THEATER

Performances at the Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theatre. 883-8246.

• "Dirty Secrets" — Today through Sept. 14. The thriller by Joe Marshall pokes fun at gay stereotypes.

• "The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever" — Dec. 12-21. The world premiere of Joe Marshall's play.

Arizona Repertory Theatre

Performances at the Tornabene or Marroney theaters in the University of Arizona Fine Arts Complex. 621-1162.

• "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" — Through Sept. 14. Tennessee Williams' classic about family manipulations and lies.

• "Love's Labour's Lost" — Oct. 12-Nov. 2. William Shakespeare's romantic comedy about a king and his lords taking a vow of celibacy — good for three years.

• "Company" — Nov. 9-Dec. 7. Stephen Sondheim's musical about wedded bliss and dysfunctional relationships.

Arizona Onstage Productions

Performances at various locations. 882-6574 and www.arizonaonstage.org.

• "Songs for a New World" — Through Sunday. Jason Robert Brown has described his musical as "about one moment. It's about hitting the wall and having to make a choice." Performances at the Pima Community College Proscenium Theatre.

• "Lost" — Oct. 30-Nov. 2. A pop chamber opera by Jessica Grace Wing and Kirk Wood Bromley. Performances at Zuzi Theater.

Arizona Rose Theatre

Performances at The Berger Performing Arts Center. www.arizonarose.cc or 888-0509.

• "Mystic Window" — Saturday through Sept. 14. This original musical is about a young man in search of the meaning of life.

• "Holiday Portrait" — Dec. 13-14. The portrait is painted with song.

Arizona Theatre Company

Performances at the Temple of Music and Art. 622-2823, www.aztheatreco.org.

• "Enchanted April" — Sept. 13-Oct. 4. Matthew Barber's adaptation of Elizabeth Von Arnim's novel about four woman who flee the wet days of England for a sunny month in Italy.

• "The Lady With All the Answers" — Oct. 18-Nov. 8. David Rambo's one-woman play about Ann Landers, who finds herself struggling with a problem many of her readers have had: divorce.

• "Hair" — Nov. 29-Dec. 20. The rock musical with book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot is about hippies in the 1960s counterculture.

• "A Raisin in the Sun" — Jan. 10-31. Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 classic piece about a Chicago family was the first play written by a black woman produced on Broadway.

Beowulf Alley Theatre

Performances at Beowulf. 882-0555, www.beowulfalley.org.

• "Wait Until Dark" — Sept. 26-Oct. 12. Frederick Knott's thriller about a blind woman trying to outwit drug smugglers who have broken into her home.

• "Noche de los Muertos" — Oct. 31-Nov. 16. The world premiere of Tucsonan Gavin Kayner's historical drama.

• "Dinner with Friends" — Jan. 9-25. Donald Marguiles' Pulitzer Prize winning-play about two married couples.

BorderlandsTheater

Performances at various locations. 882-7406.

• "Blind Date" — Oct. 9-19. Mario Diament's play about intersecting times and lives. Performances at Zuzi Theater.

• "A Tucson Pastorela" — Dec. 11-21. The Christmas story with lots of local touches. Borderlands' "Pastorela" has become a tradition. Max Branscomb pens the script. Performances at Leo Rich Theatre.

Broadway in Tucson/ A Nederlander Presentation

Performances at Tucson Music Hall. 321-1000..

• "Rain — The Beatles Experience" — Dec. 2-7. A multimedia production with music The Beatles made famous, historical footage and 1960s television commercials.

• "Jesus Christ Superstar" — Dec. 30-Jan. 4. Andrew Lloyd Webber's best musical makes a return visit.

Da Vinci Players

Performances at Studio Connections. 731-1559 or www.studioconnections.net.

• "Working: The Musical" — Thursday through Sept. 21. Stephen Schwartz's musical adaptation of Studs Terkel's book, "Working."

• "The Dining Room" — December 11-21. A.R. Gurney's series of vignettes set around a dining room table.

Etcetera

Live Theatre Workshop's late-night series. Performances at Live Theatre Workshop. 327-4242.

• "Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead" — Through Sept. 20.This Bert V. Royal parody imagines the "Peanuts" characters as teens.

• "Savage in Limbo" — Oct. 10-25. John-Patrick Shanley's tragicomedy about a group of non-achievers exploring their dreams.

• "The Santaland Diaries" and "Season's Greetings" — Nov. 28-Dec. 13. Joe Mantello's adaptation of David Sedaris' comic holiday tales.

• "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" — Jan. 9-24. John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask's funny and poignant tale about a troubled and gifted songwriter.

Festival Repertory Theatre

Performances at the Cabaret Theatre, Temple of Music and Art. 529-3829.

• "The Cemetery Club" — Oct. 10-19. Ivan Menchell's comedy about three widows.

The Gaslight Theatre

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

• "Frankenstein Lives, or The Jolt's on You!"— Through Nov. 1. Victor Frankenstein tries to create a man and a monster emerges. No doubt singing.

