Ft. Myers/Naples Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations

Review: WAITRESS at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
by Elizabeth James - April 17, 2025

Broadway Palm's production of WAITRESS tells the story of Jenna, a waitress in a small town who has a talent for baking pies. She is navigating an unexpected pregnancy, an abusive marriage, and an affair, but she fortunately has some amazing and supportive friends to help her through everything she'...

Review: FLATLANDERS at Players Circle Theater
by Fran Thomas - March 23, 2025

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Review: JERSEY BOYS at TheatreZone
by Elizabeth James - March 11, 2025

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Review: MURDER FOR TWO at Music & Arts Community Center
by Fran Thomas - March 02, 2025

Good actors spend a lot of time creating backstory and motivation for the character they are playing. Imagine how much work goes into doing this preparation to take on more than a half dozen roles. That is the task faced by Robbie Harrison in Murder for Two, a musical comedy/mystery now being offere...

Review: CRAZY FOR YOU at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
by Elizabeth James - February 27, 2025

Broadway Palm's production of CRAZY FOR YOU tells the story of Bobby Child as he goes to the small country town of Deadrock, Nevada to foreclose on a rundown theatre on behalf of his banking family. However, Bobby is passionate about theatre, and instead decides to try and save it by impersonating f...

Review: CRAZY FOR YOU at Broadway Palm
by Fran Thomas - February 22, 2025

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Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at Gulfshore Playhouse
by Elizabeth James - February 18, 2025

Gulfshore Playhouse's production of THE LEHMAN TRILOGY tells the story of the Lehman brothers and the rise and fall of their financial empire. The show is based on the true story of the Lehman brothers and their family, and spans 163 years; the 3 actors play the 3 original Lehman brothers, their oth...

Review: BOCA at Florida Repertory Theatre
by Fran Thomas - February 18, 2025

Given her photo in the program, playwright Jessica Provenz is far too young to know as much as she does about the life of a senior citizen in Florida. The packed audience at her play Boca was under no such limitation. Laughter, nay, guffaws of recognition greeted each scene....

Review: THE RINK at TheatreZone
by Elizabeth James - February 12, 2025

TheatreZone's production of THE RINK is an engaging and well-executed theatrical experience. With excellent lighting, dynamic choreography, and impressive vocal performances, this production brings to life the lesser-known but layered musical by John Kander and Fred Ebb....

Review: THE FANTASTICKS at Players Circle Theater
by Fran Thomas - February 08, 2025

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Review: BLOOMSDAY at Florida Repertory Theatre
by Fran Thomas - February 05, 2025

Bloomsday by Steven Dietz at Florida Rep will touch the heart of any romantic. Jessica Mosher as Caithleen and Braydie Aldrich as Robbie are awkward and charming twenty-year-olds who meet in Dublin on June 16, Bloomsday. Lynn Hawley and Duke Lafoon are the same couple now called Cait and Robert, old...

Review: DIAL M FOR MURDER at Gulfshore Playhouse
by Elizabeth James - January 26, 2025

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Review: LUCKY STIFF at Florida Rep
by Fran Thomas - January 15, 2025

If you can’t find something funny in the musical farce Lucky Stiff by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, you are as dead as poor Uncle Anthony. That gentleman has passed on in New Jersey, and he has willed six million dollars to his British nephew Harry Witherspoon, who has never even met him....

Review: ONCE at TheatreZone
by Elizabeth James - January 15, 2025

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Review: ADMISSIONS at Players Circle Theater
by Fran Thomas - January 12, 2025

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Review: BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
by Elizabeth James - January 10, 2025

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Review: BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY at Broadway Palm
by Fran Thomas - January 04, 2025

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Review: SIX TEEN EDITION at Melody Lane Theatre
by Fran Thomas - December 04, 2024

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Review: GREETINGS at Players Circle Theater
by Fran Thomas - December 01, 2024

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Review: EVERY BRILLIANT THING at Gulfshore Playhouse
by Elizabeth James - November 26, 2024

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Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MUSICAL at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
by Elizabeth James - November 26, 2024

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Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MUSICAL at Broadway Palm
by Fran Thomas - November 23, 2024

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Review: ANYTHING GOES at Gulfshore Playhouse
by Elizabeth James - November 14, 2024

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Review: BEDROOM FARCE at Players Circle Theater
by Fran Thomas - October 26, 2024

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Review: CHICAGO at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
by Elizabeth James - October 20, 2024

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