MESA ARTS CENTER

Inspired by a true story and featuring the Tony®-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Broadway’s BRIGHT STAR tells a sweeping tale of love ...

Pantochino's Teen Theatre presents it's second annual production, "Xanadu Jr." An incredibly inventive and sparkling musical mash up of mythology and disco, Xanadu Jr. is ...

One Street Over Project is a community engagement initiative at Mesa Arts Center that culminated in the creation of a 2000-foot mural in the Whitman ...

The African savannah comes to life with Simba, Rafiki and an unforgettable cast of characters as they journey from Pride Rock to the jungle and ...

Join Emmy Award-winning Beatles tribute band The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute for an unforgettable night of classic Beatles music! You'll enjoy note-perfect renditions of ...

The African savannah comes to life with Simba, Rafiki and an unforgettable cast of characters as they journey from Pride Rock to the jungle and ...

Southwest Shakespeare Company presents FARINELLI AND THE KINGWritten by Claire Van KampenDirected by Carmen JackobiMesa Arts CenterMar 4-20Farinelli and the King by Claire Van Kampen. ...

Southwest Shakespeare Company presents THE TEMPESTWritten by William ShakespeareDirected by Ingrid SonnischenMesa Arts CenterFeb 25 - Mar 19Mythic creatures and magic! Come bask in the ...

Join Emmy Award-winning Beatles tribute band The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute for an unforgettable night of classic Beatles music! You'll enjoy note-perfect renditions of ...

Emmy Award-winning Beatles tribute band The Fab Four will be reigniting Beatlemania for local Beatle fans at Mesa Arts Center's Ikeda Theatre on Friday, January ...

Jahnna Beecham, Malcolm Hillgartner; dir: Adam Burke. World Premiere...

An Evening of Bach Cello Suites- Cellist Zuill Bailey November 21, 2013 7:00pm Few musical masterpieces transcend the passage of time as do Bach's Cello ...

Paula Poundstone returns to Mesa Arts Center. Appearing on stage with a stool, a microphone, can of Diet Pepsi, her famous razor-sharp wit and spontaneity, ...

Mesa Arts Center welcomes back acclaimed actor Hal Holbrook in his Tony Award winning production “Mark Twain Tonight”. This one man show is always fresh ...

Experience what the Arizona Republic called "a royally entertaining show," as Ballet Etudes presents its 26th Anniversary production of The Nutcracker. Let Clara's magical journey ...

The longest running play in American theater history is about to cut loose and head out on the road. The Shear Madness hairstyling salon is ...

Class 6 Theatre is proud to present the Arizona premiere of ReEntry, a documentary play about the United States Marine Corps. All the dialogue in ...

Metropolitan Youth Symphony (MYS) is celebrating 31 years of music with our opening concert Thursday, November 1, 2012. MYS began in 1982 with just 150 ...

In 1952, Amalia Hernández, dancer and choreographer, founded the Ballet Folklórico de México, having embarked, at a very early age, on a never-ending quest to ...

It's just Proops and you. There's no fan fare. Proops takes center stage at small table and chair setup with a single microphone. Then he's ...

There are now few in the world of Bellydance who have not been affected by the advent of the Bellydance Superstars and the first concerted ...

Mike Birbiglia shares a lifetime of romantic blunders and miscues that most adults would spend a lifetime trying to forget. Winner of the Lucille Lortel ...

The world's greatest love story takes to the streets in this landmark Broadway musical that is one of the Theatre's finest accomplishments. Shakespeare's Romeo and ...

Times are tough for the people of the village, so Hansel and Gretel are sent into the woods to gather berries. They get lost in ...

HAIRSPRAY delights audiences by sweeping them away to 1960's Baltimore, where the 50's are out and change is in the air. Loveable plus-size heroine, Tracy ...

A baby is just the beginning. Motherhood is for life… It’s the joyous journey and loving look at the blessings and perils of being a ...

Called by Time Magazine "A triumph for the stage," and by the International Herald Tribune "the best musical in twenty years," this acclaimed musical won ...

It’s five-time, Tony Award® nominated smash-hit musical ROCK OF AGES, a hilarious, feel-good love story. In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl ...

Bill Cosby has dazzled generations of fans with his comedy routines, also captured on his iconic albums and best-selling books such as Fatherhood and the ...

Miss Abigail, is the most sought-after relationship expert to the stars teaching outrageously funny “how-to’s” on dating, mating and marriage. A "perfect date night" (NYTheatre.com) ...

After fourteen years of marriage, writers-actors-and real-life-married-couple Annabelle Gurwitch (“Dinner and a Movie,” Fired!) and Jeff Kahn (“The Ben Stiller Show,” Forty Year Old Virgin) ...

Two young children, Fluff and Bud, have been forced to live with their greedy Aunt. With no food or shelter to be found in the ...

Music was the most obvious road for Lyman "Mac" McAnally to take from his Red Bay, Alabama birthplace and Belmont, Mississippi hometown. He was a ...

One of Broadway’s enduring classics, MY FAIR LADY returns with all of the grandeur and romance that has made this musical one of Broadway’s icons. ...

This spirited tribute recreates one of the famous “Summit at the Sands” hotel shows, when the swingin,’ ring-a-ding group known as the “Rat Pack” was ...

CHRISTMAS STORY is an affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic portrayal of an American Family’s typical Christmas joys and travails in small-town Depression-era Indiana. The play, ...

Enter the world of Joey Archobellino as he teaches his annual Santa class. His stories range from hilarious to heart wrenching and his philosophy is ...

Based on the best selling book, this delightful comedy is an American classic and one of the best holiday stories ever written. In this hilarious ...

There truly is no place like home as the greatest family musical of all time, the wonderful WIZARD OF OZ, twists its way across the ...

Paula Pounstone returns to Mesa Arts Center. Appearing on stage with a stool, a microphone, can of Diet Pepsi, her famous razor-sharp wit and spontaneity, ...

Tony Award for Best Play, PROOF is a compelling drama about love, reconciliation, and a mathematical proof. Catherine, an enigmatic young woman, has spent years ...

An action-packed, interactive adventure based on one of the most popular science fiction franchises of all time. Members of the audience join the newly formed ...

On his 21st birthday, Javier Arturo Puente, a promising poet, is told by his mother and father that he was adopted from an orphanage in ...

The dangers of a workplace romance are explored to hysterical effect in this romantic comedy from the creators of “Damn Yankees.” Conditions at the Sleep-Tite ...

This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum know as 'the relationship.' Act I explores the journey ...

King Oakley has been absent from his kingdom for several years, and upon his return, he decides his kingdom has grown lax, and with the ...

Emmy, Grammy and American Comedy winner Steve Martin to join The Steep Canyon Rangers for a rare performance at Mesa Arts Center. Steve Martin, one ...

The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable. Joseph, his father's favorite son, ...

The inaugural performance of Roots Performing Arts; this collection of pieces focuses on the universal theme of courage. The characters presented in these scenes face ...