Theater Announcement – April 20, 2022

BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA’S 2022/23 ASU GAMMAGE SEASON DISAPPOINTS AS MAJOR TOURS BYPASS TEMPE

2022/23 Broadway Across America Arizona Season Announcement
ASU Gammage
Tempe AZ

By Chris Curcio
Theater Critic

Two words came to mind after the 2022/23 Broadway Across America season at ASU Gammage was announced.  The first word was “disappointment” at the lack of four big Broadway hit musicals all touring and all playing nearby cities.  The shows missing include “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations,” “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” “Jagged Little Pill,” and Broadway’s biggest recent triumph, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.”

The second word that … Continue Reading

Opera Review – April 9, 2022

DELIGHTFUL “COSI FAN TUTTE” CLOSES ARIZONA OPERA SEASON WITH A FLOURISH OF RICH MUSIC AND COMIC FUN

“COSI FAN TUTTE”
Arizona Opera, Symphony Hall
Phoenix AZ

By Chris Curcio
Theater/Opera Critic

In an earlier Arizona Opera review this season, I stated that our local company had joined the ranks of this country’s finest regional opera presenters.  That qualification was brilliantly maintained in this season’s closing opera, Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte.”  It was lushly sung and acted plus it was a visual delight in a stunning new production designed and built here.  The opera comically tells of spirited young lovers and the … Continue Reading