Everyone loves a good rags-to-riches story like British tenor Alfie Boe’s.

Sabbathotage are not the kind of tribute band that dispenses with theater. This is evident when Adam Jacobson, frontman for Valley hard-rock band Steppchild, comes to the interview with Get Out looking more like Ozzy Osbourne than Ozzy himself has looked in 30 years, with Jacobson's trademark curly red hair straightened, black eyeliner rimming his blue eyes and his vintage '70s rock garb that Black Sabbath donned during their heyday.

Performing Arts 2012-13 season preview

The Broadway musical, “Les Miserables,” is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a fresh update of the production in a national tour. Cameron McIntosh’s “Les Miserables,” which stops June 7 at Arizona State University’s Gammage Auditorium, will feature new set pieces and technical aspects. Even though there are some changes, the one thing that remains intact is the storyline.

The Broadway musical, “Les Miserables,” is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a fresh update of the production in a national tour. Cameron McIntosh’s “Les Miserables,” which stops June 7 at Arizona State University’s Gammage Auditorium, will feature new set pieces and technical aspects. Even though there are some changes, the one thing that remains intact is the storyline.

Ironwood High School senior Aaron Arseneault was cast in another show when he discovered he landed a main role in the hit musical “Les Miserables.” For a number of years, the 18-year-old Glendale resident wanted to be a part of the show, so he left the musical he was working on in order to take the role of Marius in “Les Miserables: School Edition,” which opens Friday at Creative Stages Youth Theatre in Peoria.

Ironwood High School senior Aaron Arseneault was cast in another show when he discovered he landed a main role in the hit musical “Les Miserables.” For a number of years, the 18-year-old Glendale resident wanted to be a part of the show, so he left the musical he was working on in order to take the role of Marius in “Les Miserables: School Edition,” which opens Friday at Creative Stages Youth Theatre in Peoria.

Ironwood High School senior Aaron Arseneault was cast in another show when he discovered he landed a main role in the hit musical “Les Miserables.” For a number of years, the 18-year-old Glendale resident wanted to be a part of the show, so he left the musical he was working on in order to take the role of Marius in “Les Miserables: School Edition,” which opens Friday at Creative Stages Youth Theatre in Peoria.

If you need proof that Dick Clark still rules New Year's Eve, here it is.

During a recent trip to Nashville, Tenn., sometime between watching "American Idol" runner-up Melinda Dolittle headline at a free concert in Centennial Park and walking down the streets of "Nashvegas" with radio-quality live music emanating from every honkeytonk nook and cranny, I couldn't stop myself from making a rather unfair comparison:

During a recent trip to Nashville, Tenn., sometime between watching "American Idol" runner-up Melinda Dolittle headline at a free concert in Centennial Park and walking down the streets of "Nashvegas" with radio-quality live music emanating from every honkeytonk nook and cranny, I couldn't stop myself from making a rather unfair comparison:

The title is "New York, I Love You," and it's a collection of shorts intended as one big love letter to the city and all the romance it has to offer.

LOS ANGELES - An 18-year-old from Puerto Rico who hopes to someday star in U.S. and Latin American films was crowned Sunday night as Miss Universe 2006.

ASU Gammage

ASU Gammage

ASU Gammage

A fire is crackling in the big stone fireplace at Ristorante Sandolo at the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch as couples and groups of friends gather around small tables in the cozy, dimly lit dining room, chatting over glasses of good Italian wine.

LOS ANGELES - Aaron Spelling, a onetime movie bit player who created a massive number of hit series, from the vintage "Charlie's Angels" and "Dynasty" to "Beverly Hills 90210" and "Melrose Place," died Friday, his publicist said. He was 83.

Complete list of nominees in 105 categories announced Thursday for the 46th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles: