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BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL - A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS at Garden Theatre Loses Sight of Scrooge
Playwright Michael Wilson has turned all of Act I into a walk down the 'yellow brick road' of London, where Scrooge meets three vendors who will resurface more translucently later that night.
BWW Review: ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE at Dr. Phillips Center Is Far from Paradise
I would never drink on the job, but at ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE, a?oepour me something tall and stronga?? is part of the mandate a?" and the show writers are clearly counting on tequila to carry them through.
BWW Review: There Will Be Blood at Moonlight Players Theatre's EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL
There's blood on my program.
BWW Review: LES MISERABLES Is Surprisingly Strong on Tour, Now at Dr. Phillips Center
It's an incredible production with a cast that slays Misérables.
BWW Review: Theater West End Goes All Out for ONCE ON THIS ISLAND with an In-House Beach and Crazy-Talented Cast
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND comes to life with mounds of sand, full-fledged shacks, an overturned boat that doubles as a platform, a wood-planked bridge, and a running stream of water that curls around the stage in a rock-lined canal.
BWW Review: The Nonstop Twists and Turns in Garden Theatre's DEATHTRAP Are Both Trick and Treat
DEATHTRAP gets off to a slow start, but by Scene Two - when the third of five characters enters the action - it's off to a fast-paced saga of twists, turns, and fatalities.
BWW Review: Clermont's Moonlight Players Make Mayhem in DIAL M FOR MURDER
Tonight's my first time in Historic Downtown Clermont.
BWW Review: Garden Theatre's RAGTIME Is Something Special
For RAGTIME, director Mark Edward Smith and his crew have crafted one of the most appealing and stately sets I've seen at the Garden Theatre.
BWW Review: Theater West End's IF/THEN Is a Moving, Thought-Provoking, Big-Song Musical You'll Be Glad You Saw
IF/THEN is a dramatization of the concept of opportunity cost.
BWW Review: GHOST THE MUSICAL Brings Poltergeists, Pop Songs, and Pottery to Theater West End in Sanford
For all my problems with GHOST: THE MUSICAL, Ghost remains an extremely compelling story.
BWW Review: COME FROM AWAY at Dr. Phillips Center Shows Us the Best of Humanity in the Worst of Times
That the odds are against it underscores just what a tremendous achievement COME FROM AWAY represents.
BWW Review: Classy Meets Wacky in 'WEIRD AL''s Must-See STRINGS ATTACHED Tour at Melbourne, FL's King Center
But lest you worry that this isn't the full-fledged Yankovic stage experience, rest assured: you aren't missing out one bit.
BWW Review: ANASTASIA at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Thankfully, when ANASTASIA hit Broadway, it dispensed with anyone immortal or winged, replacing fantasy with the real-world politics that led up to the Romanovs' demise.
BWW Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN Shows Orlando Why It Rocked Broadway
There's terrific acting in the touring cast, even if the singing voices waver from Platt to flat.
BWW Review: FRIENDS!: THE MUSICAL PARODY Is The One You Want to See with Your Millennial BFFs
Effective parody isn't that common, it doesn't happen to every iconic TV show, and it IS a big deal!
BWW Review: Things Get Naughty in WILD PARTY at Theater West End
WILD PARTY is a showcase of everything I love about Theater West End: gorgeous lighting, creative set design, top-notch casting, and a willingness to stage shows that aren't being done somewhere else fifty times a year - even if this particular musical, about a 1920s love rectangle that implodes d
BWW Review: In 1984 at Garden Theatre, Big Brother Is Shocking You...
Those who know 1984 will anxiously await a big twist, and let me tell you, I couldn't have dreamed of a better execution.
BWW Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Dr. Phillips Center
This show is essentially what it was on Broadway: a gorgeous staging that marries stunning stagecraft with complex and rewarding material.
BWW Review: WEST SIDE STORY Comes Alive in Immersive Production at Theater West End in Sanford, FL
At Theater West End, you've entered the world of WEST SIDE STORY before even taking your seat.
BWW Review: HAMILTON Is Here and Meets the Hype at Dr. Phillips Center
Not since Sondheim have we had a musical so complex in lyrics, so layered in rhetoric, so rich in motif, and so conscious of characters' competing perspectives on one another.
BWW Review: It's Hamilton Month in Orlando, but Don't Sleep on THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE at Garden Theater
A fledgling Elvis impersonator reluctantly takes a secret gig as a drag queen in the Florida panhandle.
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Havana Hop Orlando Family Stage (9/19-9/19) PHOTOS VIDEOS |
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Disney's Finding Nemo Athens Theatre (1/22-2/27) |
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Ted Swindley’s Honky Tonk Angels Athens Theatre (2/26-3/21) |
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Death Trap Little Theatre New Smyrna Beach (8/27-9/06) |
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical Athens Theatre (11/20-12/13) |
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The Shark Is Broken Athenaeum Theatre One (10/15-11/08) |
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The Adams Family Musical Athens Theatre (9/18-10/11) |
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Songs for a New World Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (8/28-8/30) |
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Hadestown (Non-Equity) King Center for Performing Arts (4/20-4/21) |
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Golden Girls The Laughs Continue Dr. Phillips Center (11/01-11/01) VIDEOS |