Hippodrome State Theatre - Gainesville, FL

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NOW PLAYING

Defiance

John Patrick Shanley, the author of 2005 Pulitzer- and Tony-winner Doubt has written a stunning new play intertwining ethical dilemmas about race, sexual fidelity and the cost of doing the right thing. On a North Carolina marine base in 1971, a young black Captain is promoted in order to ease the camp’s growing racial tensions. Soon, Captain and his superior officer are caught in a riveting web of moral issues that set the stage on fire....More

"Defiance is a moving piece of theater that engages the audience from start to finish, commands our attention and wages a successful campaign for our hearts and minds." --Dick Maxwell, Gainesville Sun

IN THE CINEMA (returning Wednesday)

Broken Embraces
(Los abrazos rotos)
March 12th - March 18th
Lluís Homar stars as the former Mateo Blanco, a screenwriter and ex-director who changed his name to Harry Caine after losing his sight in an automobile accident. A past scandal suddenly resurfaces when the news arrives that the producer of one of Harry's old movies ("Girls and Suitcases"), a corrupt stockbroker named Ernesto Martel (José Luis Gómez), has died. The film subsequently flashes back to... Read more

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