“Pinkalicious”: Pinkalicious Pinkerton gets in a pickle when she eats too many pink cupcakes in this Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre production for children. The buffet opens an hour before the show and serves kid-friendly food including chicken fingers, pizza, corn dogs, sliders, macaroni and cheese, pudding and more.

The musical “The Will Rogers Follies” uses the backdrop of the Ziegfield Follies to tell the story of famed humorist Will Rogers. Jarret Mallon will don the cowboy hat and play Rogers again for a third time in Arizona Broadway Theatre’s production, which opens Friday in Peoria.

In 1912 “Tarzan of the Apes,” by Edgar Rice Burroughs, was first published in “All Story Magazine” — spawning two-dozen sequels, along with multiple film and comic book adaptations. Now 100 years later, the jungle man himself swings to the stage in “Tarzan,” a musical adaptation of the popular Disney film. After ending a nearly 500-performance run on Broadway in 2007, a revamped and innovative new production hits the Arizona Broadway Theatre beginning today.

In 1912 “Tarzan of the Apes,” by Edgar Rice Burroughs, was first published in “All Story Magazine” — spawning two-dozen sequels, along with multiple film and comic book adaptations. Now 100 years later, the jungle man himself swings to the stage in “Tarzan,” a musical adaptation of the popular Disney film. After ending a nearly 500-performance run on Broadway in 2007, a revamped and innovative new production hits the Arizona Broadway Theatre beginning today.

The lights will go up only so many more times at The Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre. The Mesa venue announced this week that it will close July 30. Its owners, meanwhile, are working to reopen the space under a new business model — and potential new name — in October.

Michael LaMasa dons the fedora, trench coat and an umbrella as he splashes his way through the stage version of the classic Hollywood film “Singin’ in the Rain.”

Arizona Broadway Theatre will present “Remember Patsy Cline,” a musical concert tribute to Patsy Cline.

Arizona Broadway Theatre will present “The Full Monty” April 22 through May 2.

Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with a cast of six performers, who will entertain with a sleighful of Christmas songs and humor from traditional favorites to new standards. 

Kiel Klaphake, Arizona Broadway Theatre’s executive producer, with the help of 16 unsuspecting audience members, announced ABT’s lineup of productions for its upcoming seventh season.

Kiel Klaphake, Arizona Broadway Theatre’s executive producer, with the help of 16 unsuspecting audience members, announced ABT’s lineup of productions for its upcoming seventh season.

Kiel Klaphake, Arizona Broadway Theatre’s executive producer, with the help of 16 unsuspecting audience members, announced ABT’s lineup of productions for its upcoming seventh season.

Scandalous femme fatales, an iconic heroine, musicians incognito, singing nuns and gospel virtuosos comprise the tenth anniversary season at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre at 5247 E. Brown Road in Mesa.

NEW YORK - Song and dance returned to Broadway as striking musicians ended a four-day walkout that shut down nearly every musical on the Great White Way in a dispute over the size of the shows' orchestras.

NEW YORK - Katie Holmes is looking to bounce back from a box-office flop with her Broadway debut.

NEW YORK - Broadway came back to life Thursday as stage-starved fans lined up in the cold for tickets and theaters reopened their doors following a 19-day stagehands strike that took a big toll on the local economy.

NEW YORK - Contract talks between Broadway producers and the actors' union broke down, but a strike was immediately avoided when the union said actors would keep performing on Monday.