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A COMEDY OF TENORS Comes to Florida Studio Theatre
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T. Michele Walker, Correspondent
Before the pandemic, it was a safe bet that on almost any evening, a production of the musical “Nunsense” was playing on a stage somewhere in the world. Clearly, there’s nothing wackier than a nun in a habit doing something unexpected or unusual, from Sally Field in “The Flying Nun” to the nuns in “The Sound of Music” or Whoopi Goldberg in “Sister Act.” Producers know that nuns on stage help fill their seats.
Dan Goggin’s “Nunsense” is a beloved warhorse for a reason. It’s pure, lighthearted merriment with tried and true laughs built around “nun” liners, “nun” puns and “nun” sequiturs in a story about a group of nuns who reveal that they crave the entertainment spotlight.
Even though staging shows during a pandemic is “twice as hard” as usual, Rick Kerby says he feels fortunate that the Manatee Players is able to keep producing while so many other theaters have shut down.
“It does make me appreciate the fact that we’re able to do anything,” said Kerby, the producing artistic director of the Manatee Performing Arts Center, home to the Manatee Players community theater. “So many of my friends who run theaters across the country are shutting their doors or waiting it out. It makes us feel good about us as a company, promoting our actors and working to keeping a product going.”
T. Michele Walker, Correspondent
It’s the time of year when we yearn for warmth, crave a peppermint mocha hot toddy for the soul and celebrate our traditions, like taking the family to see the “Nutcracker” dressed in our holiday finest or attending a special holiday concert.
2020 has made it difficult to navigate this terrain, but The Manatee Players is working overtime to present a safe, socially distanced, fully masked opportunity to experience that spirit of the season with a production of “Winter Wonderettes.”
The show is a holiday-themed sequel to the smash off-Broadway hit “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” about a group of high school friends who formed a girl group singing the hits of the 1960s. Written and created by Roger Bean, this seasonal celebration finds the ladies entertaining at the annual Harper’s Hardware Holiday Party. In an energetic style, the girls use their talent and creative ingenuity to save the holiday party when Santa doesn’t show up, a
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