First Performance at New Location, “Sweeney Todd,” Slated for Sunday, April 1 The Scottsdale Musical Theater Company has long been known for its ability to “Bring Broadway’s Favorites Back to Life,” and its members will continue the trend in 2020, albeit in a fresh new space. SMTC will now perform all shows at the Scottsdale […]
The main gallery space inside Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has a new name, a new mission and a new exhibition. Formerly called the Young@Art Gallery, the room located at the southeast corner of the Center’s atrium is operated by Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation, a branch of Scottsdale Arts that was known as […]
Detour Company Theatre will present the beloved musical “Mamma Mia!” on June 7–9 at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. Second St., Scottsdale, Arizona. Detour Company Theatre provides theater training and performance experiences for adults with cognitive and physical disabilities, providing them authentic opportunities to develop artistry, demonstrate courage and collaboration, experience joy and […]
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will present a screening of “Agave: The Spirit Of A Nation” in partnership with No Festival Required at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 19, in its Stage 2. The documentary — produced and directed by Nick Kovacic and Matt Riggieri — explores the fastest-trending alcohol spirits in the world, tequila […]
Tony Award-winning actress Kelli O’Hara will perform Broadway classics alongside pianist and commentator Seth Rudetsky at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, January 27. O’Hara first gained recognition as Clara in the Tony Award-winning musical “Light in the Piazza” in 2005. In 2015, she received a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress […]
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts is bringing back its Live & Local Fridays summer concert series beginning on July 28 with a performance by Latin blues band, Los Morenos, in the Virginia G. Piper Theater, and with experimental jazz quartet, Hose of Stairs, in Stage 2. The series will feature 10 Arizona groups spanning […]
A celebration of Maestro Christie in his final performance as the Virginia G. Piper Music Director. In a very personal, bittersweet, yet triumphant concert, Maestro Christie and the Symphony take the stage to perform Dvořák’s Scherzo capriccioso, a celebration in and of itself reflecting nature and the vibrancy of a village festival. This colorful and […]
