http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/theatre theatre news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2013 2013-05-25T21:14:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052413_downtownlowdown/the-dl-downtown-home-creative-class/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052413_downtownlowdown/the-dl-downtown-home-creative-class/ 17:47:00Z Caitlin Jensen Downtown is creating a home for the creative class. Co-working spaces such as Gangplank, Connect, Xerocraft and Maker House are popping up across the city center, laying the groundwork for a high-tech hub in the heart of the city, helping to retain those educated young people that were so eager to flee Tucson a few years ago. 2013-05-24T17:47:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051713_downtownlowdown/downtown-heats-up-weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051713_downtownlowdown/downtown-heats-up-weekend/ 01:32:00Z Caitlin Jensen As summer heat increases, so does downtown activity. Here’s a lineup of weekend events. 2013-05-18T01:32:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050313_downtownlowdown/downtown-lowdown-folk-fest-cinco-de-mayo-and-more/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050313_downtownlowdown/downtown-lowdown-folk-fest-cinco-de-mayo-and-more/ 21:06:00Z Caitlin Jensen Celebrate Cinco de Mayo, check out the The Tucson Folk Festival and enjoy some of the many family-friendly (and some not so family-friendly) events in downtown this weekend. 2013-05-03T21:06:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042513_blue_man_group/check-out-postmodern-shades-blue-man-group/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042513_blue_man_group/check-out-postmodern-shades-blue-man-group/ 15:19:00Z Dave Irwin There’s something funny about Blue Man Group – both funny ha-ha and funny peculiar. Created as performance art by Chris Wink, Phil Stanton and Matt Goldman in New York City in 1987, their concept literally has taken on a life of its own. Yes, there’s plenty to laugh about and enjoy, but there’s also something deeper, something primal and surreal. 2013-04-25T15:19:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032213_wicked_review/something-wicked-y-this-way-comes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032213_wicked_review/something-wicked-y-this-way-comes/ 14:59:00Z Dave Irwin It doesn’t seem like two years since “Wicked” was in Tucson last. Yet so much has changed. It’s a great feel-good show, a sterling example of contemporary theatre arts. But In the process, it has become a bit more corporate: reliable, but less edgy; consistently entertaining, but a little less magical.  2013-03-23T14:59:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030513_buckmaster/buckmaster-why-traditional-democratic-governance-has-become-almost-impossible/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030513_buckmaster/buckmaster-why-traditional-democratic-governance-has-become-almost-impossible/ 22:25:00Z Buckmaster Show Terry Bracy, Buckmaster Washington, D.C. contributor, leads off the show with an update from the capital. Then, financial planner Shelly Fishman has the Tuesday Money Maker report. Also, Mark V. Sykes, head of the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute, and Margaret Regan, Tucson Weekly Arts Editor. 2013-03-05T22:25:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022213_first_kisses_review/art-and-life-meet-first-kisses/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022213_first_kisses_review/art-and-life-meet-first-kisses/ 18:04:00Z Dave Irwin Art imitates life in Invisible Theatre’s “First Kisses.” Playing the lifelong couple John and Mary in the play by Jay D. Hanagan are real-life couple Harold and Maedell Dixon. The results are sweet, though predictable, as we follow them from their first meeting as youngsters through the vicissitudes of a lifetime together. 2013-02-22T18:04:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021513_johnson_as_hedwig/christopher-johnson-hedwigs-anger-manager/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021513_johnson_as_hedwig/christopher-johnson-hedwigs-anger-manager/ 18:11:00Z Dave Irwin Bastard (Theatre)‘s production is something of a reprise of Johnson’s wildly popular 2009 production of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” for Live Theatre Workshop’s late night Etcetera series. 2013-02-16T18:11:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020913_love_song_review/ua-offers-crazy-little-thing-called-love-song/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020913_love_song_review/ua-offers-crazy-little-thing-called-love-song/ 15:53:00Z Dave Irwin “Love Song,” the latest University of Arizona theatre production, is one wacky work. The protagonist, Beane, is a soft-focus character and has only a passing relationship with reality. His sister, Joan, is a hard-edged career woman, who fires people for crying. 2013-02-10T15:53:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020513_buckmaster/buckmaster-not-too-late-protect-yourself-from-cold-flu/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020513_buckmaster/buckmaster-not-too-late-protect-yourself-from-cold-flu/ 02:15:00Z Buckmaster Show Washington contributor Terry Bracy reports on the very full agenda for the new Congress. Then, financial planner Shelly Fishman has the Tuesday Money Maker Report, and nutrition reporter Jack Challem on cold and flu protection. Plus, Tucson Weekly Arts Editor Margaret Regan. 2013-02-06T02:15:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020213_freuds_last_session/review-freuds-last-session-imagining-things/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020213_freuds_last_session/review-freuds-last-session-imagining-things/ 02:04:00Z Dave Irwin The setting is London, Sept. 3, 1939, the day that England will officially enter World War II against Nazi Germany. Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, is dying of cancer. C. S. Lewis at the time is a largely unknown Oxford University English professor. 