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(04/06/16 7:03pm)
Picture this: a proscenium arch frames thick red velvet curtains with gold tassels. Two free-standing spotlights on either side of the stage hit the arch and cause its jewels to shimmer and glint light across the theater.
(04/05/16 12:53am)
Art pieces created by women at Estrella Jail through 'Journey Home', an annual arts residency program facilitated through ASU Gammage, are pictured in Phoenix, Arizona. on Saturday, April 2, 2016.
(04/05/16 12:53am)
(04/05/16 2:26am)
A young woman, probably in her late twenties or early thirties, takes a few nervous steps toward the audience. Tattoos cover her arms and neck, and "SHERIFF'S INMATE- UNSENTENCED" is printed in bold red letters across her black-and-white striped uniform. She clears her throat, glances around the room and begins to sing.
(04/05/16 12:36am)
Women in Estrella Jail perform their final art presentation through 'Journey Home', an annual arts residency program facilitated through ASU Gammage, in Phoenix, Arizona. on Saturday, April 2, 2016.
(04/04/16 1:09am)
"Of Mice and Men" is one of those books that almost every student has to read in high school. I was no exception, and I spent much of my sophomore year looking up SparkNotes to supplement my skimming of the text. I'd say I read a good half of the book, but there was nothing to hook me — nothing that convinced me to feel for the characters or become emotionally involved in their plight.
(04/01/16 1:56am)
Kent Burnham started college at Hofstra University in New York majoring in economics and with a passion for sports — hockey, soccer, tennis and golf, to name a few.
(04/02/16 7:02pm)
Does the thought of a university ensemble music performance evoke the mental image of a stuffy concert hall filled with stiff-backed mahogany chairs and hypercritical elderly people golf-clapping through elbow-length satin gloves?
(03/25/16 2:19am)
Rarely does a national play come to Phoenix and include references to Mill Avenue, the Metro light rail, Sky Harbor, Carly's on Roosevelt Row and the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus.
(03/23/16 1:52am)
Sports fans and theater aficionados are usually seen as two polar opposite groups, but they do have one thing in common: The preseason fervor is wild.
(03/16/16 7:10pm)
A brilliant vigilante dabbling in violent crime? Check.
(03/15/16 2:29am)
The 2014 Tony Award-winning musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" is set to hit the Gammage stage on Tuesday in its first national tour, bringing with it a comedic tale of crime, romance and all the drama in between.
(03/13/16 11:39pm)
As an instructor and student services coordinator at ASU, an adjunct faculty member at Scottsdale Community College and the associate artistic director and resident dramaturg at Orange Theatre, Joya Scott rarely gets a break.
(03/02/16 3:42am)
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, but this month the state of Arizona is savoring a fresh perspective on some of Shakespeare's most popular works.
(02/29/16 1:08am)
Ron May came to ASU with no intention of staying in the state after graduation. He didn't plan to start his own nonprofit theater company in the Valley, nor did he intend to make a name for himself as one of the community's most prominent and well-received directors.
(02/25/16 2:48am)
If the thought of attending a Donizetti opera performed entirely in Italian is intimidating, fear not: The ASU Lyric Opera Theatre's production of “L'elisir d'amore” aims to make the composer's work accessible and enjoyable for everyone.
(02/23/16 1:59am)
"Theater should challenge the comfortable and comfort the challenged," Miller said.
(02/18/16 1:34am)
The national tour of "The Bridges of Madison County" opened its eight-show stop at ASU Gammage on Feb. 16 with an energy that mirrored the blustery passion of a chick-lit romance novel written to indulge middle-aged women.
(02/15/16 12:08am)
When David Saar calls working at Childsplay "a life sentence," he's hardly joking.
(02/14/16 6:22pm)
As a general rule, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, nor a play by its set. It's wise to open the pages or let the cast step onstage before forming opinions.