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Frank Lloyd Wright designed this 3,000-seat performing arts auditorium for Baghdad before it ended up on a college campus in Tempe, which tells you something about its scale and ambition. The circular hall sits on the ASU campus flanked by pedestrian bridges and hosts touring Broadway shows, opera, symphony, and lectures. It's a proper night-out venue, the kind where you dress up a little and feel like the evening has stakes.
Three honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Phoenix New Times 2025 · Best Place to See a Musical · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2023 · Best Place to See a Broadway Show · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Large Playhouse · Best of Phoenix
One number, weighted & current 55
How we score
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