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BWW Review: OUTSIDE MULLINGAR Delights Audiences at Florida Repertory Theatre
OUTSIDE MULLINGAR by John Patrick Shanley was, to sum it up in a word, delightful. Florida Rep proves that you don't need a big cast to have a hilarious, sad, romantic, and very engaging show. This was a perfect 20th season opener for Florida Rep, and I absolutely recommend seeing it if you get the ...
BWW Review: Grooving Along to GROOVIN': THE 60'S & 70'S MUSICAL at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
A couple of days before Hurricane Irma hit Florida--and more specifically, hit the Ft. Myers/Naples, FL region of BroadwayWorld--I was grooving along to Broadway Palm's production of GROOVIN': THE 60'S & 70'S MUSICAL. It was the most fun, perfect production to see mid-hurricane anxiety and though th...
BWW Review: Fusion of POETRY & MUSIC UNITE Unmatched Experience, Recital
The beautiful suite prepared by William Dawson Jr. and the poetry of Florida's Poet Laureate Peter Meinke came together like a beautiful, strong cocktail- waves of the fused art forms crashed audiences note after note in unforgettable fashion....
BWW Review: SISTER ACT at The Naples Players is 'Fabulous, Baby!'
Raise your voice! SISTER ACT at The Naples Players is 'Fabulous, Baby!' A skillful cast and entertaining musical numbers make this production absolutely fantastic. I highly recommend seeing this production if you want a fun, lively, heartwarming evening (or afternoon)....
BWW Review: MARY POPPINS at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Broadway Palm's MARY POPPINS is one of the best productions I have ever seen, hands down--and I have seen quite a few musicals. While I was unsure how they would top their previous production, CLUE THE MUSICAL, Broadway Palm absolutely manages to do so. Don't miss this Supercalifragilisticexpialidoc...
BWW Review: MARY POPPINS at Broadway Palm
If the stress of living in today's world is getting to you, take yourself to Broadway Palm, spit spot, where you can spend a couple hours surrounded by the magic of Mary Poppins....
BWW Review: CLUE THE MUSICAL at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
Broadway Palm brilliantly transforms a well-known board game, CLUE, into an entertaining, humorous, and interactive musical that is not to be missed! Will you figure out Whodunnit?...
BWW Review: FACULTY RECITAL at FSW BlackBox Theater
Music faculty at Florida SouthWestern State College presented an eclectic concert to an audience of students, faculty, friends, and community members....
BWW Review: Gen Y's Florida Premiere of HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL is 'So Very' and So Much More
There is something killer going on in Orlando's theatre scene, and I mean that in the best possible way. Since debuting with a production of CABARET in January, Gen Y Productions has staged thrilling Florida premieres of two of New York's most buzzed-about new works, a risky proposition for a theatr...
BWW Review: Fringe Favorite SEASONS Brings New Work Excitement to Florida Tour
There is something exhilarating about sitting in the audience watching a new work that you think could eventually become something special. More so than any other artistic medium, pieces of musical theatre require extensive gestation periods, sometimes with years numbering in the decades. So to see ...
BWW Reviews: Glowing VENUS IN FUR Unfolds at Gulfshore Playhouse
The fur flew. Oh, come on. That pun wrote itself. The play is called 'Venus in Fur.' Caucasian sable from Kazakhstan. And subtext. Acres of subtext - even if we never get acres of skin. This isn't porn, after all. Unless you use your imagination. '…opening the fur to reveal her glories?'...
BWW Reviews: Off-Broadway Palm's YOU SAY TOMATO, I SAY SHUT UP Offers Laugh-Out-Loud Comedy
Full credit to director Paul Bernier. He saw something in 'You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up' that I didn't - and then took his cast there, to hilarious effect. Rachael Endrizzi and Adam Clough deliver a charming, laugh-out-loud performance that bids to become the season's first must-see comedy....
BWW Reviews: BIRTH Labors to Show Engaging View of Delivery Process
Only the most oblivious could miss the symbolism of a play about birth being delivered on Labor Day weekend. 'Birth,' Karen Rachel Brody's dissection of popping out a baby, labors under the belief that audiences want to hear eight sometimes gut-wrenching stories about childbirth. Maybe we do....
BWW Reviews: Broadway Palm Belts Bacharach in BURT & ME
'Burt & Me' emerges really fun, if flighty, but John Ramsey leads a vocally talented, enthusiastic cast that puts an appealing spin on the thin material....
BWW Reviews: Beck Belts Tunes of Legend in A CLOSER WALK WITH PATSY CLINE
As Patsy would say, God bless Heather J. Beck. 'That girl can sing!' The songstress renders an uncanny vocal portrait of the country music legend up on the Broadway Palm stage in the early summer revue 'A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline.' She's 'Crazy' good....
