GIL SHAHAM ARIZONA MUSICFEST
28 thru 3/3 Worlds of Wonder Center Dance Ensemble Herberger Theater Center
MARCH 1 Dave Stamey ASU Kerr
1-3 Evita American Theatre Guild Orpheum Theatre 1-3 Heard Guild Indian Fair & Market Heard Museum 1-3 Silent Night Arizona Opera Symphony Hall 1 thru 4/28 Artist Inspirations Art Exhibit Herberger Theater Center HTC Art Gallery
2 Aspen Santa Fe Ballet: An Evening With Pianist Joyce Yang Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 2 The 5 Browns Chandler Center for the Arts 2 thru 5/12 Spring Butterfly Exhibit Desert Botanical Garden 3 The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra Chandler Center for the Arts 3 Young Musicians Winter Concert Arizona Musicfest MIM 5 Hot Club of San Francisco Arizona Musicfest Pinnacle Presbyterian Church
5 - 10 STOMP Mesa Arts Center 6 Academy of St Martin in the Fields: Jeremy Denk, piano Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 6 The Divas Return! ASU Kerr 6 - 31 Airness Phoenix Theatre 7 The Streisand Songbook Featuring Ann Hampton Callaway Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church 8 - 10 49th Scottsdale Arts Festival Scottsdale Civic Center Mall 8 - 10 Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 8 - 24 An American in Paris Arizona Broadway Theatre Herberger Theater Center
12 Keyboard Conversations® With Jeffrey Siegel: Chopin in Paris Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 12 Quarteto Nuevo ASU Kerr 13 Killing Me Softly: Normalizing Cuba-U.S. Relations with Carlos Alzugaray Treto, Former Ambassador of Cuba to the EU Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 14 Break of Reality Mesa Arts Center 14 Wiesenthal Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 14 - 16 Dixie's Tupperware Party Chandler Center for the Arts 15 Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
15 Changes in Latitude Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church 15 Julius Caesar Touring Show Southwest Shakespeare Company Taliesin West Pavilion 15 - 17 Star Wars: A New Hope The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 16 Camille A. Brown & Dancers - ink ASU Gammage 16 Max Raabe & Palast Orchester: Dream a Little Dream Tour 2019 Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 16 & 17 Spark! Festival of Creativity Mesa Arts Center 16 & 17 Spring Plant Sale Desert Botanical Garden 17 Let The Good Times Roll Chandler Center for the Arts
9 & 10 Flutterfest Desert Botanical Garden 10 La Santa Cecilia Chandler Center for the Arts 10 Let The Good Times Roll Chandler Center for the Arts 11 The Count Basie Orchestra Directed by Scotty Barnhart Arizona Musicfest Highlands Church 11 - 21 A Bumpy, Beautiful Road Trip Through Life Lunch Time Theater Boa Babes Herberger Theater Center
Childsplay Theatre
ON STAGE 2018–2019 | 101
STRAVINSKY, GER SHWIN AND GLA SS THE PHOENIX SYMPHONY
ON the calendar
17 thru 4/21 The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show Childsplay Theatre Herberger Theater Center 19 Anne Lamott Mesa Arts Center 19 Violins of Hope Tribute Concert Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 19 - 24 The Play That Goes Wrong ASU Gammage 20 Nat Geo Live: Wild Seas, Secret Shores with Thomas Peschak, Photographer Mesa Arts Center 21 Composer's Choice featuring Nokuthula Ngwenyama ASU Kerr 21 Magic Tree House Mesa Arts Center 22 - 24 Stravinsky, Gershwin and Glass The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall
22 - 31 Death of Kings: Seize the Crown Southwest Shakespeare Company Taliesin West Pavilion 23 Vicki Lawrence and Mama: A Two Woman Show Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 23 WordPlay CafĂŠ Story Slam Mesa Arts Center 26 Independent Woman Luncheon featuring Cathy Graham Phoenix Art Museum 27 Nano Stern ASU Kerr 28 & 29 Kokopellim, the Legend - A Native American Opera Aristlan, Inc Herberger Theater Center 28 - 31 CHICAGO American Theatre Guild Orpheum Theatre 29 Agave on the Rocks Desert Botanical Garden
29 Complexions Contemporary Ballet: Star Dust Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 29 Music of Tom Petty The Phoenix Symphony Mesa Amphitheatre 29 & 30 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Mesa Arts Center 29 thru 4/1 Heard Guild Student Art Show Heard Museum 29 thru 4/13 Frost/Nixon iTheatre Collaborative Herberger Theater Center 30 Gina Chavez Mesa Arts Center 30 Havana Cuba All-Stars Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 30 Mozart and Schubert Chamber Music Festival 2 The Phoenix Symphony MIM
30 Quetzal ASU Gammage 31 Plated & Staged ... A Herberger Theater Experience Herberger Theater Center 31 Rob Kapilow: What Makes it Great?® Some Enchanted Evening: The Music of Richard Rodgers Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
