FAU’s Department of Theatre and Dance Presents The
Comedy ‘Anton in Show
Business’
Florida Atlantic University’s department of theatre and dance in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters presents Jane Martin’s “Anton in Show Business” from Friday, February 18 through Sunday, February 27, in the Studio One Theatre on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. Shows are on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. General admission tickets are $20; students, faculty, staff, alumni and children under 12 may purchase tickets for $12; and group prices are available. Tickets may be purchased by visiting www.fauevents.com, by calling 800-564-9539, or at the theatre one hour prior to the performance.
“Anton in Show Business” is a hysterical look into what goes on behind the stage in the world of theater. Holly Seabe, knock-out Hollywood starlet of questionable talent, needs to segue her highly successful career as a television star into film work, but she’s stuck. She needs a legitimate acting gig to build her cache as an artist. Career ambition brings her to a small, ill-fated theater project in San Antonio, Texas of Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters.” Nothing goes right for Holly and her new cast-mates Lisabette, a naïve and wide-eyed college graduate who is new to acting, and Casey, a jaded New York actress who knows the game all-too-well. “Anton in Show Business” shows us the ugly side of making theater, from clueless and ruthless corporate sponsors, to directors with agendas, to romantic tribulations. While it pokes fun at all that is ugly in the world of show business, it also shows us why we care about it in the first place.
Come see the play critics hailed "Hilarious, smart and even a little warped" ( Houston Press). For more information, call 561-297-3820.
