Sunday, October 22, 2023

Review Highlights - PROOF - Ghostlight Theatre

GinaKay Howell, Justin Harris, and Kaitlyn Johnson
Photo Courtesy of Ghostlight Theatre

highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)

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"David Auburn's Proof, which premiered in 2000 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2001, is a thought-provoking and emotionally resonating drama that explores the complexities of mathematics, mental health, trust, and family relationships. Ghostlight Theatre's solid production of this intriguing and well-written play is a thoughtful and emotionally engaging experience that features wonderful direction and a fantastic cast...Auburn's play is well composed and structured with realistically drawn characters. His dialogue is sharp and intelligent and moves the plot forward while also revealing the inner workings of the characters' minds...Richard Vines' direction is spotless. His ability to draw out nuanced performances from the cast is evident, resulting in a production that feels intimate and packed with emotion...GinaKay Howell provides depth and nuance to the complex character of Catherine, offering a compelling portrayal of the conflict between Catherine's desire to be believed and her fear of succumbing to her father's mental illness. Howell is fantastic and entirely believable as this young woman..."  - Gil Benbrook, TalkinBroadway.com (click here to read the complete review)

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Review Highlights: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - Hale Centre Theatre

Adam Guinn and the Cast
Photo by Nick Woodward-Shaw

highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)

Click here for more information on this production that runs through November 25

"Hale Centre Theatre's production of this beloved musical is nothing short of splendid. With an excellent cast, led by an exceptional performance by Adam Guinn as Tevye, this production brings the beloved tale of tradition and change vibrantly to life. The result is a solid and heartwarming rendition of a timeless musical that skillfully balances humor and serious themes and that transcends religious and cultural boundaries while also offering a story brimming with hope."  - Gil Benbrook, TalkinBroadway.com (click here to read the complete review)


"Visually, this current production of Fiddler may well be the company’s best presented in-the-round musical since its production of The Drowsy Chaperone in 2016....Adam Guinn's Tevye, with his world-weariness, his humor delivered with a reluctant shrug, and his ability to take sudden command with his declaration of 'Tradition!’ works so well, you get the casting assurance you were hoping for....making his moments of genuine anger and ultimately sorrow, particularly in the final moments, all the more effective....The large-scale production numbers, such as Tradition, To Life, Sabbath Prayer, Sunrise Sunset, and the hugely effective The Dream, are all as you would want them to sound, vigorous, full-bodied, and robust. But there’s also strength in the more focused, smaller songs, such as Tevye’s three older daughters (Brie Wadsworth-Gates, Gracie Gamble, and CarmiƱa Monserrat) singing Matchmaker, Motel’s (Brandt Norris) Miracle of Miracles, and Perchick’s (Noah Delgado) Now I Have Everything."  - David Appleford, Broadway World (click here to read the complete review)

Saturday, October 21, 2023

THE VANDAL - Theatre Artists Studio - November 17 - December 10, 2023


by Hamish Linklater

A cold night! A bus stop! A woman!  A teenager! A man!  A story of the unbreakable bond between life and death and all the little pleasures and all the inevitable heartbreak in between. A wistful, funny, touching little play as antagonism leads to camaraderie and  to a surprise ending.

Directed by Carol MacLeod

Cast:
Woman, Iris Huey
Man, Dominik Rebilas
Boy, Abraham Newsum


Auditions for KISS AND TELL at Hale Centre Theatre announced for November 4


Hale Centre Theatre will hold auditions for Kiss and Tell on Saturday, November 4th, playing March 19th - May 21st, 2024. The show is directed by Jere Van Patten. Performances are Mondays and Tuesdays with select matinee performances. Call backs for Kiss and Tell will be held Saturday, November 18th with the first read through scheduled for Monday, January 8th at 7:00 PM. 

Auditions are open to all and we extend an invitation for all races and ethnicities to submit. Posted ages are guidelines only.

Hugh Herbert’s 1940’s riotous romp entangles a family feud, a secret marriage, and a madcap dose of mistaken identity! Two teenage girls, Corliss Archer and Mildred Pringle, cause their respective parents much concern when they start to become interested in boys. The parent’s bickering about which girl is the worse influence causes more problems than it solves after both girls sell kisses for charity at the USO bazaar. It’s a “fresh, funny, and completely beguiling comedy about a small town Junior Miss."

