During Christmas week, theatergoers have six choices for their theater entertainment, including four shows on Christmas Day at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre.

On Dec. 3, FGCU’s Bower School of Music & the Arts performed its annual Christmas extravaganza, “Joyful & Triumphant,” at Moorings Presbyterian Church in Naples. FGCU students Sebastian Plymette and Mia Laboy Reyes performed in the concert as part of the Chamber Choir and share about their experiences.

“Annie the Musical” requires a large cast of child actors, but most youngsters and their parents have busy schedules during the holidays. Rather than ask anyone to choose between family and performing, Director Robin Dawn Ryan decided to field two different casts for the musical.

Christmas shows abound in Southwest Florida theaters, but The Belle Theatre in Cape Coral has prepared a program like no other. Belle will celebrate the season with caroling, cocoa, cookie decorating and "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

“Home for the Holidays” is a Southwest Florida tradition. TheatreZone Artistic Director Mark Danni says the two-hour yuletide revue will set the tone for Christmas week.

This week, theatergoers have 17 productions from which to choose, including one new play and performances of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker by Gulfshore Ballet and Sarasota Ballet.

On December 3, FGCU’s Bower School of Music & the Arts performed its annual Christmas extravaganza, “Joyful & Triumphant” at Moorings Presbyterian Church in Naples. The concert will be broadcast during Christmas week on WGCU HD TV and WGCU FM Radio.

“Clown Bar 2” is the most immersive theater experience Southwest Florida audiences will ever experience, bar none, and while it's not a musical, the show's songs really advance the action in the clown noir whodunit.

Next year, Florida SouthWestern State College will undertake a $14.5 million renovation of its Humanities Building. For the ensuing 20 months, the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery will operate out of an annex in FSW's Rush Library building.

Theatergoers have 19 shows to choose from the week of December 9, including three new shows and five others that are closing