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Get Your Golden Ticket to a Sweet Take on a Classic at the Alhambra

July 7, 2025

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, THE NEW MUSICAL is a very different take on the classic based on the book by Roald Dahl. If you’re expecting the songs from the original musical or movie, for the most part, they have new counterparts. When the show moved from the West End to Broadway, they did rework the musical a little to

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DESPERATE MEASURES’ ANTICS are at Theatre Jacksonville

Calling a play a “problem play” truly does a script a disservice. It makes one think that doing or seeing it might be a waste of time. In actuality, all that it means is that the play does not neatly fit into a category such as comedy or tragedy. Instead,

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Words by Carmen Macri National June 4 Jon Bellion –

MY FAIR LADY is absolutely Loverly at the Alhambra

Aaaooo, why can’t the English learn to speak?! With a lively opening

A Super MAMMA MIA! Troupe Downtown

January 8, 2025

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Unlike many of the numerous jukebox musicals around town this year, British playwright Catherine Johnson did not use the music of ABBA to write the musical about the group ABBA. Partnered with primary ABBA songwriters Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (some songs with Stig Anderson), she instead wove ABBA’s music through

Food, Folks and Fun

December 10, 2024

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Words by Shelton Hull Wine To Unwind is a new house music night taking place at Norikase, a very popular Japanese restaurant at 9734 Deer Lake Court on the city’s southside. These events take place every Tuesday evening from 6:30 to 9:30pm, with The Balance King providing sonic soundscapes

It’s A CHRISTMAS STORY time at Alhambra

December 1, 2024

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For fans of the 1983 classic comedy film, A CHRISTMAS STORY, hopefully you already have your tickets for Alhambra’s production. If not, the best you can do is their waiting list, since they are sold out! The show very closely follows the movie’s storyline of young Ralphie Parker (Keegan Carroll)

THE ILLUSIONISTS will add magic to your season

November 24, 2024

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This Tuesday, for one night only, the record-breaking THE ILLUSIONISTS-MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS will be onstage at the Performing Arts Center in Jacksonville. Having originated on Broadway, the show features rotating performers who have wowed audiences around the world since 2012. Multi-award-winning Chris Cox – The Mentalist – has performed

Laughter isn’t foreign to THE FOREIGNER

November 12, 2024

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It’s Betty Meek’s Fishing Lodge Resort in Rural Georgia. The racist local building inspector, Owen Musser (Alan Morton), has cited the lodge for the brickwork needing replacement, and if Betty (Kelley Norman) can’t afford to fix it, she’ll have to sell cheap. It’s a familiar setting for local theatergoers with

Impact Players

October 30, 2024

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Words by Shelton Hull and Photos by Ambar Ramirez From its earliest days, Jacksonville has been known for its ability to attract young people of great potential, across a wide range of fields. But just as crucial to our collective brand is the massive array of talent that we’ve exported,

Downtown we will rock you with THE ULTIMATE QUEEN CELEBRATION

October 16, 2024

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This Friday (10/18), Jacksonville rock fans are going to get a special treat. THE ULTIMATE QUEEN CELEBRATION is coming to our city for one performance only. This is not a typical tribute or impersonation show, nor is it a story about Freddy Mercury and the original group. This is a

It’s a wedding party at THE WEDDING SINGER

October 5, 2024

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Throw back to the days of disco, overdone perms for women and long hair for men, and you’ve got the makings of the party that is THE WEDDING SINGER. The show opens at a wedding reception, where lead singer Robbie Hart (Jake Pearce) is singing with his bandmates Sammy (Paul

A SIDE-SPLITTING EVENING with THE GOLDEN GIRLS

October 2, 2024

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You don’t need to be a die-hard fan of the ’80s to have a side-splitting evening with THE GOLDEN GIRLS, THE LAUGHS CONTINUE, at the Performing Arts Center downtown. It’s fun for all ages and genders – over 18. It’s a very raunchy spinoff of its namesake sitcom that ran

Combined Minds

September 20, 2024

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The girls talk seasonal TV shows and movies Words by Carmen Macri and Ambar Ramirez Carmen: It seems like common knowledge that certain movies and TV shows just feel better during certain times of the year. Take Harry Potter, for instance. Name one sociopath who chooses to watch