The Stage Door

Mar 31st

• SBDAC opens art exhibit featuring 15-foot-tall Transformer-style robot - [Just. WOW.]
• Ed Asner goes on stage as Franklin Roosevelt in "FDR" - [presidential]
• Broadway Palm releases season: "Rent" in April 2011
• Lab Theater seeks female extras for "Bernarda Alba" - [ladies only]

Mar 30th

• Cast announced for "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie"
• WATCH THE VIDEO: Police: Intoxicated driver calls 911 on herself
• Florida Rep "Trying" for serious drama with Howard, Burttram

Mar 29th

• There's a new farce in town! Buckle up for "Tea-A-Ria" at Fred's Diner
• Maurice Lo Monaco performing in Port Charlotte - [Italian serenade]
• UPDATED: Please dim the lights in honor of Carol A. Provonsha
• We love your review of "A Doll's House!" - [Thanks, Gulfshore Playhouse]

Mar 27th

• Florida Rep releases next season: "August: Osage County," Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps," "Gaslight"

Mar 26th

• UPDATED: Opera Naples fires shot in the "opera war," forms Opera Naples Guild
• Say hello to The Victory Center for the Performing Arts - [there's a new theater in town]
• Feedback Friday: We hated your review of "Gypsy!"
• UPDATED: Yet another reason to follow @naplesplayers on Twitter

Mar 25th

• VIDEO: KidzAct's "Mulan Jr." teaches us "How to Create an Avalanche"

Mar 24th

• 85 photos from KidzAct production of "Mulan" - [they can act]

Mar 23rd

• Stage Door: My thoughts on the Barbara B. Mann Broadway season - [interesting]
• Marco Players to open "The Fourth Wall" on April 7 - [blank wall]
• UPDATED: Philharmonic unveils $10M fundraising campaign; Opera Naples fires back
• Latest email campaign for Gulfshore Playouse's "A Doll's House" out now
• Gulfshore Media plans arts guide; who might have to work harder?

Mar 22nd

• Tickets still available for Bill Cosby at BBMann - [he's funny!]
• Naples Players KidzAct announces summer performances of "Cats" - [kiddie kitties]
• Naples Players KidzAct performing Mulan, Jr. tonight, tomorrow
• Audition sides posted for "Annie," "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" - [act now]
• Marco Players to make Chuck Daye tribute an annual event - [Standing Room Only]
• Steffanie Pearce to headline "A Night at La Scala" - [opera event]

Mar 21st

• Why is FDR such a hot topic? Two-woman show covers his "Four Loves"

Mar 19th

• Edison College producing "Good" this weekend and next - [Nazi drama]
• Previews of "A Doll's House" start Wednesday - [not so happy housewives]
• Official PR: Murder Mystery Dinner Train's "Murder on the Scottish Line" - [haggis and hilarity]
• SoapFest goes to the theater with play reading - [spooky and soapy]
• Feedback Friday: We just don't like your reviews!

Mar 18th

• Maurice Lo Monaco back at Italian American Club March 21 - [love songs in a foreign language]
• Broadway Palm holding auditions for three shows - [can you sing and dance?]
• Cultural Park casting for Gershwin revue - [sing, dance, be on stage!]
• Florida Rep opens "The New Kid" as part of Lunchbox Theatre series - [educational]

Mar 17th

• SoapFest brings the stars to Marco Island May 15 & 16 - [good, clean fun]
• Broadway Palm to do "Seussical" this summer, "Hairspray" in fall
• Cast notes for "Love, Sex & the IRS" - [death before taxes]
• Shocking Nudity! In NYC! Museum exhibit bares all with naked performers
• Preview: "The Cemetery Club" at Cultural Park Theatre - [dead funny]
• Video: "Crazy Mary" rehearsal - [I'm not getting through to her]

