May 28, 2003
Blues in the Night
(Phoenix, AZ)
KBAQ Theater Critic Chris Curcio reviews Black Theatre Troupe's final season production, the musical revue "Blues in the Night." The show links 30 classic blues songs to a story about four down-and-out singers who live in a seedy Chicago hotel in 1930. It plays through June 1 at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix. For tickets, call the Herberger Theater Center box office at 602-252-8497.
[ Chris Curcio ]
May 20, 2003
The Robber Bridegroom
(Phoenix, AZ)
KBAQ Theater Critic Chris Curcio reviews Phoenix Theatre's final season production, the bluegrass musical "The Robber Bridegroom." The show is a Southern fairytale about a dapper gentleman who is also the "Bandit of the Woods." It plays through June 1 at Phoenix Theatre. For tickets, call the Phoenix Theatre box office at 602-254-2151.
[ Chris Curcio ]
May 19, 2003
Copenhagen
(Phoenix, AZ)
KBAQ Theater Critic Chris Curcio reviews the third play in Arizona Theatre Company's three play Rep Fest, "Copenhagen." The Michael Frayn play explores a meeting held in 1941 between two nuclear scientists, Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg to discuss the development of the atomic bomb. It plays in repertory with "The Origins of Happiness in Latin" and "The Drawer Boy" through May 25 and then continues alone through June 1 at Phoenix's Herberger Theater Center. For tickets, call the Arizona Theatre Company box office at 602-256-6995.
[ Chris Curcio ]
May 13, 2003
The Drawer Boy
(Phoenix, AZ)
KBAQ Theater Critic Chris Curcio reviews the second play in Arizona Theatre Company's three play Rep Fest, "The Drawer Boy." The Michael Healey play is about a relationship between World War II buddies who live together on a small farm in Canada. It plays in repertory with "The Origins of Happiness in Latin" and "Copenhagen" through May 25 at Phoenix's Herberger Theater Center. For tickets, call the Arizona Theatre Company box office at 602-256-6995.
[ Chris Curcio ]
May 12, 2003
Parade
(Phoenix, AZ)
KBAQ Theater Critic Chris Curcio reviews the local premiere of the powerful musical "Parade" that is based on the 1913 Leo Frank Georgia trial for murder. It plays at The Lakes Club in Sun City through June 1. For tickets, call the Theater Works box office at 623-815-7930.
[ Chris Curcio ]
May 09, 2003
The Origins of Happiness in Latin
(Phoenix, AZ)
KBAQ Theater Critic Chris Curcio reviews the first of three plays in Arizona Theatre Company's Rep Fest, "The Origins of Happiness in Latin." The solo play by Felix Pire tells wacky tales about the playwright's large Cuban-American family. It plays in repertory with "The Drawer Boy" and "Copenhagen" through May 25 at Phoenix's Herberger Theater Center. For tickets, call the Arizona Theatre Company box office at 602-256-6995.
[ Chris Curcio ]
