Calendar - Performances 2016-2017

Welcome to Rydell High! Meet the senior class of 1959: slick, hot-rodding “Burger Palace Boys” and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking “Pink Ladies” in bobby sox and pedal pushers.

Alexandra is a 79-year-old artist in a showdown with her family over where she’ll spend her remaining years. In Alexandra’s corner are her wit, her volcanic passion and the fact that she’s barricaded herself in her Brooklyn brownstone with a pile of Molotov cocktails

Join us for an evening of good food, fun and laughter! The event will feature some of the area’s top comedians who will perform their best stand-up routines to help raise money for the Herberger Theater’s Arts Education and Outreach programs.

Join comedian and Emmy award-winning host Luke Burbank for the first ever Phoenix taping of Live Wire, the fastest growing entertainment show on public radio. Get turned on to new music, comedy and conversations with a diverse range of original voices — and an anything-can-happen-vibe.

This exciting and provocative new drama of political intrigue by Mike Bartlett, King Charles III explores the people underneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of democracy, and the conscience of its most famous family.

What happens when you combine great storytelling, music, and language preservation into a powerhouse production? For the cast of Something Inside is Broken, it means a sold-out theater hit and a fall tour.

From the author of Rosemary’s Baby, The Boys from Brazil and Deathtrap, comes a harrowing labyrinth of suspense, entwining fantasy and reality.

A special celebration for Halloween featuring Center Dance Ensemble (CDE) Artistic Director Frances Smith Cohen’s “The Return of Dracula”.

Celebrate the arts in our community with a free event featuring performances, dance, food, live music, children’s activities, film shorts, pet adoptions and more!

As seen on CNN, The Washington Post, USA Today, NBC, and author of Amazon’s best seller “The Paleo Cardiologist,” Dr. Jack Wolfson and Dr.Heather Wolfson unveil the truth about vaccines and the toxic world today in this 2.5 hour seminar and behind the scenes making of the documentary “Wide Awake.”

God isn’t happy, and She (that’s right – She) is coming to Arizona to set the record straight – in no uncertain terms! You won’t want to miss the sinfully funny and critically acclaimed new Broadway hit play where God and Her angels answer some of the deepest questions that have plagued humankind since Creation.

Warda Shahrazad & Sphinx Records present Cairo Nights celebrating the release of the Cairo Nights 5 CD by Grammy composer Dr. Samy Farag, featuring dance performances by Egyptian international superstars Leila Farid and Kasumi,

Our annual popular holiday production that has become a “don’t miss” Valley tradition for the whole family.

Before you go forgetting old acquaintances, don’t forget about iTheatre’s annual Holiday Cabaret with Jeff Kennedy, a grand piano, some of the Valley’s most talented singers and artists and our signature Cabaret-style seating!

What better way to capture the holiday spirit than through the joy and merriment of Charles Dickens’ enduring tale of hope and redemption. Brimming with rousing musical numbers, splendid costumes and side-splitting Bah Humbugs, A Christmas Carol will have you and yours wrapped in the spirit of the holidays!

Mangia Italiano! Hilarity, delicious dishes and two over-the-top plus-size Italian Sisters from Brooklyn (stars of their very own fictional cable television show) take you on a Tour de Force of Italian songs and cuisine as they sing (Volare, Botcha – Me and much more), dance, joke, and laugh through a very special cooking lesson!

Arizona Theatre Company presents an epic production of the beloved musical Fiddler on the Roof. Join us for this richly heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and the timeless traditions that define faith and family.

Intermingling humor and drama, Animal Farm wrings the emotions of its listeners, leaving audiences shaken with the tale of a tragedy that happened in a mythical barnyard far away but could happen in our own back yard. Presented through a special arrangement with Samuel French.

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, directed by Devin Brain, tackles essential questions about the balance of ambition, personal loyalty, and love of country, Shakespeare’s timeless political masterpiece has never been more relevant.

First look! A new play by Marcus Gardley, directed by Ian Belknap about the assassination of Malcolm X. The story we think we know and illuminating details that have seldom been shared, is brought to vivid, lyrical life.

Written by and starring National Lampoon’s Tommy Koenig. Tommy’s hilarious, insightful and wildly entertaining flashback through our times and the music that defined it.

At a bus stop on the 40A Red Line, in language at once poetic and irreverent, one of the Southwest’s premiere Mexican-American writer/performers, Rubén C. González, presents a tour-de-force of interlocking stories: ten characters, on a passage through a once-booming town, now forgotten.

