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The play Silent Sky describes how Henrietta Swan Leavitt's passion for discovery enabled astronomy to map the sky and, in the process, determine our exact place in the universe. Silent Sky is on stage at the FGCU TheatreLab through February 25, 2024.
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In David Auburn's proof, sisterly bonds and romantic relationships are put to the test when a female college drop-out authors a groundbreaking mathematical discovery that everyone ascribes to her recently-deceased father.
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"The Women Who Mapped the Stars" tells the story of five female computers who worked in obscurity at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s. But the show won't be staged in a theater. Instead, it will be performed at and as a fundraiser for the Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium.
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Gulf Coast Symphony and Gulfshore Ballet are making The Nutcracker a Southwest Florida holiday tradition. But this year's production at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall on December 16th is different from prior years.
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TheatreZone and Florida Gulf Coast University are collaborating to bring in Equity actors for "Heathers: The Musical," which will give FGCU theater and music students the opportunity to learn from and work with professional performers.
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Disney's storybook princesses have come back to life years after their "happily-ever-afters." And they're less than thrilled with the way their lives have turned out. Tom Hall explores 'Disenchanted the Musical' at The Belle Theatre in Cape Coral.
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The use of intimacy choreographers and intimacy coordinators in the performing arts has been growing across the industry in recent years. These experts provide direction in the process of actors performing sensitive scenes that may involve content of a sexual nature, nudity, violence and more. We talk with Laboratory Theater of Florida Artistic Director Annette Trossbach about a new report titled, “A Case for Intimacy Choreographers in SW Florida.”
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Fort Myers Theatre goes for the laughs instead of the horror.
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Despite damages to the historic Arcade Theatre caused by Hurricane Ian, the Florida Repertory Theatre in downtown Fort Myers is continuing its run of the Billie Holiday musical “Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grille" at the Alliance for the Arts.
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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.