Tucson Events & News

by Regina Ford, Taming of the Review on December 5, 2019 at 8:00 am

Tilly the Trickster, a family-friendly show, written by Jeremy Dobrish with music and lyrics by Drew Fornarola and based on the children’s book written by actress and comedian of SNL fame, Molly Shannon, is running now at Live Theatre […]

by Margaret Regan on December 5, 2019 at 8:00 am

Two tragedies are unexpectedly brought together in a gigantic installation by Los Angeles artist Ali Silverstein at MOCA Tucson. Seventy-one years ago, on March 14, 1948, 14 British sailors drowned off the west coast of […]

by Emily Dieckman on November 28, 2019 at 8:00 am

The world of Cabaret, Arizona Theatre Company’s next production, is centered at a nightclub called the Kit Kat, where a character called the Emcee oversees a world of decadence, bawdiness and reckless abandon. It's […]

by Margaret Regan on November 28, 2019 at 8:00 am

Right at the front of the Davis Dominguez gallery is an exhilarating sculpture by Tucson’s Barbara Jo. A curving female-esque figure 6 feet tall, “Whirl” is wrapped in a stretch of green copper that defiantly swings outward, just […]

by Gretchen Wirges, Taming of the Review on November 21, 2019 at 8:00 am

The last night of Ballyhoo, by Alfred Uhry, takes place in 1939 in the Atlanta home of an assimilated Jewish family whose social-climbing matriarch, Boo (Eavan Clare Brunswick), directly rejects their heritage. Arizona Repertory Theatre’s […]

by Margaret Regan on November 21, 2019 at 8:00 am

From the 1960s right up to this minute, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly has used his camera to capture a who’s who of political leaders. From the 1960s right up to this minute, Pulitzer […]

by Margaret Regan on November 14, 2019 at 8:00 am

“No Place,” a largescale oil painting by Paula Crawford, is a highlight of Take Nothing for Granted, a large group show at Pima College’s Bernal Gallery that also features pieces by Kate Breakey, Danny Lyon, Jenny Day, Ernesto […]

by Betsy Labiner, Taming of the Review on November 14, 2019 at 8:00 am

The Rogue Theatre’s production of Blithe Spirit is, in the words of the play itself, “a jolly time with Elvira.” Noël Coward’s play, directed here by Joseph McGrath, is at turns cheeky and biting, even occasionally […]

by Margaret Regan on November 7, 2019 at 8:00 am

Marcus-Orlen, a long-time local painter, has always been a consummate colorist and a magical realist, making oils on canvas that dazzle the eye and the imagination. Who wouldn't want to live inside Gail Marcus-Orlen's […]

by China Young, Taming of the Review on November 7, 2019 at 8:00 am

TransFormations is framed as a trans support group. Whether they know it or not, the audience is full of new group members with varying levels of knowledge on this subject. Transgender. Transexual.…

by Margaret Regan on October 31, 2019 at 8:00 am

This weekend kicks off the annual Open Studio Tour, as well as a swirl of activities related to Día de los Muertos, the Mexican—and southwestern—holiday honoring the dead. Here’s a quick list. […]

by Marguerite Saxton, Taming of the Review on October 31, 2019 at 8:00 am

Playwright Lauren Gunderson's prolific pen did not falter in writing Silent Sky, currently on stage at Arizona Theatre Company. Silent Sky is the story of 19th-century female astronomer Henrietta Leavitt. Playwright […]

by Margaret Regan on October 24, 2019 at 8:00 am

Five Movements will be a highlight of Ballet Tucson’s fall concert next week. The show also features In the Mood, a new big band work by choreographer Mark Schneider for the whole company, and a reprise of Jekyll & Hyde, created by the […]

by  Chloe Loos, Taming of the Review on October 24, 2019 at 8:00 am

The Scoundrel & Scamp’s adaptation of the novel The Little Prince, translated by Claire Marie Mannle, and adapted and directed by Holly Griffith, delivers everything I so love about this book. The Little […]

by Sean Daniels on October 24, 2019 at 8:00 am

For those of you who want to know more about Silent Sky: If you loved Hidden Figures, this is a similar story. I'm so thrilled for Tucson audiences to get to meet Lauren Gunderson and her moving and deeply smart Silent […]