Jacksonville Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 2

BWW Review: COME FROM AWAY at Times Union Center For The Performing Arts
by Jordan Higginbotham - December 08, 2021

When everyone was experiencing devastation on 9/11/2001, the town of Gander in Newfoundland, Canada was accepting passengers from 38 planes full of people who had been detoured from their various destinations. Come From Away tells this true story. The musical follows the five days the “Come From Awa...

BWW Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Times Union Center For The Performing Arts
by Jordan Higginbotham - November 03, 2021

“To us and our good fortune. Be happy, be healthy, long life! And if our good fortune never comes Here’s to whatever comes, Drink l’chaim, to life!” feels very fitting after a long 18-month hiatus due to COVID-19.  Fiddler on the Roof opened at the Times Union Center for the Performing Arts in Jacks...

BWW Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Alhambra Theatre And Dining
by Jordan Higginbotham - August 22, 2021

The Alhambra Theatre and Dining is “alive with The Sound of Music.” The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical follow the von Trapp family in 1938 shortly before the second world war in Austria. A new governess, Maria Rainer comes to the von Trapp family, bringing with her music and joy that has been lacki...

BWW Review: SPONGEBOB THE MUSICAL at Players By The Sea
by Jordan Higginbotham - July 17, 2021

“Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!” Spongebob the Musical opened at Players by the Sea on Friday night, and the crowd went wild. The musical follows Spongebob and the citizens of Bikini Bottom as they prepare for a natural disaster that could wipe out their town. Spongeb...

BWW Review: SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL at Alhambra Theatre and Dining
by Jordan Higginbotham - June 28, 2021

“It’s possible! Anything’s possible!” like being in a full house on opening night at Alhambra Theatre in Jacksonville after a year and a half of the pandemic! My heart was so full to see such happy faces in the theatre as we were entranced by the world that is Seussical the Musical. The fun filled m...

BWW Review: BIG FISH at Titusville Playhouse
by Joseph Harrison - April 25, 2021

Stories have an amazing way of bringing to life experiences and concepts that otherwise might be too complex, too unfamiliar, or too uninteresting. And, while some might write off storytelling as something reserved only for childhood, it is, in fact, one of the most common ways we humans have passed...