"11 O'Clock Number" at Rising Action Theatre in Oakland Park

The 11 O'Clock Number cast celebrates after Sunday's matinee performance at the new Rising Action Theatre, 840 E. Oakland Park Blvd. Clockwise from left: Brandon St. John (Tyler), playwright John Kane, Cyril Serrao (Samuel Tann), artistic director David Goldyn (Bobby DuPree), David Leddick (Gordon Miller) and Merry Jo Cortada (Ethel Merman).

The play, a world premiere that runs through Feb. 24, is about Bobby DuPree, a middle-aged gay man who receives Ethel Merman's old Scrabble board for a birthday present. Later that night, Merman returns from the dead looking for Bobby and the board.

Click here for more information or tickets, which start at $30. Dinner packages at nearby Primavera restaurant are also available.