2004/2005 ariZoni Awards: 2004/2005 ariZoni Award Recipients- Contracted; 2004/2005 ariZoni Award Recipients - Noncontracted; 2004/2005 ariZoni Award Recipients - Children's

2005/2006 Season

Stray Cat Theatre Struts
A Profile of Stray Cat Theatre on backstage.com

Arizona Company Completes a Triple Play
A Profile of Arizona Theatre Company on backstage.com

Crossing the Footlights: A Critic's Journal of Acting
Part One: A Critic Prepares on backstage.com
Part Two: A Critic Rehearses on backstage.com
Part Three: A Critic Readies on backstage.com
Part Four: Never, it Seems, To Be Posted on backstage.com

It's a Hard Knock Afterlife
Hale Centre Theatre's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 7/6/06 - 8/19/06

It's a Hard Knock Afterlife
Mesa Encore Theatre's Blithe Spirit 6/30/06 - 7/9/06

A Battle of the Crooners, Fabrics, and Sexes
Tempe Little Theatre's Repertory of Forever Plaid and The Taffetas 6/16/06 - 7/2/06

Joseph and the Amphetamine Ensemble
M&I Bank Broadway in Arizona ASU Gammage Auditorium's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 6/6/06 - 6/11/06

PT Has a Warhorse In It
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at Phoenix Theatre 5/17/06 - 6/11/06

Tonight We Will Be Moved
The Who's Tommy at Nearly Naked Theatre 5/26/06 - 6/17/06

Hale Loves Innocence
John Loves Mary at Hale Centre Theatre 5/19/06 - 7/1/06

Sharing Needles
Trainspotting at Stray Cat Theatre 5/12/06 - 6/3/06

The Singing Cure
Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Artists Theatre Project 5/11/06 - 6/2/06

A Tale of Two Princesses
Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre 4/20/06 - 6/10/06

Tuesday People are Full of Grace
Tuesdays with Morrie at Arizona Theatre Company Tucson: 4/15/06 - 5/6/06; Phoenix 5/11/06 - 5/28/06; Mesa 6/2/06 - 6/11/06

Review Posted at backstage.com
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds at iTheatre Collaborative 5/5/06 - 5/20/06

A Wild Time in Padua - Ha-Hah!
The Taming of the Shrew at Desert Rose Theatre 5/4/06 - 5/13/06

Review Posted at backstage.com
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? at Actors Theatre 4/28/06 - 5/14/06

Dare I Say...Typecasting?
The Nerd at Hale Centre Theatre 4/7/06 - 5/13/06

Girl Talk
Phoenix Theatre's The Women 4/12/06 - 4/30/06

Jesus and Judas: Live in Concert
Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre's Jesus Christ Superstar 3/31/06 - 4/30/06

One Cook Too Many
Black Theatre Troupe's American Menu 3/30/06 - 4/16/06

A Guest Review by Roberta Burnett
Natives at Arizona Jewish Theatre Company 3/25/06 - 4/9/06

Review Posted at backstage.com
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure at Arizona Theatre Company Tucson: 3/4/06 - 3/25/06, Phoenix 3/30/06 - 4/16/06

Spelunking for Showtunes
Floyd Collins at iTheatre Collaborative 3/17/06 - 3/26/06

Review Posted at backstage.com
Benefactors at Actors Theatre 3/3/06 - 3/19/06

Fecking Great
The Beauty Queen of Leenane at Algonquin Theatre Company 3/3/06 - 3/19/06

A Star Vehicle with a Helluva Engine and a Coupla Flat Tires
Funny Girl at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre 2/23/06 - 4/16/06

Review Available on backstage.com
Arizona Jewish Theatre Company's Two 2/11/06 - 2/26/06

Selling Anatevka
Hale Centre Theatre's Fiddler on the Roof 2/16/06 - 4/1/06

Puppet Sex on the Strip: Avenue Q Moves to the Very Outer Boroughs
Avenue Q at The Broadway Theatre in Wynn Las Vegas

It's my party, so pass the Metamucil
Stray Cat Theatre's Kimberly Akimbo 2/10/06 - 2/25/06

Standing in Line at the Coliseum
Desert Rose Theatre's Androcles and the Lion 2/10/06 - 2/25/06

Finally Reaching the Unreachable
Arizona Broadway Theatre's Man of La Mancha 2/9/06 - 2/26/06

You're going out there a third grader, but you're coming back a star!
Desert Stages Theatre's Ruthless! 1/20/06 - 4/22/06

Heads Up
Arizona Theatre Company's Crowns Tucson: 1/14/06 - 2/4/06 Phoenix: 2/9/06 - 2/26/06

Grand Possibilities
@PRO's The Zoo Story 2/9/06 - 2/26/06

Review Available on backstage.com
Black Theatre Troupe's Knock Me a Kiss 2/3/06 - 2/18/06

It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No, it's just an overwrought metaphor.
arizona woman's theatre company's Tongue of a Bird 2/3/06 - 2/12/06

