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Performances Temple of Museum and Art - Cabaret, 330 S. Scott Ave., 883-8246, www.AlternativeTheatreCo.org. Beyond Therapy, an off-kilter comedy by Christopher Durang addressing the thin line between being gay, straight and bisexual. May 23-24, 30-31, 8pm; Matinees May 24, 25, 31, 3pm. Temple of Music and Art - Cabaret, 330 S. Scott Ave., 623–8234, www.OldPuebloPlaywrights.org. Play-in-a-Day, an annual event with the premise that a half-dozen plays can be written, cast, rehearsed, and performed -- all in less than twenty-four hours. May 9 & 10, 7:30pm. Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave., www.TucsonSymphony.org. Gershwin and Mathieu, with Alain Lefèvre, piano, George Hanson, conductor. May 8, 8pm; May 9, 8pm; May 11, 2pm. TSO String Quartet performs for the Moveable Musical Feast at Stillwell House, 134 S. 5th Ave., on May 4 at 6pm. Music, candlelight, gourmet appetizers, dinner and dessert at this historic Tucson mansion! photo: scott griessel/creatista Alternative Theatre Company Old Pueblo Playwrights Tucson Symphony Orchestra Beowulf Alley Theatre Piano Night with Lisa Otey 11 S. 6th Ave., 882-0555, www.BeowulfAlley.org. Humble Boy is a comedy about broken vows, failed hopes and the joys of beekeeping. Previews May 8, 9, 7:30pm; regular performances May 10, 15-17, 22-24, 29-31, 7:30pm; May 11, 18, 25, 1:30pm. Z Mansion, 288 N. Church Ave., 623-4889, www.OwlsNestMusic.com. Judy Roberts joins Lisa Otey on May 5, 7pm. Pima Community College Center for the Arts UA’s Arizona Repertory Theatre Berger Center for the Performing Arts 1200 W. Speedway Blvd., 884-5410, www.ASDB.State.az.us/berger. Rocking In The Free World, blind bands performing current hits and classics, rock, country, classical, hip hop, Swedish and surf music. May 1, 7pm. Kids Unlimited Presents A Weekend Of Entertainment. Dance Recital, May 9, 7:30pm; Cabaret 2008, featuring the Senior Company Performing Group, May 10, 7pm; Cabaret 2008, featuring the Junior Company Performing Group, May 11, 3pm. Center for the Arts Proscenium Theatre, 2002 W. Anklam Rd., 206-6986, www.Pima.edu.cfa. PCC Music presents the Wind Ensemble, May 1, 7:30pm. PCC Dance presents Dance Tales/Snow White and the Hip Hop Dwarves. May 8-10, 7:30pm; May 10, 2pm matinee. New ARTiculations Dance Theatre presents Works of Art on May 30 & 31, 8pm. Tornabene Theatre, 1025 N. Olive Rd., 621-1162, www.CFA.Arizona.edu/theatre. Urinetown is set in an Orwellian-type world where a depletion of the Earth’s water supply has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. Winner of three 2002 Tony Awards with performances May 1-3, 7:30pm; May 4, 1:30pm. UA College of Music The Quasi Cum Aluminum Dance Unit, or QCA Borderlands Theater Broadway in Tucson Rhythm and Roots Tucson Music Hall at TCC, 260 S. Church Ave., 791-4101, www.BroadwayinTucson.com. Cats, winner of seven Tony Awards® including Best Musical and featuring 20 of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s timeless melodies, including the hit song, “Memory.” May 13-15, 7:30pm; May 16, 8:pm; May 17, 2pm and 8pm; May 18, 1pm and 6:30pm. Fox Theatre 17 W. Congress St., 624-1515, www.FoxTucsonTheatre.org. From the most famous Opera House in the world comes a series of Operas recorded in HD and presented in 5.1 surround audio. Il Trittico telecasts on May 1, 7pm. La Rondine telecasts on May 22, 7pm. Old Town Artisans, 201 N. Court Ave., 440-4455, www.RhythmandRoots.org. Influential singer and songwriter Peter Rowan, in contemporary bluegrass and folk, May 10, 7:30pm. Santa Cruz River Band, a musical journey through the American Southwest on May 16, 7:30pm. Big Pete Pearson with the Rhythm Room Allstars, Arizona’s king of the blues with a hot Chicago blues band on May 25, 7pm. Eliza Gilkyson, Grammy nominee and conscience of a nation. May 31, 7:30pm. Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, 1737 E. University Blvd., 621-4698, www.Arts.Arizona.edu/dance. The Launch Student Spotlight, May 1, 7:30pm; May 3, 1pm. Galaxy II Series: Spring Collection, May 2 & 3, 7:30pm; May 4, 1:30pm. UA Presents Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd., 621-3341, www.UAPresents.org. Cinderella presented by Ballet Tucson. The classic fairy tale comes to life in a breathtaking production fresh with humor and alive with Prokofiev’s cherished score. May 10, 7:30pm; May 11, 2pm. Celtic Woman: A New Journey, May 12, 7:30pm. Temple of Music and Art UA Museum of Art Invisible Theatre 1400 N. 1st Ave., 882-9721, www.InvisibleTheatre.com. Bingo – A Winning