Unscheduled Hiatus

Hi readers!

Sorry about the unscheduled hiatus. Life happens sometimes! The Gainesville Theater Blog will be back soon and ready for a great 2010-2011 season of exciting Gainesville Theater!

As a quick drive-by reminder, the critically acclaimed runs of two shows will be ending this weekend, which makes it a great weekend to see some theatre! Make sure to catch one (or both!) of these great shows before the curtains close on Sunday!

Hippodrome Theatre

SHEAR MADNESS by Paul Portner
Opening June 4th, 2010; Discount Previews June 2nd and 3rd. EXTENDED TO AUGUST 1st!

Don’t miss “America’s Favorite Comedy” and the longest-running play in the history of American theatre. It’s the uproarously funny whodunit where the audience gets to solve the crime. A combination of comedy, mystery and improvisation, Shear Madness incorporates current events, celebrities and gossip into the script, keeping it local and constantly fresh.
Living above the Shear Madness hair salon can be murder. It is for concert pianist Isabel Czerny. But the question remains, “whodunit?” Was it her friend, Barbara DeMarco, the hairstylist extraordinaire? Was it Tony Whitcomb, the salon’s irrepressible proprietor? What about Eddie Lawrence, the charming mystery man? It certainly couldn’t be Mrs. Shubert, the town’s prim and proper socialite. Or could it? You decide. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION! The detectives will soon be around, and they need you, to help solve the crime. The information provided by the audience will influence the outcome of this award-winning comedy.
Hippodrome Theatre Website
Shear Madness Facebook Event

Gainesville Community Playhouse

The Producers
Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks

When two Broadway producers discover the key to riches is to produce a flop, they decide to mount the worst musical ever written. Follow their hilarious struggles to gather the very worst in Broadway artistry. This Broadway and screen success is full of outrageous, in-your-face humor and crazy show-stopping numbers. Winning a record twelve Tony® Awards and wowing capacity crowds night after night, you won’t want to miss this one!
Show Dates
July 9 through August 1, 2010
Wednesday – Saturday at 8 p.m.
Sunday at 2 p.m.
Special Preview Thursday, July 8th at 8pm – Tickets $5 at the door.
Gainesville Community Playhouse Website
The Producers Facebook Event

Hot off the Presses: July 8th

Hot Off the Presses is a rundown of this weeks’ local (and sometimes not so local) news coverage related to Theater in Gainesville and surrounding areas. Did we miss something? Email gainesvilletheater@gmail.com and we’ll get it up in no time flat.

Local Overview

Theater reigns supreme this summer (Gainesville Sun, June 2, 2010)

Acrosstown Repertory Theatre

Acrosstown Theater Needs Your Vote (Gainesville Guardian, July 1, 2010)

Hippodrome Theatre

Local salons competing to bring clients to Hippodrome for new production (Gainesville Sun, June 1, 2010)
Mystery Improv Theater (Gainesville Sun, June 3, 2010)
Shear Madness at The Hipp (InSite Gainesville, June 4, 2010)
Hipp’s ‘Shear Madness’ an evening of comedic pleasure (Gainesville Sun, June 10, 2010)
Audience participation is key to ‘Shear Madness’ plot (The Alligator, June 10, 2010)

Gainesville Community Playhouse

The Producers (Insite Gainesville Blog, July 8, 2010)
Classic Expectations (The Gainesville Sun, July 8, 2010)

University of Florida

UF introduces ‘Creative B” (UF Insider, June 7, 2010)

What’s On: July 6-12

What’s on In Gainesville Theater
July 6 – July 12, 2010

Hippodrome Theatre

SHEAR MADNESS by Paul Portner
Opening June 4th, 2010; Discount Previews June 2nd and 3rd. EXTENDED TO JULY 25th!
Don’t miss “America’s Favorite Comedy” and the longest-running play in the history of American theatre. It’s the uproarously funny whodunit where the audience gets to solve the crime. A combination of comedy, mystery and improvisation, Shear Madness incorporates current events, celebrities and gossip into the script, keeping it local and constantly fresh.
Living above the Shear Madness hair salon can be murder. It is for concert pianist Isabel Czerny. But the question remains, “whodunit?” Was it her friend, Barbara DeMarco, the hairstylist extraordinaire? Was it Tony Whitcomb, the salon’s irrepressible proprietor? What about Eddie Lawrence, the charming mystery man? It certainly couldn’t be Mrs. Shubert, the town’s prim and proper socialite. Or could it? You decide. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION! The detectives will soon be around, and they need you, to help solve the crime. The information provided by the audience will influence the outcome of this award-winning comedy.
Hippodrome Theatre Website
Shear Madness Facebook Event

