CLOSER by Patrick Marber

November 20 - December 19,1999     FLORIDA PREMIERE!

Broadway's sizzling adult play is a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award Winner.

"Savvy, funny and wise, "Closer" does not merely hold your attention, it burrows into you." - John Simon, New York Magazine

"Smart, sexy, sublimely funny." - NY Post

 KILLER JOE by Tracy Letts

January 22 - February 20, 2000     FLORIDA PREMIERE!

New York's #1 comedy suspense thriller comes only to GableStage
(Nudity, implicit sex, violence)

"Dangerously funny! A hit!" - Vincent Canby, NY Times

"A terrifically tasty potboiler." - NY Times

 THIS IS OUR YOUTH by Kenneth Lonergan

March 11 - April 9, 2000     FLORIDA PREMIERE!

GableStage brings the first outside New York production of the Off-Broadway smash that takes a look at money-laden kids without direction.

"Supercool entertainment." - Vincent Canby, NY Times

"This Is Our Youth' is brilliant." - Clive Barnes, NY Post

 ARMS AND THE MAN by George Bernard Shaw

April 29 - May 28, 2000     GREAT CLASSIC

Nobody did biting satire like G.B.Shaw. And this, Shaw's first theatrical success, is as fresh and delightful as it was in its 1894 premiere.
"A wise and winning play, the wisdom is won through laughter." - Jack Kroll, Newsweek

We have revised the remainder of our season in order to bring you
TWO NEW and EXCITING AWARD-WINNING PLAYS
that were not previously available.

SIDE MAN by Warren Leight

June 17 - July 16, 2000

TONY AWARD - Best New Play on Broadway '99

Smoothly gliding between present and past, it tells the story of a time before The Beatles and Elvis, when jazzmen were as heroic as ball players and there was no shortage of Saturday night gigs. It is both a tribute of men whose lives were their music and a sober look at a family drama left in the wake of that passion.

"WONDERFUL! Heartbreaking and touching - a play of true feeling!" - Peter Marks, NY Times

"A TOUCHING, FUNNY, intensely human comedy-drama." - John Simon, New York Magazine

POPCORN by Ben Elton

August 5 - September 3, 2000

LAURENCE OLIVIER AWARD - Best New Comedy '98
BARCLAYS THEATRE AWARD - Best New Play

Set in the Beverly Hills home of a Tarantino-style, Oscar-winning, movie director, it is a satirical comedy thriller with the firing capacity of a hit squad. It took the West End by storm with a highly successful run at the Apollo theatre, London. (strong language, violence, nudity)

"Popcorn is first-rate popular entertainment, funny, gripping and genuinely thought-provoking." - Daily Telegraph

"Blood-curdling comedy." - Sunday Times