2013-02-03T02:04:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/011813_three_hotels_review/last-chance-check-and-check-out-three-hotels/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/011813_three_hotels_review/last-chance-check-and-check-out-three-hotels/ 16:20:00Z Dave Irwin Beowulf Alley’s production of “Three Hotels,” penned by Jon Robin Baitz, is a love story of sorts, telling the story of Kenneth and Barbara Hoyle, two idealistic former Peace Corp volunteers, now older but not necessarily wiser. Fine acting overcomes structural deficiencies in this mature tale of innocence lost. 2013-01-19T16:20:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/011713_dillinger_days_preview/dillinger-days-again-blaze-hotel-congress/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/011713_dillinger_days_preview/dillinger-days-again-blaze-hotel-congress/ 04:19:00Z Austin McEvoy Hotel Congress’ “Dillinger Days” returns this weekend, bringing back memories of bootleggers, bankrobbers and straight bourbon. 2013-01-18T04:19:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/010913_django_unchained/django-unchained-escapist-and-thought-provoking/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/010913_django_unchained/django-unchained-escapist-and-thought-provoking/ 03:51:00Z Sam Fulwood III If it hadn’t have been for Spike Lee, I might have blissfully ignored “Django Unchained,” the much-talked-about Quentin Tarantino movie about a revenge-minded slave set in pre-Civil War America. There’s nothing like a race-based pop culture contretemps to provoke racial chatter. 2013-01-10T03:51:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/010413_john_cage/show-explores-composer-john-cages-life-and-silences/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/010413_john_cage/show-explores-composer-john-cages-life-and-silences/ 21:13:00Z Dave Irwin Chamber Plus Southwest this weekend celebrates the centennial of Cage’s birth with “John Cage @ the Cabaret,” an original work by Harry Clark that focuses on the life of the avant garde composer and the impact of 4’33’‘. 2013-01-04T21:13:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/121112_emma_review/amiable-tunes-fine-performances-showcased-jane-austens-emma/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/121112_emma_review/amiable-tunes-fine-performances-showcased-jane-austens-emma/ 23:17:00Z Dave Irwin Arizona Theatre Company’s production of “Jane Austen’s Emma” is a pleasant confection, with excellent performances, especially by Disney TV’s Anneliese van der Pol in the title role. 2012-12-12T23:17:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/120112_marie_antoinette/marie-antoinette-offers-complex-multilayered-take-revolution/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/120112_marie_antoinette/marie-antoinette-offers-complex-multilayered-take-revolution/ 16:15:00Z Dave Irwin The play “‘Marie Antoinette” follows the historic timelines of French Revolution, but it is not an historical drama. Rather it is a post-modern translit amalgam of styles and truths. Director Teresa Simone has taken a small chamber work and given it symphonic strength and scope. 2012-12-02T16:15:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/112812_mesa_review/poignant-comedy-mesa-celebrates-snowbirds-roadtrip/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/112812_mesa_review/poignant-comedy-mesa-celebrates-snowbirds-roadtrip/ 00:35:00Z Dave Irwin This is the final week for the Invisible Theatre’s play, “MESA,” a gentle comedy that follows a Canadian odd couple on a road trip through the American West. The road trip trope is typically a young man’s journey, since the trek is really one of self-discovery. Here, playwright Doug Curtis gives the formula a nice twist. 2012-11-29T00:35:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112012_buckmaster/buckmaster-new-az-senate-leader-lays-out-2013-agenda/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112012_buckmaster/buckmaster-new-az-senate-leader-lays-out-2013-agenda/ 22:48:00Z Buckmaster Show An interview with Arizona Senate President-elect Andy Biggs, plus certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, Dr. Celeste Roy of Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson, and Dancing in the Streets’ Founder and Artistic Director: Joey Rogers and Soleste Lupu. 2012-11-20T22:48:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/111612_glengarry_glen_ross/catch-mamets-classic-glengarry-glen-ross-this-weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/111612_glengarry_glen_ross/catch-mamets-classic-glengarry-glen-ross-this-weekend/ 19:14:00Z Dave Irwin “Glengarry Glen Ross” is a tight ensemble piece that requires precise timing and chemistry to work. The Beowulf production gets this just right with a well-chosen and well-honed cast. 2012-11-16T19:14:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/111212_night_heron_review/rogues-play-the-night-heron-strange-bird/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/111212_night_heron_review/rogues-play-the-night-heron-strange-bird/ 16:55:00Z Dave Irwin “The playwright teases, torments and tantalizes the audience,” observed one audience member during the Rogue’s traditional post-show discussion with the cast and director. He added pensively, “And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.” 2012-11-12T16:55:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/110112_weekend_events/weekend-brings-bagpipers-all-souls-procession/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/110112_weekend_events/weekend-brings-bagpipers-all-souls-procession/ 22:44:00Z Rebecca Miller Tucson’s beautiful weather keeps outdoor festivals and events fun this weekend, including the annual Celtic Festival and Tucson’s take on All Souls with the 23rd annual procession. 