Citizen Staff Writer
SPRING ARTS PREVIEW

BALLET TUCSON

903-1445, www.ballettucson.org Stevie Eller Dance Theatre in the School of Dance, University of Arizona, unless noted

“Roots of Choreography Showcase,” Feb. 25

“Dance & Dessert,” March 14-16

“Cinderella,” Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd., May 10-11

DESERTVIEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

38759 S. Mountain View Blvd. (in SaddleBrooke)

520-818-1000, www.tickets.saddlebrookemv countryclub.com

New Dawn Singers and Dancers, Feb. 28

Ballet Tucson, April 5

FUNHOUSE MOVEMENT THEATER

749-1221, www.members.cox.net/newart/ dancetucson.htm Performances at Pima Community College Center for the Arts, 2202 W. Anklam Road

“Dancing By Moonlight,” April 11-12

NEW ARTICULATIONS

250-4664, www.newarticulations.org

“We Are What We Eat,” spring show, details to be announced

O-T-O DANCE

624-3799, www.orts.org Stevie Eller Dance Theatre in the School of Dance, University of Arizona

“Flying, Films & Dance,” June 20-21

PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DANCE

206-6986, www.pima.edu/cfa Center for the Arts, West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road

“Dance Tales: Snow White and the Hip Hop Dwarfs,” May 8-10

THOM LEWIS DANCE

798-1113 Stevie Eller Dance Theatre in the School of Dance, University of Arizona

“Premier Concert,” March 7-8

TUCSON REGIONAL BALLET

882-0862, www.tucsonregionalballet.org Leo Rich Theater, 260 S. Church Ave.

“The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” April 19-20 (three performances)

UA SCHOOL OF DANCE

621-4698, web.cfa.arizona.edu/dance Stevie Eller Dance Theatre in the School of Dance, University of Arizona, unless noted

“Premium Blend,” Feb. 21-24, Feb. 29, March 1, Centennial Hall

“Spring Collection,” April 24-25, May 2-4

“The Launch,” May 1, May 3

UAPRESENTS

621-3341, www.uapresents.org Performances in Centennial Hall at the University of Arizona

Moiseyev Dance Company, Feb. 4

“Giselle,” St. Petersburg Ballet, Feb. 9

Forever Tango, Feb. 19

“Premium Blend” by the School of Dance, University of Arizona, Feb. 21-24, Feb. 29, March 1

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Feb. 26

Evidence, A Dance Company, March 11

Parsons Dance, April 3

ZUZI DANCE

629-0237, www.zuzimoveit.org Performances at Zuzi’s Theatre, 738 N. Fifth Ave.

“Gotta Have HeART,” Feb. 15-16

“Best of ZUZI! 10th Anniversary Gala,” March 8

“ZUZI! Spring Concert,” April 25-26, May 2-3

CRITIC’S PICK

UApresents has always set the pace for Tucson’s lovers of dance, booking companies with imaginative and extreme choreography. Forever Tango will continue that tradition, but let’s also greet the spring with high expectations for Russia’s St. Petersburg Ballet bringing us the evergreen “Giselle.”

CHUCK GRAHAM

Gannett News Service
SPRING ARTS PREVIEW

JAN. 25

“Be Kind, Rewind” (PG-13): Jack Black and Mos Def remake films lost when Black’s brain becomes magnetized. Hmm.

“How She Move” (PG-13): Tre Armstrong stars as a competitive step-dancer.

“Meet the Spartans” (PG-13): Another spoof of current films. Carmen Electra, uh, stars.

“Rambo” (R): Sylvester Stallone returns as a presumably longer-in-the-tooth John Rambo. What else do you need to know?

“Untraceable” (R): Diane Lane stars as an FBI agent hunting a serial killer who kills victims via the Web. Yes, it sounds weird, perhaps watching the trailer can clarify. www.sonypictures.com/movies/untraceable

FEB. 1

“The Eye” (PG-13): Yet another remake of a Japanese horror film, this one with Jessica Alba.

“Over Her Dead Body” (PG-13): Eva Longoria Parker (yes, she’s taken her husband’s name officially) hits the big screen in a ghost story.

“Strange Wilderness” (R): Jonah Hill and Justin Long in a comedy about trying to find Bigfoot.

FEB. 8

“Fool’s Gold” (PG-13): Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey star in a romantic adventure.

“Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins” (PG-13): Martin Lawrence as an L.A. talk-show host who returns to the Deep South.

FEB. 14

“Definitely, Maybe” (PG-13): Romantic comedy with Ryan Reynolds as a political consultant, Abigail Breslin as his daughter.

