MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE - MCC THEATRE

by Herbert Paine - March 10, 2025

By now, the phrase Phantom of the Opera conjures one thing: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s juggernaut, a chandelier-crashing, organ-blasting spectacle that has been haunting Broadway since the Reagan administration. But Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit’s PHANTOM, currently at Arizona Broadway Theatre in Peoria ...

by Robert Encila-Celdran - March 05, 2025

Kimberly Belflower's writing blends academic fluency with the unfiltered energy of teenage argot. Crisp and emotionally charged, the script expertly transitions between scenes from The Crucible and the students' classroom debates, crafting a narrative that is as urgent as it is thought-provoking....

by Herbert Paine - March 04, 2025

Theatre Artists Studio's staging of Sarah Ruhl's THE CLEAN HOUSE, captures the playwright's intention of a meditation on how people grapple with grief, love, and their own imperfections....

by Zach Wetzel - March 01, 2025

MURDER AT THE HOWARD JOHNSON'S is a laugh-a-minute comedy!...

by Suzanne Whitaker - February 26, 2025

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by Herbert Paine - February 24, 2025

Stray Cat Theatre’s production of FETAL is a necessary, gripping, and unforgettable theatrical experience—one that demands not only contemplation but also collective action and solidarity regarding reproductive rights....

by Herbert Paine - February 23, 2025

ATC's BLUES IN THE NIGHT: It’s about feeling - pure, raw, and undeniable...if you’re looking to be wrapped up in a night of sensational voices and music that hums in your bones, this is a show to get lost in....

by Herbert Paine - February 23, 2025

The Phoenix Theatre Company’s production of JERSEY BOYS is a toe-tapping, high-energy joyride through the unforgettable music of The Four Seasons....

by Herbert Paine - February 16, 2025

Epic, bold, and elegant in design and execution, Ballet Arizona’s production of Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s FRIDA is a sensory feast – impassioned, radiant, and breathtaking....

by Herbert Paine - February 12, 2025

It’s always a risk to transplant a beloved classic film to the stage, particularly when that film is one so thoroughly embedded in its time as SOME LIKE IT HOT. Yet this latest Broadway adaptation, now performing at ASU Gammage until the 16th, with kinetic direction and crowd-pleasing choreography b...