2012-11-02T22:44:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/103112_lombardi_atc_review/lombardi-not-winner/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/103112_lombardi_atc_review/lombardi-not-winner/ 15:34:00Z Dave Irwin There are winners and losers in football, which is one of its appeals. Life and art are not so starkly black and white. The play “Lombardi,” Arizona Theatre Company’s production about legendary NFL coach Vince Lombardi, has winning elements, but overall falls short of the usual high standard that ATC has set. 2012-11-01T15:34:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/103012_buckmaster/buckmaster-coming-tsunami-latino-voters/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/103012_buckmaster/buckmaster-coming-tsunami-latino-voters/ 21:47:00Z Buckmaster Show Interviews with Joseph Garcia, director of ASU’s Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center, financial planner Shelly Fishman, and historian Ken Scoville previewed the upcoming Tucson Modernism Week. 2012-10-30T21:47:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/102412_beckys_new_car/beckys-new-car-zany-journey-discovery/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/102412_beckys_new_car/beckys-new-car-zany-journey-discovery/ 21:21:00Z Dave Irwin In the play by Steven Dietz, Becky stars in her own tale, which she also narrates, speaking directly to the audience. It starts off as a slice of life story, but quickly takes a left turn into strange new territory, a mix of farce and screwball comedy, in which actress Carrie Hill shows how a woman can be driven over the edge 2012-10-24T21:21:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/102212_avenue_q/avenue-q-hilarious-raunchy-sesame-street-parody/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/102212_avenue_q/avenue-q-hilarious-raunchy-sesame-street-parody/ 17:47:00Z Dave Irwin By thrusting the imagined children’s society of Sesame Street into adult situations, “Avenue Q” creates a place where platitudes are perverted by harsh realities. The Broadway production in 2004 took home Tony awards for Best Musical, Best Book and Best Original Score.  2012-10-23T17:47:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101612_tucson_fringe_festival/tucson-fringe-festival-accepting-performer-applications/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101612_tucson_fringe_festival/tucson-fringe-festival-accepting-performer-applications/ 23:06:00Z Rebecca Miller Tucson Fringe Festival is seeking playwrights, bands, actors, artists, jugglers, stage managers, directors and more to perform at the March event. 2012-10-17T23:06:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101712_buckmaster/buckmaster-3-way-race-pima-county-sheriff/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101712_buckmaster/buckmaster-3-way-race-pima-county-sheriff/ 20:55:00Z Buckmaster Show A debate between Democratic Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik and challengers Mark Napier, a Republican, and the Green Party’s Dave Croteau. Plus, Desert Garden host Phil Seader talked about Operation Clean Sweep. 2012-10-17T20:55:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101112_weekend_events/butterflies-and-zombies-and-michael-oh-my/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101112_weekend_events/butterflies-and-zombies-and-michael-oh-my/ 22:36:00Z Rebecca Miller Festivals, silent auctions and haunted houses are all giving back a little something to the community this weekend. From the familiar setting of Tucson Eat, err, Meet Yourself, to the indie-focused Tucson Film and Music Festival, there’s plenty to put on your To-do List. 2012-10-12T22:36:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/100412_weekend_events/pumpkins-beer-and-art-fill-weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/100412_weekend_events/pumpkins-beer-and-art-fill-weekend/ 16:04:00Z Rebecca Miller This weekend is filled with events that say hello to Halloween, goodbye to summer, and some that call for an acquired palate. 2012-10-05T16:04:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/100312_mixtape_review/wordless-skits-deliver-comedy-ltws-mixtape/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/100312_mixtape_review/wordless-skits-deliver-comedy-ltws-mixtape/ 04:26:00Z Dave Irwin “MixTape,” as its name implies, is an amalgamation of skits, rather than a traditional play. The show of mime, dance, vaudeville and commedia dell’arte was conceived, written and performed by Matt Walley and Angela Horchem, with original music by Michael Martinez. 2012-10-04T04:26:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092612_speech_and_debate_review/teen-loners-form-loopy-alliance-speech-and-debate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092612_speech_and_debate_review/teen-loners-form-loopy-alliance-speech-and-debate/ 20:58:00Z Dave Irwin “Speech and Debate,” a play by Stephen Karam, unites a trio of high school students struggling against the limitations of life in Salem, Oregon. Directed by Christopher Johnson, the show channels its adolescent angst into very funny comedy without being condescending. 2012-09-28T20:58:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092512_fall_festivities/weekend-events-bid-goodbye-september/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092512_fall_festivities/weekend-events-bid-goodbye-september/ 19:11:00Z Rebecca Miller September appears to have gone by with the blink of an eye, but with one weekend left comes an array of fall festivities that usher in the new season. Here’s this weekend’s pick of the harvest-time crop. 2012-09-27T19:11:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092212_next_to_normal/next-normal-crazy-funny/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092212_next_to_normal/next-normal-crazy-funny/ 01:29:00Z Dave Irwin A “musical comedy” about a wife and mom who hallucinates and suffers chronic depression doesn’t sound entirely promising. Nonetheless, ATC’s “Next to Normal” is funny, perhaps surprisingly so. 2012-09-23T01:29:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092112_how_i_learned_to_drive/ua-takes-challenging-how-i-learned-drive/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092112_how_i_learned_to_drive/ua-takes-challenging-how-i-learned-drive/ 18:25:00Z Dave Irwin The play’s taboo subject matter – child molestation by a trusted uncle – is loathsome. Its words and subtext place big demands of its lead actor and actress. Fortunately, director Brent Gibbs has found a cast up to the challenges. 2012-09-21T18:25:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/091912_journey_to_the_west/last-chance-journey-west/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/091912_journey_to_the_west/last-chance-journey-west/ 17:35:00Z Dave Irwin Rogue Theatre’s sprawling epic will please those with a taste for the exotic and for spectacle. 2012-09-19T17:35:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/090512_invisible_theatre/invisible-theatre-opens-42nd-season-with-motherhood-out-loud/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/090512_invisible_theatre/invisible-theatre-opens-42nd-season-with-motherhood-out-loud/ 23:30:00Z Dave Irwin The show was created as a collaboration of more than a dozen writers from theatre, television, fiction and non-fiction to create a broad, diverse panorama of the motherhood experience.  