Free
opera at PVCC
Paradise
Valley Community College’s Summer Opera Highlights Concert
will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at
PVCC’s Performing Arts Center, 18401 N. 32nd St. in
Phoenix.
The
event will feature selections from 15 of the world’s
most famous operas including selections from “Madama
Butterfly,” “The Marriage of Figaro,” “La Boheme,” “La
Traviata” and more.
The
concert will be presented with full lighting and minimalist
sets and sung by professional and non‑professional
singers.
Daniel
Kurek will direct the program. Kurek has sung with the
Arizona Opera, Cleveland Opera, Austin Lyric Opera and
Opera Pacific. He toured Europe in 2006 as a member
of Arizona Masterworks Chorale, and was featured soloist
in Vienna, in a program honoring Mozart’s 250th anniversary.
Admission
is free.
Broadway
tickets to go on sale
Two
of Broadway’s biggest hits, “Chicago the Musical” as
well as Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp’s “Movin’ Out” will
be presented in Northwest Phoenix at the Maricopa County
Events Center, 19403 R.H. Johnson Blvd.
Tickets
for these shows will go on sale at 10 a.m. Aug. 12.
Tickets
for “Chicago the Musical” are $60, $50 and $40 and tickets
for “Movin’ Out” are $50, $40 and $30.
Tickets
will be available through Ticketmaster, the Maricopa
County Events Center Box Office, by calling (480) 784‑4444
or online at ticketmaster.com.
Performances
of “Chicago the Musical” are at 8 p.m. Sept. 21‑22.
Performances of “Movin’ Out” are 8 p.m. Oct. 19 and
2 and 8 p.m. Oct. 20.
DFT
prepping for new season
Desert
Foothills Theater is getting ready to open its new and
expanded season with a casting call for its first Main
Stage show.
The
first production, “Gypsy,” includes a variety of people
in ensemble roles requiring less experience.
“These
ensemble roles provide a great opportunity for anyone
who has been thinking about trying their hand at theater
or for someone who has not acted in a while and wants
to step on the stage again,” Maribeth Reeves, DFT managing
director, said.
Auditions
will be from 6‑9 p.m. Aug. 20‑21 at Terravita
in North Scottsdale. Call (480) 488‑1090 for specific
audition times and locations.
All
community members, regardless of age are welcome to
try out. Those interested in auditioning for principal
and supporting roles should schedule their auditions
for Aug. 20. Auditions for ensemble and minor roles
will take place on Aug. 21. Call backs for roles not
cast will take place Sept. 4. and rehearsals begin Sept.10.
Experienced
actors are needed for several roles, including Rose,
Baby June and Baby Louise, and several other principal
and supporting parts.
For
a full role description, or for more information about
DFT’s new season and casting call, visit desertfoothillstheater.com
or call (480) 488‑1981.
NVP
opens season
North
Valley Playhouse will begin its 2007‑08 season
with a production of “Book of Days” at 8 p.m. Aug. 16
through Sept. 8.
When
murder roars through a small Missouri town, Ruth Hoch
begins her own quest to find truth and honesty amid
small town jealousies, religion, greed and lies. The
play flies through its events like a page‑turning
mystery.
Tickets
are $12 for matinee and $15 for evening performances.
Call
(602)765‑1581 to reserve your seats. Tickets will
be available at the box office will‑call window.
To
purchase advance tickets call (800) 595‑ 4849
or email tickets@northvalleyplayhouse.com
NVP
is located at 13043 N. Cave Creek Rd. in Phoenix.
Visitors
create music at ASU Art Museum
Sean
Duffy’s newest installation, “The Grove” is on display
through Sept. 29 at Arizona State University’s Art Museum.
The
exhibit consists of 20 turntables, each linked to speakers
suspended from the ceiling. A selection of albums by
instrumental and vocal performers at each turntable
allows participants to change albums and tracks.
