SEBRING — Highlands Little Theatre patrons will have a chance to decide for themselves whether bread should be buttered from the bottom or top in its latest production. Performances of "Suessical the Musical" at the intimate local venue will run from Jan. 18 to Feb. 2. A cast of almost 40 actors will examine the buttering question, along with several intriguing other issues from the mischievous and playful slant of children's book author Dr. Suess. The book is by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty and the music is by Flaherty. Play director Mike McMillian said before Thursday's dress rehearsal that the two-hour musical (including intermission) isn't just for kids. Adult themes concerning the environment, racism, war and non-traditional families might fly over the heads of the younger crowd, said McMillian, though kids and their parents will both be wowed by seeing more than 20 Suess books colorfully interpreted through 30 songs. ...more

January 12, 2008

TAMPA The "Radio City Christmas Spectacular," starring the eye-high kicks of the Rockettes, returns to Tampa for 52 performances. A holiday staple since 1933, the production features nearly 100 cast members performing famed numbers "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," "The Living Nativity" and "The 12 Days of Christmas." ...more

December 7, 2007

One of the world's best-known curmudgeons, Ebenezer Scrooge, won't take the stage for Masque Community Theatre's children's production of "A Christmas Carol." Audiences instead will meet Eliza Scrooge, a female version of Charles Dickens' classic character. ...more

December 1, 2007

One of the world's best-known curmudgeons, Ebenezer Scrooge, won't take the stage for Masque Community Theatre's children's production of "A Christmas Carol." Audiences instead will meet Eliza Scrooge, a female version of Charles Dickens' classic character. ...more

November 28, 2007

How About Other Parks? Regarding "Safety Trumps Segway At Disney Parks" (Our Opinion, Nov. 13): ...more

November 20, 2007

Free tickets for the Yule Log Festival at Apostles Lutheran Church are available at the church office. ...more

November 14, 2007

Andy Bernard, an overconfident paper salesman who will do anything to woo a lady, would have died for this kind of adulation. ...more

October 30, 2007

To a certain sort of woman who is somewhere between late youth and an unacknowledged middle age, the name Jordan Catalano isn't a television reference - it is a sense memory. You don't recall Jordan Catalano - you feel him, as you do the erotic miscalculations of your own adolescence. ...more

October 28, 2007

'Little Shop of Horrors' isn't just a musical about a man-eating, singing plant. It's about a nice guy who always finishes last getting the girl. Of course, they both get eaten alive. ...more

October 22, 2007

The voice comes from Amanda Buck, but Easter Robinson's hands and face are so expressive you can't stop watching her. ...more

October 12, 2007