According to the New York Post, LOST IN YONKERS is the best play that Neil Simon ever wrote. From March 24 through April 10, Phoenix will be treated to his play, thanks to the Arizona Theatre Company. As an added bonus, it stars Tony-award winning actress, Judy Kaye, who also happens to be a Phoenix native.
LOST IN YONKERS takes place in August of 1942 when the United States was at war. It follows the Kurnitz family where Grandma has to look after her two teenage grandsons for a year. It’s a clash of generations and battle of wills as this family learns important lessons about duty, devotion, trust and love. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play, LOST IN YONKERS is as comical as it is poignant.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the Arizona Theatre Company Box Office at http://www.arizonatheatre.org/.
Commissioned by the Arizona Theatre Company and written by the nationally acclaimed playwright Jeffrey Hatcher, Ten Chimneys offers a look at the private lives of artists who are always on the stage. During the Two-Act play, Lunt and Fontanne decide to perform Chekhov’s masterpiece, The Sea Gull. When a young actress named Uta Hagen arrives, a romantic triangle begins to mirror the events in Chekov’s play about passion and art.
Arizona Theatre Company’s special presentation of Sex and the Second City: Version 2.0, a comedy by The Second City, makes its debut at Herberger Theater Center March 10 and will put on a total of 10 shows before heading to Tucson and then a national tour.
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Continuing their long tradition of charitable giving to the state of Arizona and Downtown Phoenix interests, the Virgina G. Piper Charitable Trust recently awarded the 
On Friday (4/2) at 7 p.m., you can be part of Voice and Vision: A Graffiti/Spoken Word Explosion at the Herberger Plaza. As part of a month-long campaign, the ATC has collected stories from staff, theater patrons, and community members describing times during which they “found their voices.” You can watch and listen as ATC staff and volunteers read these stories aloud while four talented artists paint a graffiti-art mural ignited by the personal stories they hear. Words, color, art, passion—all in one at the beautiful Herberger Theatre Center.
Director Juliette Carrillo’s treatment of the Tennessee Williams’ classic–widely believed to be an autobiography of Williams’ life during his artistic awakening–is daring while giving the proper amount of respect to a classic.
[title of show]—yes, that’s really the title and not a typo—is a musical about two hyper-talented thirtysomething songwriters in New York trying to write a new musical about two hyper-talented thirtysomething songwriters trying to write a new musical. In New York.
Here’s a little bit of my interview with her:
Born in New York City in 1904, Fats Waller penned over 400 songs in his short life during the 1920’s, 30’s, and 40’s. He died, sadly, at the young age of 39. Many of his songs are still sung today and the cast of “AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’” belted out 30 of them during Saturday night’s Arizona Theatre Company production. Truthfully, I could have listened to 100 more.
