Review: TIARA'S HAT PARADE at Orlando Family Stage
Tiara’s Hat Parade is based on the 2021 book written by Kelly Starling Lyons and was adapted for the stage by Paige Hernandez.
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Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART TWO: PERESTROIKA at Theater West End
Theater West End was wise to split Angels in America in the season as two separate performances, each with their own block in the schedule.
Review: MY DEAR DEBBIE at New Generation Theatrical
When it comes to theater, seeing an original work is always a gamble.
Review: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Theatre South
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Review: ROMEO & JULIET at Orlando Shakes
In a production that marries 16th-century gravitas with 21st-century urgency, Director Monica Long Tamborello finds a delicate balance between Act I’s playful hope and Act II’s harrowing descent, reminding us that while the feud is ancient, the loss of innocence remains a devastatingly contempor
Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts
The reason the play works at all is because of the sheer strength of its production values and the commitment of its cast.
Review: MEAN GIRLS at The Renaissance Theatre Company
Part bar, part group hang, and part chaotic theatrical experience, The Renaissance Theatre Company’s production of MEAN GIRLS blurs the lines between a traditional show and an immersive club experience.
Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES at Theater West End
While much of the dramatic weight of Angels in America undeniably stems from the specter of AIDS, it would do the play a huge disservice to reduce it to a story about disease alone.
Review: HAIRSPRAY at Titusville Playhouse
Titusville Playhouse’s HAIRSPRAY delivers a high-energy 'Baltimore fairytale' that stays true to the show's tradition of camp and exuberance.
Review: & JULIET at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts
If “& Juliet” works at all, it’s because it commits to the premise without apology: a Shakespearean remix told through the lens of pop music, meta-theatre, and a general belief that stories never really die, they just get re-written.
Review: THE OUTSIDERS at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts
One of the most effective things the musical gains by moving from page to screen to stage is permission to reframe the story without betraying it.
Review: Play It Again, Orpheus! HADESTOWN at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts
This new approach to the storytelling of Hadestown helped make me appreciate some of the compromises on the tour.
Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts
The 2024 production earned seven Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical, which I feel is an earned acknowledgment that speaks more to the craftsmanship, the ambition, and the emotional journey present in the show.
Review: A Sleek, Sharp, and Sexy AMERICAN PSYCHO at Theater West End
In 1991, American Novelist Bret Easton Ellis published the highly controversial novel American Psycho.
Review: Ease on Down the Road to see THE WIZ at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts
The benefit of a stage production means it will always be malleable to change, always willing to look at how a story written in the past can still be relevant in the present, and remain timeless for the future.
Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts
Drag culture in La Cage aux Folles isn’t just the “bold face” of the gay community; it’s a celebration of visibility itself, a way of inviting even those on the periphery to understand more deeply what it means to live authentically, unbothered, and unashamed.
Review: SISTER ACT at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts
At its heart, Sister Act: The Musical is a celebration of sisterhood and the unexpected bonds formed in the most unlikely places.
Review: Encore Performing Arts' THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
For anyone who’s seen Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a lot of the familiar story beats remain here.
Review: Go Ahead and Get SHUCKED at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts
One would think a musical all about corn would be a one-trick pony with the same tired joke made again and again.
Review: THE LION KING Reigns Supreme at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts
Life's greatest tragedy is the passage of time.
Review: PUFFS at Theatre South Playhouse
If you are a fan of a certain 'boy who lived' then Theatre South Playhouse’s delightfully humorous and nostalgic production of Matt Cox’s PUFFS or SEVEN INCREASINGLY EVENTFUL YEARS AT A CERTAIN SCHOOL OF MAGIC AND MAGIC could be right up your (Diagon) alley.
Review: MAMMA MIA! Wins Me Over at Last — Dr. Phillips Center
Silly stories like this work better on stage, where the particulars of the real world aren’t around to underscore implausibility.
Review: JERSEY BOYS at Titusville Playhouse
In the realm of musical theatre, jukebox musicals have their supporters and their detractors.
Review: SOME LIKE IT HOT Sizzles and Shakes at Dr. Phillips Center
When SOME LIKE IT HOT began on Broadway, it was celebrated for updating a classic film to modern audiences in ways and themes not readily apparent from the original source material.
Review: 4 LOST SANTAS + AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS at Opera Orlando
When it comes to the holidays in the opera world there are few standards as beloved as Gian Carlo Menotti’s AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS.
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Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater (7/18-7/19) |
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Ted Swindley’s Honky Tonk Angels Athens Theatre (2/26-3/21) |
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X RADIO FM presents SUMMER BASH 3 Sunrise Theatre (7/18-7/18) |
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Shrek: The Musical Little Theatre New Smyrna Beach (7/16-8/02) |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs of the Black Forest Shoestring Theatre (7/10-7/19) |
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Hamilton (Angelica Company) Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (9/29-10/18) |
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Marky Ramone with Who Are You (a tribute to The Who) The Plaza Live (9/03-9/03) |
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SWAN LAKE by The United European Ballet Company Miramar Cultural Center (12/30-12/30) |
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The Shark Is Broken Athenaeum Theatre One (10/15-11/08) |
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Wicked Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (1/06-1/31) |