2012-09-05T23:30:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090412_buckmaster/buckmaster-food-bank-launches-hunger-action-month/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090412_buckmaster/buckmaster-food-bank-launches-hunger-action-month/ 20:57:00Z Buckmaster Show Interviews with Bill Carnegie of the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, financial planner Shelly Fishman, and Tom Collier, consumer affairs contributor. 2012-09-04T20:57:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082912_collected_stories/predictable-arcs-undercut-collected-stories/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/082912_collected_stories/predictable-arcs-undercut-collected-stories/ 18:38:00Z Dave Irwin Live Theatre Workshop’s “Collected Stories” has two fine actresses who manage the drama’s balancing act of competing character arcs: one rising, one falling. The production features lots of intensity and and a script that circles long before reaching an unresolved conclusion. 2012-08-30T18:38:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/081012_body_in_the_bath/beowulf-whodunit-mixes-sweet-and-strange/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/081012_body_in_the_bath/beowulf-whodunit-mixes-sweet-and-strange/ 17:01:00Z Dave Irwin Adapted by local playwright and actress Joan O’Dwyer, “The Body In The Bath” nicely delineates Dorothy Sayer’s fictional detective, Lord Peter Wimsey. 2012-08-10T17:01:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/072512_mauritius_review/mauritius-puts-theatrical-stamp-hot-philatelic-grift/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/072512_mauritius_review/mauritius-puts-theatrical-stamp-hot-philatelic-grift/ 16:43:00Z Dave Irwin An exciting drama and wry comedy about a small group vying for a rare stamp worth millions. Along the way, we encounter greed, duplicity, old debts and a hint of violence. 2012-07-26T16:43:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/072612_hope_review/play-hope-ponders-how-bad-bad/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/072612_hope_review/play-hope-ponders-how-bad-bad/ 15:13:00Z Dave Irwin Beowulf Alley’s production of “Hope” is ostensibly about a man considering becoming his party’s nominee for Congress. Locked in a hotel room, the potential candidate reviews his life not to see if he is good enough, but to assure himself that he’s not irredeemably bad. 2012-07-26T15:13:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/071112_oneill_exorcism_review/exorcism-offers-brief-frank-insight-into-eugene-oneill/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/071112_oneill_exorcism_review/exorcism-offers-brief-frank-insight-into-eugene-oneill/ 23:51:00Z Dave Irwin The setting and circumstances of Beowulf Alley Theatre’s presentation of “Exorcism” reflect O’Neill’s own in a barren room a century ago. The play is short and straight forward, and you’ll have bragging rights for having seen an extremely rare work by one of the most important playwrights in American theatre. 2012-07-11T23:51:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/070312_odyssey_stories/odyssey-stories-the-customer-always-right/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/070312_odyssey_stories/odyssey-stories-the-customer-always-right/ 14:37:00Z Dylan Smith Customers: are they really always right? Find out as amateur storytellers reveal their tales at Thursday’s Odyssey Storytelling event. (with videos) 2012-07-03T14:37:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060512_buckmaster/buckmaster-rio-nuevo-board-shake-up/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/060512_buckmaster/buckmaster-rio-nuevo-board-shake-up/ 20:45:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We speak with state Sen. Frank Antenori about the removal of Jodi Bain and Rick Grinnell from the Rio Nuevo Board. Plus, TUSD Governing Board President Mark Stegeman. 2012-06-05T20:45:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/052612_rogue_goes_to_india/local-theater-rogues-travel-india/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/052612_rogue_goes_to_india/local-theater-rogues-travel-india/ 15:05:00Z Dave Irwin Tucson’s Rogue Theatre will perform at Jagriti, an artistic organization dedicated to English language theatre, in downtown Bangalore, a city of more than 8 million in south-central India. 2012-05-27T15:05:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051712_mary_poppins_review/mary-poppins-will-you-believe-nanny-can-fly/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051712_mary_poppins_review/mary-poppins-will-you-believe-nanny-can-fly/ 23:09:00Z Dave Irwin The musical varies from the film in a number of ways. Fortunately, the source material has such a surfeit of merriment that even capturing a portion of it is a joy. 2012-05-17T23:09:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_buckmaster/buckmaster-end-of-session-wrap-up-with-rep-farley/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051512_buckmaster/buckmaster-end-of-session-wrap-up-with-rep-farley/ 20:47:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster- Conversations with state Rep. Steve Farley, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, Green Party CD 8 candidate Charlie Manolakis and Tucson Weekly arts calendar editor Linda Ray. 2012-05-15T20:47:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051012_comedy_and_tragedy_review/very-different-families-drinking-comedy-and-druggie-tragedy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051012_comedy_and_tragedy_review/very-different-families-drinking-comedy-and-druggie-tragedy/ 19:27:00Z Dave Irwin In “The Cocktail Hour,” set in a comfortable, upper class living room circa 1970s, son John spars with his fussy curmudgeon father. “Sins of the Mother ” offers a modern spin on Greek tragedy in a son’s retribution for his wronged mother. One is is acerbic and amusing, the other dark and engaging. 2012-05-10T19:27:32+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050212_winters_tale_review/shakespeares-shaky-winters-tale-gets-some-respect/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/050212_winters_tale_review/shakespeares-shaky-winters-tale-gets-some-respect/ 16:32:00Z Dave Irwin The Rogue Theatre has mounted a quality budget production that Shakespeare himself might smile at for its achievements in entertainment value. “The Winter’s Tale” is not great as far as Shakespeare goes, but it is Shakespeare nonetheless, still among our best literature in the last 500 years. 