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Actor Barry Bostwick will help celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the State Theatre on Sunday.

Here’s your lineup along with a look ahead.  “Play It Again, Sam” The Melon Patch Players in Leesburg open “Play it Again, Sam” Friday and it plays until May 23.  In the play written by Woody Allen, Allan Felix has this thing about Humphrey Bogart – if only he had some of Bogart’s technique. The recently-divorced young Allan is bookish and insecure with women. Luckily his hero, Bogey, comes to the rescue with a fantastic bevy of beauties played out in hilarious fantasy sequences. In the real world, fixed up by friends with gorgeous women, Allan is so awkward that even Bogey's...

Musical acts take over the stages this weekend with shows ranging from country to doo-wop to BeeGees – all guaranteed for a toe-tapping good time. Plays return to the theaters in May with The Melon Patch performing “Play it Again, Sam” May 7-23 and “Shady Business” at the Sonnentag Theatre at the IceHouse May 14-June 6. Opry Night Them Sweeney Boys are on stage at 7 p.m. Friday for Opry Night at the Living Drama Theatre in Eustis. Tickets are $18 adults and $15 for military, first responders, seniors and students. Details: livingdramatheatre.com. The Best of Michael Russo The old hi...

Continuing to film 'a calculated risk' Filming for the movie began in September during the height of the pandemic and the peak of hurricane season. “It was a difficult decision to move forward, but worth taking the calculated risk,” said Executive Producer Lisa Enos Smith. “My business partner, Jon Binkowski, and I chose to help members of the filmmaking community who were adversely affected by the coronavirus. The cast and crew were thrilled to be working and participating in a film that is extremely relevant to what is happening in the world today.” To move forward with production,...

On Stage: Three plays open this weekend Linda Florea Enjoy live theater with three comedies opening this weekend: “Sirens” at the IceHouse in Mount Dora, “It’s Only a Play” at the Melon Patch in Leesburg and The Bay Street Players Young People’s Theatre’s production of “The Addams Family” in Eustis. “Sirens” The IceHouse Theatre opens the Deborah Zoe Laufer contemporary comedy, “Sirens” on Friday and it plays until April 4. The story is set in 2010 in New York and on an island in the Mediterranean. When Sam fell in love with Rose Adelle, he wrote a hit song that has...