ONSTAGE: Best live performances for Arizona families

Events are listed by type, then by date order 

DANCE

POSTPONED! Dancing with the Stars: Live! We Came to Dance (March 27). America’s favorite dance show hits the Arizona Federal Theatre stage with ballroom and modern dances seen on ABC’s hit show. 

MUSIC

CANCELLED! Sunday A’Fair (March 1, 8, 22, 29). On select Sundays through March 29, Scottsdale A’Fair showcases Arizona-based musicians playing blues, country, jazz, R&B, rock, pop and more at Scottsdale Civic Center Park. 

CANCELLED! Music of David Bowie (March 28). Celebrate the life and legacy of the rock legend with the Phoenix Symphony, vocalist Tony Vincent and a full rock band. This outdoor performance at Mesa Amphitheatre showcases the extraordinary range of Bowie’s musical career and features hits “Space Oddity,” “Changes,” “Under Pressure,” “Heroes,” “Rebel Rebel,” “Fame,” “China Girl” and more. 

PUPPETS

CANCELLED! Jack Rabbit and the Easter Basket (March 25-April 12). The Easter Bunny has a problem. Lost Canyon, Arizona, is too far away, so he gets his cousin, Jack Rabbit to help deliver Sally Johnson’s Easter basket. This charming musical is best for ages 3 and older.

THEATER 

POSTPONED! High School Musical, Jr. (March 27-April 11). When the East High basketball star and a brainiac decide to try out for the school musical, the whole school experiences a disruption of the status quo. Playing at Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre. 

CANCELLED! WhoWhatWhenWhyHow! (March 27-April 12). In this Fountain Hills Youth Theater production, youth sleuths of literature are invited by Sherlock Holmes to a murder mystery weekend at the famous Whowhatwhenwhyhow mansion and the results are a rollicking good time for all. 

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