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FIM Statewide Entertainment Calendar
March 1-9: A Raisin in the Sun. In Lorraine Hansberry's play, an African American family living on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s are about to receive an insurance check for $10,000 and each of the adult members of the family has an idea as to how the money should be used. Limelight Theatre, 904/825-1164
March 1-2: An American In Paris. The Jacksonville Symphony performs Berlioz's Harold in Italy, Gluck's Overture to Iphigenie in Aulis, Rossini's Overture to L'Italiana in Algeri and Gershwin's An American In Paris. Times-Union Center, Jacksonville. 904/356-6857
March 1-23: Suddenly Last Summer. Tennessee Williams' provocative play concerns a man's mysterious death, the secrets that could destroy his reputation and the lengths to which his mother will go to protect his memory. Hippodrome State Theatre, Gainesville. 352/375-4477
March 3-5: Movin' Out. A musical collaboration by Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp about five American friends and their trials and tribulations from youth into adulthood. Phillips Centre, Gainesville. 352/392-2787
March 6: Freda Payne - Tribute To Ella Fitzgerald. The celebrated R&B vocalist performs Ella Fitzgerald's best-known tunes. Florida Theatre, Jacksonville. 904/355-2787
March 1-2: Annual Bach Festival. A series of concerts highlighting various talent from the Bach Festival Society and works by numerous master composers. For locations and information in Winter Park, call 407/646-2182
March 1-16: If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. In Laura Numeroff's play, what starts off as an act of kindness from a boy to a mouse becomes a chain of never-ending events. Lowndes Shakespeare Center, Orlando. 407/447-1700
March 2: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Part of the Festival of Orchestra's season, this evening features the world-renowned Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performing a program of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. Carr Centre, Orlando. 407/539-0245
March 8-22: I Hate Hamlet. Paul Rudnick's comedic play tells of an actor who lands the role of Hamlet, which he hates with a passion. At the same time, he moves into a new apartment and decides to call upon the ghost of John Barrymore to give him a new outlook on life. Sands Theater Center, DeLand. 386/736-7456
March 1-3: The Play's The Thing. Two Broadway playwrights and their young musical collaborator decide to surprise their leading lady, who is also the fiancée of the composer. But she instead surprises them with an affair of her own. Overnight, one of the playwrights concocts a brilliant scheme to solve everyone's problems. Written by Ferenc Molnar. Adapted by P. G. Wodehouse. Asolo Repertory at the Mertz Theatre, Sarasota. 941/351-9010
March 1-9: Boston Marriage. David Mamet's play about two bantering and scheming "women of fashion" who have live on the fringes of upper-class society in 19th Century America. Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. 813/229-7827
March 1-12: The Constant Wife. W. Somerset Maugham's play is a fast-paced comedy of manners that looks at a couple who decide adultery is the way to go. Asolo Repertory at the Mertz Theatre, Sarasota. 941/351-9010
March 1-15: Jersey Boys. This 2006 Tony winning musical chronicles the rise to fame of the Four Seasons. Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. 813/229-7827
March 1-16: The Duchess of Malfi. John Webster's play a duchess in the 19th Century court of Malfi married outside her class and enrages her incestuously obsessed bother. Cook Theatre, Sarasota. 941/351-9010
March 1-16: The Full Monty. Six down-on-their-luck buddies decide to drop trou and become male strippers in a small town in England. Maltz Jupiter Theatre. 561/575-2223
March 1-16: Modern Orthodox. A romantic comedy by Daniel Goldfarb about two very different Jewish men (one Orthodox, the other a "high holiday" Jew) who are thrown together into a circumstance neither one ever anticipated. Lake Worth Playhouse. 561/586-6410
March 1-16: Smokey Joe's Café. With music and lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Michael Stoller, this Broadway musical is one of Broadway's longest running hits with songs that will have you on your feet. Riverside Theatre, Vero Beach. 772/231-5860
March 1 - April 6: Agnes of God. John Pielmeier's play traces the spiritual journey of three women as they search for the truth after one of them, a psychiatrist, is called upon to determine the sanity of a young nun accused of murdering her own baby. Palm Beach Dramaworks. 561/514-4042
March 1-30: Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh. This compelling drama by Joel Gross traces the beautiful and multi-dimensional Queen from her youthful and heady excesses to her ultimate, vulnerable reality. Caldwell Theatre, Boca Raton. 561/241-7432
March 1-30: Blackbird. In David Harrower's shattering play, a young woman arrives unannounced at the office of a much older man with whom she had an affair 15 years earlier when she was only 12. GableStage at the Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables. 305/445-1119
March 4-9: Monty Python's Spamalot. In this musical adaptation of the film classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail, King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on their quest for the Holy Grail and encounter killer rabbits, flying cows and taunting Frenchmen along the way. Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami. 305/949-6722
March 5: Garrick Ohlsson. The pianist performs Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Chopin's Sonata No. 2 in B Minor and Scriabin's Etude in C-sharp Major. Broward Center, Fort Lauderdale. 877/311-7469
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