"The Wiz" launches Greasepaint season
I did things a bit differently this weekend — I went to see shows I’ve never been terribly fond of. “The Wiz” (being performed by Greasepaint Youtheatre in Scottsdale) and another I’ll reveal in a...
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Valley audiences are currently enjoying one of Broadway’s newest offerings at Phoenix Theatre — the first local theater production of “Avenue Q” in Arizona. But the 2011/2012 season just unveiled by...
View ArticleThe CATS meow
I like my cats curled up on couches or stretched out on window sills. Seeing Andrew Lloyd Webber bring T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” to life in all its furry feline glory, a...
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Enjoy a new twist on A Midsummer Night's Dream at SCC on Oct. 28 & 29 I attended two shows in Scottsdale this weekend — each with something of a harem theme. First, a community college production...
View ArticleBirthday parties — theater style!
Aubrie Silva celebrated turning 7 years old at Greasepaint Before the opening of yesterday’s performance of “Disney’s Aladdin Jr.” at Greasepaint Youtheatre in Scottsdale, board member Wendy Claus...
View ArticleFamily fun with mask-making
Yaqui masks featured in “Home: Native People of the Southwest” exhibit. Photo: Heard Museum. “As a child, the first masks I saw were Yaqui dance masks,” recalls Mesa mask artist Zarco Guerrero. “Every...
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