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Tempe Center for the Arts
700 W. Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe AZ 85281
Phone 480-350-2TCA (2822)
Fax 480-858-7710
E-mail tcaboxoffice@tempe.gov
Tempe Comedy Concert Series: Funny Times 10 9:30 p.m., May 3 Arizona is known for having the funniest local comedy scene in the country. Ten of the best show their stuff in a no-holds-barred standup comedy showdown. The best handpicked comics perform in a high speed round robin. Every show is different and showcases different comics. Don't miss this show; it is packed with laughs.
--------------------------------------------- Tempe Comedy Concert Series: Gert the Joke Lady 7:30 p.m., May 17 At 92 years young, Gert the Joke Lady is just getting warmed up. As a youth, she escaped from Nazi-occupied Austria and came to America. She worked with Paul Newman and Margaret Hamilton in the 1950s and appeared in a number of episodes of the popular television show "Route 66" in the 1960s. Recently, she opened for Debbie Reynolds and has been featured on several national radio and television stations. Don't miss this national treasure.
Tempe Comedy Concert Series: Funny Times 10 9:30 p.m., May 17 Arizona is known for having the funniest local comedy scene in the country. Ten of the best show their stuff in a no-holds-barred standup comedy showdown. The best handpicked comics perform in a high speed round robin. Every show is different and showcases different comics. Don't miss this show; it's packed with laughs. ---------------------------------------- Tempe Comedy Concert Series: Stand Up Gals 7:30 p.m., May 24 In the male-dominated world of Stand-up Comedy, these women have shattered the glass ceiling. Have a great night of laughter with some of the funniest females on the comedy scene today.
Tempe Comedy Concert Series: Insane and Sober 9:30 p.m., May 24 These guys do not drink, but after you see them, you may want to start. Rob Sector presents a case of loveable miscreants trying to stay on the straight and narrow. This show is hilarious and appeals to young and old, sober and not so sober alike. Support these comics as they live one day at a time and hopefully do not die one joke at a time. ----------------------------------------
Tempe Comedy Concert Series: Tony Vicich Lakeside 7:30 p.m., May 31 Veteran comic Tony Vicich has been making people laugh or demand their money back since 1985. As a national touring stand-up comic, Vicich has made crowds laugh in clubs and theaters in every state in the country and in two cities in Canada. His television credits include A&E, Showtime, MTV, Comedy Central, Fox and TNN (and a bunch of other stuff that isn't on the air anymore). Vicich has written for and guided the careers of many comics who have not gone anywhere and a few who have.
Tempe Comedy Concert Series: Kevin O'Dea Lakeside 9:30 p.m., May 31 Kevin O'Dea is the host of the wildly successful Comedy Circus playing at the TCA. See him leave the hosting duties to someone else and headline the show. No one engages an audience better than this New Jersey put-down artist. Most people hate it when the comic makes fun of them. The way O'Dea does it, they love it.
All About Dance presents its 12th annual dance production, "Keep Calm & Dance On," at 6 p.m. on May 29-30 in the TCA Theater. The group specializes in all styles of dance: jazz, tap, ballet, lyrical/ contemporary, Hip-Hop and pre-school.
The 100-member Tempe Community Chorus sings a varied repertoire of favorite musical numbers (Broadway, pop, jazz), from "Shenandoah" to the kazoo superhero number.
Tony Vicich brings his long running stand-up comedy show to Tempe Center for the Arts. See the show that has taken comics from their first stage experience to national prominence.
7:30 p.m., Jan. 18 - Lakeside
7:30 p.m., Feb. 21 - Lakeside
7 p.m., March 29 - Lakeside
7:30 p.m., May 3 - Lakeside
7:30 p.m., June 7 - Lakeside
Jr. Muay Thai Grand Prix
Siam Fight Productions presents Junior Muay Thai Grand Prix Finale Saturday, 6/8/13 Doors open at 4 p.m.; undercard fights begin at 5 p.m. Theater
Contestants will be competing on June 8 for the Siam Fight Productions Cup and a trip to Thailand to Train at Sitsongpeenong Camp.
Scottish 80s band Big Country promotes its first album in 14 years with founding member Bruce Watson at the helm. The band broke massively worldwide with the release of the album's classic singles Fields of Fire, Chance and signature song In a Big Country, which sold more than two million copies and driving The Crossing to three Grammy® nominations.
Explore the world of dance presented by Second Act Dance Company. Performances will include styles of dance ranging from Classical Ballet and Contemporary to Latin Ballroom and African Bellydance Fusion.