2012-05-02T16:32:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042312_in_the_heights_preview/heights-broadway-hip-hop-celebration/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042312_in_the_heights_preview/heights-broadway-hip-hop-celebration/ 20:38:00Z Dave Irwin The musical “In The Heights,” winner of the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical, is about a neighborhood in Manhattan, but it also a universal story about community.  2012-04-23T20:38:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042212_lidless_review/lidless-asks-hard-questions-through-hard-edged-theatre/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042212_lidless_review/lidless-asks-hard-questions-through-hard-edged-theatre/ 07:08:00Z Dave Irwin Winner of the 2009 Yale Drama Series Prize, the play “Lidless” follows military interrogator Alice home after her tour of duty at Guantanamo Bay. It is a confrontational play that is not easy to enjoy. That’s because it does not particularly want to be liked – it wants to viewed critically. 2012-04-22T07:08:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042112_bat_boy_review/awkward-musical-bat-boy-saved-by-stars/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/042112_bat_boy_review/awkward-musical-bat-boy-saved-by-stars/ 15:55:00Z Dave Irwin The musical “Bat Boy” is a comedy mash-up/homage encompassing sci-fi horror films, Broadway musicals, rural rednecks and Greek mythology that is both awkward and exuberant. In the end, boffo performances tip the balance from totally weird to, well, at least strangely interesting. 2012-04-21T15:55:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041712_vengeful_redhead_review/one-woman-show-offers-multiple-perspectives/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041712_vengeful_redhead_review/one-woman-show-offers-multiple-perspectives/ 21:18:00Z Dave Irwin “The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead,”  a one-woman, seven-character show, unfolds as each character layers on information from her or his perspective. 2012-04-17T21:18:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041712_red_review/red-illuminates-creative-process/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041712_red_review/red-illuminates-creative-process/ 14:44:00Z Dave Irwin “Red” is really about art, its rigors and sacrifices and the art world in New York City during the 1950s, before the ‘60s changed everything. 2012-04-17T14:44:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041212_virginia_woolf_review/dont-afraid-whos-afraid-virginia-woolf/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/041212_virginia_woolf_review/dont-afraid-whos-afraid-virginia-woolf/ 14:23:00Z Dave Irwin The play conjured an abusive, raunchy, game-playing, one-upsmanship relationship unlike anything seen on the stage before. These days, however, there’s more sex and relational bitterness in any given episode of “Two and a Half Men.” 2012-04-12T14:23:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040812_touch_review/local-playwright-gets-back-touch/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040812_touch_review/local-playwright-gets-back-touch/ 16:59:00Z Dave Irwin Despite its contemporary setting, “Touch” is as old as Greek mythology: boy meets girl – boy loses girl – boy goes through hell to get her back. First premiered 13 years ago in Tucson, the play has gone on to productions in New York, Los Angeles and the prestigious Humana Festival in Louisville. 2012-04-08T16:59:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040712_lumies_nominations/time-ticking-nominate-artists-patrons-lumies/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/040712_lumies_nominations/time-ticking-nominate-artists-patrons-lumies/ 15:38:00Z Mariana Dale The nomination period for the annual Lumies Arts and Business Awards closes Thursday, April 12. The awards recognize local artists, organizations, educators and business partners. “It’s an effort to recognize the outstanding artists in the community who are not recognized at the state level.” 2012-04-07T15:38:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040612_viacrucis_good_friday/good-friday-passion-play-brings-crucifixion-life/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040612_viacrucis_good_friday/good-friday-passion-play-brings-crucifixion-life/ 03:21:00Z Mariana Dale The annual Passion of Good Friday reenactment drew more than 800 people to downtown Tucson’s St. Augustine Cathedral on Friday afternoon. 2012-04-07T03:21:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032812_vagina_monologues/vagina-monologues-reading-celebrates-womens-history-month/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032812_vagina_monologues/vagina-monologues-reading-celebrates-womens-history-month/ 02:31:00Z Dave Irwin Eve Ensler’s iconic and controversial post-feminist work, based on interviews she conducted, was designed to empower women and raise awareness about the female body. There will be a free staged reading of the play Thursday at PCC’s West Campus. 2012-03-29T02:31:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032812_death_and_the_maiden/death-and-maiden-offers-ambiguous-truth/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032812_death_and_the_maiden/death-and-maiden-offers-ambiguous-truth/ 02:06:00Z Dave Irwin “Death and the Maiden” by Ariel Dorfman is not a play given to easy or prepackaged answers - by design, it forces us to examine our own ideas of truth and justice. 2012-03-29T02:06:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032412_4th_ave_fair/4th-ave-spring-street-fair-kicks-off/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032412_4th_ave_fair/4th-ave-spring-street-fair-kicks-off/ 05:52:00Z Tim W. Glass Artists, musicians, performers and food vendors join merchants of the historic shopping district for the annual 4th Avenue Spring Street Fair. 2012-03-24T05:52:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032112_radiumgirlsreview/radium-girls-recounts-early-battle-worker-safety/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/032112_radiumgirlsreview/radium-girls-recounts-early-battle-worker-safety/ 20:23:00Z Dave Irwin Set in the 1920s and based on factual events, “Radium Girls” is a cautionary tale about ignorance and corporate responsibility. Simply because the science doesn’t exist yet to prove that something is harmful, does not necessarily make it is safe. 2012-03-21T20:23:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032012_buckmaster/buckmaster-mayors-180-day-plan-track/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032012_buckmaster/buckmaster-mayors-180-day-plan-track/ 19:56:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman, climatologist Zack Guido, and the arts round-up with Margaret Regan. 