Permanent Collection is a searing examination of racial politics that ultimately asks how much space — literally and figuratively — the white world gives to African-Americans. What is the cost of failing to view the world through another’s eyes?

Featuring Center Dance Ensemble’s Artistic Director Frances Smith Cohen’s haunting retelling of the Mexican folktale “La Llorona”, a premiere work by Assistant Artistic Director Diane McNeal Hunt and new work choreographed to an original score composed by Eric Sandmeyer.

Watch talented youth in Arizona compete in the disciplines of Acting, Dance and Voice in the 18th annual competition.

The music of the Beatles — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr — continues to stand the test of time. “In My Life – A Musical Theatre Tribute to the Beatles” will give you a fresh perspective on the band’s history.

Performed as a one-person show by Benjamin Evett, Albatross blends audio and visual technology with a fast-paced, darkly-comic sea yarn to explore themes of regret, isolation, and the interconnected relationship between human beings and the natural world.

In celebration of the great detective with piercing observation and deduction skills, we are featuring four films of the popular and immortal stories of Sherlock Holmes spanning 100 years.

From the iconic songbook of Johnny Cash comes this unique musical about love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, home and family.

Erie Smith, a small-time gambler, wanders home to a seedy New York hotel fresh from a grief-stricken bout of drinking: Hughie was the night clerk and once-captive audience for Erie’s tall tales whenever he arrived, but Hughie is dead.

Lyn Richardson Ministries has expanded their faith-based, one act play Sex His Way, into a full length musical production. Based off of Romans 6:16, this is a story of four women who meet on a monthly basis to discuss topics of interest for women.

When sharp-tongued queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race take to the stage with stingers and zingers – from politics to love, to social media and even their “sisters” on stage.

A celebration of unscripted theatre from around the world. Performers from Finland, Ireland, Canada, Australia, The Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, Italy and the United States gather in Phoenix for three nights of unscripted performances.

Center Dance Ensemble’s annual celebration of National Poetry Month with new choreography by CDE company members.

YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN is a fresh approach to the all-time 1967 classic, based on the beloved comic strip by Charles Schultz. Sally Brown joins Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Schroeder, and Snoopy in this charming revue of vignettes and songs.

College campuses are where the next generation of Hollywood filmmakers learn their craft, and the Arizona College Film Festival brings together some of the best college film students in the state to present their newest films for our audience.

Eat, Drink, Play! Dine out to benefit the Herberger Theater’s youth outreach and other programs. The evening begins at the Herberger Theater with cocktails, silent auction and entertainment. Dinner will follow but we won’t tell you which fabulous Valley restaurant you are going to until after you party at the Herberger Theater.

Love Broadway? You won’t want to miss this magical weekend with showstoppers from Chicago, Hair, South Pacific, Porgy & Bess and more!

Ridicule, satire and comedy have always been one of the most important elements of political protest. Stephanie Miller’s Sexy Liberal Resistance Tour hears your cries America and we stand with you protecting our rights and demanding our government act for the benefit of us all. The Sexy Liberal Resistance Tour is a show for every American who’s uneasy with putting a landlord with a reality show in charge of fighting ISIS.

A thrilling new Sherlock Holmes mystery from the celebrated writer of the ATC smash hits Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Join us for an evening of Playback Theatre—an improvisational performance in which members of the audience tell stories from their lives and then watch them brought to artistic life by the ensemble of actors and musicians!

Scottsdale School of Ballet returns to the Herberger Theater for its 8th season. The second program of this season is the annual “Soiree de Ballet 2017” sponsored by the Scottsdale Ballet Foundation.

Dancing around a magic lamp and its surprising consequences.

Dancers Domain’s annual recital, come out and see all of the work our dancers have been putting in all season long. “Come Together” will be a night you won’t want to miss!

International sensation world touring comedian Max Amini returns to Phoenix with a brand new set of material.Through an array of eccentric impressions and novel storytelling, Max expresses his comedy by delivering a strong message about family ties, cultural aspects, and social topics.

Toto we’re not in Kansas anymore! Dorothy and her little dog Toto live on a farm in Kansas until they are caught in a tornado and swept away to the magical land of OZ. When her house accidentally lands on the Wicked Witch of the East, everyone is exuberant, except the Wicked Witch of the West who seeks revenge for the death of her sister.

A Latino immigrant family faces life after the passage of Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070. The play explores the ramifications of the infamous law that put Arizona on the map for all of the wrong reasons. “1070” follows one family’s fight to survive the social and political upheaval caused by the law’s passage and the cascading effect it had statewide and across the country.