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Tony-nominated actor Eddie Mekka is returning to TheatreZone in October 2015 to star in Xanadu, the 2007 Broadway musical version of the cult 1980 film about a woman who makes dreams come true, today announced Artistic Director Mark Danni.

Baldwin-Wallace University today announced alumni Mark Danni of Naples, Florida has been named a 2015 Outstanding Educator. Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, Danni is a 1988 graduate of Baldwin-Wallace University.

TheatreZone founder and artistic director Mark Danni today unveiled his musical selections for the non-profit Equity professional theatre group's 11th consecutive season opening with legendary composer Marvin Hamlisch's final Broadway show Sweet Smell of Success on January 7, 2016 closely followed by The Boy From Oz in February, Stephen Sondheim's Into The Woods in March and concluding with the tap dancing comedic gem Dames at Sea in May.

TheatreZone artistic director Mark Danni today announced that veteran actors Steven Geyer and TheatreZone favorite Laura Needle have been cast in leading roles as Vernon Gersch and Sonia Walsk in the non profit Equity theatre group's season finale Neal Simon's comedic gem, They're Playing Our Song.

TheatreZone artistic director Mark Danni today revealed the cast of five performers who stage a 'street theater' production of a modern-day fairy tale in Brooklyn - The Musical. According to Danni, Brooklyn is 'lost treasure of Broadway' - a poignant story about a French girl who loses her mother and comes to the United States in search of the father she's never known.

TheatreZone is returning to its roots to celebrate their 10th anniversary with four live concerts featuring a cast of 13 fan favorite performers from the non profit theatre group's past decade of musicals.

Legendary Broadway singer Andrea McArdle is returning to TheatreZone to headline the non-profit Equity theatre group's 10th anniversary concert today announced TheatreZone artistic director Mark Danni.

The on-site box office at the G&L Theatre, home to Naples equity theater group TheatreZone, will re-open starting today, September 3, from 10 am until 12 noon.

Stage and Screen Star, Shirley Jones to host TheatreZone's Second Annual Fundraiser, starring in the one-night event, 'An Evening with Shirley Jones.'

The on-site box office at the G&L Theatre, home to Naples equity theater group TheatreZone, will re-open starting on Wednesday, September 3, from 10 am until 12 noon, today announced artistic director Mark Danni.

Mark Danni, artistic director of TheatreZone in Naples, announced today that the non-profit Equity professional theatre group will partner with Florida Gulf Coast University's Bower School of Music & the Arts to produce the Tony-nominated musical Godspell.

Mark Danni, artistic director of TheatreZone, Naples' non-profit Equity professional theatre group in residence at the G&L Theatre in Naples, today unveiled his 10th anniversary season selections, continuing the theatre group's mission to bering the "lost treasures of Broadway" to Naples.

Don't let your theatre season end in Southwest Florida without seeing 'America's Favorite Original Boy Band' as TheatreZone, Naples' Equity professional theatre, presents a limited engagement of Forever Plaid May 1 through May 11 on the G&L Theatre's stage.

Fate intervened during the Monday morning rehearsal when the actor originally cast as Anatoly left the production paving the way for Larry to audition for the lead role on Tuesday morning. Director Des McAnuff (Tony award winner for Big River, Tommy and Jersey Boys) hired Larry and he became Anatoly on Wednesday morning.

TheatreZone Artistic Director Mark Danni today unveiled the cast for the Equity professional theatre group's production of Chess - The Musical to be performed March 6 through March 16, 2014.

Prepare yourself for a glorious night of vintage Hollywood as you're invited to the wedding of the year, and what a swell party it is gonna be!

Prepare yourself for a glorious night of vintage Hollywood as you're invited to the wedding of the year, and what a swell party it is gonna be!

'Year of the Composer' is an ambitious theatrical offering that brings musical greats Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cole Porter, and ABBA to the professional non-profit theater group that performs at the G&L Theatre in North Naples.

TheatreZone's production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical, Whistle Down the Wind is a coming of age story following Swallow (actress Brigid Kegel), a motherless teenage girl growing up in the America's deep South in the 1950s, who finds a mysterious man (actor Gerritt VanderMeer) hiding out in the barn and mistakes him for Jesus.