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.... Read more»
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?... Read more»
9/11 memorials, Bernstein, Shaw and Stoppard are among the shows hitting Tucson stages in September with the start the fall 2011 theatre season.... Read more»
Fringe theatre comes from the same evolutionary path that created off-off Broadway. As a theatrical/performance movement, fringe has no rules and few guidelines. This weekend, Tucson joins a growing number of cities worldwide with its own fringe festival.... Read more»
At some point the undead will outlive their current cultural cachet. That time will not come before the current run of “The Transylvanian Clockworks” at Beowulf Alley Theatre ends. This is a very different take on the Dracula myth.... Read more»
After the summer malaise, the Tucson theatre season starts back in earnest this month. Last week, Winding Road Theatre Ensemble kicked it by premiering a new work by Toni Press-Coffman. This weekend, Arizona Theatre Company, Rogue Theatre and Beowulf Alley Theatre open their seasons, followed closely by Arizona Repertory Theatre, Invisible Theatre, Borderlands, et al.... Read more»
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.”... Read more»1
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