Review: Alhambra summer show kicks off with a ‘Bang Bang’

Stage version of ‘60s film features incredible flying car “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” is running at the Alhambra Theatre & Dining through July 29. By Samantha Logue Steven Spielberg may have been wrong about flying cars being a commodity by 2015, but the Alhambra Theatre & Dining certainly doesn’t seem to have received the memo. […]

Alhambra to Open “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”

To celebrate 50 years one of the world’s favorite films, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang the musical of the same name will open June 13, 2018 at the iconic Alhambra Theatre & Dining. Audiences of all ages will be flying high with the show’s mixture of madness, intrigue and exuberance. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will take […]

Review: Alhambra’s ‘A Fox on the Fairway’ is an amusing farce

The cast of the Alhambra’s new show, “A Fox on the Fairway.” Top row left to right: Craig Benton and Timothy Ellis. Miiddle row left to right: Becky Baxter, Lisa Valdini, Brittany Bennett. Bottom row: Ryan Borses.   Ken Ludwig is a playwright whose first two shows, the 1989 farce “Lend Me a Tenor” and […]

Relevant and Funny, Alhambra Opens A Fox On The Fairway

Dick Kerekes & Leisla Sansom May 15, 2018 Jacksonville’s Alhambra Theatre and Dining opened A Fox on the Fairway on May 9th, 2018. This laugh-filled farce runs through Sunday, June 10th. The theatre is located at 12000 Beach Boulevard in Jacksonville, Florida. The play, which debuted in 2010, was written by Ken Ludwig, a popular and prolific […]

Alhambra debuts ‘A Fox on the Fairway’ as THE PLAYERS kicks off

As THE PLAYERS Championship draws thousands of golf-lovers to the Jacksonville area this week,the Alhambra Theatre & Dining has debuted a relevant comedy new to its iconic stage: Ken Ludwig’s “A Fox on the Fairway.” Opening yesterday, May 9, the show adds to the area’s thirst for all things golf, with its grand opening gala […]

The Moveable Feast featuring DeJuan Roy

Alhambra After Dark: Buddy Holly & The Crickets Tribute

Dick Kerekes & Leisla Sansom, A Dual Critics Review April 2, 2018 The Alhambra Theatre & Dining has been rocking March 28 — April 1, 2018, with “That’ll Be The Day — A Tribute to Buddy Holly and the Crickets” with Todd Meredith and The Rave-Ons. The production was a two-hour journey down a memory lane […]

Review: Alhambra’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ offers an amusing blood bath

By Charlie Patton Feb 20, 2018    In 1982, playwright/lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menkin decided to create a musical comedy based on director Roger Corman’s 1960 movie about a plant with a taste for human flesh. It was the second collaboration between the two, who would go on to launch Disney into the animated musical business […]

Dual Critics Review: Little Shop of Horrors at Alhambra Theatre & Dining

Dick Kerekes & Leisla Sansom February 19, 2018 The Alhambra Theatre opened the 2nd show of its 51st season with the classic “Little Shop of Horrors” the l982 Off-Broadway musical by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken which in turn was base on Roger Corman’s l960 movie. It has remained very popular over the years after […]