Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre

This week, one show opens, three close, eight others continue their runs and four more enjoy limited engagements at equity and community theaters from Sarasota to Marco Island.

Stage mom Jennifer Dick’s guiding principle is supporting her children’s passions. In the case of her daughter, Rilyn, that passion is theater. It’s been that way since Rilyn was 3.

This week, nine shows close, 12 continue their runs and there are two limited-run young actors' productions at equity and community theaters from Sarasota to Marco Island. As an added bonus, there are three performances of Frank Blocker’s “Good Jew” at the Norris Center in Naples.

Leoma Lovegrove's gallery reported on Facebook yesterday that the popular local artist died on April 10 at her North Fort Myers home with her husband, Michael Silberg, at her side. She was 72 years old.

Joe Simonelli’s comedy “Half Baked” opens at the Off Broadway Palm on April 18 for 40 performances. The show follows two retired brothers who open a little café in Central Florida with their wives.

This season will be Theatre Conspiracy’s last in Southwest Florida. Founder and Producing Artistic Director Bill Taylor has announced a lineup of 11 blockbuster shows for its farewell tour. Since the company is no longer at the Alliance for the Arts, it has arranged to stage this season’s shows in the Off Broadway Palm, Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium and The Laboratory Theater of Florida.

This week, four shows open, four shows close and 17 others continue their runs at equity and community theaters from Marco Island to Sarasota.

Under Amy McCleary's direction and choreography, Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre's 'Waitress' is a spellbinding musical about female empowerment.

During the week of April 7, 2025, ten shows open, six shows close and 15 others continue their runs at equity and community theaters from Marco Island to Sarasota.

This week, nine shows open, there’s a preview of another, two shows close and 12 others continue their runs at equity and community theaters from Marco Island to Sarasota.