Tag Archives: Hippodrome Theatre

Many local actors in North Florida are preparing for their holiday productions. That includes Rusty Salling, who has been playing Ebenezer Scrooge for more than 20 years. He will do so again starting Saturday at the Hippodrome Theater in downtown Gainesville.

A street banner hanging between the Pi Kappa Alpha House and Ben Hill Griffin Stadium proclaims the festival for Oct. 16 and 17, a month behind the actual date: this Saturday and Sunday.

This weekend's 32nd annual Downtown Festival and Art Show in Gainesville climbed into the number-10 spot on Sunshine Artist magazine's "200 Best" list of fine arts festivals, moving up three spaces from last year.

“We’ll premiere it a festival hopefully in early 2014,” Bowers said of the new movie. “Yeah, we’ll definitely have a screening in Gainesville.”

This Halloween season, the Gainesville Hippodrome State Theatre is bringing Zombie Town: A Documentary Play to the stage. WUFT News sat down with actor Logan Wolfe to talk about the upcoming show.

SeaWorld is the subject of criticism due to the release of a documentary called "Blackfish," which questions SeaWorld’s treatment of the captive orcas and its actions after a trainer's death in 2010. It opens at the Hippodrome later this month.

Alan and Janet Alligood used Kickstarter in High Springs during April and May, raising more than $87,000 to fund renovations and a new projector at the Priest Theatre. The Hippodrome also began fundraising Monday, as both theaters need to transition from film to digital projector units.

Actors Jennifer Lauren Brown and Michael Hull of "Avenue Q." The play, which is not recommended for children, runs through July 28 at the Hippodrome State Theatre.

Avenue Q won three Tony Awards for best musical, best score, and best book. University of Florida professor of theatre and dance, Charlie Mitchell is co-directing the play in partnership with the Hippodrome,

WUFT's Donna Green-Townsend interviewed Hausch for nearly 35 minutes about topics spanning the theatre's history, pivotal moments, famous plays and playwrights, and her plans for life beyond the Hippodrome.