Mary D. Fisher Theatre is the home for the opera simulcast and encore events The Mary D. Fisher Theatre is honored to continue to be the home for the Met Live Opera programs for the 2021-2022 season, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival. The season will officially kick off with Modest Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” on Saturday, Oct. 9. There will be one show at 10 a.m. - a live simulcast as it is happening at the Met! Plan to come early as Russell Fox will lead a pre-opera talk one hour before the production. Bass René Pape reprises his…
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World-renowned funnyman and filmmaker featured In festival’s “Men In Hollywood” series The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present “Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown” on Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown” is the third film in an eight-week tribute to “Men in Hollywood” series featuring a different male celebrity each week. Since the early days, Jerry Lewis - in the line of Chaplin, Keaton and Laurel - had the masses laughing with his visual gags, pantomime sketches and signature slapstick humor. Yet…
The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the heartwarming new film “Adventures of a Mathematician” showing Oct. 8-14 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Adventures of a Mathematician” tells the warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer. The film is based on the autobiography “Adventures of a Mathematician” by Stanislaw Ulam.…
All-star cast featured in lighthearted tale of family and community at Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the entertaining and lighthearted new film “Tango Shalom” showing Oct. 8-14 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. From the director of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” comes a new favorite family that will dance its way into your heart. “Tango Shalom” features an award-winning ensemble cast including Lainie Kazan, Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna (in his final role), and Dancing with the Stars’ pro Karina Smirnoff. A Rabbi is about to discover that following…
Powerful and magnetic actor featured In festival’s “Men In Hollywood” series at Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present “Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom” on Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom” is the second film in an eight-week tribute to “Men in Hollywood” series featuring a different male celebrity each week. Tony Curtis, the man who influenced Elvis Presley and James Dean, was one of the very first teen idols and one of the last real movie stars. From his difficult upbringing in…
Western drama that pays homage to Westerns of the past debuts at Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the new western action drama “Old Henry” showing Oct. 1-7 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. You can’t bury the past. “Old Henry” is an action-Western about a widowed farmer and his son who warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide whom to trust. Defending against a siege of…
Romantic comedy set in the fierce world of opera singing competitions debuts The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the new romantic comedy “Falling for Figaro” showing Oct. 1-7 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. From acclaimed director Ben Lewin, “Falling for Figaro” is a romantic comedy set in the fierce world of opera singing competitions, starring Danielle Macdonald and Joanna Lumley. London, present day. Millie (Macdonald) is about to turn thirty and has just been offered a big promotion at her respected hedge fund company. But to everyone’s surprise - including her…
Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield star in award-winning film at Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the acclaimed and award-winning new film “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” showing Sept. 24-Oct. 3 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” is an intimate look behind the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. In the 1970s and ‘80s, Tammy Faye and her husband, Jim Bakker, rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and theme park. Renowned for her message of…
Christopher Plummer and Vera Farmiga star in film at Fisher Theatre The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a “Festival Flashback” of “Boundaries” on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Boundaries” features an award-winning, all-star ensemble cast, including Christopher Plummer, Vera Farmiga, Christopher Lloyd, Kristen Schaal and Bobby Cannavale. Laura (Oscar-nominee Vera Farmiga) is a single mother living in Seattle, who has a constant need to put others and animals before her. When her estranged, criminally-minded father Jack (Academy Award-winner Christopher Plummer) is kicked out of his retirement home, Laura…