Theater: Moonlight and Magnolias

It's 1939. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's novel. The screenplay just doesn't work. Screenwriter Ben Hecht and formidable director Victor Fleming are called in to work with Selznick. Hecht is not sold on the success of the storyline, but Selznick believes in this movie, so much so that he locks the three of them in his office for five days with bananas and peanuts as their only food, to pull together a new script. While Hecht types, Selznick and Fleming attempt to act out all the characters in the novel, rewriting and creating the screenplay. Take a fun, farcical look at the behind-the-scene birth of one of the most beloved films of all time. Tickets: Adults, $15.00; students under age 18, $10.00; college students and active military personnel with valid ID, $12.00. To purchase tickets, or for box office information, call 352-683-5113, or visit www.stagewest.net.