Arts

As of this writing, a handful of tickets remain for the April 6 "Wicked Divas" concert at the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. What is "Wicked Divas" you ask? Oh, just two women who have both performed in Broadway ...

Marina Re has never been accused of being a diva. Well, not exactly. Her eyes flash and the corners of her mouth turn up in the beginnings of a grin that quickly spreads to her entire face. Her nose crinkles ...

There's one man (and a bunch of junk) on the stage. There's 40 characters on the stage. There's a laptop. A desk. A chair. A phone. An intercom. Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring. That. Incessant. ##### ####### ######## ######## ...

Whatever I expected at the Naples Players show "The Clean House" Wednesday, I didn't get it. I got something better. Thank you, Michael Scanlan, your actors and a talented creative team for bringing Sarah Ruhl's vision of a frozen tableau ...

Patty and Jay Baker, already prominent philanthropists in the Naples area, will be getting even more exposure in coming months. Gulfshore Playhouse announced Thursday morning that the Bakers had donated $100,000 to the group, becoming "Season Benefactors" for the group's ...

Dr. Michelle Hayford, an assistant professor of theatre at Florida Gulf Coast University, loves dogs. She tells me this just two questions into our interview, in a statement that leaves no wiggle room. Not even for the slightest tail wag ...

There's a reason - a simple one - that Second City can fill an auditorium on a cold, windy evening in late March in Naples, when the sun is shining and the million distractions of a coastal resort town beckon. ...

Rival golf clubs. A prodigy with a broken arm. A priceless vahze. A $200,000 wager. Granny's engagement ring. The Golf Channel. Oprah. Raw oysters. Champagne. There's even a couple putters & golf balls knocking about the stage. Sounds like a ...

Call. Now. Get tickets to the Florida Rep production of "The Fantasticks." There's a reason the show has been running for decades in New York. Jason Parrish finds every one of them in this magical dreamscape that celebrates the whimsical ...

I could spend days explaining the plot of "Deathtrap," the final show of the Marco Players season. I won't. Suffice to say it thrills, it chills, characters talk in funny voices, disappear, re-appear with weapons when you least expect it ...

Bill Taylor popped "The Liar" into his "classics" spot when he announced the 2012-13 schedule. Daniel Benzing as Dorante. Brittany Albury, wearing frilly period clothes. The married Hales were going act on stage together. "The Liar" is here. "The Liar" ...

Seth Rudetsky might be the funniest man most of you have never heard of, myself included. Before I got the assignment to write about Rudetsky's upcoming "Deconstructing Broadway" show at the Naples Philharmonic," I'd never heard of him either. Don't ...

Florida Repertory Theatre scored a coup, grabbing the rights to red-hot Jon Robin Baitz play "Other Desert Cities" for their 2012-13 season. In some ways a thinly veiled take on Ron and Nancy Reagan, the show features a daughter confronting ...

Gulfshore Playhouse explores the Civil War in frightening, fascinating, thrilling, extraordinary fashion in this Matthew Lopez show. A Jewish soldier returns home, his house in ruins, just two former slaves left. The starving trio celebrates Passover with a makeshift Seder, ...

On Interstate 10 in California, as motorists launch their rolling tanks made of steel, rubber and fiberglass down the concrete ribbon heading toward Palm Springs, a sign appears overhead. It bears the name of no particular city, no finite destination; ...