Neil Coker
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'Game of Thrones': Time to narrow predictions
The show may not yet be “predictable”, but with process of elimination having narrowed the playing field, it’s gotten easier to predict. → Read More
Young Actors Theatre gets swept up in the dancing drama 'Footloose'
Despite the absurdity of its premise, "Footloose" has always been more of a drama than anything else. → Read More
Limelight Extra: It’s an arty weekend
It’s an arty weekend with Artopia and new shows at FSU → Read More
'Queer as Faust X' celebrates a decade of deviousness
If Kathy Griffin’s stunt involving Trump’s severed head upset you, you’ll probably want to think twice about the latest Mickee Faust cabaret. → Read More
Best Bets: Jump on Juneteenth, ‘Streetcar’
Observe Juneteenth, take in an opera, hang out with Tennessee Williams or chow down on watermelon in Monticello → Read More
Smoky, steamy ‘Streetcar’ is a valiant revival
Director Matthew Watson’s staging, which tows the line between American realism and abstract minimalism, reminds one of the phrase, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” → Read More
Limelight Extra: Ask ‘Alice,’ catch flying fish
Get a jump on your weekend entertainment plans every Wednesday, and pick up the Limelight section on Friday → Read More
Caribbean fairy tale ‘Once on This Island’ is short, sweet
Set in the French Antilles, it’s “The Little Mermaid” meets “Romeo & Juliet”, framed as a story-within-a-story. → Read More
Locally-made film 'Lewis & Klarq' is a synth-pop odyssey
In the film, a music executive returns home after many years to help out his former band mate who has fallen into addiction. → Read More
Shakespeare goes Roaring Twenties in inventive 'As You Like It'
The comedy, performed outdoors at Cascades Park, is the centerpiece of this year’s Southern Shakespeare Festival. → Read More
Limelight Extra: Jazzy ballet and Bard in the park
Tallahassee Ballet gets jazzy and Shakespeare heads for the park → Read More
Limelight Extra: Orchestra concerts, art, and Taloofa fun
Hear a new piece by Zwilich, party with history at Taloofa → Read More
‘Lucky Me’ tests its fortune at Theatre Tallahassee
It was a bit of a gamble that Theatre Tallahassee would settle on “Lucky Me,” a little-known comedy-drama by Robert Caisley. → Read More
Limelight Extra: Jazz it up with TSO, go country at Doak
Movies INTO THE AMAZON: In the 1850s, explorer and amateur naturalist Henry Bates takes off from England and heads into the wilds of South America for 11 years to explore the origin of a certain butterfly species in the docu-drama “Amazon Adventure 3D.” It’s not rated and opens Friday at the IMAX Theatre in the Challenger Learning Center. ‘CIRCLE’ OF DISTRUST: A sharp go-getter (Emma Watson)… → Read More
Goodwood, others, go for Gannett grant
The USA Today Network, which includes the Tallahassee Democrat, will provide substantial grants to community groups across the country → Read More
'Thoroughly Modern Millie' is a thoroughly good time
Earning recommendation and then some, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” is further proof that things are on the up at Q.M.T. → Read More
Limelight Extra: Benefit bashes, festivals galore
It’s a busy weekend with benefit bashes, music festivals, live dance and more → Read More
Best Bets: Go wild in Wakulla, find art in Gadsden
Holiday weekend includes a wildlife festival, an art opening, ‘Pippin’ and the FSU Flying High Circus → Read More
Limelight Extra: Art comes out on Easter weekend
Get ready for lots of art during the Easter holiday weekend → Read More
Magical 'Pippin' musical is a joy to behold
Go on stellar, anachronistically unorthodox romp through the Middle Ages. → Read More