http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/theatre theatre news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2010 2010-09-09T15:49:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/082010_mcchrystal_theatre/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/082010_mcchrystal_theatre/#When: 18:27:08Z Barry Neild How the “runaway general” contributed to a stage play about the conflict in Afghanistan. news, politics, war, arts_culture, theatre, nationworld, breaking, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-08-20T18:27:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070310_tucson_bday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070310_tucson_bday/#When: 23:24:41Z Emily Jones Ever celebrated the birthday of a whole city before? Throughout August, Tucson celebrates its 235th birthday with a month-long series of events. news, history, local, arts_culture, theatre, entertainment, music, todo, food, bars_drinks, restaurants, breaking 2010-08-03T23:24:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071210_secondsaturdays/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071210_secondsaturdays/#When: 19:12:39Z Emily Jones Photo gallery: The Second Saturdays Downtown festival offered a range of entertainment from street performers like living statues, breakdancing b-boys, stilt walkers and live music of many genres. flags, news, business, downtown, arts_culture, dance, theatre, entertainment, music, todo, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-07-12T19:12:39+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051310_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051310_weekend/#When: 03:51:42Z Maggie Golston There is a definite air of civic engagement in the programming offerings of clubs and arts organizations this week, as well as a commitment to the unique cultural hybrid that is Tucson. If the 24-hour news cycle portrayal of your community has made you despair of late, the perfect remedy is a visit to some of these choice weekend events. Boycott your television and embrace some local culture. flags, arts_culture, books, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, film, music, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-05-14T03:51:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050710_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050710_weekend/#When: 17:44:41Z Maggie Golston Perhaps you are the sort for whom a hike in this heat sounds like a fate worse than death. If so, here are three options for each weekend day to keep you cool. flags, arts_culture, classical, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, film, music, style, todo, food, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-05-07T17:44:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050310_emptyplate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050310_emptyplate/#When: 16:55:16Z Dave Irwin At first glance, the premise of ‘An Empty Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf’ might seem unsubstantial. However, this production provides belly laughs, a dollop of irony and even some bittersweet emotional moments of truth. flags, arts_culture, theatre, entertainment, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, review 2010-05-03T16:55:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042010_mariachi_preview/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042010_mariachi_preview/#When: 16:03:08Z Daniel Buckley For 50 years, Nati Cano has been at the helm of one of America’s foremost mariachis, the Grammy-winning Los Camperos de Nati Cano. And as the Tucson International Mariachi Conference celebrates its 28th year, it pays special tribute to Cano. flags, news, history, arts_culture, dance, theatre, entertainment, music, todo, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-04-21T16:03:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041510_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041510_weekend/#When: 22:10:20Z Maggie Golston Spring is in full force, and despite all the blooming and birth around you, perhaps you feel a bit uninspired. Never fear. These ten weekend events are at least as likely to locate your inner muse as your GPS is. flags, arts_culture, classical, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-04-15T22:10:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041210_pulitzer/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041210_pulitzer/#When: 03:16:38Z Maggie Golston The 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism categories and arts and letters were announced today.The most surprising recipient was Sheri Fink, a writer for nonprofit online news site and Sentinel wire service ProPublica.org, who won the Pulitzer for investigative reporting for her series of articles about a hospital in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. nationworld, news, media, arts_culture, books, classical, theatre, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, propublica 2010-04-13T03:16:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/41210_atc/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/41210_atc/#When: 18:37:34Z Maggie Golston Tickets are now on sale for the Arizona Theatre Company’s 2010-11 fall season, featuring a world premiere, some big shows and some perennial favorites. flags, arts_culture, theatre, entertainment, breaking 2010-04-12T18:37:34+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041210_artscrisis/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/041210_artscrisis/#When: 17:40:08Z Maggie Golston Michael W. Kaiser, president of The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts told Tucson arts leaders Monday that groups that all arts nonprofits, and particularly ethnically diverse groups, need to increase private funding. flags, news, business, arts_culture, books, classical, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-04-12T17:40:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040810_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040810_weekend/#When: 21:50:13Z Maggie Golston Before you slather yourself in sunblock and head out to Spring Fling this weekend, or Sunday’s KFMA Day at the Pima County Fairgrounds, why not give yourself a nice dose of culture? It’ll only hurt a bit. flags, arts_culture, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, film, music, todo, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-04-08T21:50:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040610_growden/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040610_growden/#When: 21:00:07Z Maggie Golston On the heels of his newest and finest release to date, “Saint Judas,” musician Mark Growden arrived in Tucson to practice new songs with a Tucson ensemble, and to play a pair of shows at The Screening Room this weekend. They are simply not to be missed, by longtime fans or uninitiated music buffs. flags, arts_culture, classical, theatre, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, review 2010-04-06T21:00:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040510_picnic/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040510_picnic/#When: 20:32:56Z Dave Irwin Live Theatre Workshop has mounted a new production of William Inge’s 50’s classic, “Picnic.” Intentionally or not, it manages through casting to subvert