Music & Arts Community Center

Stephanie Hodgdon is renowned for her powerful vocals, multi-octave range and commanding stage presence. Her show, “She Will Rock You,” includes a mix of ‘50s-to-‘70s rock mainstays,’ 80s hair-band hits, and modern-day favorites. It visits the Music & Arts Community Center in Fort Myers on July 25.

Stevie Wonder wrote his first Motown hit at 13. Today, his catalog spans six decades. His repertoire covers a wide range of genres, but he has not really been associated with jazz – until now. On July 30, the Gulf Coast Jazz Collective will perform the music of Stevie Wonder - all jazzed up.

The Gulf Coast Jazz Collective has been celebrating famous jazz musicians this season. In June, it’s Thomas “Fats” Waller.

This week, four shows open, one closes, six continue their runs and there is one limited engagement at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters.

Beginning May 30, Gulf Coast Symphony is bringing Southwest Florida the “Sounds of America” in observance of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Wynton Marsalis asks the question that confronts us as a nation: “Do we want to find a better way?” He answered that in the eight songs that comprise his 2022 album “The Democracy! Suite.” The Gulf Coast Jazz Collective – Paul Gavin, Zak Bartholomew and Brandon Robertson – will perform it on April 18.

He’s just 17. He’s already played Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Last year, he won the Arthur Fraser Piano Competition at the Southeastern Piano Festival. His name is William Wu and Gulf Coast Symphony Music Director Andrew Kurtz is bringing him to the Music and Arts Community Center on April 25th.

Southwest Florida Theatre transports audiences back to the 1950s with “Sh-Boom! Life Could Be A Dream.” Fans of doo-wop are sure to love this story of a quartet hoping to launch their careers by winning a national radio contest.

It’s been called "Monty Python meets Sherlock Holmes." An Olivier Award-winning comedy, “The Play That Goes Wrong” features an unconscious leading lady, a corpse who can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything, including their lines. It's also one of four shows opening in area theaters this week. Ten others close and 11 continue their runs this week as well.

“Moonlight and Magnolias” headlines the five shows opening this week at Southwest Florida community and equity theaters. Three others close and 17 continue their runs as well.