BWW Review: DAMES AT SEA Creates Waves of Smiles at The Winter Park Playhouse
I silently shuffle ball-changed under my seat as I waited for the show to begin.
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BWW Reviews: Explores DO BLACK PATENT LEATHER SHOES REALLY REFLECT UP? at Theatre UCF
There is nothing more unnerving than growing up as the odd one.
BWW Reviews: Going Back in Time with I LOVE LUCY LIVE at Dr. Phillips Center
I LOVE LUCY - LIVE ON STAGE is probably best suited for audiences that already consider themselves Lucy fans.
BWW Review: THE FLICK is an Envelope-Pushing Must-See for All Serious Orlando Theatre Fans
The vast majority of theatre, even straight plays, has an intrinsic musicality that has become an engrained part of the art form; characters speak with an expected rhythm familiar to regular theatre viewers, dialogue is paced with a conventional choreography to which the audience has grown accustome
BWW Reviews: Hopping into Summer with THE FROG AND THE PRINCESS at Orlando Shakes
If you're looking for the perfect summertime family activity that does not involve standing in the blazing sun, then Orlando Shakes' THE FROG AND THE PRINCESS is exactly what you're looking for.
BWW Review: Remarkable IN THE HEIGHTS is Revelatory, Can't-Miss Theatre
'Home' means many different things to many different people.
BWW Review: Mad Cow's Brilliant CLYBOURNE PARK Continues Important Legacy
Now, running through September 6th, Mad Cow Theatre has brought to their stage an exemplary production of Norris' surprisingly funny CLYBOURNE PARK that is so full of intelligence, talent, and compassion that it can't help but engage Orlando theatre audiences in this discussion that has become vital
BWW Review: Despite Flaws, THE REPUBLIC Offers One of Orlando's Most Uniquely Entertaining Experiences
'There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless;' this ancient axiom is the crux of Orlando's newest, and most unique independent entertainment option, THE REPUBLIC, which opened last weekend after an award-winning beta run
BWW Review: Buoyant ANYTHING GOES Docks in Orlando
Beloved theatre standards, tap-dancing sailors, chorines in sequins, a farcically silly plot; what more could you want from a Cole Porter musical? After winning three Tony Awards in 2012, including Best Revival of a Musical, the National Tour of ANYTHING GOES ends its delightfully giddy run at Orlan
BWW Reviews: An Enchanting Evening with BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Dr. Phillips Center
The French fairy tale made famous by Walt Disney Pictures in 1991 comes to life on the Dr.
BWW Reviews: A Whole New Digital Neverland with Garden Theatre's PETER PAN
The classic musical PETER PAN flies into the 21st century with digitally mapped scenery in the Garden Theatre's final production of the season.
BWW Review: Sondheim's Storytelling Shines in Winter Park Playhouse's PUTTING IT TOGETHER
Stephen Sondheim is the greatest writer that the musical theatre has ever known.
BWW Review: Rollins' GUYS & DOLLS is Enjoyable, but Lacks Runyan Charm
At its best, GUYS AND DOLLS will transport you to another time and place.
BWW Review: PIPPIN Brings Visually, Emotionally Stunning Circus to Orlando
When the curtain hiding the big top is dropped after the opening verses of PIPPIN's first song, it reveals one of the most stunning visual tableaus you will ever see on stage.
BWW Reviews: A Trip to SOUTH PACIFIC with Central Florida Community Arts
SOUTH PACIFIC is a vintage Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that best resonates with a more seasoned audience, but it is the story of perseverance and love that transcends time.
BWW Reviews: Heading Back to School with SeaWorld Orlando's SEA LION HIGH
While the Orlando theater culture continues to grow, it's obvious that when you think of Orlando you really think of our world-class theme park entertainment.
BWW Review: World Premiere BAD DOG Feels Old, Lacks New Tricks at Orlando Shakespeare
There is a tradition in the American theatre popularized by some of our country's greatest playwrights; Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee and others.
BWW Review: Mad Cow's PHILADELPHIA STORY is a Joyful Classic Comedy
I have to admit, I have a significant gap in my pop culture knowledge.
BWW Review: Three's Company in Garden Theatre's BOEING BOEING
There is a lot wrong with the central conceit of Marc Camoletti's farce BOEING BOEING, playing at the Garden Theatre through April 4th.
BWW Review: Theatre UCF's Talented Cast Makes Difficult NINE Compelling Theatre
A musical with Italian opera-inspired songs about a philandering middle-aged film director with writer's block, and the dozens of women that influence his life and work, does not seem like an obvious choice for a college theatre program to undertake.
BWW Reviews: A Juicy Afternoon with JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH at Orlando Shakes
When you think of great children stories involving fruit there's a lot of apples and bananas, but there is only one peach.
BWW Review: MOTOWN THE MUSICAL Is High-Speed Nostalgic Fun at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
How do you cram 50 hit songs, over 90 characters, and 25 years of history from one of music's most important companies into a dramatically satisfying, two hour and 45 minute musical? The answer is, you don't; but based on the enthusiastic response to MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, playing at Orlando's Dr.
BWW Review: A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD/A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE Brings Old Hollywood Fun to Winter Park Playhouse
Winter Park Playhouse prides itself on being the home of feel-good musical theatre in Central Florida, and their traditional slate of familiar titles and standard-centric revues almost always has you leaving with a smile on your face.
BWW Review: Talented Cast Shows there Is More than Science to Mad Cow's PHOTOGRAPH 51
In the last two years, Orlando's Mad Cow Theatre has assumed the mantle as one of the Southeast's leaders in producing 'Science Plays.
BWW Review: Orlando Shakespeare Goes unto the Breach with Masterful HENRY V
One of the great benefits of having a professional Shakespeare company in town is that they are able to invest in productions of some of the Bard's works that don't often get produced at traditional theatres.
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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) |