tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61479680636869876112024-03-14T04:08:19.645-04:00The Stage DoorThe Stage Door - written by Chris Silk - covers live theater and culture in Collier and Lee counties. Email me any time via the contact form on naplesnews.com. Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-7880095174590675342014-02-24T20:16:00.000-05:002014-02-24T20:16:11.204-05:00Review: THE GAME'S AFOOT at Gulfshore Playhouse
Just a note: There's (at least) one red herring in every mystery. "The Game's Afoot" does not disappoint. Robert F. Wolin transforms 221B Baker Street into a deep crimson art deco palace [think the Empire State Building] with secret rooms, revolving doors and voices hidden in the walls. Shot during curtain call of a Sherlock play, egotistical actor William Gillette boldly declares he'll inhabitChris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-72776255175247262682014-02-24T20:09:00.001-05:002014-02-24T20:09:26.202-05:00Read the review: LES MISERABLES at Broadway Palm
Saturday night's alright for fighting. That's right! Come to Broadway Palm, to Paris, to the barricade, to "Les Miserables." Even if you've seen it eleventy-billion times before. This one, like all live theatre, is different. Same story. Same convict. Same dream. No turntable. None of the flying projections from the recent national tour that played both Naples (Jan. '12) and Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-12827071212417632792014-02-18T12:00:00.000-05:002014-02-18T12:00:07.649-05:00St. Patrick's Day events in Naples
St. Patrick's Day is fast approaching. Here's your guide to getting ready for the green in Naples.■ Paddy Murphy's Irish Pub, 457 5th Ave S hosts an afternoon of Irish entertainment with Moose & Mary Jo at 3 p.m. Sunday. The Parade Kickoff Celebration features a fundraiser and silent auction.■ Ciaran Sheehan and Sarah Pfisterer, stars of Broadway's "The Phantom of the Opera" visit on Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-52010183294139539542014-02-04T18:08:00.000-05:002014-02-05T11:04:26.509-05:00Naples Players announce "Gypsy" in summer 2014, "Oklahoma!" in spring 2015
The Naples Players released their 2014-15 series to subscribers Tuesday.
Season ticket holders received an early renewal form along with a letter from new Naples Players executive director John F. Sorey, III.
Musical "Gypsy" will headline summer 2014, with perennial Rodgers & Hammerstein favorite "Oklahoma!" taking the spring 2015 musical spot. Stage 2 Improv will again perform in June inChris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-24777157925456618342014-01-07T19:34:00.001-05:002014-01-07T19:34:19.341-05:00Opening: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE at Florida Rep
Vicki Boyle, Carrie Lund, Michael Satowand Harli Cooper in "Arsenic and Old Lace."
"Arsenic and Old Lace" opens Friday at Florida Rep. Bob Cacioppo has been talking about this one ever since the season opened. What does he say? "A killer comedy?" Or something like that.
The photos alone...
"Arsenic and Old Lace" runs Jan. 10-29. Performances are 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, with 2 p.m. Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-46597421625088555262014-01-07T13:49:00.001-05:002014-01-07T13:49:46.903-05:00Review: RELATIVELY SPEAKING at Theatre ConspiracyPeople talk a lot.
Well, let's correct that. We speak a lot. Talking implies a conversation.
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We rarely talk, unless we talk at each other. We never listen. But what happens when communication fails? Theatre Conspiracy explores that in a charming troika of one-acts titled "Relatively Speaking."
A trio of kosher tchotkes examining the human condition from Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-28931155959899117282014-01-07T13:37:00.002-05:002014-01-07T13:49:57.035-05:00Review: SOUTH PACIFIC at Broadway Palm
"South Pacific" at Broadway Palm.
"South Pacific" at Broadway Palm.
Give the guys, girls, Seabees, ensigns and officers of "South Pacific" credit. Broadway Palm tackles the show just three years after the spectacular Lincoln Center production toured Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall. Smaller in scale, but tight, taut - and maybe even more fun. Lord, some of those chorus boys need a tan Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0Florida, USA26.301951076422796 -81.8481445312524.486841076422795 -84.42993153125 28.117061076422797 -79.26635753125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-40498890420565143332014-01-06T08:00:00.000-05:002014-01-06T08:00:04.069-05:00Opening: BLACK TIE at the Naples Players
"Black Tie" runs Jan. 15-Feb. 8, 2014.Call (239) 263-7990 or naplesplayers.org.
"Black Tie," the A.R. Gurney comedy, opens Jan. 15 at the Naples Players. Asia Johnson has replaced Jenna Canfield in the role of Elsie. John McKerrow directs.
