After dreaming for years of performing a musical about adoption called “They Chose Me,” Valley Youth Theatre artistic director Bobb Cooper knew just who to call to help make it happen. Wednesday the Phoenix-based theater company gathered with friends from the Arizona Association for Foster & Adoptive Parents and the Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation to [...]
It’s a longtime tradition at Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix. For years the theater company has welcomed families from HopeKids to attend special performances of their shows. Before each show opens on Friday night, HopeKids youth see a Thursday advance performance. Last week VYT performed “Rapunzel” for an audience of HopeKids families who also got [...]
It looks like Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix is the first Arizona theater to snag the rights to perform “Shrek The Musical,” which closes the 2012/13 season with a June 14-30 run at the Herberger Theater Center. Though many Arizona theater goers enjoyed a Broadway touring production of “Shrek The Musical” two years ago at [...]
Families were wowed at Valley Youth Theatre Saturday afternoon, even before entering the theater for this year’s production of “A Winnie the Pooh Christmas Tail,” a family-friendly musical based on stories by A.A. Milne. The VYT lobby is filled with all sorts of Christmas decorations, including a wreath, garlands and a Christmas tree awash in [...]
A band of pirates recently took to the Valley Youth Theatre stage in Phoenix for the Arizona premiere of “How I Became a Pirate.” It stars Sam Primack as Jeremy Jacob and producing artistic director Bobb Cooper, who has a knack for comedy and song, as Braid Beard. Primack, a 6th grader at Cocopah Middle School in Scottsdale, also has [...]
As curtains opened at the Herberger Theater Center for Saturday’s matinee performance of Valley Youth Theatre’s “Legally Blonde,” it looked like Barbie’s house had been blown up in size to something larger than life. The main character, sorority sister Elle Woods, is a blonde in the worst sense who becomes a lawyer in the best [...]
Wanted: Male chihuahua and bulldog. Prefer housebroken, even-tempered and obedient variety. Chihuahuas who bark on command a plus. Needed to join the cast of Valley Youth Theatre’s “Legally Blonde,” being performed Aug. 10-26 at Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix. Dogs start rehearsal Monday, July 23. Roles for humans are more demanding, so they’re already in [...]
Lynn Trimble interviews Nick Cartell, a Phoenix-trained actor who landed the role of swing in a production of Jesus Christ Superstar opening March 22 on Broadway. Cartell shares audition tips and a bit about how he nailed the gig.
If shows were freckles, Bobb Cooper would have more than 100 of them. He’s producing the Arizona premiere of “Freckleface Strawberry: The Musical” — which opens in April and marks the 106th show he’s produced for Valley Youth Theatre of Phoenix.
Make your next birthday party a real splash by holding it at Kiwanis Recreation Center’s indoor wave pool and water slide! What could be better than three-foot waves and a double-spiral water slide? We’re giving away a Splash Bash Birthday Party valued at $175. It includes: 16 people, birthday child is free two-hour hosted public [...]
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This summer, those lovable yellow minions assemble and return to theaters when “Despicable Me 2″ opens July 3. We are sending five families (four tickets each) to a special, reserved-seating advance screening at 7pm on Thursday, June 27 at the AMC Deer Valley 30. The screening will be in Real D 3D. The film features [...]
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JUNE 2013
$6.00Great Escapes! Our updated directory of some of the best family-friendly getaways at resorts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Mexico and Nevada.
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MAY 2013
$6.00Our 2013 directory of Valley aquatics programs — everything from learn-to-swim programs to diving, racing and synchronized swimming!
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April 2013
$6.00Our April 2013 issue features the 2013 Summer Solutions directory — more than 500 day camps in Maricopa County!
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March 2013
$6.00Our March 2013 issue features the 2013 directory of Overnight Camps in Arizona and the Southwest!
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February 2013
$6.00Our February 2013 issue is all about babies! Learn how to begin building your baby’s bookshelf, make your own baby food, find parent/tot classes and Daddy Boot Camps around the Valley. Plus: gifts, gadgets and great new looks for baby.
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January 2013
$6.00It’s our annual pregnancy issue! Learn about the latest trend among expectant parents: “gender-reveal” parties. Plus: Should you bank your baby’s umbilical cord blood?
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