Mar 16th

• Naples Players casting for "Annie," "If You Give A Mouse a Cookie"
• Fort Myers teen wins contest, to perform in Cirque Dreams Illumination - [acting dreams]
• Eric Raddatz casting for independent film "The Driskell Defense" - [can you act?]
• Murder Mystery Dinner Train pipes up for "Murder on the Scottish Line" - [haggis not required]
• $25 rush tickets available for Cirque Dreams Illumination - [light it up]
• Gulfshore Playhouse wants your kids for the summer - [young actors]
• Stage Door: You've never seen a ceiling like this before - ["Crazy Mary"]

Mar 15th

• Ken McBride plays Visani in Port Charlotte - [Irish eyes]
• Barbara B. Mann adds "Stomp" to Broadway season - [bang a drum]
• Half-price tickets available for Circus Sarasota - [acrobatic for the people]
• Barron Collier students producing "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" - [round table?]
• Royal Palm Players go to therapy with "Annoyance" - [doctor, doctor]
• "Crazy Mary" opens March 24 at Sugden - [acting up]
• Classes: "Lighting Design" & "Shakespearean Verse" - [light it up, make it rhyme]
• 120 more photos from "Fiddler on the Roof" - [we're singing!]

Mar 12th

• Here's the Barbara B. Mann 2010-11 Broadway series - [classic shows]
• Cirque Dreams Illumination opens Tuesday - [light me up]
• Feedback Friday: I hated your "Wicked" review

Mar 11th

• There's a man in a dress at Off-Broadway Palm - [hello comedy]

Mar 10th

• UPDATED: TEN videos from "Fiddler on the Roof" - [see it, here it, feel it, TRADITION!]
• VIDEO: Behind the scenes of "Fiddler on the Roof" - [make me a show]
• Gulfshore Playhouse crafts "A Doll's House" - [toying with affections]

Mar 9th

• Photos from the Cirque Dreams Illumination Audition - [acrobatic for the people]
• Compton & Bennett back at Big Cypress for three shows - [comedy tonight]
• NPR: The sequel to "Phantom of the Opera" lands in London
• My thoughts on the Naples Players 2010-11 season - [seasons of love]
• Broadway star Stephen Hanna at Gulfshore Ballet benefit - [bravo!]
• Zonta event to feature one-woman Susan B. Anthony show - [historical ladies]
• "Something's Afoot" at Schoolhouse Theater on Sanibel - [whodunit]

Mar 8th

• On Stage: What's happening this week - [busy]
• St. Ann students present two shows of musical play - [young actors]
• Go to the theatre, get a history lesson about FDR! - [delano!]
• Photo: "The Beast of Broadway" cast party
• Official PR: "All the Great Books, Abridged" at Theatre Conspiracy
• Can you write? Then you need to read this. - [new play contest]

Mar 5th

• UPDATED: Feedback Friday: I hated your "Jersey Boys" review
• Naples Players release 2010-11 season
• Razzle Dazzle closes two weeks into four-week extension

Mar 4th

• Southwest Florida Music Hall: Is there a new theatre in town?
• EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Three scenes from "Fiddler on the Roof"

Mar 3rd

• The Philharmonic will have on-stage seating for "Xanadu" - [wow]
• VIDEO: Watch the entrance to "Fiddler on the Roof" - from backstage - [really cool]

Mar 2nd

• Florida Rep launches Lunchbox Series March 13 - [dramatic education]
• Schoolhouse Theater goes back to the '50s! - [fabulous fundraiser]
• Special performance of "Sweet Charity" at Barbara B. Mann
• Photos from Florida Rep's Speakeasy 2010 - [acting up]
• Video: OK Go's "This Too Shall Pass" - [remember when bands made videos?]
• Bathroom Break: A "Fiddler on the Roof" warning - [go before the show]

Mar 1st

• My review didn't dent the box office for "Jersey Boys" - [record setting performance]
• Opera Naples plans heated tent for outdoor "Magic Flute" performance
• Kairos Italy Theater at Naples Italian American Club - [be Italian]
• "Girls Night: The Musical" at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood - [girls rule]
• Naples Players slate KidzAct performances of "Mulan, Jr." for March 22 & 23
• TheatreZone gets creative with "Beast of Broadway" ad - [fabulous]
• Preview: Melissa Gilbert in "Little House on the Prairie"
• Monday Morning Reading: What's happening this week