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Review: Broadway Palm spins marvelous musical fairy tale with sugary "Cinderella"

cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK) — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:24:00 -0000

Move over jukebox musicals.Take a hike rock opera. Rodgers and Hammerstein are back in town. "Cinderella," playing now at Broadway Palm, reminds audiences what true, lush, beautiful music and melody is - and could be. You know the story - go simply to revel in the "impossibly" good tunes.

Review: Opera Naples 'Eugene Onegin' ideal mesh of stars, support, sumptuous music

hkheithaus@naplesnews.com (HARRIET HOWARD HEITHAUS) — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:00:00 -0000

Opera Naples' "Eugene Onegin" was the perfect Russian evening for ArtsNaples World Festival -- or even with out it.

Review: No need to bribe audience for laughs at hilarious "Government Inspector"

cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK) — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:10:00 -0000

Corruption! Sing it to the tune of "Tradition" from "Fiddler on the Roof." Everybody now! Corruption! The mayors! Corruption! The doctors! Corruption! The judges! Corruption! The wives! Corruption! That's the hilarious theme of Nikolai Gogol's sharp, savvy satire "The Government Inspector."

Review: City Scenes gets "Naked," scores with fresh, original debut

cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK) — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:44:00 -0000

City Scenes Theater Company got "Naked" for their Fort Myers debut. Adriel Munoz strips to boxers and a tee at times to bring the poignant, moving story of "John Doe," a bullied teen to life. The powerful original work, written by the group's co-founders, suggests a bright future for City Scenes.

Review: Lab Theater fights "The Plague" in innovative adaptation of Camus novel

cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK) — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:29:00 -0000

Something is causing the rats in Oran to die in droves. They die in the streets, the houses and the hotels. The rats carry bubonic plague. Death rides the wind. Oran is a city under siege. The Lab Theater dives into the world premiere of Albert Camus novel "The Plague."

REVIEW: Naples Philharmonic, with double-threat guests, closes season dramatically

hkheithaus@naplesnews.com (HARRIET HOWARD HEITHAUS) — Sat, 12 May 2012 21:58:00 -0000

The concert at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts Friday night turned into an exercise class for the audience. Over and over it was jump up, clap hands, shout, sit down, jump up, shout, clap hands, whistle.

But exercise is good for us.

Review: BIG ARTS pairs up feuding duo in comedic tale "Marriage is Murder"

cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK) — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:16:00 -0000

Love and marriage. Love and marriage. Go together like … an axe to the head? If you're Paul and Polly Butler, murder - and laughs - hide at every turn in the BIG ARTS Community Players production of "Marriage is Murder."

'Animal House' party vibe coming Saturday at annual Great Dock Canoe Race

SButherus@NaplesNews.com (SCOTT BUTHERUS) — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:00:00 -0000

Life jackets and togas may not be the most natural combination on the water but they will be the attire of choice for the competitors at the 36th annual Great Dock Canoe Races on Saturday.

Theatre Conspiracy recruits nine power couples for three-week run of "Love Letters"

cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK) — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:30:00 -0000

When Bill Taylor calls, people pick up the phone. The Theatre Conspiracy artistic director rounded up nine Southwest Florida power couples to take the stage over nine nights, reading tender A.R. Gurney play "Love Letters" to delighted audiences. Half the proceeds benefit nine different charities.

New Fort Myers theater company wants audiences to get 'Naked' at upcoming one-man show

cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK) — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:54:00 -0000

Carmen Crussard wants audiences to get "naked" on May 11. And May 12. And May 13. But not that kind of naked. Southwest Florida's newest theater company, City Scenes, debuts with "Naked," an intense, original, one-man show about one boy's struggle to go through life.

Calendars out: SummerJazz back at Naples Beach Hotel & Golf club

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:30:00 -0000

SummerJazz at the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club is in its 27th lively year this summer.

Singing in Cyrillic Opera Naples tackles Tchaikovsky's difficult, and thoroughly Russian, score for 'Eugene Onegin'

hkheithaus@naplesnews.com (HARRIET HOWARD HEITHAUS) — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:00:00 -0000

Choristers for Opera Naples are tacklling a tough language, Russian, to bring a Tchaikovsky favorite opera to the Phi and ArtsNaples World Festival audiences.

Review: Island Players score a winner with delightful "Queen of Bingo"

cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK) — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:04:00 -0000

Bingo. Five letters. An entire world of social, cultural and prize-winning opportunities. The Island Players explore them all during their season-ending comedy "The Queen of Bingo," a simple, but heart-warming charmer about two sisters, a pile of bingo chips and lots of love.

Review: Florida Rep solves "The Mystery of Irma Vep" in fast, funny fashion | VIDEO

cwsilk@naplesnews.com (CHRIS SILK) — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:42:00 -0000

Oh Edgar. Oh Enid. Edgar. Enid. Edgaaar. Eeeniid. EDGAR! ENID! EDGAR! ENID! oh, edgar. oh, enid. Pant. Gasp. Cigarettes. Yes, ladies and gents. That was a sex scene. Without the sex. You get all that - and more in Florida Rep's "The Mystery of Irma Vep," a hilarious romp through merry old England.