Musical Theatre

Most reviews of The Wizard of Oz focus on its enchanting storyline. A Kansas tornado whisks a teenage girl and her little dog to a strange land, where she makes new friends, learns from mentors, overcomes threshold guardians and battles a powerful enemy in order to find her way home again. While Broadway Palm honors this timeless story and its iconic characters, its production is special for a number of other reasons.

Fort Myers Theatre is creating ‘one singular sensation’ with their production of the multi-Emmy-winning Broadway show A Chorus Line, and introducing a new generation of performers and audiences to the ground-breaking show. The company is forging ahead, even after the show lost its star, actress Erin Coleman, in a fatal car accident that occurred just a week before opening night.

Belle Theatre in Cape Coral presents a production of the original Broadway musical "Newsies." Performances run June 11-19.

Most folks know Lin-Manuel Miranda as the creator of the 2015 Broadway smash Hamilton, which won 11 Tony Awards. When the show came to the Barbara B Mann Performing Arts Hall for a two-week run in 2020, the demand for tickets was so great that the producer held a lottery two days prior to each performance where lucky theater-goers could win a ticket for the rock-vottom price of just $10. And now, Will Prather and Prather Entertainment have brought another of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway hits to Southwest Florida - In the Heights. And WGCU's Tom Hall predicts this one is going to play to sold out audiences too.

We revisit Players Circle Theater’s extended production of the musical “NIGHT AND DAY. Love Lost & Found Through the Eyes of Cole Porter.” The narrative of the show is told through the music of American composer and songwriter Cole Porter, without spoken dialogue from the actors. We’ll explore the show with its creators.

We explore Players Circle Theater’s current production of the musical “NIGHT AND DAY. Love Lost & Found Through the Eyes of Cole Porter.” The narrative of the show is told through the music of American composer and songwriter Cole Porter, without spoken dialogue from the actors. We’ll explore the show with its creators.

The Laboratory Theatre of Florida begins its 13th season with the Southwest Florida premiere of the multi-Tony award-winning musical, “The Color Purple,” based on the Pulitzer prize-winning and National Book Award-winning novel by author Alice Walker. We'll explore the production with Director Sonya McCarter and Lab Theatre Founding Artistic Director Annette Trossbach.

The Laboratory Theater of Florida in Fort Myers is preparing to kick off its 12th season with a somewhat modified production of Dennis Giacino’s hilarious show “Disenchanted: a new Musical Comedy.”The Laboratory Theater won’t be opening the physical theater doors to patrons just yet. Rather, they’ve created an audio-visual hybrid film and stage production that people will be able to experience virtually while practicing social distancing in their very own homes.We’ll learn about the show and the ways the Laboratory Theater has been rising to the challenges of COVID-19 with founder and Artistic Director Annette Trossbach.

The Laboratory Theater of Florida in Fort Myers begins performances of the rock musical “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” Jan. 18. The four time Tony…

Young actors with the Florida Repertory Theatre’s Conservatory Program are currently performing “Heathers: The Musical.” The Off-Broadway rock musical is…