Theater Review – September 28, 2025

WELL-PRODUCED “THE COMEUPPANCE” DELIVERS NEGATIVE VIEWS OF TEEN DEVELOPMENT ON LATER LIFE

“The Comeuppance”
Stray Cat Theatre, Studio Theatre, Tempe Center for the Arts
Tempe, AZ

By Chris Curcio
Theater Critic

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ 2023 Off-Broadway hit “The Comeuppance” is making its Southwest premiere in an outstanding Stray Cat Theatre production.  The play probes a group of high school friends who reunite as they approach middle-age providing a revealing journey into the past and how their current life is influenced by their formative years.

The party portrays people now heavily influenced by drugs and alcohol that make their recollections more vivid.  It’s a … Continue Reading

Theater Review – September 27, 2025

“DISNEY’S FROZEN” DEBUTS NEW TPTC THEATER WITH SPARKLING GRANDEUR

“Disney’s Frozen The Broadway Musical”
The Phoenix Theatre Company, Stephenson Theatre
Phoenix AZ

By Chris Curcio
Theater Critic

Two huge and very positive occurrences are happening at The Phoenix Theatre Company (TPTC).  One is the opening of the new 488-seat Dr. Stacie J. and Richard J Stephenson Theatre (which will be called in this and all future reviews as the Stephenson Theatre).

The other is the theater’s premiere production, an elaborately lavish and utterly captivating staging of “Disney’s Frozen The Broadway Musical,” a charmer show based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen” … Continue Reading