Arts and Entertainment
Arizona
Opera
Since
its' beginning in 1971, the Arizona Opera has made Tucson its'
home. It has grown in performances and support throughout
the years and now has fully staffed offices in Tucson and Phoenix
with a subscriber base of over 10,000.
Ballet
Arizona
Founded in 1986, Ballet Arizona is one of Arizona's largest performing-arts
companies. One of it's annual performances, The Nutcracker
is performed at Symphony Hall.
Childsplay
A theatre for young audiences and families..... The theatre was
founded and organized in 1977 by artistic director David Saar,
and performed its' first play, Sense and Nonsense.
In 2001, the theatre received the Arizona Governor's Arts Award
for Arts-in-Education.
Heard Museum
USA Today describes the Heard Museum as "the nation's
most prestigious private Indian arts center." It's
origin goes back to 1929 when Dwight and Maie Heard founded the
museum to house their collection of cultural and fine art.
The
Phoenix Symphony
The 75 member Phoenix Symphony offers a wide range of musical
presentation, including Classics, Symphony Pops, Chamber
Orchestra, and Family oriented presentations. The Symphony
was founded in 1947 and participates in over 250 concerts and
presentations per year.
Phoenix Art
Museum
The
museum opened in 1959 and currently hosts over 17,000 works of
American, Asian, European, Latin American, modern and contemporary,
and Western American art in a 160,000 sq.ft. building. A
$42.1 million expansion of scheduled to be completed in the spring
of 2006.
Arizona
Theatre Company
Gammage
Autitorium - ASU
Herberger
Theater Center
Actors
Theatre of Phoenix
Mystery Castle
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