Keith Smith News

The Garden Theatre presents Hairspray showing April 25 - May 25, 2014, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2pm & 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm (160 W Plant Street). The presenting sponsors of Hairspray are Bob and Dianna Duffy. Hairspray is also sponsored Duke Energy, Insight Credit Union and Toole's ACE Hardware. The Garden Theatre's 2013-2014 Season is presented by CenturyLink. Several performance dates will feature celebrity walk-on roles. Directed by Rob Winn Anderson, Hairspray has a cast of over 30 actors, singers and dancers from across the Central Florida area.

The Garden Theatre will present the Central Florida premiere of the devilishly cheeky, fun-filled Broadway musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, tonight, January 31 - February 23, 2014, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2pm & 8pm, Sundays at 2pm.

The Garden Theatre will present the Central Florida premiere of the devilishly cheeky, fun-filled Broadway musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, January 31 - February 23, 2014, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2pm & 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. The book was written by Jeffrey Lane, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek, and is directed by Julia Gagne. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is sponsored by Duke Energy, Harmony Tech, The Digital CPA, Insight Credit Union and ACE Hardware. The Garden Theatre's 2013-2014 Season is presented by CenturyLink.

David Anzuelo, Austin Cauldwell, Ella Dershowitz, Laura Esterman, Daniel Gerroll, Dea Julien and Keith Randolph Smith

LAS VEGAS, July 30, 2013 -  Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013.  

Saxophonist Emma Reinhart and Vocalist April Murphy shared the Helen Turner Grand Prize Award at the McCallum Theatre's Annual Open Call Talent Competition on Saturday night, the first time in the event's fifteen year history the judges declared a tie for the top prize. The winners were announced by host (and Open Call 2011 Grand Prize winner) Rob Watkins following a rousing finale which featured all twenty-two finalist acts (76 individual performers) before a sold-out audience. The family of award namesake Helen Turner determined on the spot that each winner would receive the $2,500 grand prize.

The Garden Theatre has announced the Florida premiere of the holiday musical A Christmas Survival Guide, showing tonight, November 30 - December 16, 2012.

The Garden Theatre has announced the Florida premiere of the holiday musical A Christmas Survival Guide, showing November 30 - December 16, 2012.

The MainStreet Theatre Company has announced the cast for the first show of its 2012/2013 season: Pinkalicious the Musical. The musical, based on the best selling book for the younger set, is also written by book authors Elizabeth Kann & Victoria Kann, with Music by John Gregor. The story, about a little girl who eats too many cupcakes and turns pink, has been delighting youngsters since its publication in 2006, and the musical celebrates everything pink while reminding kids that sometimes too much of a good thing is... too much!. Pinkalicious, recommended for ages 5 and up, opens today, October 6th, and runs through the 21st, 2012. Get a first look at the production in the photos below!

The MainStreet Theatre Company previously announced the cast for the first show of its 2012/2013 season: Pinkalicious the Musical. The musical, based on the best selling book for the younger set, is also written by book authors Elizabeth Kann & Victoria Kann, with Music by John Gregor. The story, about a little girl who eats too many cupcakes and turns pink, has been delighting youngsters since its publication in 2006, and the musical celebrates everything pink while reminding kids that sometimes too much of a good thing is... too much!. Pinkalicious, recommended for ages 5 and up, runs today, October 6 - 21, 2012.

There are few published works which deal with the last of the South African frontier wars, fought in 1877-78, and none which covers it in detail. The lack of a published comprehensive study of this important war is all the more surprising because it set the final seal on the relegation of the majority Xhosa Africans, who inhabited the Eastern Cape, to the position of lowly workers for the colonists.

The MainStreet Theatre Company has announced the cast for the first show of its 2012/2013 season: Pinkalicious the Musical. The musical, based on the best selling book for the younger set, is also written by book authors Elizabeth Kann & Victoria Kann, with Music by John Gregor. The story, about a little girl who eats too many cupcakes and turns pink, has been delighting youngsters since its publication in 2006, and the musical celebrates everything pink while reminding kids that sometimes too much of a good thing is... too much!. Pinkalicious, recommended for ages 5 and up, runs October 6 - 21, 2012.

The Garden Theatre will present its third self-produced spring production,The Music Man showing April 20-May 27 at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street). Directed by Claud Smith III, The Music Man has a cast of over 60 children and adults ranging in age from 5-65 as actors, singers, and dancers from across the Central Florida area.

The Garden Theatre presents the Jester Theater Company production of The Foreigner, through April 1 at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street). In this hilarious comedy, Englishman Charlie Baker, self-proclaimed "world's dullest man," and his friend Sgt. Froggy LeSueur vacation to a rural fishing lodge. Together they scheme to make Charlie appear as an exotic foreigner who can't speak English. Soon their plan backfires as lodge guests share with Charlie their deepest secrets and most sinister plans.

The Garden Theatre presents the Jester Theater Company production of The Foreigner, March 16-April 1 at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street). In this hilarious comedy, Englishman Charlie Baker, self-proclaimed "world's dullest man," and his friend Sgt. Froggy LeSueur vacation to a rural fishing lodge. Together they scheme to make Charlie appear as an exotic foreigner who can't speak English. Soon their plan backfires as lodge guests share with Charlie their deepest secrets and most sinister plans.

The Garden Theatre presents the Jester Theater Company production of The Foreigner, March 16-April 1 at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street). In this hilarious comedy, Englishman Charlie Baker, self-proclaimed "world's dullest man," and his friend Sgt. Froggy LeSueur vacation to a rural fishing lodge. Together they scheme to make Charlie appear as an exotic foreigner who can't speak English. Soon their plan backfires as lodge guests share with Charlie their deepest secrets and most sinister plans.

At last night's 23rd annual Gaming Hall of Fame Charity Dinner and Induction Ceremony, members of the gaming industry gathered to honor Sheldon G. Adelson, Blue Man Group, Charlie Palmer and Dr. William Eadington for their unique achievements and contributions to the gaming industry.

Coterie At Night presents Children of the Damned Corn, Oct. 13-30 at the newly renovated Just Off Broadway Theatre, 31st Street and Penn Valley Park (3051 Penn Valley Drive). This world premiere is written and directed by local theatre impresario Ron Megee.

Coterie At Night presents Children of the Damned Corn, Oct. 13-30 at the newly renovated Just Off Broadway Theatre, 31st Street and Penn Valley Park (3051 Penn Valley Drive). This world premiere is written and directed by local theatre impresario Ron Megee.