“Jumper” (PG-13): Hayden Christensen finds he is able to teleport, or “jump,” anywhere. Not everyone is amused.

“Step Up 2 the Streets” (not yet rated): Students find love at the Maryland School of the Arts.

FEB. 15

“George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead” (R): Students making a zombie movie run into the real thing.

“The Spiderwick Chronicles” (PG): Big-screen version of the popular books. Alternate universe, all that.

FEB. 22

“Charlie Bartlett” (R): Anton Yelchin makes himself his school’s psychiatrist at his new school.

“Vantage Point” (not yet rated): Attempted assassination told from different points of view, with a big-name cast (Dennis Quaid, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver).

“Witless Protection” (PG-13): Jenny McCarthy comedy; puns relating to title withheld.

FEB. 29

“The Other Boleyn Girl” (PG-13): Period piece with Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson.

“City of Men” (R): Follow-up to City of God, with the two friends caught in the midst of a drug war in Rio de Janeiro.

“Semi-Pro” (not yet rated): The return, after months of not seeing him except online, of Will Ferrell as the owner-player of a professional basketball team.

MARCH 7

“10,000 B.C.” (PG-13): Prehistoric fellow saves his tribe.

“The Accidental Husband” (PG-13): Jeffrey Dean Morgan wants revenge after radio host Uma Thurman tells his girlfriend to dump him.

“The Bank Job” (R): Bank-heist film based on a true story, with Jason Statham.

“College Road Trip” (not yet rated): Raven stars as a girl looking for the right college, Martin Lawrence as her protective father.

MARCH 14

“Big Stan” (not yet rated): Rob Schneider hires a martial arts expert to prepare for prison.

“Funny Games” (R): Psychos take a family hostage. With Naomi Watts.

“Horton Hears a Who!” (not yet rated): Big-screen, animated version of the Dr. Seuss classic, with voices of Jim Carrey, Carol Burnett, Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen.

“Pride and Glory” (not yet rated): Edward Norton and Colin Farrell as New York cops on opposite ends of a scandal.

“Sleepwalking” (R): An 11-year-old girl (AnnaSophia Robb) is abandoned by her mother. Directed by Bill Maher.

MARCH 19

“Inkheart” (PG): Brendan Fraser can summon characters from books. No good can come of this.

MARCH 21

“Drillbit Taylor” (not yet rated): Kids hire a bodyguard. Owen Wilson’s return to the screen; Seth Rogen co-wrote the script.

“Shutter”: (PG-13): Horror film with Joshua Jackson and Rachael Taylor.

“Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns” (not yet rated): Angela Bassett in the prolific Perry’s latest, about meeting her late father’s family for the first time.

MARCH 28

“21″ (PG-13): Kevin Spacey stars in the story of the MIT card counters who won millions in Vegas casinos.

“Run, Fat Boy, Run” (PG-13): Simon Pegg leaves his fiancee, then realizes years later it was a mistake.

“Stop Loss” (R): Ryan Phillippe as a soldier who refuses to return to Iraq.

“Superhero Movie” (not yet rated): “Airplane!” director takes on caped crusaders and the like.

APRIL 4

“Leatherheads” (not yet rated): George Clooney directs this film about 1920s football. Good cast, too, with Renee Zellweger and John Krasinski (Jim on TV’s “The Office”).

“Nim’s Island” (not yet rated): Magical island, missing people and more. Jodie Foster stars.

“The Ruins” (not yet rated): Scary-movie doings at a Mexican archaeological dig.

“Wild Child” (not yet rated): Emma Roberts is packed off to boarding school.

APRIL 11

“College” (R): No one you’ve ever heard of stars in this comedy about high-school students visiting a college campus.

“Prom Night” (PG-13): Brittany Snow stars in a slasher flick.

APRIL 18

“Baby Mama” (not yet rated): “Saturday Night Live” vets Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reunite for a comedy about an infertile businesswoman.

“Forbidden Kingdom” (not yet rated): Jet Li and Jackie Chan team up for the first time.

“The Rocker” (not yet rated): Josh Gad stars as a washed-up drummer drumming for the big time again (rim shot).

APRIL 25

“Amusement” (PG-13): Not so amusing: A killer is after three women, none of whom you’d recognize.

“Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay” (not yet rated): John Cho and Kal Penn return, as does – best of all – Neil Patrick Harris, as himself. The plot, if it matters, finds Harold and Kumar suspected of being terrorists.

“The List” (R): Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman in a thriller set against the backdrop of a sex club.