2012-03-20T19:56:55+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031512_rockofages_review/rock-ages-righteously-bodacious/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/031512_rockofages_review/rock-ages-righteously-bodacious/ 15:16:00Z Dave Irwin The musical features songs by Journey, Styx, Starship, Poison and Foreigner, stitched together by themes of love lost, following one’s dreams and youthful rebellion. 2012-03-15T15:16:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030612_juliuscaesarreview/julius-caesar-toga-party-comes-up-little-short/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030612_juliuscaesarreview/julius-caesar-toga-party-comes-up-little-short/#When: 13:07:000 Dave Irwin Updated: ART’s production of “Julius Caesar” gets the job done well enough, telling Shakespeare’s version of the historical power struggle in ancient Rome, but it won’t blow your mind. 2012-03-07T13:07:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030512_great_gatsby/gatsby-great-despite-strange-denouement/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030512_great_gatsby/gatsby-great-despite-strange-denouement/ 06:13:00Z Dave Irwin This stage version of “The Great Gatsby” faithfully follows the well-known novel, but ends with an odd take on the book’s denouement, literally turning cartoonish. The strange finish to an otherwise amazing and mostly magical bit of theatre should not be cause to miss this show. 2012-03-06T06:13:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030112_new_electric_ballroom/the-sound-one-hand-clapping-new-electric-ballroom/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030112_new_electric_ballroom/the-sound-one-hand-clapping-new-electric-ballroom/ 21:26:00Z Dave Irwin “The New Electric Ballroom” by Enda Walsh is a 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival prize winner, firmly in the Theatre of the Absurd tradition with Godot overtones. 2012-03-01T21:26:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022812_witreview/appreciating-death-through-wit/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/022812_witreview/appreciating-death-through-wit/ 00:10:00Z Dave Irwin Contemplation of Death in the abstract is one thing; the physical reality of death is something much more difficult and personal. Live Theatre Workshop’s ‘Wit’ has a smart, compelling structure matched by an emotionally draining narrative. 2012-02-29T00:10:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020912_arizona_centennial_events/events-celebrate-arizona-centennial/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020912_arizona_centennial_events/events-celebrate-arizona-centennial/#When: 08:18:000 Mariana Dale Updated: Arizona will celebrate its centennial birthday on Tuesday. Museums, musicians and artists will be showcasing their best to celebrate the state’s 100th birthday. 2012-02-14T08:18:26-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021112_necessary_targets_review/necessary-targets-laments-grim-reality-collateral-damage/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/021112_necessary_targets_review/necessary-targets-laments-grim-reality-collateral-damage/ 17:08:00Z Dave Irwin This University of Arizona production examining the aftermath of war is well done, thought provoking and deeply emotional. 2012-02-12T17:08:18+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020912_look_ma_were_dancing_review/look-ma-were-dancing-gentle-jewish-centric-comedy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020912_look_ma_were_dancing_review/look-ma-were-dancing-gentle-jewish-centric-comedy/ 03:35:00Z Dave Irwin Two sisters, grown-up hyper-competitive New York Jewish-American princesses, try to reconnect to their individual lives and their sisterhood following the death of their mother. 2012-02-10T03:35:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020712_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-arts-celebrate-arizona-centennial/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020712_buckmaster/buckmaster-tucson-arts-celebrate-arizona-centennial/ 22:17:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We kick off the show with a conversation with Arizona Representative Vic Williams, candidate for Pima County Supervisor. Then, certified financial planner Shelly Fishman has the Tuesday Money Maker Report. Next, New York Times best-selling author J.A. Jance stops by to talk about her latest book. Plus, Margaret Regan, Tucson Weekly Arts Editor, with her bi-monthly arts report. 2012-02-07T22:17:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020212_beowulfwewontpayreview/weird-italian-marxist-comedy-has-local-relevance/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/020212_beowulfwewontpayreview/weird-italian-marxist-comedy-has-local-relevance/ 04:11:00Z Dave Irwin What at first seems a quirky, even foolish bit of fluff, “We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay!” gathers momentum to finish with a big message. That it does so safely within the confines of a 16th Century theatrical tradition makes it that much more powerful. 2012-02-03T04:11:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012912_arizonaonstagewonderettesreview/marvelous-wonderettes-youthful-energy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012912_arizonaonstagewonderettesreview/marvelous-wonderettes-youthful-energy/ 18:17:00Z Dave Irwin “The Marvelous Wonderettes” is not a re-creation of ‘50s and ‘60s girl group pop, but an interpretation. This Arizona Onstage production has its own internal logic, more rooted in youthful energy and theatrical performance than in old-timey authenticity. 