BWW Reviews: STAGE 2 IMPROV Laughs into Naples
Maybe improv does have a future in Naples. Stage 2 Improv - 'the next stage of comedy' (insert eye roll here) - served up a loud, lively, way-better-than-I expected debut in the Naples Players' black box space Friday night....
BWW Reviews: DREAMGIRLS Shimmies Into Naples
Shimmy shimmy. Shake shake. Dip. Croon. Sparkle. Wail. Ooooooh. 'We're you're 'Dreamgirls.' Delightful, delicious, feathery, fluffy musical 'Dreamgirls' floated into the Phil (sigh, Artis-Naples) Wednesday. There's a reason the show appears for 'One Night Only,' but the music of Motown makes it a sp...
BWW Reviews: Gulfshore Playhouse Brings Callas to Life With MASTER CLASS
'Master Class,' Terrence McNally's play about the life of opera diva Maria Callas, seems tailor-made to continue the partnership between Gulfshore Playhouse and the Naples Philharmonic. Produced by Gulfshore, performed in the Daniels Pavilion, the show combines a larger-than-life character, smart wr...
BWW Reviews: FULLY COMMITTED Opens for Dinner at BIG ARTS on Sanibel
There's one man (and a bunch of junk) on the stage. There's 40 characters on the stage. There's a laptop. A desk. A chair. A phone. An intercom. Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring. That. Incessant. ########## ####### ####### ######## ######## #######-ing RING! 'Good evening, 'Fully Committed;' could...
BWW Reviews: SECOND CITY Delivers First-Rate Comedy in Naples
There's a reason - a simple one - that Second City can fill an auditorium on a cold, windy evening in late March in Naples, when the sun is shining and the million distractions of a coastal resort town beckon. These guys are good. Very, very good....
BWW Reviews: FOX ON THE FAIRWAY Eagles Out with Laughs at Broadway Palm
Two rival golf clubs. A prodigy with a broken arm. A priceless vahze. A $200,000 wager. Granny's engagement ring. The Golf Channel. Oprah. Raw oysters. Champagne. There's even a couple putters, a driver and few golf balls knocking about the stage. Sounds like a recipe for a disaster on stage and lau...
BWW Reviews: Sassy SETH RUDETSKY Entertains in Naples
Thank you, Seth Rudetsky. The last thing you expect to hear on a wet Wednesday in March is a cover of 'I Dreamed A Dream,' that song from 'Les Miserables,' yes THAT song, as performed by Aretha oh please no Franklin. The tune. It … it … travels?...
BWW Reviews: OTHER DESERT CITIES Explodes Onto Florida Rep Stage
Florida Repertory Theatre scored a coup, grabbing the rights to red-hot Jon Robin Baitz play 'Other Desert Cities' for their 2012-13 season. In some ways a thinly veiled take on Ron and Nancy Reagan, the show features a daughter confronting conservative parents over long-buried family secrets....
BWW Reviews: Florida Rep Casts Magical Spell with FANTASTICKS
Call. Now. Get tickets to the Florida Rep production of 'The Fantasticks.' You, dear readers, will love the show. The opening night audience cooed in delight and sheer merriment at streamers and confetti and the banging of a drum. The smooth glissando of a harp evokes a garden, washed in lunar rays,...
BWW Reviews: WHIPPING MAN Delivers Extraordinary Theatre Experience at Gulfshore Playhouse
Gulfshore Playhouse explores the Civil War in frightening, fascinating, thrilling, daresay even extraordinary fashion in this Matthew Lopez show. 'The Whipping Man' covers a few days after Lee's surrender at Appomattox. A Jewish soldier returns home to find his house in ruins, just two former slaves...
Videos
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Come From Away The Naples Players (11/18-12/20) |
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The Book of Will The Naples Players (5/05-5/23) |
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The Glass Menagerie The Naples Players (2/03-3/07) |
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Comedian Lil Duval Live In Naples, Florida! Off The Hook Comedy Club (6/25-6/27) |
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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Gulfshore Playhouse (4/26-5/31) |
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Constellations The Naples Players (3/31-5/02) |
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Rocket Man The Naples Players (10/21-11/22) |
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Comedian Preacher Lawson Live In Naples, Florida! Off The Hook Comedy Club (6/12-6/13) |
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Why Won't Zee Quack - Fort Myers Kids Fringe Theatre Conspiracy (5/30-5/30) |
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ALFRED ROBLES: VATOS WITH GATOS Live In Naples, Florida! Off The Hook Comedy Club (6/19-6/20) |
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