Here's the cast, which we released a while ago. Curtis: Jim HeffernanFather: Val KuffelMimi: Ellen CoperElsie: Asia JohnsonTeddy: Klinton Blair"Black Tie,Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-78774507620084428762014-01-02T12:30:00.000-05:002014-01-02T12:30:01.200-05:00Auditions: DISTRACTED at Naples PlayersThe Naples Players will host auditions for drama "Distracted" at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11. Charles Kolmann will direct. Multiple roles are available, including one young boy age 8-12 and one female teen. Rehearsals begin Feb. 10. "Distracted" runs March 26 - April 19. For more information, call (239) 434-7340, ext. 10.
Kolmann directed "Lend Me A Tenor" for the Naples Players in 2009 and "Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0Old Naples, Naples, FL 34102, USA26.141879598080589 -81.79741859436035226.141657098080589 -81.797733594360352 26.142102098080588 -81.797103594360351tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-24690052737348917412014-01-02T08:00:00.000-05:002014-01-02T08:00:08.296-05:00Catch up with the kids in TheatreZone's WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND
There's lots of kids in TheatreZone's production of "Whistle Down the Wind."
Kids in the Deep South in the 1950s find an escaped convict hiding in the barn - and think he's Jesus. Happens every day.
The TheatreZone website indicates just 34 tickets available for "Whistle Down the Wind" and only a dozen tickets available for the February production of "High Society." If you want tickets, buy Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-87299831844327259482014-01-02T07:30:00.000-05:002014-01-02T07:30:00.678-05:00Get the cast for INTO THE WOODS at BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater
Original logo created by Martin Murphy
Stephen Sondheim musical "Into the Woods" opens Jan. 10 at the BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater. The show looks at the "after" in "happily ever after" and answers what happens when wishes really do come true.A baker, Rapunzel, Cinderella, Jack (of Beanstalk infamy) and Little Red Riding Hood all go "into the woods," belting out the complex Sondheim tunes. A Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-20310951769213874052014-01-02T06:30:00.000-05:002014-01-02T06:30:00.438-05:00Naples Players casting for February ETC play readingsThe Naples Players are currently casting for the next ETC Readers' Theatre production, a series of one-act plays.No experience (on-stage or off) is necessary; no memorization is required. The plays will be performed as a series of one-act staged readings in the smaller Tobye Studio. Performances require limited rehearsal time, no costumes and no blocking.Interested? Email Patti Caroli at copychicChris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-57190931089932689172014-01-01T20:44:00.000-05:002014-01-01T20:46:58.262-05:00REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES runs Jan. 10-19 at the Firehouse Community Theatre in LaBelle
"Real Women Have Curves" runs Jan. 10-19.
The Firehouse Community Theatre in LaBelle will present Josefina Lopez play "Real Women Have Curves," the story of five Mexican-American women working in a sewing factory in East L.A.
The show, directed by Joel Hawkins, offers an incredible look at the immigrant Latina experience. Aida Barnhart, Letty Balderas, Bridget Facundo, Myra Johnson and BiancaChris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-79701101787206261182013-12-28T20:00:00.000-05:002013-12-28T11:04:47.695-05:00Watch the Compton and Bennett Trey Radel parody video!
Video not playing? Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6tLfUObYNk
Greed, glowing lips and goose-induced fatalities are three sure signs that
Rick Compton & Betsy Bennett are home for the holidays.
Betsy Bennett (of Compton & Bennett fame) checked in last week. (They let them out?)
Tonight is the final week for "Grandma's" Christmas Goose," their annual holiday merrimentChris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-53707894606757569452013-12-27T21:43:00.003-05:002013-12-28T11:03:54.970-05:00Casting: Naples Players announce cast for THE DROWSY CHAPERONEHere's the cast for the Naples Players production of "The Drowsy Chaperone." Debi Guthery told us back in October that she wanted to play the title role - and she got it.
Guthery will re-team with several members of the completely sold-out 2012 spring musical "Hello, Dolly!" Elizabeth Marcantonio will play Janet, along with semi-professional actor Jim Heffernan as the "Man in Chair." OtherChris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-65650040994913719102013-12-27T21:07:00.000-05:002013-12-28T19:00:03.373-05:00Cast & photos: DEATH OF A SALESMAN at the Lab Theater
Mitch and Joann Haley as Willy and Linda Loman
Courtesy The Laboratory Theater of Florida
Here's the cast for the Lab Theater's production of Arthur Miller classic "Death of a Salesman."
Mitch and Joann Haley as Willy and Linda Loman
Courtesy The Laboratory Theater of Florida
Louise Wigglesworth directs, with Nykkie Rizley as assistant director.