- BILL GOODYKOONTZ

Gannett News Service

Citizen Staff Writer
SPRING ARTS PREVIEW

ARIZONA ONSTAGE PRODUCTIONS

270-3332, www.arizonaonstage.org Performance dates and venues to be announced.

A reprise run of the musical “Bark!” is being negotiated with the company holding the publishing rights.

“Sunday in the Park with George” Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, in July.

ARIZONA ROSE THEATRE

888-0509, www.arizonarose.cc Performances at the Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway Blvd.

“Robin Hood: A New Musical,” Feb. 16, 17, 22-24

“Mystic Window,” April 19, 20

ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY

884-8210, www.arizonatheatre.org Performances at the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave.

“To Kill A Mockingbird,” adapted to the stage by Christopher Sergel, March 1-22

“The Clean House” by Sarah Ruhl, April 5-26

BEOWULF ALLEY THEATRE COMPANY

882-0555, www.beowulfalley.org Performances at Beowulf Alley Theatre, 11 S. Sixth Ave.

“Arcadia” by Tom Stoppard, March 22-April 13

“Humble Boy” by Charlotte Jones, May 10-June 1

BORDERLANDS THEATER

882-7406, www.borderlandstheater.org Performance venues as noted.

“Topsy Turvy Mouse” by Peter Gil-Sheridan, Beowulf Alley Theatre, 11 S. Sixth Ave., Feb. 14-March 2

“School of the Americas” by Jose Rivera, Zuzi’s Theater, 738 N. Fifth Ave., March 27-April 13

BROADWAY IN TUCSON

903-BWAY, www.broadwayintucson.com Performances in the Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave.

“Defending the Caveman,” Feb. 1-3 (five performances)

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Feb. 19-24

“Cats,” May 13-18 (rescheduled from April 22-27)

CATALINA PLAYERS

800-838-3006 for tickets, www.catalinaplayers.org Performances at Atria Bell Court Gardens, 6653 E. Carondelet Drive

“Twilight of the Golds” by Jonathan Tolins, April 4-26

“Months on End” by Craig Pospisil, June 6-28

CHAMBER MUSIC PLUS SOUTHWEST

400-5439, www.cmpsouthwest.org Performances at the Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway Blvd.

“A Beautiful Deception: from Impressionism to Surrealism,” Feb. 9

“Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About American Classical Music & American Jazz in 89 1/2 Minutes But Were Afraid to Ask,” March 23

DESERT VIEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

38759 S. Mountain View Blvd. (in SaddleBrooke), 520-818-1000, www.tickets.saddlebrookemvcountry club.com

“El Capitan Colorado” by Carollin Callery, March 5

“Witness for the Prosecution,” March 12

“Mr. Roberts” performed by the Top Hat Theatre Club, April 23

“Still Life – Frida Kahlo & Georgia O’Keeffe,” April 27

“Tinsel Town” performed by the Top Hat Theatre Club, May 21

THE GASLIGHT THEATRE

886-9428, www.thegaslighttheatre.com Performances at The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway

Mainstage Series

“The Lone Stranger” or “Trigger Happy,” playing through March 22

“Arizona Smith and the Relic of Doom” or “Safari So Good,” March 27-May 31

“Beach Blanket Be-Bop” or “That’s for Surfin’,” June 5-Aug. 23

Monday Night Series

“It’s Magic,” Jan. 28, March 10

“Love Me Tender” by Robert Shaw, Feb. 11 (two shows)

“How Great Thou Art,” Elvis’ gospel music favorites by Robert Shaw, Mar. 17, April 14

“Mariachi Extravaganza,” Feb. 18

Los Gallegos, April 21

Armen Dirtadian and Friends, Feb. 4, April 7

Big Band Express, Feb. 25, March 31, April 28

Robert Shaw and Armen Dirtadian, March 3

INVISIBLE THEATRE

882-9721, www.invisibletheatre.com Performances at Invisible Theatre, 1400 N. First Ave.

“Natives” by Janet Neipris, Feb. 20-March 9

“25 Questions – A Comedy for Anyone With a Mother!” starring Judy Gold, March 29-30

“Bingo – A Winning New Musical” by Michael Heitzman, Ilene Reid and David Holcenberg, May 7-25

Play-reading Series

“Dean the Sublime,” March 10-11

“Secret Things,” March 17-18

LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP

327-4242, www.livetheatreworkshop.org Performances at Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway Blvd.

