5 Best Performing Arts in Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tempe, Arizona

Based in Tucson, the Arizona Theatre Company also performs at the Herberger Theater Center. Productions, held from September through June, range from classic dramas to musicals and new works by emerging playwrights.

The state's theater company for young audiences and families holds performances during the school year at Tempe Center for the Arts.

This venue hosts mainly headlining rock 'n' roll entertainers.

Across the courtyard from the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Theatre stages musical and dramatic performances.

This troupe presents original and contemporary dramas and musical revues, as well as adventurous adaptations, between September and May.