Mark Danni News

Stage and Screen Star, Shirley Jones to host TheatreZone's Second Annual Fundraiser, starring in the one-night event, 'An Evening with Shirley Jones.'

The on-site box office at the G&L Theatre, home to Naples equity theater group TheatreZone, will re-open starting on Wednesday, September 3, from 10 am until 12 noon, today announced artistic director Mark Danni.

Mark Danni, artistic director of TheatreZone in Naples, announced today that the non-profit Equity professional theatre group will partner with Florida Gulf Coast University's Bower School of Music & the Arts to produce the Tony-nominated musical Godspell.

Mark Danni, artistic director of TheatreZone, Naples' non-profit Equity professional theatre group in residence at the G&L Theatre in Naples, today unveiled his 10th anniversary season selections, continuing the theatre group's mission to bering the "lost treasures of Broadway" to Naples.

Don't let your theatre season end in Southwest Florida without seeing 'America's Favorite Original Boy Band' as TheatreZone, Naples' Equity professional theatre, presents a limited engagement of Forever Plaid May 1 through May 11 on the G&L Theatre's stage.

Fate intervened during the Monday morning rehearsal when the actor originally cast as Anatoly left the production paving the way for Larry to audition for the lead role on Tuesday morning. Director Des McAnuff (Tony award winner for Big River, Tommy and Jersey Boys) hired Larry and he became Anatoly on Wednesday morning.

TheatreZone Artistic Director Mark Danni today unveiled the cast for the Equity professional theatre group's production of Chess - The Musical to be performed March 6 through March 16, 2014.

Prepare yourself for a glorious night of vintage Hollywood as you're invited to the wedding of the year, and what a swell party it is gonna be!

Veteran theater, television and commercial actor Wayne Morton returns to TheatreZone as the loveable and absent-minded Uncle Willie in the High Society - The Musical, the upper crust comedy featuring music by the legendary Cole Porter, opening Thursday, February 6 at the G&L Theatre in Naples.

Prepare yourself for a glorious night of vintage Hollywood as you're invited to the wedding of the year, and what a swell party it is gonna be!

'Year of the Composer' is an ambitious theatrical offering that brings musical greats Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cole Porter, and ABBA to the professional non-profit theater group that performs at the G&L Theatre in North Naples.

TheatreZone's production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical, Whistle Down the Wind is a coming of age story following Swallow (actress Brigid Kegel), a motherless teenage girl growing up in the America's deep South in the 1950s, who finds a mysterious man (actor Gerritt VanderMeer) hiding out in the barn and mistakes him for Jesus.

TheatreZone Artistic Director Mark Danni today announced the addition of two performances: a Saturday matinee of the production of Whistle Down the Wind on January 18th at 2 pm, and a Saturday matinee of the production of High Society on Saturday, February 15th, 2014 at 2 pm.

Naples Equity theatre group TheatreZone opens its ninth season "Year of the Composers" performing Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock musical Whistle Down the Wind with lyrics by Jim Steinman, book by Patricia Knop, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Gayle Edwards, directed by Mark Danni, music direction by Charles Fornara and choreography by Karen Molnar. Whistle Down the Wind plays January 6-16, 2014 at the G&L Theatre, 13275 Livingston Road in Naples.

Internationally renowned tenor Michael Amante, affectionately known as "The People's Tenor," and one of the touring New York Tenors, will play the Freddie Trumper role as a lonely American chess wizard in TheatreZone's production of Chess - the Musical today announced artistic director Mark Danni. Tickets are available for 10 performances March 6 through March 16, 2014.

The on-site box office at the G&L Theatre, home to Naples equity theater group TheatreZone, will re-open today, October 2, from 10 am until 12 noon, today announced artistic director Mark Danni.

The on-site box office at the G&L Theatre, home to Naples equity theater group TheatreZone, will re-open Wednesday, October 2, from 10 am until 12 noon, today announced artistic director Mark Danni.

Foolishness, you say? Not exactly. The whole idea behind season finale 110 in the Shade, as we soon learn when Starbuck (Jim DePaiva) takes a liking to Lizzie (Kassie DePaiva), is that everyone has to have a dream.

'Year of the Composer' is an ambitious theatrical offering that brings musical greats Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cole Porter, and ABBA to the professional non-profit theater group that performs at the G&L Theatre in North Naples.