Gainesville Community Playhouse

The Producers
Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks

OPENING WEEKEND

When two Broadway producers discover the key to riches is to produce a flop, they decide to mount the worst musical ever written. Follow their hilarious struggles to gather the very worst in Broadway artistry. This Broadway and screen success is full of outrageous, in-your-face humor and crazy show-stopping numbers. Winning a record twelve Tony® Awards and wowing capacity crowds night after night, you won’t want to miss this one!
Show Dates
July 9 through August 1, 2010
Wednesday – Saturday at 8 p.m.
Sunday at 2 p.m.
Special Preview Thursday, July 8th at 8pm – Tickets $5 at the door.
Gainesville Community Playhouse Website
The Producers Facebook Event

High Springs Community Theater

A Thousand Clowns
by Herb Gardener

CLOSING WEEKEND

Tired of writing cheap comedy gags for “Chipper the Chipmunk,” a children’s television star, Murray, finds himself unemployed with plenty of free time with which to pursue his…pursuits. When uptight social workers descend to insure that Nick is receiving proper care, he finds himself solving their problems and most of his own.
When: June 18 – July 11, 2010
Times: Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM–Sunday 2PM
Where: High Springs Community Theater
Cost: Adult tickets $11, Seniors on Sundays $9, Student $8.00
High Springs Community Theater Website

Disclaimer: Schedules are subject to change. Please make sure to confirm information with the individual theater’s website or Box Office before heading out to the show.

Hot Off the Presses: July 2

Hot Off the Presses is a rundown of this weeks’ local (and sometimes not so local) news coverage related to Theater in Gainesville and surrounding areas. Did we miss something? Email gainesvilletheater@gmail.com and we’ll get it up in no time flat.

Local Overview

Theater reigns supreme this summer (Gainesville Sun, June 2, 2010)

Hippodrome Theatre

Local salons competing to bring clients to Hippodrome for new production (Gainesville Sun, June 1, 2010)
Mystery Improv Theater (Gainesville Sun, June 3, 2010)
Shear Madness at The Hipp (InSite Gainesville, June 4, 2010)
Hipp’s ‘Shear Madness’ an evening of comedic pleasure (Gainesville Sun, June 10, 2010)
Audience participation is key to ‘Shear Madness’ plot (The Alligator, June 10, 2010)

University of Florida

UF introduces ‘Creative B” (UF Insider, June 7, 2010)

Local Theater in the running for $50K!

Local community organization Acrosstown Repertory Theatre has been accepted into the Pepsi Refresh Everything Project. The project, which only accepts 1000 projects nationwide every month, allows visitors to the site to vote on what projects they think should be funded. The Top 10 projects in each category of funding will receive money to enrich their organizations.

The round of voting for ART started July 1st and will end July 31st. Registered users have 10 votes a day (only one can be used at an organization per day, however) to support worthy causes. Acrosstown has a goal of getting 500 votes a day for every day in the month of July. Can you help them out?

Find out more information on Acrosstown’s Pepsi Refresh Everything campaign at their Facebook event and vote for them at the Pepsi Refresh Everything site.  Vote today!

More information on Pepsi Refresh Everything
More information on Acrosstown Repertory Theatre

What’s Coming: July 2010 Children’s Theatre Edition

Openings, Closings, Auditions and Big Events
July 2010

There’s an abundance of offerings for children’s theatre this month, so they get their very own edition of What’s Coming. For non-Children’s Theater listings in July, see What’s Coming: July 2010

July 5th – 7th – THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE at Hippodrome Theatre Summer Camps (more information)

July 5th – 7th – THE TEMPEST at Hippodrome Theatre Summer Camps (more information)

July 6th – 8th – STILL LIFE  WITH IRIS at Hippodrome Theatre Summer Camps (more information)

July 9th and 10th – STARFISH CIRCUS at Ocala Civic Theatre (more information)

July 10th and 11th – BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, JR by Drama Kids International at the Oak Hall Cofrin Theater (more information)

July 16th and 17th – FLASHBACK at Ocala Civic Theatre (more information)

July 22nd – August 1 – FOOTLOOSE, THE MUSICAL at Ocala Civic Theatre (more information)

Did we miss something? Leave a comment and we’ll get it added or corrected ASAP.

Disclaimer: Schedules are subject to change. Please make sure to confirm information with the individual theater’s website or Box Office before heading out to the show.

What’s Coming: July 2010

Openings, Closings, Auditions and Big Events
July 2010

For Children’s Theater listings, please see What’s Coming: July 2010 Children’s Theater Edition.

