Staged: The Art of Performance features depictions of performance and performers across disciplines and through a range of media. Performances offer a space for escape, respite, and contemplation as performers use their voices, bodies, and instruments to captivate audiences and demonstrate skills they have developed over lifetimes of rigorous training. Beyond the beauty and spectacle of […]
read moreHailed by Entertainment Weekly as “a Broadway extravaganza that explodes with life and energy,” THE GREAT GATSBY is the Tony Award®-winning new musical based on the classic American novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This story of extravagance and longing is “one wildly entertaining night at the theater and musical theater at its finest” (Theatrely). THE PARTY’S ROARING IN TUCSON! Broadway […]
read moreBased on the best-selling novel that inspired the iconic film, THE NOTEBOOK tells the story of Allie and Noah, both from different worlds, who share a lifetime of love despite the forces that threaten to pull them apart. “Full of butterfly-inducing highs and beautiful songs” (Entertainment Weekly), THE NOTEBOOK is a deeply moving portrait of the enduring power of […]
read moreMore than 100 million people around the world have experienced the phenomenon of Disney’s THE LION KING, and now you can, too, when Tucson’s best-loved musical returns to Centennial Hall. Winner of six Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, this landmark musical event brings together one of the most imaginative creative teams on Broadway. Tony Award®-winning director Julie […]
read moreBased on the 1992 film starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, THE BODYGUARD is a thrilling, romantic musical that combines high-stakes suspense with unforgettable music. Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Both expect to be in charge of their situation -what they don’t expect […]
read moreThe winner of four 2024 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, is THE OUTSIDERS. This classic coming-of-age story takes you to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1967, where Ponyboy Curtis, his best friend Johnny Cade, and their family of Greaser “outsiders” dream about who they want to become in a world that will never accept them. THE OUTSIDERS features Danya Taymor’s […]
read moreWelcome to HADESTOWN, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony® Awards, this acclaimed new musical by celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and innovative director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) is a love story for today … and always. HADESTOWN intertwines two mythic tales — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and […]
read moreELF THE MUSICAL, inspired by the hit film, is the hilarious and heartwarming tale of Buddy, who embarks on a journey to New York City and, in turn, helps the Big Apple rediscover the true meaning of Christmas. This all-new tour, based on the acclaimed 2024 Broadway production “has cracked the code of all-ages comedy,” […]
read moreIn 1969, The Who created a rock opera that changed the course of music history. And now, it’s back in a dazzling all-new production that feels more relevant than ever. Myth and spectacle combine in this fresh reinvention that includes the unforgettable anthems “I’m Free,” “See Me, Feel Me,” “Sensation” and “Pinball Wizard.” After witnessing his […]
read moreA pop-up exhibition of early modern artworks from the UAMA permanent collection, co-curated by University of Arizona art history students, highlighting global and cultural understandings of the time period known as the “Renaissance”. Join students from the course Global Renaissance, led by Assistant Professor Jennifer Saracino, as they present their interpretations of artworks made or depicting places […]
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