BWW Preview: 2016-2017 Theatre Season Guide - Full of Promise - We Review, You Decide!
By: Herbert Paine Aug. 15, 2016
A full and diverse menu of theatrical offerings for young and old and every persuasion is on tap for the 2016-2017 Season in the Phoenix region. It is reflective of the evolution of the performing arts in the Valley of the Sun. Lots ~ old and new, comforting and provocative, comedy and drama ~ for the savvy theatre-goer to see and assess:
Funny Girl ~ October 14-November 13
A Christmas Story ~ November 25-December 28
Camelot ~ January 13-February 11
Jesus Christ Superstar ~ March 17-April 16
Oliver ~ April 28-May 21
Beauty & the Beast ~ June 2-July 2
Saturday Night Fever ~ July 21-August 20
Hands on a Hardbody ~ September 1-24
ASU Gammage Broadway Season
Cabaret ~ September 13-18
The Sound of Music ~ October 18-23
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical ~ November 22-27
Mamma Mia! ~ December 6-11
The Illusionists ~ January 17-21
Matilda the Musical ~ February 7-12
Finding Neverland ~ March 14-19
An American in Paris ~ April 18-23
The Book of Mormon ~ May 18-28
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ~ June 20-25
King Charles III ~ October 6-23
An Act of God ~ November 17-December 4
Fiddler on the Roof ~ January 12-29
The River Bride ~ February 2-26
Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash ~ March 30-April 16
Holmes and Watson ~ May 11-28
Rasheeda Speaking ~ October 7-23
Black Nativity ~ December 2-18
Broke-ology ~ February 10-26
Scottsboro Boys ~ April 5-23
Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook ~ September 11-October 16
Rock The Presidents ~ October 22-November 13
A Very Hairy Javelina Holiday ~ November 19- December 24
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat ~ January 14-February 19
The Yellow Boat ~ February 26-March 12
Interrupting Vanessa ~ March 25-April 2
The Grumpiest Boy in the World ~ April 8-April 16
Wonderland: Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure ~ April 23-May 21
The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, Jr. ~ October 7-16
Nunsense: The Mega Musical ~ November 11-20
All Shook Up ~ January 13-22
Unnecessary Farce ~ February 3-12
Gypsy ~ March 31-April 9
Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Jr. ~ May 12-21
Actor's Café Productions
Don't Dress for Dinner ~ August 12-September 18
Lost in Yonkers ~ October 7-November 13
Coney Island Christmas ~ November 25-December 23
Drop Dead! ~ January 6-February 12
Ruthless! The Musical Comedy ~ March 3-April 9
Macbeth ~ April 28-June 4
The Importance of Being Earnest ~ June 16-July 23
Mainstage Productions
Seussical ~ September 30-October 30
The Mystery of Edwin Drood ~ January 13-February 12
Mel Brooks' The Producers, The Musical ~ April 7-May 7
Mainstage
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ~ September 2-18
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ~ January 20-February 5
Leading Ladies ~ March 10-26
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ~ April 21-May 7
Mainstage Too!
The Glass Menagerie ~ October 14-30
30 Years: The Show - A Fountain Hills Theater Retrospective! ~ August 19-28
Assassins ~ November 4-20
A Christmas Carol, The Musical ~ December 2-18
Love Letters ~ January 6-15
4 on the Floor ~ May 12-28
Youth Theater
Charlotte's Web ~ September 23-October 9
Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells ~ December 2-18
Doctor Dolittle, Jr. ~ February 10-26
Anne of Green Gables ~ March 31-April 16
Disney's The Jungle Book, Kids ~ June 2-June 18
13 The Musical ~ September 2-11
Pippin ~ October 21-30
Annie, Jr. ~ December 9-18
Grease ~ February 10 - 19
The Laramie Project ~ April 7-9
Peter and the Starcatcher ~ May 5-14
The Drowsy Chaperone ~ August 26- October 8
You Can't Take It With You ~ September 13-November 15
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ~ October 13-November 26
A Christmas Carol ~ December 1-December 24
Is He Dead? ~ December 31-February 11
The Marvelous Wonderettes ~ January 17-April 18
Thoroughly Modern Millie ~ February 16-April 1
No Time for Sergeants ~ April 6-May 13
Aida ~ May 18-July 1
The Little Mermaid ~ July 7-August 19
Hostages & Other Plays ~ September 8-11
The Velocity of Autumn ~ September 2-17
Veronica's Room ~ October 14-29
Give Me Christmas! ~ December 9-18
Permanent Collection ~ February 2-March 4
Hughie ~ March 31-April 15
Playback Theatre ~ May 12-14
Footloose ~ September 9-25
The Music Man ~ November 4-20
The Fox on the Fairway ~ January 6-222
Billy Elliot, The Musical ~ March 10-19
The Fantasticks ~ April 7-23
Urinetown, The Musical ~ May 19-28
In The Heights ~ September 7, 2016-October 2
Liberace! ~ September 21, 2016-October 9
Billy Elliot ~ November 16, 2016-December 24
Twist Your Dickens ~ November 30, 2016-December 24
Baskerville ~ January 25, 2017-February 12
Bullets Over Broadway ~ March 8, 2017-April 2
The Scottsboro Boys ~ April 5, 2017-April 23
Beehive ~ May 10, 2017-June 4
Scottsdale Musical Theater Company
My Fair Lady ~ August 18-21
Guys and Dolls ~ January 5-8
Or ~ September 2-17
The Merchant of Venice ~ October 14-29
Midwinter Night's Dream ~ December 16-18
Hamlet ~ January 13-28
Much Ado About Nothing ~ January 14-28
Photograph 51 ~ February 24-March 11
Pride@Prejudice ~ March 24-28
John ~ September 16-October 1
Anything You Hear and Only Half of What You See ~ November 25-December 10
Native Son ~ March 10-March 25
Hir ~ April 28-May 13
Love, Loss and What I Wore ~ September 2-18
The Price ~ October 14-30
The Herd ~ November 25-December 11
Bakersfield Mist ~ January 13-29
Storefront Church ~ February 24-March 12
It's A Musical World! ~ May 12-28
New Summer Shorts ~ June 15-25
Noises Off ~ October 7-23
Love Is Here To Stay/A Gershwin Cabaret ~ November 4-20
The Quiltmaker's Gift ~ December 2-18
3 No Trump ~ January 13-29
Sunday in the Park with George ~ February 17-March 5
Memphis ~ March 24-April 9
Grease ~ August 12-28
Charlotte's Web, The Musical ~ October 7-23
A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail ~ December 2-23
Alice in Wonderland ~ February 10-26
The Secret Garden, The Musical ~ April 7-23
The Wizard of Oz ~ June 9-25
1776 ~ November 4-19
A Few Good Men ~ February 24-March 11
Nunsense ~ May 5-20
Photo credit to Phoenix Theatre: In the Heights
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