Playing Soon at the Sanibel Herb Strauss Theater

With the passage of Thanksgiving, we realize that winter season is upon us.

Snowbirds are coming back.

Restaurants are  filling up.

Breezes are blowing in.

And rare birds can be seen again.

Culture vultures , in particular, will have a great high season on the Island.

Big Arts is in full swing, and the Herb Strauss theater has a variety of wonderful options for everyone.

Whether you like your culture sung or danced or just plain talked, there are choices galore.

Tomorrow night concludes a most lively run of Divas.  Divas will perform songs made famous by all the biggest and most successful female stars of yesterday and today, with a good dose of laughter, too. A show like no other, emceed by Bobby Logue, Divas feature the stunning voices of the most talented female vocalists to have ever graced the Strauss stage. The entertainment ranges from show tunes and popular songs to opera. This finale will be a night of song and laughs you will surely never forget!

From December 19 to December 31, Sanibel visitors and residents will be treated to a spectacular series of performances. And there is no better place to be this holiday than at the BIG ARTS Holiday Spectacular! It is a one-of-a-kind celebration to share with family, friends, and loved ones. The radiant Strauss Theater is decked out for the season, and the on-stage talent shine like never before in a breathtaking holiday show that transforms the stage into a glistening winter wonderland! Come on down and share in the joy with all your holiday favorites.

From January 6 to 10 and 13 to 17, a more dramatic side of Big Arts will be on display.  Freud’s Last Session,   a serious play, imagines what happens when legendary psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud invites the rising young scholar and author C.S. Lewis to his home in London. On the day England enters World War II, Freud and Lewis clash about love, sex, the existence of God, and the meaning of life, just weeks before Freud takes his own life. Freud’s Last Session is a deeply touching play filled with humor and explores the minds, hearts, and souls of two brilliant men addressing the greatest questions of all time.

And more theater treats begin on January 23 through February 21, a lighter side of theatre can be viewed in The Fourth Wall.  

Peggy has redecorated the living room and her husband, Roger, can’t stand it. Peggy’s usually exquisite taste was overcome by a mysterious lapse that caused her to redo the room as if it were a stage set. Everything faces one wall, the “fourth wall,” which she’s left bare and which is really the audience. Everyone who enters the room begins to behave as if they were acting in a play— or even a musical when occasionally someone feels the urge to sing a Cole Porter tune! Roger calls on friends to try to end the theatrics, but Peggy sets out to break the fourth wall in order to connect with her feelings. Laughs, loves, and more tunes ensue in A.R. Gurney’s charming comedy!

 

 

Of course there is more, but we thought we would whet your appetite and follow up later with more offerings.

 

Plain and simple, no matter when you come over the next few months, Sanibel's Herb Strauss Theatre has a special treat in store for you!