Arizona’s Center Stage

An Evening with Nick Cartell & Friends

October 24, 2025 @ 7:30pm

Broadway star and Phoenix native Nick Cartell returns home for a heartfelt and humorous evening of music and memories. Best known for his powerhouse run as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables—with over 1,000 performances and counting—Cartell takes a break from the tour to share songs from his debut album, spanning Broadway, Disney, jazz, and more. Joined by special guests, he’ll reflect on his roots in Phoenix, his journey from the Herberger Theater stage in West Side Story to national tours and Broadway, including Jesus Christ Superstar and Scandalous. Don’t miss this one-night-only celebration of talent,… storytelling, and hometown pride!

Kimberly Akimbo

October 10 - October 26, 2025

Directed by Mark-Alan C. Clemente The Play that the musical was based on. Set in the wilds of suburban New Jersey, KIMBERLY AKIMBO is a hilarious and heartrending play about a teenager with a rare condition causing her body to age faster than it should. When she and her family flee Secaucus under dubious circumstances, Kimberly is forced to reevaluate her life while contending with a hypochondriac mother, a rarely sober father, a scam-artist aunt, her own mortality and, most terrifying of all, the possibility of first love.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Nov 15 - Dec 22, 2025

The Nutcracker

Dec. 12-14, 2025