July 7th – Deadline to submit shows for Acrosstown Repertory Theatre’s 2010-2011 Season (more information)

July 8th – Discounted Preview for THE PRODUCERS at Gainesville Community Playhouse (more information)

July 9th – THE PRODUCERS opens at Gainesville Community Playhouse (more information) (through August 1st)

July 11th – A THOUSAND CLOWNS closes at High Springs Community Theater (more information)

July 11th and 12th – Auditions for 45 SECONDS FROM BROADWAY at Gainesville Community Playhouse (more information)

July 15th – 25th  – THE MOUSTRAP at UF’s Constans Theater (more information)

July 16th  – 24th – NOISES OFF at UF’s Constans Theater (more information)

July 25th – SHEAR MADNESS closes at Hippodrome Theatre (more information)

Did we miss something? Leave a comment and we’ll get it added or corrected ASAP.

Disclaimer: Schedules are subject to change. Please make sure to confirm information with the individual theater’s website or Box Office before heading out to the show.



What’s On June 15 – June 21

What’s on In Gainesville Theater
June 15 – June 21, 2010

Hippodrome Theatre

SHEAR MADNESS by Paul Portner
Opening June 4th, 2010; Discount Previews June 2nd and 3rd. EXTENDED TO JULY 11th!
Don’t miss “America’s Favorite Comedy” and the longest-running play in the history of American theatre. It’s the uproarously funny whodunit where the audience gets to solve the crime. A combination of comedy, mystery and improvisation, Shear Madness incorporates current events, celebrities and gossip into the script, keeping it local and constantly fresh.
Living above the Shear Madness hair salon can be murder. It is for concert pianist Isabel Czerny. But the question remains, “whodunit?” Was it her friend, Barbara DeMarco, the hairstylist extraordinaire? Was it Tony Whitcomb, the salon’s irrepressible proprietor? What about Eddie Lawrence, the charming mystery man? It certainly couldn’t be Mrs. Shubert, the town’s prim and proper socialite. Or could it? You decide. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION! The detectives will soon be around, and they need you, to help solve the crime. The information provided by the audience will influence the outcome of this award-winning comedy.
Hippodrome Theatre Website
Shear Madness Facebook Event

High Springs Community Theater

OPENING WEEKEND!

A Thousand Clowns
by Herb Gardener
Tired of writing cheap comedy gags for “Chipper the Chipmunk,” a children’s television star, Murray, finds himself unemployed with plenty of free time with which to pursue his…pursuits. When uptight social workers descend to insure that Nick is receiving proper care, he finds himself solving their problems and most of his own.
When: June 18 – July 11, 2010
Times: Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM–Sunday 2PM
Where: High Springs Community Theater
Cost: Adult tickets $11, Seniors on Sundays $9, Student $8.00
High Springs Community Theater Website

Marion Street Cafe

ONE WEEKEND ONLY!

Dearly Departed
The play starts @ 8pm Fri & Sat, 2pm Sun. Tickets are $10, and seating is limited (only about 50 per show). For more info, call the cafe (386) 755-4004.
The story is about a redneck, white trash family – the kids are all grown up with families of their own – and the play opens with the death of the head of the family – the father. The play is all about the family as they come together for the funeral and the dysfunction between all the members and the problems going on in their life. This is really a funny play – you won’t want to miss it.
Marion Street Cafe Website
Dearly Departed Facebook Event

Disclaimer: Schedules are subject to change. Please make sure to confirm information with the individual theater’s website or Box Office before heading out to the show.

Hot off the Presses: June 10

Hot Off the Presses is a rundown of this weeks’ local (and sometimes not so local) news coverage related to Theater in Gainesville and surrounding areas. Did we miss something? Email gainesvilletheater@gmail.com and we’ll get it up in no time flat.

Local Overview

Theater reigns supreme this summer (Gainesville Sun, June 2, 2010)

Hippodrome Theatre

Local salons competing to bring clients to Hippodrome for new production (Gainesville Sun, June 1, 2010)
Mystery Improv Theater (Gainesville Sun, June 3, 2010)
Hipp’s ‘Shear Madness’ an evening of comedic pleasure (Gainesville Sun, June 10, 2010)

University of Florida

UF introduces ‘Creative B” (UF Insider, June 7, 2010)

Hot Off the Presses: June 3, 2010

Hot Off the Presses is a rundown of this weeks’ local (and sometimes not so local) news coverage related to Theater in Gainesville and surrounding areas. Did we miss something? Email gainesvilletheater@gmail.com and we’ll get it up in no time flat.

Local Overview

Theater reigns supreme this summer (Gainesville Sun, June 2, 2010)

Hippodrome Theatre

Local salons competing to bring clients to Hippodrome for new production (Gainesville Sun, June 1, 2010)
Mystery Improv Theater (Gainesville Sun, June 3, 2010)

Acrosstown Repertory Theatre

Acrosstown theater could use your help (Gainesville Sun, May 20, 2010)
Woody Allen comedy comes to Acrosstown Repertory (Gainesville Sun, May 13, 2010)