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By JORGE SANCHEZ
Published April 28, 2006

1040 REASONS TO LAUGH: Love, Sex and the IRS continues this weekend at the Art Center Theatre, 2644 N Annapolis Ave., Citrus Hills at the Citrus County Art League. The play runs weekends through May 7. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays and on April 29. Tickets are $15 at the box office. For information, call 746-7606.

LOOK AHEAD

DIVORCE, COMEDY STYLE: Gulf Islands Civic Theatre's next production will be dinner theater at the new Tuscany on the Meadows in the Citrus Hills Lodge, County Road 486, Citrus Hills. The play Broken Up is a contemporary comedy about divorce written by Nick Hall. It opens May 12 and runs for one weekend. The event begins with a cash bar, hors d'oeuvres and the meal, and costs $35. Friday and Saturday entertainment starts at 6 p.m. Doors open for the Sunday matinee at 1 p.m. Dinner choices are prime rib and chicken. To secure a dinner theater reservation, e-mail gulfislandscivictheatre@yahoo.com or call 527-9061.

QUICK TRIPS

'FRUMPLED FAIRY TALES' is a Theatre for Young Audiences production on the outdoor stage at Ocala Civic Theatre, 4337 E Silver Springs Blvd. State Road 40 in the Appleton Cultural Center. The shows are at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. June 8, 9 and 10 and at 1:30 p.m. June 11. Tickets, which cost $5, go on sale May 15 or may be purchased at the door. The outdoor stage does not have fixed seating, so bring a lawn chair or a blanket. Call the box office at (352) 236-2274 for tickets or information.

'CATS' IN OCALA: The popular Broadway musical opens May 11 and runs through June 4 at the Ocala Civic Theatre, 4337 E Silver Springs Blvd. (State Road 40) in the Appleton Cultural Center. Curtain times are 8:15 p.m. for evening performances and 2:15 p.m. for matinees. Tickets go on sale May 1 and cost $19 for adults and $9 for full-time students. The box office is open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Saturdays on which there are performances. Call (352) 236-2274.

ELKS GO COUNTRY: The Southern Comfort Band will appear at the Homosassa Elks Lodge, 7890 W Grover Cleveland Blvd., on May 6 as a part of a Derby Day Dinner Dance. Buffet dinner of barbecued pork and baked grouper. Party starts at 4 p.m., with dancing 6 to 9:30. $12 for reservations for members and guests. Call 628-1221.

JUST FOR LAUGHS: Comedian Al Aprill will headline at 8:30 tonight at Giggles Comedy Club at the Best Western Resort Weeki Wachee at U.S. 19 and State Road 50, Weeki Wachee. The featured act will be Steve Strowbridge. Tickets are $7. Doors open for dinner at 7:30. Call 596-2007 for information.

ORCHIDS GALORE: The Orchid Lovers Club of Spring Hill will have its 11th annual show and sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the SNPJ Lodge, 13383 County Line Road, Spring Hill. Admission is $1. For information, call Jim Duerstock at 686-2514.

HIGHWAYMEN ART: The Brooksville City Hall Art Gallery's exhibit of 14 landscape paintings by Florida's "Highwaymen'' artists continues through 2006 at the gallery at 201 Howell Ave. in downtown Brooksville. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Admission is free. Call 544-5407.

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