• "A Small Town Christmas" — Nov. 6-Jan. 3. Gaslight takes us back to Christmas 1961, to a tiny town where the holiday spirit has gone missing.

Invisible Theatre

Performances at Invisible Theatre, unless otherwise noted. 882-9721.

• "Dixie's Tupperware Party" — Sept. 16-Oct. 5. Dixie sells her wares while telling outrageous tales. The Tucson performances launch the national tour for this comedy.

• "Gunmetal Blues" — Dec. 2-21. The musical pays tribute to the art of theatrical storytelling. By Scott Wentworth, with music and lyrics by Craig Bohmler and Marion Adler.

• "Marilyn Forever Blonde" — Jan. 10-11. Greg Thompson penned this piece, using Marilyn Monroe's words to tell her story. Performances at the Berger Performing Arts Center.

Live Theatre Workshop

Performances at Live Theatre. 327-4242. 

• "Educating Rita" — Through Sept. 28. A hairdresser yearning for education meets up with a disillusioned tutor. By Willy Russell.

• "Funny Money" — Oct. 2-Nov. 9. Ray Cooney's comedy about a dweebish kind of guy who finds himself with a briefcase full of cash.

• "Design for Murder" — Nov. 13-Dec. 14. A suspense story in the Agatha Christie tradition by George Batson.

• "Beau Jest" — Dec. 18-Jan. 25. A comedy about a nice Jewish girl whose parents want her to marry a nice Jewish boy, so she hires an actor to portray her beau. By James Sherman.

Old Pueblo Playwrights

Performances at Live Theatre Workshop. 623-8234..

• "Deleted Scenes from the Bible" — Nov. 21-22.

Pima Community College

Performances at the PCC Center for the Arts, 206-6986.

• "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" — Nov. 5-16. Steve Martin's comedy about an imagined meeting between Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso.

Red Barn Theater

Performances at the Red Barn, 622-6973.

• "Oklahoma" — Sept. 19-Oct. 5. The Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein musical.

• "Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got the Will" — Nov. 7-23. Del Shores' Southern fried comedy.   

Redondo Music Theatre

Performances at the Leo Rich Theatre. 615-1130, www.redondomusictheatre.com.

• "Fiddler on the Roof" — Nov. 6-9. The musical by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joseph Stein is set in 1905 czarist Russia.

Rogue Theatre

Performances at various locations. 551-2053, www.TheRogueTheatre.org.

• "Six Characters in Search of an Author" — Sept. 18-Oct. 5. Tucsonan Patrick Baliani's new translation of Luigi Pirandello's play about actors who are persuaded to act out the life stories of six characters. Performances at Zuzi Theater.

• "Happy Days" — Oct. 31-Nov. 2.Rogue remounts its popular production of Samuel Beckett's play. Performances at Pima Community College Center for the Arts' Proscenium Theatre.

Rogue After Curfew

Late-night performance arm of Rogue Theatre. 551-2053. Performances at Zuzi Theater.

• "Cigarettes and Chocolate" — Sept. 18-Oct. 4. The story of a woman who, suddenly and inexplicably, gives up speaking.

Top Hat Theatre Club

Performances at Top Hat. 326-6800.

• "The Nerd" — Oct. 3-Nov. 16. Larry Shue's hilarious comedy about an Army buddy who shows up unexpectedly and drives everyone nuts.

• "Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol" — Nov. 28-Dec. 30. A musical retelling of Dicken's classic holiday tale.

• "The Sunshine Boys" — Jan. 2-Feb. 8. Neil Simon's play about two cranky vaudevillians who are reunited for a television special.

UApresents

Performances at Centennial Hall. 621-3341.

• "All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914" — Dec. 4. Letters and song re-enact the World War I moment when soldiers from Germany crossed enemy lines to celebrate Christmas with British troops.

The Unlikely Theater Company

Venues and specific dates to be announced. 977-5218.

• "Hope" — October. Jem Street's play about a possible congressional candidate who must come to terms with the past — and the future.

• "And Then She Left Me" — November. Alice Trumbo's piece about a young man whose girlfriend has left him and he hires a documentary filmmaker to help him find out why.

Waypoint Theatre Company

Performances at Atria's Bell Garden Academy Hall Theatre, 6653 E. Carondelet Drive. 742-9079.

"It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Show" — Dec. 4-14. The classic movie adapted for the stage by Joe Landry. A co-production with Catalina Players.

Out of town

Broadway in Arizona

Performances at Gammage Auditorium at Arizona State University, Tempe. 321-1000.

• "A Chorus Line" — Through Sunday. Michael Bennett's classic musical about dancers is on tour again.

• "The Rat Pack — Alive at the Sands" — Oct. 14-19. The songfest, which made a stop in Tucson last season, re-creates a Las Vegas show with the members of the Rat Pack.

• "Happy Days" — Nov. 18-23. The television show in musical theater format. Written by Garry Marshall and Paul Williams.

• "Spring Awakening" — Dec. 9-14. A rock 'n' roll coming-of-age musical by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater.

• "The Lion King" — Jan.2-Feb. 8. The elaborate musical based on the Disney film.