Pull-Out Guide Inside! JACKSONVILLE Spring Performing Arts Guide free monthly guide to entertainment & more | february 2009 | eujacksonville.com 2 FEBRUARY 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly contents 4-13 27 4-13 onono nthe thethe cover family Katie Rose Clarke and Donna features Vivino in the Broadway pages 4-13 performing arts guide page 25 family events production of ‘Wicked’ center pull-out summer camp expo guide ‘Wicked’ is brought to us by FCCJ visual arts Artist Series. ‘Wicked’ will be at the home page 28 art events Times-Union Center April 23rd though page 14 inspired by... page 29 the handshake art show May 10th. Tickets on sale now! 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The show docu- to tell the stories of their lives and perform ments Patsy’s career from the time she some of the greatest hits of the 1950s. was 14 years old until her untimely death at 30 in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee. Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre February 18- April 5 Singing in the Rain 716 Ocean Blvd. Atlantic Beach If you know and love the movie, you’ll love 249-7177, abettheatre.com this stage musical adaptation. It has ev- erything the movie has plus extra songs by February 27- March 14 Forrest You, the Gershwin, Mercer and Cole Porter. audience will choose the verdict as Ameri- can Civil War soldier Nathan Bedford For- April 8- May 31 The original WICKED Footloose rest stands trial for war crimes. Forrest will April 23- May 10 movie wasn’t musical, but this adaptation undergo withering cross-examination and is. The plot revolves around the new kid then must abide by your verdict. Original Douglas Anderson School of the FCCJ Artist Series in a stuffy town who just feels like he’s play by a Jacksonville playwright. gotta dance! The only trouble is dancing is Arts Times-Union Center, 300 W. Water 2445 San Diego Rd. St. (unless otherwise noted) outlawed. April 3- 11 One of Eugene Hughie 346-5620 ext. 122, da-arts.org 632-3373, artistseries.fccj.org O’Neill’s last works. Originally intended as June 3- July 26 Annie lives in an Annie part of a series of short plays, but became February 19- 21 at 7:30 February 13- 22 orphanage but yearns to fi nd her long-lost The Diary of Menopause, The Musi- the lone survivor when O’Neill mysteriously Anne Frank’s diary is one of Four women survive memory loss, hot parents and escape. Her luck changes Anne Frank cal destroyed the others. the most haunting stories we have in our fl ashes, night sweats, not enough sex, too when she is befriended by the billionaire shared human experience. A testament to much sex and more! This musical is set to businessman, Daddy Warbucks. But the May 15- 30 The Exact Center of the Uni- the human spirit, it illuminates Anne Frank’s classic baby-boomer song parodies. evil Miss Hannigan, her devious brother verse Vada Love Powell delights in scar- enduring belief in hope and love during one Rooster and his moll Lily are determined to ing off prospective brides for her beloved of the darkest moments in history. February 11 at 10 am & 7:30 pm Oli- spoil the fun. son, Apple. She, of course, is completely ver! Hailed the world over as one of the surprised when Apple returns with his shy April 18 at 7:30 pm This best-loved family musicals of all time, July 29- August 30 Kiss Me, Kate Forever Plaid new bride, who astounds even Vada with Cole Porter classic directed by Lee Beger, Oliver brings to the stage some of Charles Sparky, Jinx, Smudge and Frankie are The her love for him. Ph.D. » continues on page 5 » 4 FEBRUARY 2009 | eu jacksonville monthly February 26- March 1 A factory that April 17- May 10 A young man GIRLS NIGHT THE MUSICAL R.U.R. Shipwrecked! May 26 - 31 makes realistic, free-thinking robots becomes the escapes his dull life for adventures that are spell- birthplace and home-base for a group of ‘bots who binding: a pearl hunting expedition, a catastrophic plot a rebellion against humanity. storm on the Coral Sea, searching for gold in New Guinea, being lost at sea and more. June 18- 21 The Trojan Women The Euripides comedy in which Trojan women withold sex in ex- June 5-28 The Great American Trailer Park Musi- change for peace. cal The fi ctional neighborhood of Armadillo Acres, North Florida’s most exclusive manufactured hous- Florida Theatre ing community, is about to get a new resident: 128 E. Forsyth St. Pippi, a stripper on the run from her ex. The play is 355-2787 or 353-3309 set in our own neighboring municipality of Starke. floridatheatre.com Independent Artists February 27- 28 at 8 pm J.D. Lawrence Presents Beach Front Resort, 300 A1A Beach Blvd. The Clean Up Woman J.D. Lawrence brings out St. Augustine 794-7455 all the bells and whistles in this witty, fast-paced Dramedy that will have you rolling in the aisle. February 14 at 2 & 7:30 pm and February 15 at Starring Lawrence, Thelma Hopkins, Christopher 2 pm Love Letters In less than two hours, the Williams, Jackee’ Harry and comedian George story of a couple’s entire relationship unfolds from Willborn. what is written- and what is left unsaid- as they read their correspondence shared throughout their March 31 at 8 pm L.A. Theatre Works Presents separate lives. War of the Worlds and The Lost World Join L.A. Theatre Works, America’s premiere radio theatre Jacksonville University company, for a special back-to-back double bill Dicken’s most unforgettable characters along with the future on a wild and hilarious karaoke night out. 2800 University Blvd. N. 256-7345, ju.edu of chills, thrills and great literature as they present one of Broadway’s most memorable scores. Wilson Center for the Arts these masterpieces of science fi ction and adven- Feb. 14 - 15 Vagina Monologues Celebrate V- ture. Day’s 11th Anniversary, raise awareness and envi- February 24- March 1 This new Happy Days FCCJ Wilson Center sion a world without violence against women at this musical reintroduces one of America’s best loved FCCJ South Campus, 11901 Beach Blvd. Hippodrome special presentation of the Vagina Monologues. families, the Cunninghams, and the days of 1959 646-2222, fccj.edu/campuses/south/wil- Milwaukee complete with varsity sweaters, hula 25 SE 2nd Pl. Gainesville son/events.html April 2- 5 hoops and jukebox sock-hoppin’. (352) 375-4477, thehipp.org Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morn- In this comedy, Constance Ledbelly, April 16- 26 Disillusioned by a child- ing Juliet) Holy Ghosts February 27- March 22 Sarah Ruhl an English literature professor, goes on a subcon- March 6- 8 The less marriage punctuated by beatings and drunk- Eurydice Gilligan’s Island the Musical reinvents the fantastic and hallucinatory myth of scious journey of self-discovery. She theorizes most famous three hour tour of all comes to the enly ineffectual lovemaking, a young woman leaves Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine, Eurydice. that Shakespeare’s tragidies and stage in the Spring. Come see your favorite televi- home with her husband’s furniture, possessions Othello Romeo & Eurydice journeys through the jaws of death into were originally comedies, and believes that sion characters of old brought to life in this new and pickup truck to join a group of Pentecostal Juliet the Underworld where she reunites with her father ideas for the plays originate from the indecipherable musical. Wilson Center for the Arts Christians. who teaches her about love, loss and the pleasures Gustav Manuscript. and pains of memory. March 24- 29 Fiddler on the Roof The Tony Flagler College Auditorium continues on page 6 Award winning musical embarks on its National 14 Granada St.