Mark Your Calendars for Sondheim's Company

Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 13, at 8 p.m., when Gallery Players opens its production of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning play, Company. The production is being directed by Frank Barnhart.

Written by George Furth with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Company is set in New York City and traces the relationships of Robert, a confirmed bachelor, and his mostly married friends. Presented in a series of musical vignettes during his 35th birthday celebration, Robert's trials and triumphs are revealed on the road to understanding what being alive is really about.

This production will run for eight performances over three consecutive weekends: Saturday, March 13, at 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 14, at 2:30 p.m.; Thursday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 20, at 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 21, at 2:30 p.m.; Thursday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 27, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, March 28 at 2:30 p.m.

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Gallery Players' Parade Named Among Best Theater Productions for 2009

Columbus Dispatch theater critic Michael Grossberg named Gallery Players' production of Parade among his pick of best theater productions for 2009. Gallery Players made the list along with such outstanding theater troupes as Broadway Across America and CATCO. To read more about Grossberg's picks for the year, click here.

Film Festival to Present 'Day of Docs' on March 14

The Columbus Jewish Film Festival has expanded its program, and will present a Day of Documentaries on Sunday, March 14.

The Columbus Jewish Film Festival Steering Committee - led by Carole Genshaft and June Frankel - recently announced their intention to move the Festival from the spring to the fall of 2010, based on results of a recent survey of patrons and participants. The survey also indicated that movie lovers would rather enjoy films during the course of two weeks. As a result, the next full-length Columbus Jewish Film Festival will be Nov. 7-9 and Nov. 14-16, 2010.

To keep our film-goers happy, the Film Festival is going strong with the documentary Sunday program. For more information, visit the Film Festival website at www.cjfilmfest.org.