Review: BYE BYE BIRDIE at Hale Centre Theatre
by Herbert Paine - May 21, 2023
Director/choreographer Cambrian James delivers a nostalgically delightful production of BYE BYE BIRDIE, featuring a knockout performance by Michala Montaño as Rosie. At Hale Centre Theatre in Gilbert AZ through July 1.
BWW Review: THE GODS OF COMEDY at Stage Left Productions
by Lee Cooley - Jan 26, 2022
THE GODS OF COMEDY are forcing us to choose between hilarity or health. This #stageleftaz production of Ken Ludwig's two-hour romp has been extended through Feb. 6. Not by popular demand, although it deserves it, but because of #COVID exposure. If you're up-to-date on your vaccinations and crave a little normalcy, #suckitup and put on an KN95 mask.
Photo Flash: Fountain Hills Theater Opened A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 28, 2020
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder has opened at Fountain Hills Theater! When the low-born Monty Navarro finds out that he's eighth in line for an earldom in the lofty D'Ysquith family, he figures his chances of outliving his predecessors are slight and sets off down a far more ghoulish path. Can he knock off his unsuspecting relatives without being caught and become the ninth Earl of Highhurst? And what of love? Because murder isn't the only thing on Monty's mind....
Scottsdale Musical Theater Company Presents DUET-ISH
by Julie Musbach - Jul 29, 2019
SMTC continues its Cabaret Series with Duet-ish, an evening of jazz, pop, theater and contemporary music performed by Hector Coris and Amy Faithe. Music direction and arrangements by Joni Van Rossum. With songs by Harold Arlen, Jacques Brel, The Seekers, Sara Bareilles, Jason Robert Brown and others, plus original tunes, Duet-ish is an intimate and eclectic evening of song, personal stories and soaring duets.
Full Cast Announced For SMTC's THE PAJAMA GAME Starring Cory McCloskey
by A.A. Cristi - May 23, 2019
SMTC is excited to announce complete casting for its upcoming production of the classic musical, The Pajama Game. Local Valley news and weatherman Cory McCloskey leads the cast as Sid Sorokin, the new supervisor at a Cedar Rapids pajama factory in the throes of a labor dispute...who falls in love with the head of the union's grievance committee! Performances will take place at the Tempe Center for the Arts.
Cory McCloskey to Star In SMTC's THE PAJAMA GAME
by Julie Musbach - May 13, 2019
SMTC is excited to announce long time Valley news and weatherman Cory McCloskey will lead the cast of SMTC's The Pajama Game as Sid Sorokin, the new supervisor at a Cedar Rapids pajama factory in the throes of a labor dispute...who falls in love with the head of the union's grievance committee! Performances will take place at the Tempe Center for the Arts.
Full Cast Announced For SMTC's THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
by Julie Musbach - Feb 11, 2019
SMTC is excited to announce one of its biggest casts ever for its upcoming production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. TV and stage stars Dawnn Lewis (TVs "A Different World", "Major Crimes", "Veronica Mars"; Dreamgirls and Sister Act: The Musical) and Marc Koeck (50th Anniv. International tour of West Side Story) appear in the jazz-age treat. Performances will take place at the Tempe Center for the Arts.
SMTC Brings Back Hit IRVING BERLIN Revue
by Julie Musbach - Apr 16, 2018
Scottsdale Musical Theater Company presents the return of their original, world-premiere musical, That Irving Berlin Thing - a two-act revue featuring over 40 of the legend's most notable - and rarely-heard - songs.
Stray Cat Closes Season 16 With SILENCE! THE MUSICAL
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 3, 2018
Stray Cat is purring hard to be closing their 2017-2018 Sweet 16 Season with the irreverent musical parody of the popular Academy Award-winning film The Silence of the Lambs - SILENCE! THE MUSICAL!