the somewhat shopworn work and infuse it with ironic implications the author could have never foreseen. flags, arts_culture, theatre, breaking, hub_headlines, review 2010-04-05T20:32:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040210_pofest/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040210_pofest/#When: 16:10:22Z Maggie Golston The 28th Tucson Poetry Festival will be held this weekend at Club Congress and Casa Libre, with four featured poet/performers and poetry slam events. flags, arts_culture, books, theatre, breaking 2010-04-02T16:10:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040110_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/040110_weekend/#When: 19:54:43Z Maggie Golston Plan your three-day weekend with the Sentinel. In addition to the KXCI Festival en el Barrio Viejo and the 28th Tucson Poetry Festival, there is plenty to do in Tucson this weekend. flags, local, arts_culture, books, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, film, music, style, todo, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-04-01T19:54:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032910_spikelee/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032910_spikelee/#When: 18:27:03Z Maggie Golston The UA’s University Activities Board will host a lecture by filmmaker, activist and New York Yankees fan Spike Lee this Wednesday at Centennial Hall. flags, local, arts_culture, theatre, entertainment, celebs, film, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-03-29T18:27:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032510_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/032510_weekend/#When: 18:40:21Z Maggie Golston You probably know about Powhaus’ “Trash” and Ted Leo, but here are seven more weekend events you won’t want to miss. flags, arts_culture, books, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-03-25T18:40:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031810_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031810_weekend/#When: 19:27:26Z Maggie Golston Looking to avoid the street fair in favor of some culture? We have some ideas. flags, arts_culture, classical, theatre, entertainment, music, todo, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-03-18T19:27:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031110_uapresents/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/031110_uapresents/#When: 21:31:27Z Maggie Golston UApresents announced their 2010-11 season’s offerings Wednesday evening on their website. The slate of acts coming to Centennial Hall is formidable, including Liza Minnelli, Joshua Bell, Blue Man Group and Savion Glover. flags, arts_culture, classical, dance, theatre, entertainment, music, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-11T21:31:27+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030910_cominginhot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030910_cominginhot/#When: 16:44:20Z Maggie Golston The UA’s Gallagher Theater will host a free performance Wednesday of “Coming in Hot,” a play adapted from “Powder: Writing by Women in the Ranks, from Vietnam to Iraq.” flags, news, war, arts_culture, theatre, entertainment, music, breaking 2010-03-09T16:44:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030510_glass/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030510_glass/#When: 21:18:10Z Dave Irwin Arizona Theater Company’s “The Glass Menagerie” is an illuminating and engaging reappraisal of playwright Tennessee Williams’ original intent. flags, arts_culture, theatre, breaking, hub_headlines, review 2010-03-05T21:18:10+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030410_weekend/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030410_weekend/#When: 20:26:17Z Maggie Golston As the weather warms, it may occur to Sentinel readers that getting off the screen, out of the house and into the world is the best laid plan. Hatch your weekend itinerary from the events below. flags, arts_culture, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, celebs, film, music, style, food, bars_drinks, eating, restaurants, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-03-04T20:26:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030410_beckett/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030410_beckett/#When: 16:32:48Z Dave Irwin Rogue Theatre is currently presenting three of Beckett’s short works: “Act Without Words I,” “Not I,” and the better known “Krapp’s Last Tape.” Each features different aspects of Beckett’s spare and controversial style. flags, arts_culture, theatre, breaking, review 2010-03-04T16:32:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030210_cowboy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030210_cowboy/#When: 05:04:01Z Dave Irwin While the 85th La Fiesta de los Vaqueros rodeo was celebrating cowboy culture, down the road Beowulf Alley Theatre was lampooning the ethos of the cowboy way with “Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage.” flags, arts_culture, theatre, breaking, review 2010-03-03T05:04:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/012410_warholanchor/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/012410_warholanchor/#When: 18:57:07Z Maggie Golston Updated: Dig out your black turtleneck. Starting this weekend, the visual art of Warhol, the Factory era itself and the films and music from the period will be celebrated by some of Tucson’s best arts, music and film venues. flags, arts_culture, dance, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, celebs, film, music, breaking, hub_headlines Feb 26, 2010, 6:57 pm http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/022410_warholtma/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/022410_warholtma/#When: 18:01:41Z Maggie Golston From Feb. 27 through July 3, The Tucson Museum of Art will host “Andy Warhol Portfolios: Life & Legends.” The traveling exhibition, on loan from the Bank of America collection, contains many of Warhol’s screenprints of 60s and 70s celebrities and cultural icons. flags, arts_culture, theatre, visualarts, entertainment, breaking 2010-02-24T18:01:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/021210_wicked/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/021210_wicked/#When: 16:44:40Z Maggie Golston Local Promoters Broadway In Tucson and UAPresents team up to bring Broadway smash musical ‘Wicked’ to Tucson’s Centennial Hall in Jan. 2011. flags, arts_culture, theatre, breaking 2010-02-12T16:44:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/021010_burlesque/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/021010_burlesque/#When: 18:01:05Z Maggie Golston On Saturday, Feb. 13, Black Cherry Burlesque is staging a Valentine’s Day show to celebrate their 4th anniversary. Meet the girls and take a peek into the private world of Tucson’s hottest ticket. flags, arts_culture, dance, theatre, entertainment, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-02-10T18:01:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/020910_vdayevents/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/020910_vdayevents/#When: 06:54:31Z Maggie Golston Looking to expose your valentine to a little culture? Steal a kiss or two at these events. flags, news, family, arts_culture, dance, theatre, entertainment, breaking 2010-02-10T06:54:31+00:00