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BWW Reviews: LES MISERABLES Tour Thunders into Fort Myers
Let's get to the point. 'Les Miserables' is back in Southwest Florida for the second time in fifteen months, playing through March 17 at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers. Will you like it? That depends. I didn't. You will. Because Tuesday's opening night crowd went absolutely n...
BWW Reviews: Theatrezone Tackles Crazy with NEXT TO NORMAL
Mark Danni continues to tackle ambitious projects at TheatreZone. With critical and commercial hits 'Forum' and 'Grand Hotel' behind him, success augured well for edgy small-cast, sung-through musical 'Next to Normal.' The pieces just don't fall into place....
BWW Reviews: Rachel York Shines in ANYTHING GOES Tour at Naples Philharmonic
The Roundabout Theatre Club production of 'Anything Goes' sailed into the Naples Philharmonic Tuesday on a tide of tapping and trilling, carried along by one of the single greatest act one curtain numbers in musical theatre history....
BWW Reviews: Hills Ring with Song in Broadway Palm's SOUND OF MUSIC
Sitting in a darkened house, listening to the scrape of chairs, the clink of glasses and the rustle of napkins, you forget just how charming 'The Sound of Music' can be. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II could write songs. Not the bland, vaguely pop ditties of today's musical theatre. But tun...
BWW Reviews: Fall in Love with MARVELOUS WONDERETTES on Sanibel
By the time the final notes of Aretha Franklin girl-power anthem 'Respect' die down, after Friday's opening night crowd whooped and cheered as Anne Chamberlain juggled, flipped and successfully caught an errant microphone, you're totally, completely, utterly in love with the 'Marvelous Wonderettes.'...
BWW Reviews: ADDAMS FAMILY Tour Snap-Snaps into Fort Myers
Da da da dum (snap snap). 'The Addams Family.' You want a verdict? Not bad. Pretty good. Da da da dum (snap snap). Sitcom. Very sitcom. Which it is. (snap snap). Memorable? Not at all. (snap snap). Fun? Absolutely. But Morticia and a ghost kick line? That's entertainment. (snap snap)....
BWW Reviews: BILLY ELLIOT Tour Dances into Naples
The national tour of 'Billy Elliott' dances into Naples for a six-night run at the Philharmonic. The show thrills, but never quite forges the intense emotional connection it so obviously labors toward. While dazzling ballet sequences and soaring lyrics wow, they feel ever so slightly mechanical....
BWW Reviews: Gulfshore Playhouse Wows with IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Gulfshore Playhouse has produced good shows, great shows and shows I wasn't quite a fan of. Now, with 'The Importance of Being Earnest,' Kristen Coury finds herself in a different place entirely. 'Earnest' is amazing. I absolutely don't care if you hate Oscar Wilde. This will be the best two and a h...
BWW Reviews: Broadway Palm Swims to Laughs with DIXIE SWIM CLUB
'Fiddler on the Roof' is selling out on the main stage of the Broadway Palm. This review is not about that show. This review is about another show. The one about God's OTHER chosen people. Namely, Southerners. 'Dixie Swim Club' paddles over for big laughs, honest humor and Southern-fried fun....
BWW Reviews: IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Riffs Hard on the Bard
I've long been blunt about the fact that I don't have much of a taste for improv. I don't like beer, bananas or iceberg lettuce either. It's just my preference. I can, however, recognize when it is done well. And the one-night, two-shows-only Improvised Shakespeare Company does it very, very well....
BWW Reviews: Gulfshore Playhouse Marries Hit with I AM MY OWN WIFE
There's not really any way around this. Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'I Am My Own Wife' features one man in a dress performing 37 different roles. If you don't like that sort of thing, leave. Of course, that would be a grave mistake, because Kraig Swartz will change your life....
