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IMAGE COURTESY Florida Repertory Theatre will hold a special fundraising event featuring A.R. Gurney’s beloved romantic comedy “Love Letters” on Monday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Historic Arcade Theatre. The special staged reading event stars real-life married couple Liz Abbott and Greg Longenhagen. Tickets are $35; visit www.floridarep.org or call the box office

More than three months after a Category 4 hurricane destroyed their homes, devastated their shoreline and shuttered their schools for weeks, many students in Lee County, Florida are still not being educated in a permanent setting.  But while school officials are concerned about the disruption, which comes on the heels of months-long pandemic-related shutdowns and […]

Florida Repertory Theatre’s 25th anniversary season continues with “Freud’s Last Session” by Mark St. Germain. The intimate ArtStage Studio Theatre transforms into Dr. Sigmund Freud’s study and hosts a fictional meeting between the founder of psychoanalysis and his guest, “Chronicles of Narnia” author C. S. Lewis. The play explores the minds, hearts and souls of

Comedian Bill Burr performs at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 at Hertz Arena. Tickets start at $64.50; parking is $25. — hertzarena.com

Fort Myerss Florida Rep reckons with at least $1 million in damage, while other theatres, and the region in general, face a steep path to recovery.

As theaters in Southwest Florida enter a new season in the wake of Hurricane Ian, the performing arts community has more attendance challenges ahead after two years of struggling through the pandemic, local theaters say.

We explore how local arts organizations have been impacted by Hurricane Ian and how they’re working to help the community recover in a conversation with Laboratory Theater of Florida Production Manager Margaret Cooley, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center President and CEO Jim Griffith, Florida Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Greg Longenhagen, and Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre owner and Executive Producer Will Prather.

Our picks for the top plays and musicals to see in Fort Myers, Cape Coral and Bonita Springs, including Mann Hall, Broadway Palm and Florida Rep.

Our picks for the top plays and musicals to see in Fort Myers, Cape Coral and Bonita Springs, including Mann Hall, Broadway Palm and Florida Rep.

Our picks for the top plays and musicals to see in Fort Myers, Cape Coral and Bonita Springs, including Mann Hall, Broadway Palm and Florida Rep.