Upcoming Concerts & Performances, week of April 27
* The Giant Peach
Broadway Palm Children’s Theatre is going on a musical adventure with James and the Giant Peach playing April 28, 29, 30* and May 4, 6, 7*, 13. This theatrical version of Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach features a tuneful score, quirky book and critics rave it’s a “masterpeach!”
Broadway Palm Children’s Theatre presents full-scale productions that are great for all ages. All performances begin with a buffet at 10:30 a.m. and show time at 11:30 a.m., except where indicated* – lunch is at noon and the show is at 1 p.m. The chef’s special buffet includes children’s favorites like pizza, chicken fingers, french fries, pasta and more.
Ticket prices for the buffet and the show are $19 for all ages. Group rates are available for parties of 20 or more. Tickets are now on sale and can be reserved by calling (239) 278-4422, by visiting www.BroadwayPalm.com, or by stopping by the box office at 1380 Colonial Boulevard in Fort Myers.
* Rock & roll-classical crossover concert with Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket
The Southwest Florida Symphony will bring a world premiere cross-over classical rock concert to Fort Myers on Friday, May 6, at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall at FSW at 8 p.m. The Southwest Florida Symphony, conducted by internationally renowned music director Nir Kabaretti, performs with Glen Phillips, lead singer and songwriter of the iconic ’90s band, Toad the Wet Sprocket. Phillips and the Southwest Florida Symphony will perform the band’s greatest hits with commissioned arrangements for the Southwest Florida Symphony by composer-arranger Timothy Berens.
This world premiere symphonic rock and roll event features Toad’s best-loved radio rock anthems, Walk On the Ocean, Good Intentions, Something’s Always Wrong and other smash hits along with new solo work by Glen Phillips and classical pieces by Mozart, Copeland, Barber and Tchaikovsky that were lauded as the rock and roll anthems of their day.
Tickets: are $35-$150; $150 ticket includes access to a pre-concert VIP party with Phillips, Kabaretti, Berens and Southwest Florida Symphony musicians.
Tickets may be purchased at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall Box Office or at the Southwest Florida Symphony Box Office or by calling 239-418-1500