Theater Review – November 20, 2022

MAGICAL “CINDERELLA” IS THE PERFECT HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT

“CINDERELLA”
The Phoenix Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre
Phoenix AZ

By Chris Curcio
Theater Critic

As you enter The Phoenix Theatre Company’s Mainstage Theatre for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s enchanting “Cinderella,” you leave the world of unrest, election deniers, unjustified wars, political discontent, and today’s general turmoil as you escape into a beautiful fairy tale place where dreams come true. There’s melodic music and the well-known story as the show creates a luminescent cloud.  Everybody needs such diversion as we confront daily living.

Based on the 1957 television version that featured a young Julie Andrews, this script … Continue Reading

Theater Review – November 13, 2022

ALAN CUMMING PRESENTS ENTERTAINING SCOTTSDALE PERFORMANCE

“ALAN CUMMING IS NOT ACTING HIS AGE”
Virginia G. Piper Theater, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Scottsdale, AZ

By Chris Curcio
Theater Critic

Alan Cumming is the consummate entertainer as he proved mightily in his high energy, musically interesting solo appearance at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.  He billed his performance “Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age” as he amusingly bemoaned his 57 years.  His candid and raunchy chatter between the dozen musical numbers allowed him to talk openly about his life.  He focused the discussion on his outsize sexual gymnastics … Continue Reading