Tucson, AZ----Comedy, Broadway and the Classics rule at the Fox in April. Kathy Griffin and Demitri Martin will share their own distinctive takes on life and love and Forbidden Broadway takes us to the comic heart of the theatre world. Suzy Bogguss takes us on a nostalgic trip through country music at its best, Taylor Hicks is sure to bring down the house with his own special brand of soul, blues and rock and roll, and Asleep at the Wheel will perform the American roots music that has kept them relevant for over 50 years. The Tucson Symphony performs on the Fox stage for the first time as they play the soundtrack from the classic Chaplin movie City Lights. Live From Laurel Canyon pays tribute to two iconic songwriting icons, James Taylor and Joni Mitchell and Cinema Tucson presents the acclaimed film The Echo. There’s something for everyone at the Fox! Tickets and additional information at foxtucson.com
April 3, 7:00 pm - Kathy Griffin: My Life on the PTSD-List
Two-time Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian Kathy Griffin is a towering figure on television, on tour and in publishing. She breaks through the entertainment clutter with her universally recognized brand of pull-no-punches comedy. From penning New York Times best-selling books to filling the biggest concert halls around the world on her comedy tours including: three performances at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, The Kodak Theater, the famed Sydney Opera House, and the London Palladium; Kathy has cemented herself as one of the most powerful figures in comedy with her unfiltered, unafraid, and utterly hilarious take on Hollywood – she is a must-see for any stand-up fan.
April 4, 7:30 pm- An Evening with Suzy Bogguss
During the creative explosion that was country music in the 1990s Suzy Bogguss sold 4 million records with sparkling radio hits like Outbound Plane, Someday Soon, Letting Go, Drive South, and Hey Cinderella. But you can’t peg Suzy that easily. Amid her country popularity, she took time off to make a duets album with the legendary Chet Atkins. In 2003 she made an album of modern swing music with Ray Benson of Asleep At The Wheel. An album of original music in 2007 landed her at number 4 on the jazz charts. Her folk music roots show through in her frequent appearances on public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion, in the Grammy she earned for her work on Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster, and in her critically acclaimed album and book project from 2011, American Folk Songbook. In 2014 she released “Lucky”, a collection of songs written by Merle Haggard and interpreted through Suzy’s crystal vocals from the female point of view. Her latest offering, “Prayin’ For Sunshine”, is an Americana tour de force with all songs written by Bogguss.
April 5, 7:30 pm - Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation
The Tony® Award-winning Forbidden Broadway, Gerard Alessandrini’s hilarious musical spoof of Broadway’s biggest shows and brightest stars, will be in Tucson! The show wowed critics when it opened in October, with the New York Times making it a “Critics Pick” and calling it “The Best Edition of Forbidden Broadway in recent memory!”, and NY1 one proclaiming “Seeing Forbidden Broadway feels like all’s right with the world again! Feeling “completely inspired” by the latest crop of Broadway musicals, Alessandrini lampoons The Great White Way’s biggest shows and stars in this edition, which he directed. Gerry McIntyre (Spamilton, Once on this Island, Anything Goes) is the choreographer.
Up to the minute spoofs include comic looks at Moulin Rouge, the all-Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof, Hadestown, this season’s dark Oklahoma! revival, along with Dear Evan Hansen, Tootsie, Beetlejuice, Frozen, and a whole new generation of Broadway stars, plus exciting turns by Bette Midler, Andre de Shields, Bernadette Peters, Lin-Manuel Miranda, plus some classic laughs from The Lion King, Phantom, Les Miz and others. Forbidden Broadway Backlot Party
5:30pm Before the show, join us for a BACKLOT PARTY at Forbidden Broadway!
Celebrate in Big Apple style at our pre-show backlot party, enjoying delicious New York inspired food like candy apple bar, hot dog bar, popcorn, pizza and more, complimentary drinks in the theatre with a wine bar leading into the show, live music with choose your own playlist offerings, an incredible Broadway themed auction and so much more! Don’t miss this unique experience – add backlot tickets at checkout after you pick your seats to the show.
April 6, 7:30 pm - Demetri Martin: The Joke Machine VIP tickets available for this show!
Demetri Martin is a standup comedian, writer, and director. He won the Perrier Award at the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh for his one-man show, If I. At the Melbourne International Comedy festival, his show Dr. Earnest Parrot Presents Demetri Martin won Australia’s Barry Award. Demetri has released three standup comedy albums and four hour-long standup comedy specials, including his latest for Netflix, The Overthinker.
Demetri created and starred in his own television series for Comedy Central called Important Things with Demetri Martin. His books, This Is a Book and Point Your Face at This, are New York Times Best Sellers. His latest book, If It’s Not Funny It’s Art, features a collection of his original drawings. Demetri’s fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine. His first feature film, Dean, won the Founder’s Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival for best narrative American feature film. Demetri has brown hair and he is allergic to peanuts.