BWW Reviews: SPAMALOT Succeeds in Quest for Laughs on Sanibel
They came. They saw. They sang. They danced. 'Become a knight and you'll go far / in suspenders and a bra!' 'Spamalot,' the Monty Python musical, clip-clopped into BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater on Sanibel this weekend. And it was good. Very, very good....
BWW Reviews: National Tour of MARY POPPINS Floats into Fort Myers
'Mary Poppins' floated into Fort Myers Tuesday. Audiences get gorgeous sets, a trilling soprano and chimney sweeps on parade. The delightful show offers plenty of thrills, but a more adult storyline lacks some of the pure whimsy and charm of the Disney film. Perhaps another spoonful of sugar?...
BWW Reviews: TheatreZone Checks Into Sparkling GRAND HOTEL
After several seasons of mediocre musicals, Mark Danni has finally found a formula that works at TheatreZone. 'Grand Hotel,' a celebration of life at Berlin's best boarding place, marks a second consecutive triumph for the group. Music, dance and creative elements combine for a brilliant night....
BWW Reviews: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY Back to Skew Behemoths of the Great White Way
Is the New York Times Theater section your bible? Can you recall Tony winners at the drop of a tap shoe? Do you rate LaDucas higher than Louboutins? Do you argue over who was the best 'Phantom?' Then 'Forbidden Broadway' might just be your kind of show....
BWW Reviews: Florida Rep Surveys Southern Sibling Squabbles in THE LITTLE FOXES
Two brothers. One sister. A fortune waiting for them. A family divided against itself. Southern gentlemen. Negro maids in smart white uniforms. Grits. Elderberry wine. Beautiful clothes. Beautiful people. Terrible deeds. Florida Rep explores all this in fascinating 'The Little Foxes.'...
BWW Reviews: A CHORUS LINE is Still a Hit, Despite Uneven Casting
A Chorus Line is the 1975 Broadway musical that gives audiences an inside look at what it's like to be a dancer. The action of the play takes place at a single audition in which 17 dancers all vie for a spot in a new Broadway show. Throughout the course of the evening we learn about the dancers; t...
BWW Reviews: TALLEY'S FOLLY Brings Romance to Florida Rep
If an evening of quiet laughter, tears, and sweet romance is what you're looking for, then the Florida Rep's current offering of Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winning play, Talley's Folly is for you. Set in 1944 rural Missouri, Talley's Folly tells the story of Sally Talley (Rachel Burttram) and...
BWW Reviews: Matt Kopec Makes 'Buddy' His Own in ELF THE MUSICAL
Matt Kopec brings real charm and charisma to the role of Buddy, making the role his own creation rather than a re-hashing of the infamous Will Farrell's film performance....
BWW Reviews: Florida Rep Opens 15th Season with Lots of Laughs and Lots of Heart in LEND ME A TENOR
The Florida Repertory Theatre's 15th Anniversary Season began Friday night with Ken Ludwig's farce, Lend Me A Tenor. Chris Clavelli directs the season opener and leads a first-rate ensemble cast to a night full of laughter, heart, and cheer....
BWW Reviews: Gulfshore Playhouse Creates a True work of ART
The current offering at Gulfshore Playhouse is a theatrical event that you won't soon forget. 'Art' is the 1998 Tony Award winning French play that examines the relationship between three middle-aged men who find themselves at the crux of their long friendship....
BWW Reviews: Gulfshore Playhouse's GOD OF CARNAGE Goes for Laughs Instead of Truth
Yasmina Reza is not known for creating comedic characters. She is known for creating extremely real and flawed characters that in their truth are incredibly comedic. There is a very nuanced but very real difference there. It is unfortunate that Nickell could not make heads or tails of this…beca...
BWW Reviews: 9 to 5 THE MUSICAL - Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
9 to 5: The Musical, based on the popular 1980 film, tells the story of Consolidated Industries employees Doralee (Zoe Kassay), Violet (Erin Romero), and Judy (Amanda Kuchinski) as they struggle to be respected in a male dominated work place. Sexism and harassment abound until the three girls plot ...
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