By Kathleen Allen. Originally published by the Arizona Daily Star. Who knew that a play that centers around women’s lingerie could deeply examine class, race, love, deep sorrow and deep hope. That’s exactly what Intimate Apparel does. Arizona Theatre Company is staging the Lynn Nottage play, inspired by her great grandmother who was a seamstress. And you […]
Esther has spent years with her head down, working as a seamstress designing intimate apparel for women from all walks of life. They come with secrets and romances that she could only imagine. But now, one letter launches the beginning of her own adventure. Esther’s landlady, Mrs. Dickson, delivers the letter from a man named […]
Playwright and screenwriter Lynn Nottage is the first, and remains the only, woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice: in 2009 for her play Ruined, and in 2017 for her play Sweat. Her plays have been produced widely in the United States and throughout the world – including here, at Arizona Theatre […]
By Julie Coleman. Originally published by Frontdoors Media. 1. You play the title character in Arizona Theatre Company’s new adaptation of “Scrooge! The Musical.” How is this holiday show different from the classic story? It’s interesting how this particular production came to be. Arizona Theatre Company’s artistic director, Matt August, was working with Leslie Bricusse, […]
By Se’Kara Reed. Originally published by The Paper Cut. On November 30th, Ms. Barnes’s advanced choir and Ms. Lange’s journalism and sophomore honors classes went on a field trip to the Temple of Music and Art to watch Arizona Theatre Company’s Scrooge! The Musical. Directed by Matt August, the play is an adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A […]
Did you know KVOA News 4 Tucson paid us a visit? In case you missed it, check out the video below highlighting ATC’s holiday musical, Scrooge! Don’t miss Tony Award-winning star Shuler Hensley sharing his favorite line, Tiny Tim actor Beni Bermudez speaking to his experience working on the show, and Director Matt August explaining […]
By Kathleen Allen. Originally published by the Arizona Daily Star. Well, this was a surprise. We hadn’t expected to like Arizona Theatre Company’s production of Scrooge!. It’s a Christmas cliché and a too-obvious grasp for a holiday money-maker. But we couldn’t help it: We liked it. We really liked it. The musical is based on the 1970 […]
Leslie Bricusse (1931-2021) was a writer/ composer/lyricist who contributed to many musical films and plays during his long, awardwinning career. He was born in London and educated at University College School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he was president of both the University Footlights Club and Musical Comedy Club. There, he co-authored, […]
By Tom Maxedon. Originally published by KJZZ.org. Newly released data by Americans for the Arts shows Arizona’s nonprofit arts and culture sector generated over $1 billion in economic activity in 2022. The data is part of the Arts and Economic Prosperity 6 study. Chris Elliott co-managed the data gathering effort for the national agency on behalf […]
By Barbi Walker-Walsh. Originally published by Wrangler News. Arts Unite: Tempe’s Dazzling Pact with the Official State Theater of Arizona Sets the Stage for a Cultural Renaissance. Tempe Center for the Arts and Arizona Theatre Company have announced details of a five-year partnership to bring high-quality, professional theater to Tempe. The announcement came during an […]