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A Tale of Two Local Playwrights: Bobbitt, Alvarez Get Invited to NYC

The Gainesville area residents are among 18 playwrights from around the country whose plays have been selected for the 2019 Broadway Bound Theatre Festival.

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ART’s ‘Macbeth’ No Laughing Matter, But Play is Thoroughly Entertaining

The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre presents Shakespeare’s famous tragedy about a man hellbent on becoming king at any cost.

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Smash Hit ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ Welcomes Its Newest Cast Member

New York-based actor-musician James Penca has joined the Hippodrome Theatre’s summer musical, performing as the legendary Johnny Cash seven times a week.

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‘Satchmo at the Waldorf’ Sheds Light on Armstrong’s ‘Wonderful World’

E. Stanley Richardson stars as the renowned jazz trumpeter in a one-man drama opening this week at Actors’ Warehouse.

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Talk About Rock and Roll Heaven: ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ Tops Chart

The Hippodrome Theatre presents a high-octane production about four iconic musicians and one history-making jam session for the ages.

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‘Beauty of the Father’ Examines Love From Almost Every Possible Angle

Actors’ Warehouse presents a play from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz that shows just how complicated relationships can get.

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‘The Nether’ Goes on Dark Journey Down a Very Precarious Path

The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre presents Jennifer Haley’s disturbing but engrossing play about a virtual-reality world where every line is blurred.

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Hippodrome Takes Novel Approach; ‘Sex with Strangers’ Heats Up Stage

The play follows two writers who can’t keep their hands off each other but whose desires also include being accepted into the literary world.

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New AW Play ‘Under A Liar’s Moon’ Might Leave Audiences Howling

The dark comedy from Gainesville playwright Jane Edwards about a woman exposed to more than the elements makes its stage debut at Actors’ Warehouse.

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Hippodrome’s 2019-20 Season Will Get Off to ‘Curious’ Start in the Fall

“Breaking Boundaries” is the theme for the upcoming season, which includes eight productions that cover a wide spectrum of genres and topics.

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