Lights up on something special: our incredible volunteers! This Volunteer Appreciation Week, we’re highlighting a few of the passionate individuals who help ensure you have an enjoyable night at the theatre. They’re sharing why they love to volunteer with us and more! We Need Your Help! With the new Dr. Stacie J. and Richard…
By Elizabeth Montgomery The best of Broadway is landing in Phoenix. This season, The Phoenix Theatre Company presents a lineup of Tony Award–winning musicals ready for you to experience live again, or for the first time. Suffs, Kimberly Akimbo, Monty Python’s Spamalot, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street are part of the 2026/27 lineup, a season built,…
By Elizabeth Montgomery Rosemary Clooney has one of those voices that quietly shaped decades of music, even if people don’t always realize that’s who they’re hearing. Her songs have a way of slipping into culture like background sunlight. Clooney’s songs are often re-recorded or covered, so you’ve probably heard them without even knowing her name. Here are some of her most recognizable songs and where they’ve lived…
Actor’s Process: Inside the Two-Person Challenge of Daddy Long Legs https://youtu.be/rhuntzf3_QM?si=MPhuihzcBVdHlZiL By The Phoenix Theatre Company We spoke with Carmiña Monserrat* and Liam Boyd* of Daddy Long Legs about stepping into a story told through letters, where connection has to be built one moment at a time. After the high energy of Let the Good Times Roll, Monserrat* shares what…
By Elizabeth Montgomery When Jean Webster published Daddy Long Legs in 1912, critics warned it wasn’t something women should be reading. The novel was considered radical for its time: a story about a woman pursuing education, independence, and a voice of her own. More than a century later, that story is heading to The Phoenix Theatre Company as a…
Before You Walk in the Room: Audition Advice from Resident Music Director Kevin Robert White By The Phoenix Theatre Company Auditions are just days away, and that means performers are running material, second-guessing choices, and trying to figure out what the room is actually looking for. We asked The Phoenix Theatre Company’s Resident Music Director to break down what he’s looking…
By Elizabeth Montgomery One moment he’s the Doctor, the next he’s Frank Sinatra. Then Rosemary’s mother, then someone else entirely. In Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Story, Tony Blosser* makes it feel effortless, even as the work underneath it is anything but simple. That kind of transformation doesn’t come from quick costume changes or theatrical tricks. It comes from precision, instinct, and…
The Phoenix Theatre Company Announces Ambitious 107th Season Featuring Eleven Productions Across Three Stages By The Phoenix Theatre Company The Phoenix Theatre Company’s 107th Season is the most ambitious in the company’s history: eleven productions across three stages, five Tony Award–winning musicals, one world premiere, and one regional production. From the razor-sharp wit of…
By Elizabeth Montgomery In Come From Away, the story unfolds at a relentless pace. Twelve actors portray dozens of characters, scenes shift in seconds, and emotions move from humor to heartbreak and back again. Beneath it all is a score that keeps the story moving. For the show’s Music Director Alan J. Plado, guiding that momentum requires the same level of…
By Shelina Elyse From the height of fame to collapse then reinvention, Tenderly is an introspective jukebox musical like no other. We sat with director Jodie Weiss to explore the unique storytelling of the show and the remarkable talent required to portray Clooney and the many figures in her life. The musical showcases timeless classics that may surprise you to find that Clooney originated. Read…
Amanda D’Archangelis and Sami Horneff met in the world-renowned BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Recent work includes: THE RADIUM GIRLS, co-written with Lisa Mongillo and directed by Tony-Winner Marissa Jaret Winokur, which is eyeing a world premiere production in the 26-27 season (also a 2022 NAMT Finalist, a 2019 Eugene O’Neill NMTC Semi-Finalist, and five-time winner at The 2021 National Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival); SINGLE RIDER (Off-Broadway 2018); COMING ATTRACTION (Wilbury Theatre Group 2019); and THE BREAK (Omaha Creative Institute 2018). Upcoming: BANDIT QUEEN, a new pop-Americana musical about Pearl Hart, the Wild West’s most notorious female bandit, which has been developed through artist residencies at The Legacy Theatre in Branford, CT and Drama Club Camp in Mount Vernon, ME; PANDORA IN BLUE JEANS with book by Adam Morrison, which explores the life of controversial “Peyton Place” author Grace Metalious; and PSYCH, a 90’s spin on the myth of Cupid & Psyche commissioned by Wichita State University. Amanda and Sami’s songs have also been performed at concert venues and educational institutions across the country. They are proud to be 2019 York Theatre Company New/Emerging/Outstanding Writers, 2024 Playbill Songwriter Series Featured Artists, and 2025 Write Out Loud Contest grand prize winners! For more, visit: @darchangelisandhorneff on instagram | www.amandadarchangelis.com and www.samihorneff.com
