Photos: First Look at the Cast of WBTT's World Premiere Musical RUBY
The world premiere show “Ruby” is a musical retelling by WBTT founder/artistic director Nate Jacobs and his brother, Michael Jacobs, of the shocking killing of a White doctor in Live Oak, Florida, by a Black woman – Ruby McCollum – who was tried in the case and eventually committed to Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Florida.
Photo Flash: Inside Look at Opening Night of Manatee Performing Arts Center's YANK!
Yank! tells the story of Stu, a Midwestern kid who gets drafted for World War II in 1943, and becomes a reporter for Yank Magazine, the journal 'for the servicemen, by the servicemen.' Yank! has a score that pays homage to the 1940s and explores what it means to be a man, and what it is to fall in love and struggle. Intelligent and impassioned, suffused with songs in swing, big band and boogie-woogie styles, the show explores the stories that don't get told in wartime, and how WWII became a great catalyst in bringing gay men and women together. Broadway World has an exclusive look into Manatee Performing Arts Center's opening night reception here.
Manatee Players Present LES MISERABLES, Now thru 8/25
The Manatee Players, Inc. will open their first full season in the new Manatee Performing Arts Center with the internationally acclaimed musical LES MISERABLES. The production will open tonight, August 8 and run through August 25.