Arts & Culture

Arts & Cul­ture are impor­tant to our com­mu­nity.  We encour­age you to sup­port the Arts and our Com­mu­nity Part­ners in the Arts.  Enjoy the diverse offer­ings from a vari­ety of venues, many times at One Com­mu­nity spe­cial pricing.

THE SECOND CITY DOES ARIZONA, OR CLOSE, BUT NO SAGUARO

Pre­sented by Ari­zona The­atre Company

Tuc­son: April 3 – 24, 2010
Phoenix: April 29 – May 16, 2010

Talk about a stim­u­lus pack­age! From sage­brush to Sher­iff Joe, from Green Val­ley to kokopelli– it’s time to bat­ten down the bar­rel cac­tus because we’ve invited The Sec­ond City to Ari­zona to do a no-holds-barred world pre­miere com­edy revue all about us. Famous for their hilar­i­ous sketch com­edy and for their equally famous alumni (Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Stephen Col­bert, Bill Mur­ray, John Belushi, Gilda Rad­ner and a whole slew of oth­ers), The Sec­ond City is turn­ing their photo radar on the Grand Canyon State, and aim­ing their tee-shots at the land of prairie dogs and snow birds.  We’re join­ing with this troupe of expert Chicago come­di­ans to cre­ate a com­edy about the spe­cial chal­lenges of the high life in the low desert. It’s a guar­an­teed evening of recession-proof fun and high-mileage laugh­ter — and which of us couldn’t use a lot more of that right now? Tick­ets here.

Phan­tom

April 23 — May 30, 2010

Devel­oped in the early 1980s by Tony Award-winners Maury Yeston (Nine, Titanic) and Arthur Kopit (Nine), the Yeston/Kopit Phan­tom – like Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phan­tom of the Opera – was based on Gas­ton Leroux’s immor­tal tale of a des­per­ate young man, born and raised in the cat­a­combs under the Paris Opera House, and the girl whom he adores. With a lush and com­pelling score, Phan­tom is an Amer­i­can musi­cal that has cap­ti­vated audi­ences world­wide in over one thou­sand inde­pen­dent pro­duc­tions, with rave reviews from Vari­ety and The Wall Street Jour­nal. A new day has begun.

SHOW HOURS

Evenings: Din­ner at 5:30 p.m.
Show begins at 7:30 p.m.
Mati­nees: Din­ner at 12:00 p.m.
Show begins at 2:00 p.m.
For ticket infor­ma­tion
please call 623.776.8400
or pur­chase your tick­ets online

Ib Andersen’s PLAY

May 14–16, 2010

Ib Andersen’s PLAY at the Orpheum Theatre

A fresh and inven­tive work of art, Ander­sen describes this bal­let as a “seven-course meal.” It show­cases a vari­ety of emo­tions and feel­ings from play­ful to sen­sual and fea­tures the entire corps of over 30 dancers. This per­for­mance is aes­thet­i­cally intrigu­ing with imag­i­na­tive chore­og­ra­phy, cos­tume and light­ing design.

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Bal­an­chine Classics

June 11–13, 2010

Bal­an­chine Clas­sics at Sym­phony Hall

A var­ied pro­gram show­cas­ing the genius of George Bal­an­chine with the exotic chore­og­ra­phy and pow­er­ful story of the Prodi­gal Son; the clas­si­cal ele­gance of Diver­ti­mento #15; and the intrigue of the mod­ern Four Tem­pera­ments, it’s a com­pelling col­lec­tion of true Bal­an­chine classics.

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Foot­loose

June 11 — July 25, 2010

Based on the 1984 hit movie that cap­tured the heart of Amer­ica, Foot­loose bursts on stage with youth­ful spirit, daz­zling dance scenes and elec­tri­fy­ing music. Ren, a teen from Chicago, is forced to move with his mother to a puri­tan­i­cal, small town after his father aban­dons the fam­ily. To his shock, danc­ing and rock ‘n’ roll are for­bid­den! He and his class­mates want a senior prom. It doesn’t take Ren long to shake up the sta­tus quo, and soon the whole class is on their feet send­ing the town into a frenzy. Foot­loose has the heart and music to get every­one on their feet! Hit songs include Let’s Hear It for the Boy, Hold­ing out for a Hero, Almost Par­adise and Foot­loose! Tick­ets Here!

