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Players Circle Theater kicks off the performance season with playwright Tom Dulack’s mafioso-style comedy “Breaking Legs.” The show will mark the company’s first production in its newly renovated theater space in the heart Fort Myers’ McGregor corridor. We preview the show and learn about the new theater space in a conversation with Players Circle Theater co-founders Bob Cacioppo and Carrie Lund.
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Paul Reubens, the actor, comedian and Florida native whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died.Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a statement.
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POTUS: Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive closed its Broadway run last August with the strongest week of its entire run. Less than a year later, the show lands at the Laboratory Theater of Florida, a venue known for edgy, avant garde productions. The show runs August 4 through 20.
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The Laboratory Theater of Florida in Fort Myers is mounting the world premiere production of the parody play, “Save Hamlet.” We learn more about the play and what Lab Theater has in store for the summer and its upcoming 15th anniversary season in a conversation with the director of “Save Hamlet” Madelaine Weymouth and Lab Theater founder and artistic director Annette Trossbach.
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A conversation with director Ron Lagomarsino about Florida Repertory Theatre’s season-closing production of Kenneth Lonergan’s dark comedy “Lobby Hero.”
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The Studio Players in Naples are mounting a production of the multi-award winning family comedy drama play “Other Desert Cities” by playwright Jon Robin Baitz. WGCU's Tom Hall has details in this week's "spotlight on the arts," segmet.
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Players Circle Theater is currently presenting the suspense murder comedy “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s.” The plot follows a series of hilarious murder plots and a messy love triangle between a dentist (played by Steve Coe), his lover (played by Angela Watson), and her husband (played by actor/comedian RC Smith). We’ll learn all about the show and hear from the actors bringing this production to life as well as the show’s director and Players Circle Theater founding Artistic Director Bob Cacioppo.
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This week’s “Spotlight on the Arts” features the Naples Players’ upcoming production of the smash comedy hit “Blithe Spirit.” The show runs Sept. 28 thorough Oct. 23.
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Theatre Conspiracy at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers kicks off its 29th anniversary season with a production of comedic noir mystery “Clown Bar.”
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The Florida Repertory Theatre in Fort Myers closes its 24th season with a production of the authentically Southern romantic comedy “Maytag Virgin,” by playwright Audrey Cefaly. We take a closer look with the play’s stars and only actors Tyler Layton and Duke Lafoon.