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http://www.tucsonmorningblend.com/videos/123756184.html Ann Hampton Callaway   Friday, Jun 24, 2011 “At Last” the Platinum Award-winning incomparable Ann Hampton Callaway will be back with IT in a not-to-be-missed evening and only Tucson appearance! She will touch your heart with her wit and magnificent musical artistry! Invisible Theatre's Sizzling Summer Sounds 2011

Cabaret returns to Arizona Inn NY SINGER BRINGS A COSMOPOLITAN FEEL TO IT EVENT Cabaret returns to Arizona Inn By Cathalena E. Burch Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Friday, June 17, 2011 Invisible Theatre launches its 2011 Sizzling Summer Sounds cabaret concert series this week with two events - "High Standards" with a cast of popular Tucson performers and "An Evening With Ann Hampton Callaway" featuring the critically acclaimed New York cabaret singer. PHOTO COURTESY OF INVISIBLE THEATRE New York cabaret singer Ann Hampton Callaway will perform as part of Invisible Theatre's Sizzling Summer Sounds. "We wanted to be able to showcase world-class talent that lives here and comes in in a setting where people really listen to the music," Claassen said. "I like to say it's a cosmopolitan experience on Tucson time: Have dinner, a cabaret show and hang out with the artists in the lounge and still be home by 10." Performances: "High Standards...

Pure Entertainment | Review | Tucson Weekly Invisible Theatre's Sizzling Summer Sounds series returns to the Arizona Inn by Sherilyn Forrester Over the next month, there are 10 different concerts slated, with most of them featuring multiple performances. Some will showcase the very best of Tucson's musical talent, and some will feature out-of-town headliners in an intimate, cabaret-like setting. After each performance, the audience will be able to mingle with the singers and musicians in the Audubon Lounge. "This is such a special opportunity," says Claassen. "All these folks are so accessible, and they're all people you'd want to know." Jack Neubeck will be featured in Sizzling Summer Sounds on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 21 and 22. Neubeck, joined by Haskell and Katherine Byrnes, will be featured in the first offering, called "High Standards," on June 21 and 22. He can hardly contain his excitement about getting to perform "some ...

Sizzling Summer Sounds (520) 882-9721 June 21-July 16! Sizzling Summer Sounds Presented by the Invisible Theatre 8 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, Tuesday, June 21, through Saturday, July 16 Arizona Inn, 2200 E. Elm St. $35; discounts and packages available 882-9721 Ann Hampton Callaway will bring her mastery of multiple musical styles in for three performances, June 23-25. The award-winning composer/lyricist/singer/pianist/actress will not only sizzle, but with her full-hearted approach to making music, she is sure to smolder as well. Although she now calls New York home, Callaway grew up in the Chicago area and says music was ever-present, so much so that it was "like breathing. I'm really grateful that I experimented with many different art forms, but I felt music was the most beautiful way to draw all the things I love and do into one field of endeavor." Callaway says that she was particularly inspired by Carole King. "Whatever year Tapestry ...

Faux Bard of 'Premier!' tickles | Invisible Theatre A fun script and one of Tucson's favorite actors Posted May 5, 2011, 7:33 pm Dave Irwin TucsonSentinel.com The Invisible Theatre production of “Premier!” is billed as “a charming comedy.” And it certainly is. It also has just enough gravitas in its post-modern musings to make it a bit more than that without interfering with the laughs. Read the entire review here: Faux Bard of 'Premier!' tickles

ART IMITATES SHAKESPEARE IN "PREMIERE!" by Chuck Graham TucsonStage.com Any actor will tell you light comedy is as difficult to pull off as heavy drama. To draw out those gentle laughs while maintaining a buoyant congeniality is to walk a tightrope high above the crowd, that little internal gyroscope spinning faster and faster -- all the while charming everyone with a warm and winning smile. "Premiere!" ups the ante by also asking the actors to keep everyone's attention by talking about how there's no such thing as art. Dallas Thomas generates a magnetic presence as Rebecca, the wife of grumpy albeit very successful playwright Gil Fryman (Robert Anthony Peters). She gets in some convincing mood changes as the ambitious woman who encourages her husband to pass off his work as Shakespeare's own. Then gets antsy when the high-falutin' scam looks like it might actually work. Also making a big impression is Victoria McGee as Professor Justinia Hawkins, th...

THE INVISIBLE THEATRE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR "CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION" "Annie Baker's new play is absorbing, unblinking and sharply funny." -   New York Times Invisible Theatre will hold auditions for the 2011-2012 Season on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 6:00 pm at the Invisible Theatre (1400 N. First Ave at Drachman).  Our 2011-2012 Season includes CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION by Annie Baker.  Performances are slated for November 2 – 20, 2011 and will be directed by Betsy Kruse Craig.  Available roles include Marty (female, 50-60), Lauren (female 14-16), James (Male, 50-60) and Schultz (male, 45-50).  Sides from the play will be available at the Invisible Theatre office. We are also looking for actors for LOOK MA WE'RE DANCING by Janet Neipris and BAKERSFIELD MIST by Steven Sachs.  Directors from these plays will set up individual callbacks.  Please bring a headshot and resume.  Call (520) 882-9721 with your name and phone contact to confi...