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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:34:00

Phoenix's theatre-in-the-round has been slowly spinning audiences around its stage for six decades. The Celebrity Theatre at 440 North 32nd Street opened on 13 January 1964 with the musical South Pacific starring Betsy Palmer, built as the Phoenix Star Theatre - a convention and cultural centre commissioned by hotel magnate Del Webb for his flagship Hiway House complex. Beverly Hills architect Perry Neuschatz designed the twenty-sided prestressed-concrete drum, 196 feet in diameter, winning the ...