History is Written by the Weirdoes
Copperstate Dinner Theatre's The Complete History of America (abridged) 1/20/06 - 2/12/06

Attend the Tale of Teeny Todd
Fountain Hills Community Theatre's Sweeney Todd 1/20/06 - 2/12/06

The Cell Diaries
Actors Theatre's Kiss of the Spider Woman 1/20/06 - 2/5/06

The Big, Broad Broadcast of 2006
Phoenix Theatre's 1940's Radio Hour 1/11/06 - 2/5/06

The Three and a Quarter Hour Pause that Refreshes
Southwest Shakespeare's Hamlet 1/12/06 - 1/28/06

A Quick Trip Back to the 20th Century
Desert Foothills Theatre's Picasso at the Lapin Agile 1/12/06 - 1/29/06

A Case for Oversleeping
Arizona Broadway Theatre's Brigadoon 1/3/06 - 1/22/06

Two Steps Forward, One Back
Scottsdale Community Players' Carousel 1/6/06 - 1/28/06

Timing is Everyting
Arizona Jewish Theatre Company's Oscar and Felix: A Reimagining of the Odd Couple 12/31/05 - 1/15/06

Familiar Territory
Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre's Oklahoma 12/29/05 - 2/18/06

Mucho Dificultad Sobre Nada
The Shakespeare Theatre's Much Ado About Nothing 12/9/05 - 12/23/05

A Holiday Recipe
Artist Theatre Project's The Santaland Diaries 12/8/05 - 12/17/05

Family's Value
Tempe Little Theatre's Over the River and Through the Woods 12/2/05 - 12/18/05

It's a Little Like the Blues
Arizona Theatre Company's Hank Williams: Lost Highway Tucson: 11/26/05 - 12/27/05; Phoenix 12/29/05 - 1/22/06; Mesa 2/3/06 - 2/12/06

Over-Endowment
Copperstate Dinner Theatre's Inspecting Carol 11/18/05 - 12/30/05

Straight from the Main Stem
M&I Bank Broadway in Arizona ASU Gammage Auditorium's Evita 12/6/05 - 12/11/05

You Can Find True West Behind the Indian Fry Bread Stand
Sidewinder Actors Theatre's True West 11/19/05 - 12/9/05

Blown Voyage: Until ABT Gets the Dinner Part Right, Stick with the Kick from Cocaine Instead
Arizona Broadway Theatre's Anything Goes 11/5/05 - 12/11/05

Mesa Encore Steps Out
Mesa Encore Theatre's Harvey 11/18/05 - 12/4/05

Turning a Closet into a Castle
Nearly Naked Theatre's Valhalla 11/13/05 - 12/5/05

Haley's Comment
Arizona Theatre Company's Bad Dates Tucson: 10/22/05 - 11/12/05; Phoenix 11/17/05 - 12/4/05

Contemplating What Hides Behind Celluloid Smiles
arizona women's theatre company's Complications 11/11/05 - 11/27/05

The Noble Everyman
Algonquin Theatre Company's Death of a Salesman 11/11/05 - 11/27/05

Still Life with Occasional Movement
Fountain Hills Community Theatre's Dancing at Lughnasa 11/11/05 - 11/27/05

The Sins of the Mother
Phoenix Theatre's Picnic 11/3/05 - 11/20/05

When Taking the Fifth Could Be a Death Sentence
Scottsdale Community Players' The Crucible 11/4/05 - 11/20/05

Dancing with Kubler-Ross
iTheatre Collaborative's The Baltimore Waltz 11/4/05 - 11/19/05

A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigmatic Bluster
The Space Theatre's Remount of In My Humble Opinion 11/3/05 - 11/19/05

Into the Floating Ivy Sprigs
Desert Foothills Theatre's Into the Woods 11/3/05 - 11/20/05

Reform Party
Arizona Jewish Theatre Company's 36 11/5/05 - 11/20/05

Mediocrity in the Misty Moors of Mesa
Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre's Camelot 9/22/05 - 11/12/05

Who's Your Daddy?
Actors Theatre's Blue/Orange 10/28/05 - 11/9/05

Primary School Pathos and Party Girl Perversions
Stray Cat Theatre's The Fourth Graders... and Nicky Goes Goth 10/21/05 - 11/5/05

It's a Dry Teat
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts GUV TV 10/21/05 - 11/6/05

Jackson Fisher's review of Hale Centre Theatre's Catch Me if You Can 10/15/05 - 11/26/05

Hale's Catch Me If You Can Caught Me (well, almost) Since It Could
Roberta Burnett's review of Hale Centre Theatre's Catch Me if You Can 10/15/05 - 11/26/05

Too Close for Disbelief
Desert Stages Theatre's Actor's Cafe's Sleuth 7/22/05 - 10/30/05

First Impressions
Arizona Theatre Company's Pride and Prejudice Tucson: 9/10/05 - 10/1/05; Phoenix 10/6/05 - 10/23/05; and Mesa 10/28/05 - 11/6/05<