THEATER SCENE Local Actress Jan Neuberger in Asolo Rep's The Mirror Crack'd

Murder mysteries seem to be everywhere, from Netflix's Agatha Christie & Knives Out series to regional theaters. Host Nanette Wiser caught up with actress and St. Pete resident Jan Neuberger, who we met through our friends Eugenie and Mary Rachel at Station 12 Studio. Celebrating 52 years with Actors' Equity and with five Broadway shows,. Hallmark films and dozens of regional plays to celebrate, Jan is in Asolo Rep's upcoming Agatha Christie mystery, The Mirror Crack'd, running from January 21 through March 14. It's noirish and set in 1963, and she plays a widow whose glorious manor house is sold to an actress and her director husband. Of course, Jane Marple will be on the stage to solve the mystery.  Jan's favorite Miss Marple? Margaret Rutherford , of course!
👉We talk about the upcoming play in Sarasota's award-winning Asolo, her history, Tampa Bay's rich theater scene and the importance of theater in our lives.
 "The face of theatre is vastly changed…but then, so is mine. The power of compelling storytelling, however, never gets old, and live theatre remains an ever-dependable generator of civil discourse. I'm grateful for its undiminished power to bring us together," she says.
THE MIRROR CRACK'D By Agatha Christie  A New Adaptation by Rachel Wagstaff
Directed by Michael Donald Edwards  A Hollywood film star and her entourage descend upon a quaint English village to film an epic period drama. But when the glamorous opening reception ends in a chilling murder, everyone becomes a suspect, leaving Agatha Christie’s beloved sleuth, Miss Marple, to untangle a web of ambition, deceit, and hidden identities. One of the Queen of Mystery’s most celebrated novels finally makes it to the stage in this thrilling new adaptation by Rachel Wagstaff. Tickets here.
JAN NEUBERGER made her Broadway debut fifty-two years ago. Her still-growing resume includes five original Broadway companies: Wicked, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Big, A Change in the Heir and the 1974 revival of Gypsy, jan was chorus director  directed by Arthur Laurents who wrote libretto and starring Dame Angela Lansbury. She has signed-in Off-Broadway, in regional, stock and touring productions aplenty and even made it to Royal Albert and Carnegie Halls. Florida audiences will know her from appearances at Orlando Shakes, Maltz Jupiter, Florida Rep, Gulfshore Playhouse, freeFall, American Stage, and in several Hallmark films shot on the Gulf Coast. She and her husband relocated to St. Petersburg 11 years ago. 

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