“Private Lives” by Noel Coward, now playing through Feb. 17

“Dancing at Lughnasa” by Brian Friel, Feb. 21-March 30

“Perfect Crime” by Warren Manzi, April 3-May 4

“Home” by David Storey, May 8-June 8

PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE THEATRE ARTS

206-6986, www.pima.edu/cfa Performances at the Center for the Arts, West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road

“Wonderful Town” by Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Feb. 20-March 2

“Buried Child” by Sam Shepherd, April 9-20

RED BARN THEATER COMPANY

622-6937, www.theredbarntheater.com Performances at the Red Barn Theater, 948 N. Main Ave.

“The Odd Couple” by Neil Simon, March 7-23

REDONDO MUSIC THEATRE

615-1130, tickets via Tucson Convention Center box office. Performances in the Leo Rich Theatre, 260 S. Church Ave.

“Cabaret,” March 14-16

“Kismet,” May 2-11

ROGUE THEATRE

551-2053, www.theroguetheatre.org Performance venues as noted.

“Happy Days” by Samuel Beckett, Cabaret Theatre in the Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave., Feb. 8-9

“Red Noses” by Peter Barnes, Zuzi’s Theatre, 738 N. Fifth Ave., March 27-April 13

TOP HAT THEATRE CLUB

326-6800, www.tophattheatreclub.com Performances at Top Hat Theatre Club, 3110 E. Fort Lowell Road.

“Oscar & Felix,” Feb. 1-24

“Witness for the Prosecution” by Agatha Christie, Feb. 29-March 22

“Tinsel Town” by James Mitchell Gooden, March 28-April 27

“Breaking Legs” by Tom Dulack, April 25-May 18

“Relatively Speaking” by Alan Ayckbourn, May 23-June 15

TUCSON THEATRICAL MIME THEATRE

990-7425, www.theatricalmimetheatre.org Stevie Eller Theatre, University of Arizona School of Dance

“Mythos: Journey Toward What End,” Jan. 25 and 27

UAPRESENTS

621-3341, www.uapresents.org Performances in Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd.

“In the Mood,” revue, March 30

“The Mikado” by Gilbert and Sullivan, April 19

“100 Years of Hollywood,” revue, April 23

UA SCHOOL OF THEATER ARTS’

ARIZONA REPERTORY THEATRE

621-1162, www.uatheatre.org Performance venues as noted.

“The Miracle Worker” by William Gibson, Marroney Theatre, Feb. 10-March 2

“Titus Andronicus” by William Shakespeare, Tornabene Theatre, March 2-30

“Urinetown” by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann, Marroney Theatre, April 13-May 4

Without a high-profile touring Broadway show such as “The Lion King” to soak up everyone’s attention this spring, local theater companies have a chance to shine even brighter. There are lots of clever entertainment choices out there, such as Broadway in Tucson’s reprise of “Defending the Caveman,” but for political punch I’m picking Borderlands Theater’s production of “School of the Americas” by Jose Rivera.

CHUCK GRAHAM

CRITIC’S PICK

Citizen Staff Writer
SPRING ARTS PREVIEW

UA POETRY CENTER

626-3765, poetrycenter.arizona.edu The University of Arizona Poetry Center hosts its reading series at the Helen S. Schaefer Building, 1508 E. Helen St., unless noted otherwise.

Francisco X. Alarcón, lecture: “El Poder de la Palabra/ The Power of the Word,” Feb. 9

Peter Turchi, lecture: “Maps of the Imagination,” Feb. 19

Taha Muhammad Ali and Peter Cole, reading, March 27

W.S. Merwin, lecture: “On the Natural World,” with live video feed, April 17

Citizen Staff Writer
SPRING ARTS PREVIEW

WXSW Music Festival, The Hut, Plush, Solar Culture, Club Congress (622-8848, ticketweb.com), March 10-11

Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Festival, Pima Community College-Northwest Campus (797-3959, govac.org), March 29-30

Fourth Avenue Spring Street Fair, Fourth Avenue area (fourthavenue.org), April 4-6

Club Crawl, various downtown venues (740-1000, rialtotheatre.com), April 19

Arizona International Film Festival, various movie theaters (882-0204, www.azmac.org), April 18-27

Tucson Madonnari Chalk Festival, Joel D. Valdez Main Library (tucsonmadonnari.com), April 26

Folk Festival, downtown (tkma.org), May 3-4

Oro Valley’s First Ever BBQ and Blues Festival, details to be announced (797-3959, www.govac.org), Memorial Day weekend

Citizen Staff Writer

If Tucson’s spring arts season were a bag of cookies it would be a variety pack. Among the goodies: cavemen, a Latin jazz legend, teenage heartthrobs-pop stars and ballerinas in drag. Embrace the diversity and try something new this year with the planning assistance of our handy 10-page preview.