BWW Review: Elephant and Piggie's WE ARE IN A PLAY!'Brings Favorite Children's Book to Life at Orlando Shakes
As a kid I was obsessed with elephants and if you took a look at my desk today, you would think that I still am.
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BWW Review: Ambitious BRING IT ON's Stars Shine at Wayne Densch PAC
For community theatres, producing a musical can be ambitious for any number of reasons; the difficulty of the music, the complexity of the dramatic content, the number of settings required, the size of the cast needed, but it is difficult to imagine a more ambitious project than the Wayne Densch Per
BWW Review: Orlando Shakes' VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE is Fresh, Dynamic Comedy
I recently read that unless material comes out of living experience, it does not live.
BWW Review: DIRTY DANCING is a Disappointing Disservice to Original Film
Since the dawn of the genre, stage shows have been adapted from various sources; books, other plays, poems, historical events, and, increasingly over the past two decades, movies.
BWW Review: Mad Cow's LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT is an Uneven American Masterpiece
Eugene O'Neill's epic LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT is undoubtedly one of the most venerated works of the American theatre.
BWW Review: THE WHALE is a Difficult Tale of Grief, Regret at Garden Theatre
For most people, it is extremely difficult to watch another person struggle, especially when it comes to doing the most mundane of tasks.
BWW Review: STOMP Smashes Its Way to Orlando
STOMP is one of those shows I've heard about, seen the advertisements, seen the commercials, but have never experienced in person.
BWW Review: Theatre UCF's Sparkling SHE LOVES ME is One of the Year's Best
Last Thursday night, 1,079 miles apart, two different casts celebrated triumphant openings of the classic Bock and Harnick musical SHE LOVES ME.
BWW Review: A Romp through the Golden Age of Broadway with SHOWTUNE! at Winter Park Playhouse
The music of legendary Broadway composer Jerry Herman comes together in Winter Park Playhouse's revue, SHOWTUNE.
BWW Review: Get Hooked on Fantastic Plastic with DIXIE'S TUPPERWARE PARTY
Ladies and gents, do you think you know your Tupperware? Well, if you haven't had the pleasure of meeting Dixie, I'd think again.
BWW Review: THE ADVENTURES OF PERICLES Serves a Feast for the Senses at Orlando Shakespeare Theater
It isn't often that an experience touches the complete range of emotions that we are capable of feeling as human beings.
BWW Review: Mad Cow's PAINTING CHURCHES is a Touching 'Memory' Play with a Top-Notch Cast
'Last scene of all,/ That ends this strange eventful history,/ Is second childishness and mere oblivion,/ Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
BWW Review: Theatre UCF's Silent REELING Recreates Buster Keaton Silliness
We've all heard the saying, 'They don't make 'em like they used to.
BWW Review: KINKY BOOTS is a Fabulously Good Time that Just Might Change Your Mind
I have a confession to make; when the 2015-2016 Broadway Series was announced for Orlando's Dr.
BWW Review: Brilliant EXPECTING ISABEL Balances Humor and Heartbreak at Annie Russell
There is simply no overstating how fortunate Central Florida theatre fans are to have quality collegiate theatre programs in the area.
BWW Review: THE TEMPEST Delivers a Wave of Top-Notch Talent at Orlando Shakespeare Theater
A tale of mysticism, betrayal, love and the ultimate choice.
BWW Review: High-Energy HANDS ON A HARDBODY is Enjoyable, but Uneven at the Garden Theatre
Let's get this out of the way first, the 'hardbody' in the title is a truck, a Nissan pickup truck to be exact; and while the name of the musical, HANDS ON A HARDBODY, might sound a teensy bit risque, it is filled with encouraging messages and life-affirming themes set to a high energy modern score.
BWW Review: Mad Cow's Biting Comedy, ART, Makes You Question Nature of Friendship
Do you have a prized piece of art hanging above the mantle in your home? Above the sofa? In your bedroom? What does the choice to invest in a particular work of art say about you? What does your best friend's choice in art say about him or her? Does your friend's choice say something about you? Thes
BWW Review: Theatre UCF's Energetic SPUNK AND THE HARLEM LITERATI is Weighed Down by its Own Ambition
Ambition can be a dangerous thing, whether you are a guitar-playing drifter in early Twentieth Century Orlando, or a playwright attempting to recontextualize an outdated work.
BWW Review: Orlando Shakes Rings in the New Year with Brilliantly Scripted DANCING LESSONS
Going to the theater is an intimate experience.
BWW Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC Blends Realism, Romanticism at Dr. Phillips Center
There is something both familiar and jarring about the brand new North American tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, running at Orlando's Dr.
BWW Review: Finding the True Meaning of Christmas with MIRACLE ON 34th STREET at Garden Theatre
I am a Scrooge when it comes to Christmas time.
BWW Review: UCF Seniors Leap for the Stars in Dream Roles Concert
What could be more exciting than a stage full of musical theatre students performing the roles they dream to play in the decade that lies ahead? Answer: Absolutely nothing.
BWW Review: HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS: THE MUSICAL Gets Orlando into the Christmas Spirit
The Walt Disney Theater at the Dr.
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Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater (7/18-7/19) |
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Swan Lake by International Ballet Stars in St. Petersburg, FL Duke Energy Center for the Arts - Mahaffey Theater (3/01-3/01) |
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Sister Act Athens Theatre (7/10-8/02) |
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The Wizard of Oz Athens Theatre (4/16-5/09) |
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The Shark Is Broken Athenaeum Theatre One (10/15-11/08) |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs of the Black Forest Shoestring Theatre (7/10-7/19) |
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Deer Tick Revolution Live (11/11-11/11) |
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Wicked Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (1/06-1/31) |
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Into the Woods Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (7/31-8/02) |
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Ted Swindley’s Honky Tonk Angels Athens Theatre (2/26-3/21) |