Arts & Culture Magazine - January/February 2008 - (Page 74) CALENDAR Performances Feb 1-24. Soaring to New Heights. Circus Sarasota. Exhibitions Jan 11-Feb 14. Technicolor. State of the Arts Gallery. Ongoing through Jan 5. Harry Who? Florida Studio Theatre. Goldstein Cabaret Theatre, 1241 N. Palm Ave. A vivacious musical revue featuring the songs of Harry Warren, one of the most prolific composers during the golden era of the Hollywood musical. Call 941.366.9000 or visit www.fst2000.org for more information. Ongoing through Jan 6. Can-Can. Golden Apple Dinner Theatre, 25 N. Pineapple Ave. $33-$45, 1:30pm matinee, 8pm. With a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Abe Burrows, CanCan tells the hilarious tale of Paris dance hall owner, La Mome Pistache and her battle with a self-righteous judge, Aristide, who is determined to shut her business down. Call 941.366.5454 or visit www.thegoldenapple. com for more information. Ongoing through Jan 26. Pure Confidence by Carlyle Brown. Florida Studio Theatre. Keating Theatre, 1241 N. Palm Ave. An exploration of the true meaning of freedom set in the gritty, high-stakes world of Civil War-era horse racing. An emotional and comedic look at the complexity of race, humanity, love and dignity. Call 941.366.9000 or visit www.fst2000.org for more information. Ongoing through Mar 12. The Constant Wife by W. Somerset Maugham. Asolo Repertory Theatre. Mertz Theatre, 5555 N. Tamiami Trl. 2pm matinee, 8pm. Take a fast-paced and stylish comedic romp around the naughty fun of marriage. The Middletons have long been happily married, but John is now having an af- Theatre fair with Constance’s best friend. Constance finds out and decides that what is sauce for the gander is definitely sauce for the goose. Call 941.351.8000 or visit www.asolo.org for more information. Ongoing through Mar 13. The Play’s the Thing by Ferenc Molnar, adapted by P.G. Wodehouse. Asolo Repertory Theatre. Mertz Theatre, 5555 N. Tamiami Trl. 2pm matinee, 8pm. Set in the 1930s, two Broadway playwrights and their young musical collaborator decide to surprise their leading lady, who is also the fiancée of the composer. But the prima donna surprises them with an affair of her own. Overnight, one of the playwrights concocts a brilliant scheme to solve everyone’s problems. Call 941.351.8000 or visit www.asolo.org for more information. Ongoing through May 1. Doubt by John Patrick Shanley. Asolo Repertory Theatre. Mertz Theatre, 5555 N. Tamiami Trl. 2pm matinee, 8pm. The Pulitzer Prize and four-time Tony Award-winning drama about Sister Aloysius’ suspicions that the popular Father Flynn has made an inappropriate connection with a student. Call 941.351.8000 or visit www.asolo.org for more information. Jan 2-20. Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet. Asolo Conservatory. Cook Theatre, 5555 N. Tamiami Trl. 2pm matinee, 8pm. This Pulitzer Prize-winning author spins a web of greed, morality and humanity in this tale of two film producers in Hollywood, who finally find the project that will make their careers, but are thwarted by the innocent secretary who enters their lives. Call 941.351.8000 or visit www.asolo.org for more information. Jan 8-Mar 16. Evita. Golden Apple Dinner Theatre, 25 N. Pineapple Ave. $33-$45, 1:30pm matinee, 8pm. Winner of seven Tony Awards including Best Musical. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s hit musical about the rise to power of Argentinian first lady Eva Peron through a combination of sex, ambition, timing and pure force of personality. Call 941.366.5454 or visit www.thegoldenapple. com for more information. Jan 8-Mar 22. European Cabaret. Florida Studio Theatre. Goldstein Cabaret Theatre, 1241 N. Palm Ave. In 1930s Europe, cabaret clubs became the beehive of Bohemian artists and intellectuals, fiercely challenging social mores of the era. Call 941.366.9000 or visit www. fst2000.org for more information. Jan 10-20. Grand Hotel. Players Theatre, 838 N. Tamiami Trl. 2pm weekends, 8pm; $23 adults, $12 students. Come spend a night or two in the world’s most opulent extravagant hotel. Perhaps you will find your fortune there, perhaps you will find true love, perhaps all your dreams will come true. Call 941.365.2494 or visit www.theplayers.org for more information. Jan 10-Feb 3. Apartment 3A by Jeff Daniels. Venice Little Theatre, 140 W. Tampa Ave., Venice. $23, 2pm Sundays, 8pm Tuesday-Saturday. Annie Wilson, Director of Fundraising for Public Broadcasting Channel 68, is faced with a series of dilemmas 74 : : arts and culture magazine http://www.asolo.org http://www.asolo.org http://www.fst2000.org http://www.thegoldenapple.com http://www.thegoldenapple.com http://www.asolo.org http://www.thegoldenapple.com http://www.fst2000.org http://www.thegoldenapple.com http://www.fst2000.org http://www.asolo.org http://www.fst2000.org http://www.theplayers.org
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