Arts on the Town

The newly named executive director of the Symphony of the Southwest, Alycia de Mesa, talks about the group’s transition from its original brand, The Mesa Symphony.

Mesa Symphony is now “Symphony of the Southwest”

Garry Marshall has done about everything there is to do in show business — act, write, direct, produce. But he is probably best known for creating a certain ’70s hit TV series that transported viewers back to the 1950s and introduced us all to The Fonz.? “Happy Days” is back as a new stage musical, and ASU Gammage has it for one week: Nov. 18 – 23. Before you go, check out our interview with Marshall, the man behind the TV show — and the musical.

Garry Marshall’s “Happy Days”

Puppeteer Basil Twist joins The Phoenix Symphony this week for a Stravinsky favorite, “Petrouchka.” The 1911 original used dancers to portray puppets. Twist will portray the puppets with…puppets.

Puppeteer Basil Twist and “Petrouchka”

It’s not a drag show, exactly, but actor-singer Alan Palmer portrays Ethel Merman, Julie Andrews, Mary Martin, Carol Channing, Patti Lupone and many others in the new show, “Alan Palmer’s Divas of Broadway,” now playing in Gilbert, Arizona.

Alan Palmer’s “Broadway Divas”

Pianist Jeffrey Siegel talks about his popular “Keyboard Conversations” series at Scottsdale Center for the Arts, and about his program this month focusing on Beethoven.

Jeffrey Siegel’s “Keyboard Conversations”