Evil Dead: The Musi­cal
June 12^th – July 3^rd
Thu-Sat at 8pm
Sun at 6pm or 2pm (alter­nat­ing)
We close our 11^th Sea­son in June with the Ari­zona Pre­miere of EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL. Based on the Sam Raimi movies Evil Dead, Evil Dead II and Army of Dark­ness this campy, quirky musi­cal is really just an old story, as famil­iar as the fin­gers on your hand. On spring break, five col­lege stu­dents break into an aban­doned cabin deep in the woods, look­ing for cheap fun and easy romance. Instead, they awaken an ancient, slum­ber­ing evil, and one by one they die in hor­ri­ble ways… And return to life as zom­bies… And occa­sion­ally burst into song. Rec­om­mended for mature audi­ences with imma­ture tastes. Front row not rec­om­mended for any­one wear­ing WHITE. Tick­ets here!

In the Heights

June 15 – 20, 2010

IN THE HEIGHTS, win­ner of four 2008 Tony® Awards includ­ing BEST MUSICAL, is a sen­sa­tional new show about chas­ing your dreams and find­ing your true home. With an amaz­ing cast, incred­i­ble Tony® Award-winning danc­ing and a thrilling Tony® Award-winning score, IN THE HEIGHTS is an exhil­a­rat­ing jour­ney into a vibrant Man­hat­tan com­mu­nity — a place where the cof­fee is light and sweet, the win­dows are always open and the breeze car­ries the rhythm of three gen­er­a­tions of music. Expe­ri­ence the next chap­ter of the clas­sic Amer­i­can story, find out what it takes to make a liv­ing, what it costs to have a dream, and what it means to be home…IN THE HEIGHTS.  For tick­ets go to http://www.asugammage.com/

The Enchant­ment of Beauty and the Beast

Pre­sented by East Val­ley Children’s Theatre

Jun 17 — Jun 27, 2010

Nesbitt/Elliott Play­house, Mesa Arts Center

Ticket Price: $10/$10

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By Vera Mor­ris & Bill Francoeur

Audi­tions May 7, 5 & 7 pm & May 8, 9 & 11 am

Audio Descrip­tion is avail­able upon request at least 2 weeks prior to a per­for­mance.  (Call the EVCT office at 480–756-3828 to sched­ule a describer)

Click here to visit the East Val­ley Children’s The­atre on the web.

I Love You, You’re Per­fect, Now Change

August 6 — Sep­tem­ber 19, 2010

Whether you’re sin­gle, dat­ing or mar­ried, I Love You, You’re Per­fect, Now Change is a must see for any­one involved – or unin­volved – in a rela­tion­ship. After enjoy­ing one of the longest runs ever off-Broadway, I Love You… has played in over 150 cities world­wide. This hilar­i­ous musi­cal com­edy says every­thing you have ever secretly thought about dat­ing, romance, mar­riage, lovers, hus­bands, wives and in-laws, but were afraid to admit! Songs from this hit musi­cal include Why? ‘Cause I’m a Guy, Always a Brides­maid, and Shouldn’t I Be Less in Love With You? Tick­ets here!

Lend Me A Tender

August 13 — Sep­tem­ber 26, 2010

It’s 1934. The great­est tenor of his gen­er­a­tion, Tito Morelli (also known as “Il Stu­pendo”), is to appear for one night only as Oth­ello. The star arrives late, and through a hilar­i­ous series of mishaps is given a dou­ble dose of tran­quil­iz­ers and passes out. Pre­sum­ing he’s dead, the gen­eral manager’s assis­tant is per­suaded to go on in Morelli’s place. May­hem ensues in this mad­cap, screw­ball com­edy. A smash sen­sa­tion on Broad­way and in London’s West End, this play gar­nered three Tony Awards and Four Drama Desk Awards. Tick­ets here!