www.SanTanSun.com Broadway Palm evolving Expect business as usual for the Broadway


Palm Dinner Theatre (BPDT), including a summer musical theatre camp for six weeks, until the theatre closes for August and September. Executive Producer and owner William T.


Prather expects “the theatre will reopen later this year with a great new theatre concept.” The temporary closure comes after nearly


11 years, more than 130 productions and in excess of 1.5 million guests served at the Mesa-based theatre. Even though the theatre will take its final


bow in its current form on Mon., July 30, it will continue to operate as normal, with the box office remaining open for the next five months during normal business hours. The theatre is currently entertaining sold-


out performances of “Me and My Girl” on the main stage, “Run for Your Wife” in the Marquee Theatre and “Schoolhouse Rock


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into ‘new concept’ Theatre to stay open through July before transformation


Live!” in its Children’s Theatre. “A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline,” “Pinkalicious” and a spring concert series will play on the main stage as scheduled in April. Award-winning East Valley Children’s


Theatre will hold its six-week summer musical theatre camp at the BPDT in June and July. Other summer programming includes the hilarious farce “Funny Money” in the Marquee Theatre running in April and May, “Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, Jr.” running on the main stage in July and 16 live concerts on weekends. All tickets for the remaining performances


for dinner and show will be $39 and $28 for the show only. For tickets or more information, call 480-325-6700 or visit www.BroadwayPalmWest.com. The box office is at 5247 E. Brown Rd., Mesa, on the southeast corner of Brown and Higley roads in Alta Mesa Plaza.


Nominate top quilt shop SanTan Sun-area quilters may nominate shops for the Second Annual Quilt Shop of the


Year competition no later than Tue., May 15. The winning shop will be announced Aug. 1, in preparation for the induction event on Sun., Sept. 23 in Tucson. Nominated shops must be independently owned in Arizona, open to the public, include a


500- to 750-word written statement stating why the shop deserves recognition and provide 10 signatures to verify its support of the general public. Find nomination information on the Arizona Quilters Hall of Fame website at www.arizonaquiltershalloffame.org.


Students age 8 and older now have access


to professional training in dance, music and theatre at the newly opened CounterPoint Studio of Music and Performing Arts at 833 N. Cooper Rd., Suite 104, in Gilbert. Dance instruction now will be available


from Kelly Tate and James Payne, both professional dancers previously featured on “Soul Train,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” “Hanging with Mr. Cooper,” the Music Man North American Tour and the Baltimore


April 7 – 20, 2012 Performing arts studio opens


Ballet Theater. Dance classes include ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop and swing. Other class options include music theatre,


vocal technique, singer/accompaniment and songwriting, recording arts classes, Fairytale Theater, Acting Track 1 and 2, Shakespeare, Broadway Solos character and development class and “Business of the Biz” and Audition Repertoire. Class space is limited. Register by contacting Director Tracie Jones at 480-321-8810.


Chandler Young Authors, Artists reception


To celebrate the students who submitted artworks,


essays and poems to the 2012 Chandler Young Authors & Artists Showcase, a reception will be held at the Vision Art Gallery in historic downtown Chandler from 6 to 8 p.m. Fri., April 20. The Showcase, associated with the education program of Sister Cities International (SCI), has the 2012 theme as


“Youth as the Catalyst for Change” and is organized locally by the Chandler Tullamore Sister City (CTSC) nonprofit group. One winning essay, poem or artwork from Chandler will be submitted to the International competition for a chance to win the overall competition and be featured at the SCI Annual Conference in Jacksonville, FL, in July. “Please join us … to congratulate our Chandler youth,” invites CTSC President Ellen Harrington. “Friday is also Chandler’s monthly Art Walk in downtown Chandler, so combine the two and have an enjoyable evening.” For more information, visit www.chandlerirish.org or contact chan.to.tull@gmail.com.


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