2012-01-29T18:17:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012412_buckmaster/buckmaster-were-getting-bad-rap-says-rio-nuevo-chair/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012412_buckmaster/buckmaster-were-getting-bad-rap-says-rio-nuevo-chair/ 21:49:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster — We kick things off with a newsmaker interview with Rio Nuevo Board Chair Jodi Bain. Also, the Tuesday Money Maker Report with certified financial planner Shelly Fishman. Next, we launch a new monthly segment spotlighting pet care with Dr. Anna Szivek of Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson. Plus, the bi-monthly arts update with Margaret Regan of the Tucson Weekly. 2012-01-24T21:49:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012212_39stepsiscampyfun/burlesque-hitchcocks-39-steps-campy-fun/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012212_39stepsiscampyfun/burlesque-hitchcocks-39-steps-campy-fun/ 02:24:00Z Dave Irwin ATC’s “Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps” is a mash-up homage to Hitchcock, but also to familiar British comedic stalwarts such as Laurel and Hardy, Monty Python, and even the Austin Powers movies. 2012-01-23T02:24:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012112_dillinger_days_2012/dillinger-days-ends-with-hootenany-hotel-congress/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/012112_dillinger_days_2012/dillinger-days-ends-with-hootenany-hotel-congress/ 02:38:00Z Mariana Dale Hotel Congress took a step back in time to celebrate Dillinger Days, an annual tradition marking the 1934 fire at the hotel that sparked the events leading to the capture of America’s Public Enemy No. 1, John Dillinger, and his gang in Tucson. 2012-01-22T02:38:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/011912_dillinger_days/dillinger-days-celebrate-capture-public-enemy-no-1/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/011912_dillinger_days/dillinger-days-celebrate-capture-public-enemy-no-1/ 01:48:00Z Mariana Dale In 1934, John Dillinger was captured by Tucson police after fleeing a fire at Hotel Congress. The hotel will celebrate the anniversary with a speakeasy soirée Friday and re-enactments Saturday. 2012-01-20T01:48:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/011212_rogueshipwreckedreview/shipwrecked-wildly-imaginative-ride/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/011212_rogueshipwreckedreview/shipwrecked-wildly-imaginative-ride/ 18:00:00Z Dave Irwin Sometimes it feels like children’s theater, sometimes vaudeville, sometimes theater of the absurd – but throughout, “Shipwrecked” is simply fun, fun, fun. 2012-01-12T18:00:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122111_buckmaster/buckmaster-lawmaker-wants-make-it-harder-recall-legislators/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122111_buckmaster/buckmaster-lawmaker-wants-make-it-harder-recall-legislators/ 21:00:00Z Buckmaster Show Arizona Rep. Steve Smith wants to make it tougher to recall Arizona legislators and accountant Michael C. Flowers has end-of-year tax tips. 2011-12-21T21:00:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121311_buckmaster/buckmaster-az-senate-president-hopes-avoid-budget-cuts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/121311_buckmaster/buckmaster-az-senate-president-hopes-avoid-budget-cuts/ 20:53:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We kick off the show with a newsmaker interview with Arizona Senate President Steve Pierce. Also, the Tuesday Money Maker Report with Shelly Fishman, certified financial planner. Next, we’ve got Keith Rosenblum, Buckmaster Show contributor on Mexico, who breaks down Sonoran shopper numbers. 2011-12-13T20:53:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/120311_daddylonglegs/daddy-long-legs-rare-successful-two-person-musical/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/120311_daddylonglegs/daddy-long-legs-rare-successful-two-person-musical/#When: 15:47:000 Dave Irwin Updated: ATC’s latest production, “Daddy Long Legs” is a carefully honed, crisply presented mini-musical. Despite a hyper-romantic, predictable narrative, its two hours sail by engagingly, carried by flawless performances.  In fact, the real problem with“Daddy Long Legs” may be that it’s almost too perfect. Is “slick” a bad thing? 2011-12-05T15:47:41-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112911_buckmaster/buckmaster-who-real-tucson-visitor/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112911_buckmaster/buckmaster-who-real-tucson-visitor/ 21:05:00Z Buckmaster Show We start things off with a newsmaker interview with Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne. Plus, the marketing director for the Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau. 2011-11-29T21:05:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/112111_recklessreview/reckless-offers-funny-bizarre-holiday-comedy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/112111_recklessreview/reckless-offers-funny-bizarre-holiday-comedy/ 17:31:00Z Dave Irwin “Reckless” is an odd-shaped dark chocolate confection – not particularly sweet, more than a little bitter and very dark, indeed. This Live Theatre Workshop production doesn’t defy logic as much as embrace the surreal. 2011-11-22T17:31:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/111111_secretgardenreview/secret-garden-blossoms-ua-production/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/111111_secretgardenreview/secret-garden-blossoms-ua-production/ 00:39:00Z Dave Irwin Approaching the holiday season, we should be aware of the dangers of acute cuteness, when, like an overdose of treacle in an ill-equipped lifestyle, twee kiddie culture overwhelms our adult sensibilities. Fortunately, this presentation is more a showcase for the program’s up-and-coming talent with nary a hint of the upcoming Christmas onslaught. 