APRIL
3 - 28 Sisters in Law Phoenix Theatre 3 thru 5/5 Wicked ASU Gammage 4 Ramsey Lewis Plays The Beatles Songbook Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 4 - 21 American Mariachi Arizona Theatre Company Herberger Theater Center 5 Mario Abney ASU Kerr 5-6 Disrupt FEST Tempe Center for the Arts 5-7 Cactus and Succulent Society Show Desert Botanical Garden 5-7 The Marriage of Figaro Arizona Opera Symphony Hall 5 - 21 Tuck Everlasting Valley Youth Theatre
6 Virginia G. Piper Concert Series: Midori, violin; JeanYves Thibaudet, piano Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 6 Zakir Hussain: Masters of Percussion Mesa Arts Center 7 California Guitar Trio Chandler Center for the Arts 7 Virginia G. Piper Concert Series: Jerusalem Quartet Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 9 Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour Starring Cécile McLorin Salvant Mesa Arts Center 10 Charles Lewis Quintet ASU Kerr 11 Jason Vieaux & Yolanda Kondonassis Mesa Arts Center 12 & 13 Piazzolla’s Four Seasons The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 16 - 20 American Girl Live Mesa Arts Center 17 & 18 American Voices In Honor of National Poetry Month Center Dance Ensemble Herberger Theater Center 19 - 28 Harlem Shakespeare's Othello Southwest Shakespeare Company Taliesin West Pavilion
20 Romeo and Juliet and Porgy and Bess The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 22 ASU Concerts @ the Center: Joining Forces — ASU Wind Ensemble and ASU Choirs Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 24 Christian McBride Big Band Mesa Arts Center 24 thru 5/19 Cookin's a Drag Phoenix Theatre 26 Storm Large Chandler Center for the Arts 26 - 28 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ in Concert The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 28 Día del Nino Heard Museum 28 thru 5/26 Schoolhouse Rock Live! Childsplay Theatre Herberger Theater Center 29 thru 5/9 Luna and Solis Lunch Time Theater Brelby Theatre Company Herberger Theater Center
MAY
2 Jake Shimabukuro Mesa Arts Center 2-5 All Balanchine Ballet Arizona Symphony Hall 4 David Sedaris Orpheum Theatre ON STAGE 2018–2019 |
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ON the calendar 4&5 Fantasies and Fairy Tales Featuring Cinderella Rocks! Center Dance Ensemble Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 10 Music of Led Zeppelin The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 11 & 12 Mozart and Brahms The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 13 - 23 Miranda's Curse Lunch Time Theater New Carpa Theater Co. Herberger Theater Center 14 thru 6/1 Eroica Ballet Arizona Desert Botanical Garden 15 thru 6/2 Things I Know To Be True Arizona Theatre Company Herberger Theater Center 16 thru 6/2 Two Trains Running Arizona Theatre Company Herberger Theater Center 17 Lea Salonga Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 17 - 19 The Texas Tenors The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 22 thru 6/16 Once Phoenix Theatre 4
25 & 26 The Planets: An HD Odyssey The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall 25 thru 8/31 Flashlight Tours Desert Botanical Garden
12 Arizona Storytellers Project: My Culture, My Identity Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts 12 thru 7/14 Million Dollar Quartet Phoenix Theatre
27 Memorial Day Tribute to Veterans Heard Museum
13 Desert Night Cinema Desert Botanical Garden Sunset Plaza
28 thru 6/2 Rent ASU Gammage
14 - 30 Disney's Freaky Friday Valley Youth Theatre Herberger Theater Center
31 thru 6/1 Broadway Celebration The Phoenix Symphony Symphony Hall
17 - 27 Reversal Lunch Time Theater Theatre360 Herberger Theater Center
JUNE
7 thru 7/29 Children's Art Exhibit Herberger Theater Center HTC Art Gallery
JULY
12 - 28 The Addams Family Arizona Broadway Theatre Herberger Theater Center
11 - 16 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ASU Gammage
LEA S OLANGA | S COTTSDALE ARTS
4 Mozart and Schubert Chamber Music Festival 3 The Phoenix Symphony MIM
15 - 25 Musical Schmoozicals II: Family's a Drag Lunch Time Theater Johanna Carlisle-Zepeda Herberger Theater Center 29 thru 8/15 Remember When - Lunch Time Theater Act Two Productions Herberger Theater Center
AUGUST
6 - 11 The Book of Mormon ASU Gammage
VICE PRESEIDENT JOE BIDEN
DR. JANE GOODALL
CONDOLEEZZA RICE
DR. SANJAY GUPTA
JAMES COMEY
PAUL NICKLEN
CAPT. SCOTT KELLY
The Arizona Speaker Series inaugural season
Seven powerful evenings up-close and personal with luminaries of our time. Taking place at Comerica Theatre in the heart of downtown Phoenix. November 14, 2018 through March 25, 2019 On Sale Now
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