Author
F. Hugh Herbert

Playing Dates
Mar 19, 2024 - May 21, 2024

Company
Hale Centre Theatre - Arizona
50 W Page Avenue, Gilbert, AZ 85223

Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival's production of ROMEO AND JULIET to return for one night only performance on November 4



Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival presents…

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

One Night Only- November 4, 2023
8 pm
NAU Prochnow Auditorium

After a sold out production this past summer, Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival and Northern Arizona University’s Sun Entertainment presents a one-night-only remount of one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays: Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo and Juliet is the infamous story of two “star-crossed lovers,” children of two dueling families in Verona. When Romeo meets his Juliet, they will stop at nothing to be together despite the danger it presents. A tale of love, family, grudges, and passion, this romantic classic will have you misty-eyed, remembering what it felt like the first time you fell in love.

The play was directed by renowned Shakespeare director Jim Warren, founding Artistic Director of the American Shakespeare Center, and includes a dynamic, professional company of actors and artists from all over Arizona and the country who will come back together for one night to bring this incredible show to our community once more.

Tickets are available now at the link below. Get your tickets early as this show is ONE NIGHT ONLY!

CHICAGO:TEEN EDITION - Limelight Performing Arts - November 5-19, 2023



In roaring twenties Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband, Amos, to take the rap... until he finds out he's been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another "Merry Murderess," Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the "American Dream": fame, fortune, and acquittal.

There are 2 casts for this show:

11/5 5:30pm Tango Cast
11/8 7pm Jazz Cast
11/11 7:30pm Jazz Cast
11/12 5:30pm Tango Cast
11/17 7:30pm Jazz Cast
11/18 4pm Tango Cast
11/18 7:30pm Tango Cast
11/19 5:30pm Jazz Cast


Your first look at ROALD DAHL'S MATILDA at Greasepaint Youth Theatre

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photos by Pete Bish

Cast announced for THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS at Black Theatre Troupe

 

Soulful and stirring, this landmark theatrical event blends the agony of Greek tragedy and the ecstasy of Black gospel music. It breathes new life into Sophocles’ classic,Oedipus at Colonus, by transforming it into a powerful song play with the ground-shaking thunder of a gospel revival meeting.


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David J. Hemphill

Stage Director

Brenda Hankins

Music Director

Trevell McElwee-Chappell

Oedipus

Rico Burton

The Evangelist/Antigone

George Johnson

The Balladeer


Ken Love

The Preacher

THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS

TEMPE CENTER FOR THE ARTS

700 W. Rio Salado Parkway



Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 7:30 pm 

Sat, Oct 28th, 2023 at 7:30 pm 

Sun, Oct 29th, 2023 at 2:30 pm

Thu, Nov 2nd, 2023 at 2:00 pm

Fri, Nov 3rd, 2023 at 7:30 pm

Sat, Nov 4th, 2023 at 2:00 pm (*Post Show Discussion) 

Sat, Nov 4th, 2023 at 7:30 pm

Sun, Nov 5th, 2023 at 2:30 pm

Fri, Nov 10th, 2023 at 7:30 pm

Sat, Nov 11th, 2023 at 2:00 pm (*Post Show Discussion) 

Sat, Nov 11th, 2023 at 7:30 pm 

Sun, Nov 12th, 2023 at 2:30 pm


*Dr. Neal Lester, Professor of English and the Founding Director of ASU's Project Humanities, will facilitate post show discussions following these Saturday performances.



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OR call the TCA Box Office at 480-350-2822

Your first look at FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Hale Centre Theatre

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photos by Nick Woodward-Shaw

Friday, October 20, 2023

DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, JR - Banzerini House - November 10-19, 2023



Disney’s Beauty and the Beast JR. is a fantastic adaptation of the story of transformation and tolerance. The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed to his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity.

42407 N Vision Way #106, Phoenix, AZ 85086, USA

Your first look at FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY at Spotlight Youth Theatre

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photos by Tiffany Martinez