Mitch Haley as Willy Loman
Joann Haley Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-91781106620081934752013-12-27T20:43:00.002-05:002013-12-27T20:43:43.369-05:00Auditions: ART at the Marco Players
Auditions for the Marco Players show "Art" will be held from 7-9 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 20 & Tuesday, Jan 21. Roles are available for three men of any age. Jim Corsica, who just finished a run in the Naples Players production of "Our Town," will direct. He also appeared in the Marco Players production of "The Last Romance" this spring.The Yasmina Reza play examines the complicated dynamics Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-42127882046551231922013-12-27T20:21:00.001-05:002013-12-27T20:22:33.825-05:00Get the cast for Marco Players show THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY
My third time teeing off with farce "The Fox on the Fairway" will be in a few days as The Marco Players tackle the Ken Ludwig comedy. Gulfshore Playhouse and the Off-Broadway Palm previously tackled the show.
We've got a cast (see below) and a director (Beverly Dahlstrom). And a spiffy email.
Here's the cast:
Jesse Heindl – Justin, 25, is off beat, sweet, anxious and a bundle of nerves withChris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-14859746769063983822013-12-22T19:17:00.000-05:002013-12-27T19:44:00.997-05:00Review: THE SANTALAND DIARIES at Florida Rep
Jason Parrish in "The Santaland Diaries."
Leave it to David Sedaris to rescue Christmas. Bravo. Read the full review...
Ever since Thanksgiving Day, I've felt like this will be the year that we look back and think "Christmas disappeared." Tinsel hit store shelves in July, decorations peeked from behind pumpkins in October and reindeer ran down Thanksgiving like it wasn't even a bump in the Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-75165378560555078752013-12-22T19:15:00.000-05:002013-12-22T19:37:22.477-05:00Review: HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR at BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater
"Holiday Spectacular" at BIG ARTS.
If you're going to call your holiday show "Holiday Spectacular," it better be pretty darn spectacular. I told John Ramsey that I wanted to see drag queens with blue lipstick belting carols at the top of their lungs. He and Bobby Logue do way, way better. Pray get thee to Sanibel, like now.READ THE COMPLETE REVIEW...
"Holiday Spectacular," the Christmas Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-54187811800797354422013-12-19T10:21:00.000-05:002013-12-19T10:21:16.594-05:00Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Lab Theater
"A Christmas Carol" plays at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday.
Dear old Charlie Dickens has seen his tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge adapted hundreds of times. Disney added a money bin to create Scrooge McDuck. Sci-fi program "Doctor Who" updated "A Christmas Carol" with time travel and flying sharks. The Lab Theater offers yet another. Read the complete review...KenChris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-65096167974918742772013-12-19T08:00:00.000-05:002013-12-19T08:16:53.920-05:00Reviews: WE WILL ROCK YOU national tour at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall (2)UPDATED with Charles' review.
"We Will Rock You" is fantastic. Fantastic, campy trash that probably sent Freddie Mercury rolling in his grave. At least a few times. Then the checks started rolling in and he realized it was all a glorious acid-fueled music video starring Tina Turner and David Bowie. Oh, you're gonna love it.
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Really. This is the tremendous, baby Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-53859059802921772642013-12-19T07:00:00.000-05:002013-12-19T08:42:20.706-05:00 Give 'em the old "razzle-dazzle" during Lester's January musical-comedy showcaseEddy Lester is set to "razzle-dazzle" us again, with "Razzle-Dazzle 2014," a musical-comedy showcase that plays one night only at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 at Sugden Community Theatre. Impersonator Peter Salazar, singing comedienne Cindy Miller and jazz artist Rio Clemente, plus Argentine sensation Duo Romantico will take the stage. For tickets, $35, call (239) 263-7990 or stopChris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-46630320995605790092013-12-18T10:51:00.000-05:002013-12-18T14:52:39.794-05:00Reviews: JACOB MARLEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL at Gulfshore Playhouse (2)
Cody Nickell in "Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol."
UPDATED WITH NANCY'S REVIEW.It's magically delicious.
Cody Nickell turns in a tour de force performance as Jacob Marley (and 17 other characters) in the Gulfshore Playhouse production of "Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol."
Nickell, director Kristen Coury and a first-rate design team create a phantasmic theatrical experience equal to something Chris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147968063686987611.post-26527116601019295322013-12-15T16:29:00.000-05:002013-12-16T07:39:00.843-05:00Two memorial services set for Barbara B. Mann
Barbara B. Mann, 100, died Sunday. Her legacy lives on, both in the performing arts hall that bears her name and the countless people she has inspired across the arts landscape in this corner of Florida. (read the complete story)
Frank Mann Sr. remembers his mother's "boundless energy;" he says it was the key to her accomplishing "so much" for Southwest Florida.
"I never saw my mother take aChris Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13856265154447939899noreply@blogger.com0