Fort Myers regional theaters are continuing to stage their robust 2024-25 offerings! Contact these venues now for the best seats and pricing.
Florida Repertory Theatre, 2268 Bay Street, Fort Myers. The FL Rep is celebrating their 27th season as “one of America’s top repertory theatres” according to the Wall Street Journal. Check their website at https://www.floridarep.org for tickets for the following shows:
• Agatha Christie’s the Murder of Roger Ackroyd Adapted by Mark Shanahan Continuing through December 15 Historic Arcade Theatre Hailed as one of Agatha Christie’s best-known stories and voted “best crime novel ever” by the British Crime Writers’ Association! This suspenseful whodunnit features a mysterious cast of suspects guarding secrets about blackmail and murder.
• Fully Committed By Becky Mode December 13, 2024 – January 12, 2025; previews December 10 – 12 ArtStage Studio Theatre This devastatingly funny one-man tour-de-force follows a day in the life of Sam, an out-of-work actor manning the red-hot reservation line at Manhattan’s #1 restaurant. An outrageous & touching comedy!
• Lucky Stiff Book & Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Music by Stephen Flaherty January 10 – 26; previews January 7 – 9 Historic Arcade Theatre The stage is set for hilarity in this off-beat musical- murder-mystery-farce!
• Bloomsday By Steven Dietz January 31 – March 2, 2025; previews January 28 – 30 ArtStage Studio Theatre In this touching time-travel love story, Robert returns to Dublin to reunite with the woman who captured his heart thirty-five years earlier.
• Boca By Jessica Provenz February 14 – March 2, 2025; previews February 11 – 13 Historic Arcade Theatre Celebrate our very own Sunshine State by traveling east to Boca Raton – and a retirement community where the lawns and residents are perfectly maintained. This brand-new not-to-be-missed comedy follows a group of retirees.
• Shout! The Mod Musical Created by Phillip George & David Lowenstein March 21 – April 13, 2025; previews March 18 – 20 Historic Arcade Theatre The powerful women and smashing sounds that made England swing in the 1960s come to musical life in this non-stop revue!
• Venus in Fur By David Ives April 18 – May 18, 2025; previews April 15 – 17 ArtStage Studio Theatre Sexy, provocative, and witty, Venus in Fur turns up the heat on sexual power play and is sure to charm and mesmerize.
Players Circle Theater, has moved from North Fort Myers to a new location: the former New Phoenix Theatre at 13211 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers (only about 20 minutes from HP!). Started by FL Repertory Theatre founders Bob Cacioppo and Carrie Lund, Players Circle is beginning its fifth season. Check their website at https://www. playerscircle.org. for tickets for the following shows:
• Greetings By Tom Dudzick Continuing through December 22, 2024 A miraculously funny comedy about a Catholic boy who brings home his Jewish/atheist fiancée at Christmas. Filled with humor and fantasy, this touching and endearing play is about a family blessed with a miracle.
• Admissions By Joshua Harmon January 7 to 26, 2025 Ripped from the pages of today’s headlines. A dramedy about liberal parents desperate to get their children into an Ivy League school. A no-holds-barred look at privilege, power, and the perils of hypocrisy.
• The Fantasticks Music by Harvey Schmidt, Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones February 4 to March 2, 2025 “Try to Remember’ a time when this romantic charmer wasn’t enchanting audiences. This classic about a boy, a girl and their two fathers, is a timeless fable with its wise humor, breathtaking poetry, and beautiful music.
• Flatlanders By Bruce Graham March 11 to April 6 This new comic romp begins when a car gets stuck in a Poconos blizzard. To survive, a couple breaks into a cabin belonging to total strangers. They discover secrets about their hosts and each other. Will they weather the storm?
• The Business of Murder By Richard Harris April 15 to May 11 Running 8 years in London, this psychological thriller centers on a trio of characters. In the tradition of Agatha Christie, nothing is as it seems and as the plot twists and turns, it becomes clear, they are all in the same business…murder.
The Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre, 1380 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers. 239-278-4422. Check their website at https://broadwaypalm.com/. for tickets for the following shows:
• A Christmas Carol – The Musical Continuing through December 25, 2024
• The Buddy Holly Story December 31, 2024 to February 15, 2025
• Crazy for You, A Gershwin musical comedy February 21 to April 5, 2025
• Waitress April 11 to May 24, 2025
• Legally Blonde, the Musical May 30 to June 28, 2025
• Annie July 3 to August 9, 2025
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, 13350 FSW Parkway, Fort Myers. Their 2024-2025 Broadway Series has been announced. For further info and details go to: https://www.bbmannpah.com.
• Jersey Boys – January 7 to 12, 2025
• Funny Girl – January 21 to 26, 2025
• The Neil Diamond Musical, A Beautiful Noise – February 18 to 23, 2025
• Come From Away – February 25 to March 2, 2025
• MJ the Musical – April 1 to 6, 2025
• Les Miserables – April 15 to 20, 2025
