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Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards


The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards, honoring the best in regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.

12 Days Left To Vote For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards; TheaterWorks Leads Favorite Local Theatre!


The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Latest Stats Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards; at Mesa Encore Theatre Leads Best Ensemble Performance!


The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Latest Standings Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards; TheaterWorks Leads Favorite Local Theatre!


The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Phoenix Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

BWW Review: Theatre Artists Studio Presents Karen Burns's AN OTHERWISE MAGICAL LIFE


Karen Burns's AN OTHERWISE MAGICAL LIFE, showing at Theatre Artists Studio through March 6th, is a stunning and uplifting account of one woman's journey to overcome life's trials and tribulations.

Theatre Artists Studio Presents AN OTHERWISE MAGICAL LIFE


AN OTHERWISE MAGICAL LIFE with Karen Burns, directed by Judy Rollings has been announced at Theatre Artists Studio. 

BWW Review: Theatre Artists Studio Presents RESISTING IRRELEVANCY: A QUIRKY COLLECTION OF QUICK COMEDIES


Debra Rich Gettleman has an incisive perspective on the human condition. In her latest work, she has translated her observations about the discordance and dilemmas of contemporary social behavior into a series of clever vignettes, all compiled into an evening of chuckle-filled entertainment entitled alliteratively, RESISTING IRRELEVANCY: A QUIRKY COLLECTION OF QUICK COMEDIES. The show runs through September 1st at The Studio in Scottsdale, AZ.

Non Profit Holding Uplifting Fundraiser This Sunday For Teen Suicide Education And Prevention


In June of 2017, the Sumner family lost their teenage son Zachary to suicide. In the months following, Zach's family and friends started the grassroots organization Kid in the Corner, which is holding its first fundraiser, YOU ARE NOT ALONE, on Sunday, December 30, at Stagebrush Theatre in Scottsdale,

Bakehouse Theatre Company Presents Witt Play ATLANTA


On 5 - 21 October 2017 at 8pm, Bakehouse Theatre Company presents Atlanta by Joanna Murray-Smith, a witty and absorbing play about six friends, their histories, fears, desires and secrets.

BWW Review: Theatre Artists Studio Present Its Annual Festival Of NEW SUMMER SHORTS


At the end of every Season, the members of the creative collective known as Theatre Artists Studio put their muses to work and author, produce, direct, and act in a series of playlets. This year's installment of NEW SUMMER SHORTS, the company's 11th, includes a mix of eight 10-15 minute plays, each of which has something to satisfy one's theatrical palate. Some amusing, some inspiring, some provocative, some whimsical ~ all together, a satisfying potpourri.

Theatre Artists Studio Announces 2017 New Summer Shorts


Summer in Arizona means two things: Triple digit temperatures and blazing creativity at Theatre Artists Studio as we present our 11th annual 'New Summer Shorts' festival of 10-minute plays!

BWW Reviews: …AND THE CHIHUAHUA II Sates the Palate at Lunch Time Theater


Karen Burns and Debra Rich deliver a pumped up and punchy portrayal of a dynamic duo of complementary if not competing spirits in a short play (of which they are as well the authors) that wonders out loud if the path to self-improvement and self-realization ever ends. They are a delightful team of actresses who ply their stagecraft with finesse and breathe life and relevance into their characters, Carly Stanley (Burns) and Dina Klein (Rich), who, after meeting in Limbo in …and the chihuahua I, manage the Living Legacy Detective Agency.

BWW Reviews: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS Brings Wells and Welles Together Again


On the 30th October, 1938, Orson Welles broadcast a dramatisation of The War of the Worlds. Seventy five years and one day later the South Australian Radio Collective played a recording of that radio play to an audience who assembled especially to hear this work.

Common Wealth Presents the US Premiere of THE INNOCENTS, 3/14


Stanley, 25-year-old wunderkind lawyer, has a bewildering new client: a bright young man from the suburbs who's confessed to a senseless murder. As Stanley is drawn deeper into his troubled client's life, everything he believes about his place in the world is thrown into doubt. And his own life - enviable, seemingly perfect - starts to fracture.

THE CHANGELING Comes to the Little Theatre for Two Nights Only


The Theatre Guild's 2013 season begins with a staged play reading of The finest Jacobean tragedy written by a contemporary of William Shakespeare.

Theatre Artists Studio Presents HOT, Beginning Tonight, 5/18


This month the Theatre Artists Studio presents HOT. The dancers of 'Burns It Up' take the stage, followed by TML Arts' Shana Bousard, who burns bright with the vocal styles of Broadway, Jazz and Blues starting tonight, May 18th.

Theatre Artists Studio Presents HOT, Beginning 5/18


This month the Theatre Artists Studio presents HOT. The dancers of 'Burns It Up' take the stage, followed by TML Arts' Shana Bousard, who burns bright with the vocal styles of Broadway, Jazz and Blues starting May 18th.

University of Adelaide Theatre Guild's ANTIGONE Runs Now thru May 26 - Edwin Kemp Attrill Directs


By Special Arrangement with Dominie Pty Ltd, the Theatre Guild of the University of Adelaide presents ANTIGONE by Jean Anouilh, translated by Lewis Galantière, in a production directed by Edwin Kemp Attrill at Little Theatre, The Cloisters, University of Adelaide today 12, Tues-Sat 15-19 & 22-26 May 2012.

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