May 10-11
RENT
Maricopa County Events Center
RENT is more than a show, it's a phenomenon — a theatrical experience that transformed how a generation feels about musicals, changed Broadway forever, and inspired a major motion picture. Now featuring South African Idol winner Heinz Winckler as Roger and American Idol finalist Anwar Robinson as Tom Collins.
www.maricopacountyeventscenter.com
May 18
Echo Magazine’s 2008 Readers’ Choice Awards
5 p.m. at AREA Phoenix
Admission: $25
Find out which businesses, individuals, and organizations are doing an outstanding job, as voted by the readers of Echo.
May
20
The Wedding Singer
Gammage
Auditorium
It’s “one big party” based upon the hit movie. With a
brand new score paying homage to the 1980s, it takes us back to a time when
hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer just might
be the coolest guy in the room. Nominated for 5 Tony Awards.
After the performance: meet the cast.
June 6
BALANCHINE
Phoenix Symphony Hall
With the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, a startling mix
from the father of American Ballet, George Balanchine. Three memorable and
exciting works: the eerie and breathtaking “La Somnambula,” the transformative
“The Four Temperaments” and the Mozart masterpiece “Divertimento No. 15.”
June 8
The Beach Ball,
2 p.m., Radisson Hotel Phoenix City Center, 3600 North Second Avenue
Admission: $15
Echo Magazine’s annual charity swimsuit contest returns, bigger and better than ever!
June 22
George Michael
US Airways Center
Michael returns to the states for the first time in 17 years in support of his new double greatest hits album, Twentyfive. He has said it ill be his last tour of the U.S. ever, so snap up your tickets now!
www.livenation.com
June 25
Cyndi Lauper presents the True Colors Tour
Special guests to be announced
Dodge Theatre
www.ticketmaster.com
Original ‘80s rebel Cyndi Lauper and friends including host Carson Kressley will rock out for five hours to highlight the need for the GLBT community and their straight allies to get out and make their votes count this fall. Proceeds benefit Equality Arizona.
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