2011-11-12T00:39:32+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/110711_all_souls/thousands-dance-dead-all-souls-procession/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/110711_all_souls/thousands-dance-dead-all-souls-procession/ 21:08:00Z Dylan Smith Tens of thousands of Tucsonans crowded downtown streets Sunday night, dancing in celebration and walking somberly in memory of the dead. The finale, after a two-mile walk, saw a giant urn filled with messages to the departed ceremoniously set aflame. (with photos) 2011-11-07T21:08:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/110511_all_souls_procession/all-souls-events-celebrate-passed-loved-ones/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/110511_all_souls_procession/all-souls-events-celebrate-passed-loved-ones/ 17:44:00Z Rose-Mary Grzasko “Put it on wheels, strap it to your back, wear it, put lights in it, walk or ride it” - all fitting ways to honor loved ones who have passed, All Souls Procession organizers said. (with videos) 2011-11-05T17:44:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/110411_circlemirrortransformation/talent-shines-play-acting/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/110411_circlemirrortransformation/talent-shines-play-acting/ 16:15:00Z Dave Irwin In “Circle Mirror Transformation,” four small town wanna-be actors, eager to expand their horizons, start in a local community class with their instructor. Over six weeks, covered in 90 minutes of vignettes, they go through a series of enlightening and humiliating psychological exercises. 2011-11-05T16:15:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/110211_flor_de_muertos/flor-de-muertos-captures-tucsons-essence-film/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/110211_flor_de_muertos/flor-de-muertos-captures-tucsons-essence-film/ 18:25:00Z Mark Zepezauer Shortly after the Jan. 8th shootings, I lamented that “Tucson” would become a synonym for a tragedy, since the city hadn’t distinguished itself in any other notable way. But this weekend brings a screening of an extraordinary film that not only celebrates the best of Tucson, but nails its essence for anyone who’s never had the good fortune to visit here. 2011-11-02T18:25:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/103111_lear_god_carnage/lear-and-god-carnage-worthy-plays-are-complete-opposites/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/103111_lear_god_carnage/lear-and-god-carnage-worthy-plays-are-complete-opposites/ 16:11:00Z Dave Irwin Two plays open. One is a comedy; the other a tragedy. One features a big production company putting on a little play. The other is a little production company putting on a big play. If you have to pick one, which should you see? 2011-10-31T16:11:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101811_itcanthappenherepreview/it-cant-happen-here-happening-here/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101811_itcanthappenherepreview/it-cant-happen-here-happening-here/ 16:09:00Z Dave Irwin The Rogue Theatre will join theatres around the country Oct. 24 in presenting a staged reading of Sinclair Lewis’ “It Can’t Happen Here,’ as the cautionary tale of American fascism gets a 75th anniversary revival. 2011-10-19T16:09:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101711_waterisrisingpreview/water-rising-joyous-desperate-art/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101711_waterisrisingpreview/water-rising-joyous-desperate-art/ 03:02:00Z Dave Irwin Pacific Islanders face the destruction of their fragile island homes. Their response? To sing and dance, proudly, joyously. When your homeland is threatened, it might seem a strange response, unless your unique culture is all you have. 2011-10-18T03:02:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101411_tucson_meet_yourself/heat-doesnt-hold-back-crowds-tucson-meet-yourself/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101411_tucson_meet_yourself/heat-doesnt-hold-back-crowds-tucson-meet-yourself/ 20:06:00Z Megan Merrimac The Tucson Meet Yourself Folklife Festival kicked off on Friday in downtown Tucson, with a large number of people and a huge variety of food and entertainment to represent our city’s different cultures. 2011-10-15T20:06:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101411_hayfeverreview/ua-hay-fever-drops-ball/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101411_hayfeverreview/ua-hay-fever-drops-ball/ 17:48:00Z Dave Irwin It’s autumn and a new crop of students are starting their turn in the UA’s theatre program. And here we face a fundamental question - which is more important: the students’ learning experience or the audiences’ entertainment? 2011-10-15T17:48:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101111_mexico_opera/mexicos-murder-city-opera/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101111_mexico_opera/mexicos-murder-city-opera/ 18:58:00Z Ioan Grillo Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, has gained global notoriety as the most murderous city on the planet with a stunning 3,075 homicides last year. But this week, it has thankfully gained some media attention for a lighter side: opera. 2011-10-11T18:58:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092011_bisbee_royale/bisbees-rialto-like-nightspot-gets-royale-moniker/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092011_bisbee_royale/bisbees-rialto-like-nightspot-gets-royale-moniker/#When: 21:07:000 Dylan Smith Updated: “Now we’ve got a name and we’re ready to rock ‘n’ roll!” was the word this afternoon on the Facebook page of the newly dubbed Bisbee Royale, a nightclub-in-the-making that’s helmed by Rialto Theatre head Doug Biggers. 2011-09-20T21:07:45-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090711_911_events_sked/tucson-events-mark-10th-anniversary-9-11/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090711_911_events_sked/tucson-events-mark-10th-anniversary-9-11/#When: 22:02:000 Janet Rose Jackman Updated: Tucson-area events marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11 include discussions, film screenings, theater productions, art exhibits, prayer services and tributes. 2011-09-10T22:02:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/090611_deadmancellreview/quirky-comedy-gives-new-meaning-afterlife/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/090611_deadmancellreview/quirky-comedy-gives-new-meaning-afterlife/ 15:44:00Z Dave Irwin In “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” a woman answers a dead guy’s phone which starts her on a fantastic journey. 2011-09-06T15:44:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/090611_agnesreview/agnes-god-requires-leap-faith/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/090611_agnesreview/agnes-god-requires-leap-faith/ 15:36:00Z Dave Irwin “Agnes of God” is a gritty little 1980’s drama about faith, potential miracles and personal power struggles, set against the ugly backdrop of infanticide.  2011-09-06T15:36:51+00:00