New Musical introduces three pals who have driven through a terrible thunderstorm in the name of their weekly obsession. Preview, May 6, 7:30pm; May 7 & 8, 14 & 15, 21 & 22, 7:30pm; May 9 & 10, 16 & 17, 23 & 24, 8pm; May 11, 18, 25, 3pm. 330 S. Scott Ave., 882-4008, www.ImagoDeiSchool.org A benefit concert for Imago Dei Middle School features local violinist Michael Fan’s original composition for children, “The Princess and the Frog,” narrated by actor David Johnston, chamber music by Brahms and Mahler and a theatrical reading of “Peter and the Wolf” illustrated with oil paintings by local artists. Performing on May 18 at 2pm. Speedway Blvd. and Park Ave., 621-7567, www.ArtMuseum.Arizona.edu. UA Clarinet Choir, Jerry Kirkbride, conductor, May 4, 2pm. UA School of Theatre Arts Tucson Boys Chorus Not Burnt Out, Just Unscrewed Vaudeville Cabaret, 110 E. Congress St., 440-4436, www.UnscrewedComedy.com. A free comedy improv show for 21+ by various combinations of this hilarious 17member troupe of gifted comedians, on May 2 at 8pm; May 16, 8pm. Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave., 296-6277, www.BoysChorus.org. Legendary Tucson Boys Chorus performs light Pops repertoire. May 4, 3pm & 7:30pm. Directing Studio, UA Drama Building, Room 116, located near the southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard, 621-1162. One Act Play Festival. Block One: Foul Territory, by Craig Wright; One for the Road by Harold Pinter; The Artist by Michael Hohnstein; Then… by David Campton, May 2 at 8pm. Block Two: Lou Gehrig Did not Die of Cancer by Jason Miller; The Dying Gaul by Craig Lucas; Fit for Feet by Jordan Harrison; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opera Scene) by Benjamin Britten, May 3 at 2pm. Block Three: Women in Heat by Rich Orloff; The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter; Sorry by Timothy Mason, May 1, 3, 8pm. photo: alane lesinski Jewish Heritage Center, 564 S. Stone Ave., 882-7406, www.BorderlandsTheater.org. Catalina De Erauzo, a staged reading of a new play based on the life of a 17th century Spanish nun who flees the convent, impersonates a man and lives “la vida loca” until an unforeseen tragedy changes her life forever. May 6, 7pm. Zuzi’s Theatre Dance Space, 738 N. 5th Ave., 647-3575. Athena Trasha: This peculiar “Dance Unity” will use gestures we rarely see to transport us to a place we would never visit: Japan ’s Suicide Forest , Aokigahara Juukai. Performances are May 9 & 10, 8pm. Redondo Music Theatre Leo Rich Theatre, at the TCC, 260 S. Church Ave., 321-1000, www.TucsonAz.gov/TCC/index.htm West Side Story, the classic Bernstein reinterpretation of Romeo and Juliet. May 30 & 31, 7:30pm; June 1, 2pm. Music Building, 1017 N. Olive Rd., 621-1655, www.CFA.Arizona.edu. Arizona Wind Quintet, Faculty Recital, May 1, 7pm; Arizona Symphony Orchestra and the UA Philharmonic Orchestra present a joint concert of late Romantic and early twentieth century works, May 2, 7:30pm; UA Percussion Ensemble, May 3, 7:30pm; Kantoni & Recital Choir, Ensemble, May 4, 7pm; CrossTalk, Electronic Percussion Group, Ensemble, May 4, 7:30pm; Student Chamber Music Showcase, May 5, 7:30pm; University Singers & Honor Choir, May 6, 7:30pm. UA Dance Division beowulf alley theatre presents: h u m b l e b o y, a c o m e d y a b o u t broken vows, failed hopes and the joys of beekeeping. z u z i ! p r e s e n t s ”e c l e c t i c b r e w ” a t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f m a y. ZUZI! Dance Company Zuzi’s Theatre, 738 N. 5th Ave., 629-0237, www.ZUZIMoveIt.org. Eclectic Brew is the spring concert with choreography from a host of company members and two very special guest artists, Anton Smith and Eva Tessler. Dress rehearsal/ performance is May 1, 7:30pm. Matinee is May 2 at noon; May 3, 2pm; May 2 & 3, 7:30pm. may.08. downtown tucsonan 21 http://www.AlternativeTheatreCo.org http://www.OldPuebloPlaywrights.org http://www.TucsonSymphony.org http://www.BeowulfAlley.org http://www.OwlsNestMusic.com http://www.CFA.Arizona.edu/theatre http://www.pima.edu/cfa http://www.ASDB.State.az.us/berger http://www.CFA.Arizona.edu http://www.BorderlandsTheater.org http://www.TucsonAz.gov/TCC/index.htm http://www.Arts.Arizona.edu/dance http://www.RhythmandRoots.org http://www.BroadwayinTucson.com http://www.UAPresents.org http://www.FoxTucsonTheatre.org http://www.ArtMuseum.Arizona.edu http://www.ImagoDeiSchool.org http://www.InvisibleTheatre.com http://www.BoysChorus.org http://www.ZUZIMoveIt.org http://www.UnscrewedComedy.com

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