Theatre

Do you have a youngster between 10-17 who thinks they might want to tread the boards?  NEXT STOP BROADWAY may be just the ticket!  With no experience required, all with an interest in a glimpse of a Broadway process are welcome. Headed by Broadway veteran Tony Parise, NEXT STOP BROADWAY is an intensive five-day workshop designed to give participants a look at what it’s like to be an ensemble member of a Broadway show.  Over the course of five days, they will sing and dance from 9-5 with 30 minutes for lunch and a 10-minute break. Each day, in groups …

Through June 4 “Jersey Boys”  Alhambra Theatre & Dining   Through May 7 Four Weddings and an Elvis  Theatre Jacksonville   May 1 Champions of Magic  Thrasher-Horne Center, Orange Park   May 5 “New Jack City: Live on Stage”  Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts   Broadway Rave: The Musical Theatre Dance Party 1904 Music Hall   May 5-14 A Classic Theatre presents “Mother and Sons”  The Waterworks, St. Augustine   S. Lewis on Stage:” Further Up & Further In”  Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts   May 10 First Coast Opera presents “Bon Appetit”  Ancient City Baptist Church, St. …

JERSEY BOYS, The Story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is a bounce-in-your-seat, hum, or sing-along, fun evening.  Three of the four core members were interviewed to write the play, and the primary writing duo for the band did the music (Bob Gaudio) and lyrics (Bob Crewe).  The show incorporates music from the group, which is used to this day in advertising and film productions.  In fact, Frankie Valli is still touring with The Four Seasons at age 88 and is scheduled to be in Jacksonville Dec, 2023. The show is told from the standpoint of being four seasons, …

MEAN GIRLS is the story of Cady Heron (English Bernhardt), who has been raised in Kenya, Africa, and homeschooled all her life.  When her mother gets a job in Chicago, Cady’s in a very different jungle from the one she left.  It merits pointing out that Heather Ayers, who portrays Cady’s mother, Regina’s mother, and the AP Calculus teacher, manages to differentiate her characters so well that it’s easy to miss that they’re played by the same person. When the show first opens, Damian Hubbard (Eric Huffman) and Janis Sarkisian (Lindsay Heather Pearce), break the fourth wall to introduce Cady …

Don’t miss “Color Struck” one of Zora Neale Hurston’s revered works, set in St. Augustine, FL! The Zora Project presents “Color Struck,” a play set in St. Augustine, written by Zora Neale Hurston, to be presented at the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center on April 28-30, 2023. Through April 1 “Something Rotten” Amelia Musical Playhouse ameliamusicalplayhouse.com   Through April 2 Disney on Ice: “Into the Magic” VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena jaxevents.com   “Godspell” The Island Theater, Fleming Island Theislandtheater.com   “Matilda Jr.: The Musical” The Waterworks, St. Augustine apextheatrejax.com   Through April 16 “Arsenic and Old Lace” Alhambra Theatre & …

While theater critics are not necessarily a beloved breed, Mortimer Brewster (Shain Stroff) is hard not to love in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE as he discovers he lives in a house of lunatics.  The night he becomes engaged to the local Reverend’s daughter, Elaine Harper (Savannah Elam), he discovers a corpse in the window seat of his childhood home.  It is a Dick Van Dyke meets Judy Garland match-up with this pair. His aunts, Abby and Martha Brewster (Hillary Hickam, Patti Eyler), live in the house with one of Mortimer’s brothers, Teddy Brewster (Alec Hadden).  The sisters are well-loved members …

With Easter close at hand, the 50th Anniversary tour of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR comes to downtown Jacksonville.  This piece is an early work of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber with a timeless, classic score, at times flying into the stratosphere, other times scraping the bottom of the scale.  It’s a high-powered rock opera that takes the audience through the roller coaster of  ups and downs in Jesus’ final days as seen through the eyes of Judas. Never intended to be an accurate portrait of Christ’s passion, the story is lyricist Tim Rice’s idea of what Judas’s thoughts and motivations may have …

Through March 5 “Camelot & Camelittle” Artist Connection Theatre artistconnectiontheatre.org   “The Lifespan of a Fact” ABET Theatre abetjax.com   “Little Women” Orange Park Community Theatre opct.info   Through March 19 “The Diviners” Limelight Theatre, St. Augustine limelight-theatre.org   Through March 23 “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” Alhambra Theatre & Dining alhambrajax.com   March 3-11 “Sylvia” The Waterworks. St. Augustine aclassictheatre.org   March 8-11 First Coast Classic DanceSport Championship World Golf Village Renaissance St. Augustine Resort firstcoastclassic.com   March 10 “Dragons and Mythical Beasts” Thrasher-Horne Center thcenter.org   March 10-26 “Doubt” Theatre Jacksonville theatrejax.com   March 11 ​​An Evening …

Words By Tysen Romeo   On May 2022, “Indecent” was approved as Douglas Anderson School of the Arts’ spring theatrical production. Auditions were held in December 2022 and roles were cast before winter break started. The show was set to open in March, but on Jan. 5, the first day of rehearsals, the production was canceled.              “Indecent” is a Tony Award-winning play about the controversy surrounding “The God of Vengeance,“ written by Sholem Asch in 1918 which tells the story about breaking through social barriers and the consequences that follow. “Indecent” was written by Paula Vogel and premiered at …

Looking for Valentine’s options?  Girls’ night out?  PRETTY WOMAN THE MUSICAL based on the 1990 highest-grossing RomCom for a decade – and the one that launched the career of a young Julia Roberts – opens in Jacksonville on 2/15.  The musical ran on Broadway until Covid brought it to an early close.  This company (with some shifts) has been on tour since September 2021. The story is based on the classic Pygmalion (which originates in Ovid’s Metamorphoses written over 2000 years ago).  Edward, a successful businessman, hires Vivian, a free-spirited prostitute, to be his escort to several functions over the …