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For in- formation concerning advertising phone 904-730-3003 or email [email protected]. 2 FEBRUARY 2010 | eu jacksonville monthly performingperforming artsarts guideguide A llookook aatt wwhat’shat’s oonn tthehe sstagetage fforor SSpringpring - SSummerummer 22010010 Theatre . .pages 3-7 Theatre Jacksonville 90th Anniversary. .page 5 Opera . .page 7 Jazz, Big Band, Blues, Music Tributes & Concerts . .pages 8-9 Dance . .page 10 Family . .pages 10-12 Classical. .pages 13-15 MOCA: Marilyn Forever Blonde . .page 17 Comics & Personalities . .page 18 Riverside Fine Arts presents the Georgia Guitar Quartet, March 6 Feb 12-14 MY MOTHER’S ITALIAN, MY triumphant hit musical is the recipient of FATHER’S JEWISH, & I’M STILL IN THERAPY A six Tony Awards®, two Olivier Awards, a one-man show focused on the hilarious neurosis Grammy® and thousands of standing ovations. of family. Performances at The Wilson Center, A sensational tale of sin, corruption and all that theatre FSCJ South Campus 11901 Beach Blvd. jazz. Feb 23-28 Journey back May 5-9 June 16 – Aug 8 CINDERELLA Rodgers and THE WIZARD OF OZ FOOD FIGHT, A MUSICAL COMEDY Alhambra 12000 Beach Blvd. 641- Hammerstein’s musical classic is reborn with to simpler times with this musical celebration of FOR WAIST WATCHERS Performances at The 1212 www.alhambradinnertheatre.com hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance. the iconic 1939 MGM fi lm, as Dorothy, Toto and Wilson Center, FSCJ South Campus 11901 This is truly a family show, not exclusively a their friends travel down the Yellow Brick Road Beach Blvd. Dec 30-March 7 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL children’s show. This full scale musical delight to the magical land of Oz. Disney Channel’s smash hit movie musical continues transporting new generations to the Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre comes to life at the newly refurbished Alhambra. kingdom of dreams come true. Mar 26-28 MAMMA MIA! Writer Catherine The Alhambra is bringing in exceptionally Johnson’s sunny, funny tale unfolds on a Greek Adele Grage Cultural Center, 716 Ocean Blvd at 7th St. Atlantic Beach, talented performers from all over the country Aug 11 – Sep 5 This island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a AMOROUS CROSSING 249-7177, www.abettheatre.com as well as showcasing some excellent local romantic comedy is set aboard a cruise ship daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her performers to perform in this show about the en route to an island paradise. It focuses on the father brings 3 men from her mother’s past back Mar 12-27 HOME GAMES A poignant comedy drama of high school. hilarious complications involving two couples on to the island they last visited 20 years ago. The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs about a young woman torn between love and her their honeymoons. Join them as they set sail in beloved father who still believes he is playing for March 10 – April 25 42ND STREET This musical this Titanic comedy. propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and version of the classic fi lm tells the story of a friendship. the 1955 New York Yankees. Adults: $15 Senior, new musical, with an aging star to be featured. Student, Military: $12. Sep 8 – Oct 10 THE WEDDING SINGER The After she is injured, a young chorus member is musical stage version of the Adam Sandler Apr 20-25 MENOPAUSE, THE MUSICAL Hot pushed unexpectedly center stage and becomes fl ashes were never so much fun! April 9-11 WILD DREAMS - Discovering Henry movie, The Wedding Singer, follows a jilted a surprise star on opening night. M. Flagler This real American tycoon was wedding singer and a waitress who discover known as “the man who invented Florida.” Apr 27- May2 GREASE Starring American Idol what love and marriage should be. The show Paul J. Jellinek’s one-man show takes you April 28 – June 13 THE FOREIGNER Charlie Winner Taylor Hicks as Teen Angel. Grease has a brand new score that pays loving homage through Flagler’s life - from his women, to his Baker, is a shy Englishman thrown among to the pop songs of the 1980s. is rockin’ across the country in this new unfamiliar people in a fi shing lodge in rural production direct from Broadway. Take a trip to partnership with John D. Rockefeller, to his Georgia. When Charlie becomes nearly frantic a simpler time of poodle skirts, drive-ins, and oil monopoly, hotels and railways and even at the thought of making conversation with The Artist Series Times Union T-birds. his family affairs. Adults: $12 Senior, Student, strangers, his boisterous friend Froggy tells the Center, 300 W. Water St. (or otherwise Military: $10 innkeeper, that Charlie is a “foreigner” who can’t indicated locale) 632-3373, www.artist- May 21-23 CHICAGO Experience Chicago, speak or understand English. seriesjax.org Broadway’s razzle-dazzle smash hit. This ( continues on page 4→ ) eujacksonville.com | FEBRUARY 2010 3 Fogg and his faithful servant race to beat the exasperated wives and a potential accident with Artist Series brings Chicago to clock! Danger, romance, and comic surprises a walk-in freezer. Think “Desperate Housewives” the TU Center May 21-23 abound as fi ve actors portraying 39 characters live on stage. Koger-Gamache Studio Theatre. traverse seven continents in this new adaptation of one of the great adventures of all time. Jun 4-20 DEATH OF A SALESMAN Arthur Miller’s drama about Willy Loman, a salesman Jacksonville University who is past his prime and sinking fast in the pursuit of a goal that is not only unattainable but 2800 University Blvd. N. (sometimes was never real to begin with. held in other locales) 256-7345, http://arts.ju.edu/ Jul 30- Aug 22 DIXIE SWIM CLUB Five southern women, whose friendship began on their Feb 18- 21 CRIMES OF THE HEART At the core college swim team, meet every year at the same of the tragic comedy are the three Magrath beach cottage on the Outer Banks. Free from sisters, who reunite at Old Granddaddy’s home husbands, kids and jobs they catch up, laugh in Hazlehurst, Mississippi after one of them and meddle in each other lives. A hilarious and shoots her abusive husband. Past resentments touching comedy about friendships that last bubble to the surface as they’re forced to deal forever. Koger-Gamache Studio Theatre with assorted relatives and past relationships while coping with the latest incident that has disrupted their lives. Jacksonville University’s Orange Park Community Theatre P-19 Studio Theatre 2900 Moody Ave. Orange Park, 276-2599, www.opct.org Apr 9-11 CHESS This groundbreaking musical, with music by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Jan 29-Feb 20 OLIVER Lional Bart’s Tony Andersson (ABBA, Mamma Mia!) tells the Award winning adaptation of Charles Dicken’s story of a Cold War-era chess match, where book Oliver Twist. When Oliver arrives bag and espionage and love triangles bubble beneath the baggage at a workhouse, he is taught the ways surface. From Bangkok to Budapest, the players, of the street by a colorful cast of characters. lovers, politicians and spies all struggle to get Wrongly accused of theft, he ends up in a home the upper-hand. Florida Theatre 128 E. Forsyth where he discovers ties to his past. $20. St. 355-2787 or 353-3309 fl oridatheatre.com Mar 26- Apr 17 YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU While Alice Sycamore has dated the wealthy Limelight 11 Old Mission Ave. St. Tony Kirby, she has gradually indoctrinated him Augustine 825-1164 or (866) 682- to her eccentric family. When they discover 6400, limelight-theatre.org they are in love, she now insists her fi nance’s April 30- May 15 Brand-new aristocratic family must come to dinner and ROSE’S DILEMMA April 22 - 25 TWELVE ANGRY JURORS Feb 2, 9, 16, and 23 A Neil Simon comedy in its Jacksonville premiere.