Copperstate Dinner Theater

10-Year Anniversary Show!

Broadway by the Decade celebrates a century of popular music from the Great White Way. From George M. Cohan to Andrew Lloyd Webber, from Lerner and Lowe to Rodgers and Hart, from Jerome Kern to Stephen Sondheim, and everyone in between, Broadway by the Decade features some of the best singers singing the greatest American songs. Broadway by the Decade is the multiple Arizoni Award winning musical revue by Peter J. Hill, who also created Broadway Jukebox, Four on the Floor, Beautiful Noise and many other Copperstate hits you‘ve enjoyed over the years!

The production of Broadway by the Decade is directed and choreographed by Noel Irick and musically directed and accompanied by Judi Holmberg. It stars Kathy Donald, Susan Gerkin, Charlie Jourdan, Paul Kolecki and Jason Lee MacDonald.

Broadway by the Decade will play Jan 9th through March 1st at the Copperstate Dinner Theater, 3801 E. Washington inside the Phoenix Greyhound Park. Performances are Friday & Saturday evenings dinner 6:30, curtain 8:00; Sunday performance is at 2:00pm with dinner service at 12:30pm.

The ticket price for all performances is still only $39.95 per person which includes dinner and the show as well as tax and gratuity. Mention this post and receive nearly $5.00 off per person. Instead of $39.95, you can purchase tickets for only $35.00 That’s right - only $35.00 for dinner and the show! Other valley dinner theaters charge as much as $54.00 per ticket. And they charge an additional $12.00 if you want Prime Rib. And their price does not include a gratuity. (15% gratuity adds another $9.90.) That’s $75.90 per person! At less than half their price, we really are the very best entertainment value around.

The Copperstate Dinner Theater At Phoenix Greyhound Park is pleased to announce the World Premier of the world’s most unique Holiday musical revue, Christmas Jukebox, November 28 - December 31, 2008.

Christmas Jukebox The World’s Only Interactive Holiday Musical!! Christmas Jukebox is the world’s most unique musical revue. During their delicious dinner, audiences are invited to select their favorites from our giant jukebox of over 100 Holiday tunes. The choices are tallied and a brand-new, world premier musical Holiday revue, created by the audience, is brought to life before their very eyes by our talented and versatile cast. Each show is as unique and as different as the audience that created it! Broadway Jukebox was an enormous hit 4 years ago at Copperstate, winning many awards including being named Best Original Musical by both the AriZoni Awards and The East Valley Tribune, Christmas Jukebox is sure to follow in it‘s footsteps!

When no two shows are ever the same, it can be - to put it mildly - a challenge. As exciting for the performers as it is for the audience, a great part of the show takes place backstage out of the audience’s sight. Christmas Jukebox requires an amazing cast of actors whose versatility is put to the test each night as they adapt to the demands of each evening’s audience. Only one half hour before curtain, the cast mingles with the audience, and collects their jukebox selections for the evening. The pages are then carried backstage where the choices are quickly tallied and the most requested songs are compiled. With the help of the staff, songs are frantically put in dramatic and comedic order, divided by style, duets and ensemble numbers and then with literally only minutes to go until curtain, the final list is copied on to a giant whiteboard which is posted backstage, just in time for the cast to make their first entrance!

Peter J. Hill, who created both Broadway Jukebox and now Christmas Jukebox, says that the audience misses possibly the most entertaining part of the show. “Half the fun is watching the performers prepare each show. Since they have no idea what they will be singing each night, this show really keeps them on their toes! Remember, the six member cast must have nearly 100 songs at the ready - lyrics, harmonies and even the dance steps. To call that daunting is a gross understatement!”

“I had this idea a few years back and after Broadway Jukebox was named ‘Best Original Musical of the Year’ by both the AriZoni Awards and The East Valley Tribune, I knew I just had to do this at the Holidays. We’re all so frantic at this time of year, I see no reason why our entertainment shouldn’t have a frantic edge to it too!”

The Copperstate Dinner Theater production of Christmas Jukebox is created and directed by Copperstate’s Producing Director Peter J. Hill, choreographed by Noel Irick and musically directed and accompanied by Reynaldo Saenz. It stars Kathy Donald, Peter J. Hill, Noel Irick, Charlie Jourdan, Amy Powers and Michael Stewart.

The Copperstate Dinner Theater At Phoenix Greyhound Park is pleased to announce the return of the single most popular show in Copperstate history - Run For Your Wife.

Please note that Run for Your Wife replaces the previously announced, Not Now, Darling, which was withdrawn due to casting constraints.

Run For Your Wife will play at the Copperstate Dinner Theater, 3801 E. Washington inside the Phoenix Greyhound Park. Performances are Friday & Saturday evenings dinner 6:30, curtain 8:00, with Sunday Matinee Shows with dinner 12:30 and curtain 2:00.

Please note: To meet the many requests for daytime matinees, Sunday show times have changed. Beginning Aug. 31st, dinner service will begins at 12:30pm and the show commences at 2:00pm.

The ticket price for all performances is only $39.95 per person which includes dinner and the show as well as tax and gratuity. Dinner is a sit-down service, not buffet, with a choice of four delicious entrees: prime rib, grilled salmon filet, teriyaki chicken breast, and vegetable lasagna. Meals come with side dishes, salad with choice of dressing, rolls and butter. Appetizers, desserts and beverages are extra. A full bar is available. Reservations can be made at (602) 279-3129.

John Smith is back! The hapless cab driver with two wives returns to Copperstate. John Smith is a London cabby who balances to households with two wives, but when an accident causes a mix-up in his perfectly timed schedule all heck breaks loose!

The author of Run For Your Wife, Ray Cooney also penned other hit Copperstate shows including Caught in the Net, Funny Money and most recently Tom Dick and Harry.

The Copperstate Dinner Theater production of Run For Your Wife is directed by Copperstate’s Producing Director Peter J. Hill, whom the Arizona Republic has called ‘Arizona‘s premier Farceur‘.. It stars the hysterical Ross Collins returning for the fourth time to the role of John Smith, Noel Irick also reprising her role as Mary Smith as well as Peter J. Hill again assaying the role of John’s hapless neighbor Stanley Gardener. The cast also includes Katrina Reyes as Barbara Smith, Scott Connelly as Det. Sgt. Troutan, Norman Sheriff as Det. Sgt. Porterhouse and Marcos as Bobby.