Applause to the Divine Diva of the Applause Theatre. Anyone who attended the amazing Diva Devine show, Friday Night at Convention Hall got much more than their money’s worth. Again (as Always) Wally ...

In the theater, timing is everything. But the timing frequently feels off with the Players’ production of the theater-centered Applause—not so much in the cast’s delivery of their dialogue, as in the ...

Strouse, who passed away in 2025, leaves an impressive legacy of musical theatre, spanning several decades, and APPLAUSE features a score by Strouse and frequent collaborator, lyricist Lee Adams, with ...

Since opening its doors in May 2007, the people behind The Ringwald Theatre have intended to produce staged concert versions of little-produced musicals. Seventeen years later, that dream is coming ...

If you've ever been sitting in a movie theater where you're so enthralled by the storytelling that you forget you're with a bunch of strangers, there's nothing more thrilling than when the entire ...

The Applause Theater had originally scheduled a November opening for its production of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz in the Downtown Arts II venue in the former St. Casimir’s Church at 64 Church St ...

Applause! Gala 2025 marks the grand opening of the Dr. Stacie J. & Richard J Stephenson Theatre, celebrating the contributions of visionaries in Arizona's arts community. The evening will be led by ...