April 12, 7:30 pm - Taylor Hicks Night Moves - Performing His Hits & Bob Seger Classics With support from Miss Olivia & the Interlopers
For Taylor Hicks, winning “American Idol’s” blockbuster fifth season was just the beginning. Hailed as “part Stax, part Motown and part honky-tonk” by The New York Times, Hicks’ intoxicating blend of soul, blues, country, and rock ‘n’ roll quickly rendered him a household name as he progressed to the show’s record-breaking finale in 2006, a historic television event which drew an audience of more than 200 million viewers. Hicks immediately followed his “American Idol” victory with a No. 1 Billboard single and an RIAA®-certified platinum debut, and soon went on to make history as both the first male “American Idol” champion featured on a GRAMMY-winning record (Jimmy Fallon’s Blow Your Pants Off), and the first to land a prestigious Las Vegas residency.
A versatile artist, actor and advocate, Hicks has since ventured into theater, television and film, starring in Serenbe Playhouse’s 2019 production of “Shenandoah,” touring as Teen Angel in the popular Broadway musical “Grease” in addition to appearing on “Law & Order: SVU” and hosting the INSP series “State Plate,” which won the Cynopsis TV Award for Best Reality Series (Travel). Hicks’ passion for southern cuisine led him back to his native Alabama, where he opened SAW’s Juke Joint, a restaurant crowned one of the “25 Best Barbecue Spots in America” by Men’s Journal.
April 20, 7:30 pm - City Lights (1931) and Tucson Symphony Orchestra
The Fox Tucson Theatre in partnership with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra are proud to present City Lights. Enjoy a special evening of the orchestra’s live accompaniment to Charlie Chaplin’s masterpiece, all on the Fox stage. City Lights, is a silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street and mistakes him for a millionaire. Be transported to an era of Hollywood where silent film stars make the screen come alive with the added magic of the symphony. TSO is led by conductor José Luis Gomez.
April 21, 7:00 pm- Asleep at the Wheel
For over fifty years, Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson has been traversing the globe as an ambassador of Western swing music and introducing its irresistible sound to generation after generation. More than 100 musicians have passed through the Wheel, but Benson remains the front man and the keeper of the vision, in the process racking up more than 30 albums, ten Grammy awards and literally millions of miles on the road.
Asleep at the Wheel has collaborated on records with genre-spanning friends, including Willie Nelson on 2009’s Grammy Nominated Willie and the Wheel and other critically acclaimed artists, including Brad Paisley, Jamey Johnson, Merle Haggard, George Strait, the Avett Brothers, Amos Lee, Old Crow Medicine Show and Lyle Lovett on Still the King, their 2015 critically acclaimed and Grammy winning tribute to Bob Wills. On their latest release, Half A Hundred Years, Asleep At The Wheel continued their contributions to the American music landscape when three original members of Asleep at the Wheel—Chris O’Connell, Leroy Preston, and Lucky Oceans—returned after 40 years to lend their voices and musicianship to a number of tracks on the album along with Emmylou Harris, Lee Ann Womack, George Strait, Lyle Lovett and Willie Nelson. Asleep at the Wheel represents an important cornerstone of American roots music, even though some of its members and audiences represent a new generation. That far-reaching appeal remains a testament to Benson’s initial vision.
April 24, 7pm – The Echo Presented by Cinema Tucson
Directed by Tatiana Huezo (Mexico/Germany, 2023, 102 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the Berlin, Chicago and Morelia film festivals, the most recent work by Mexican-Salvadoran Tatiana Huezo (Prayers for the Stolen) is an epic, intimate, and lyrical portrayal of life set in a small rural mountain village. Teenagers take care of her sheep and their elders, and while the frost and drought punish the land, they learn to understand death, illness, and love with every single act.
El Eco
Dirigida por Tatiana Huezo. (México/Alemania, 2023, 102 min. En español con subtítulos en inglés) Ganador del Premio al Mejor Documental en los festivales de cine de Berlín, Chicago y Morelia, el trabajo más reciente de la mexicano-salvadoreña Tatiana Huezo (Noche de fuego) es un retrato épico, íntimo y lírico de la vida ambientada en un pequeño pueblo rural de montaña. Los adolescentes cuidan de sus adultos mayores y de sus ovejas, a la vez que las heladas y la sequía castigan la tierra, ellos aprenden a comprender la muerte, la enfermedad y el amor con cada acto.
April 28, 7:00 pm - Live from Laurel Canyon: James & Joni: Their Stories, Their Songs
This show chronicles the careers of two songwriting icons: James Taylor and Joni Mitchell presented in the style of Live from Laurel Canyon with narrated stories about their lives and the songs you know and love. We present a selection of songs from their vast careers, from the early days to their later hits. “James & Joni: Their Stories, Their Songs” premiered at the MIM Music Theater in Phoenix, AZ on Sunday August 28th, 2022, to a sold out crowd.
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