“If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.” - Tallulah Bankhead
The theater season is in full swing here in Naples, and you’re invited to check out this year’s offerings. Let’s take a look!
The Naples Players offers top flight community theater at the Sugden Theater on Fifth Avenue South. The level of acting, staging, and choreography impresses every time! The Naples Players celebrated their 60th anniversary last year, and is consistently voted the “Best Live Theater” option. This year’s lineup on the Blackburn Hall main stage includes the classic Our Town, followed by Black Tie, The Drowsy Chaperone, and Moon Over Buffalo. You might also try one of the offerings in the intimate “black box” of the Tobye Studio Theater, or check out the dynamic KidzAct productions throughout the year. The Naples Players is the perfect evening out, combined with dinner or dessert at one of Fifth Avenue’s beautiful eateries.
TheaterZone makes its home at the G&L Theater at the Community School of Naples. At TheaterZone, you’ll discover professional theater in an “up close and personal” setting - there’s not a bad seat in the house. The season starts in January, 2014 and features equity actors performing in Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Whistle Down the Wind, the classic Cole Porter musical High Society, the musical Chess, and popular salute to 50’s harmony Forever Plaid. Plan for dinner at nearby Waterside Shops or The Mercato, then head over to the show.
The Gulfshore Playhouse offers another professional theater choice, tucked inside the Norris Center adjacent to Cambier Park. The 200-seat theater assures that you’ll feel close to the stage - almost part of the action. This year, enjoy drama with Something Intangible, a new twist on a classic Christmas story with Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, a world premier with The God Game, comedy with The Game’s Afoot, and a production of Pulitzer Prize winner Arthur Miller’s All My Sons. The location of Gulfshore Playhouse allows you to easily enjoy the evening with dinner on 3rd Avenue South or Fifth Avenue, followed by your evening of theater.
I certainly hope you’ll take time to “be an audience” during the Naples theater season this year.
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