Orlando Theatre Newsroom

It's time for the grand finale of the 2024-2025 Old Town Untapped season in Pompano Beach on Friday, June 6th. Pompano Beach Arts will exhibit the artworks created by the AiRs during their residencies in a group showcase entitled Final Exhibition.  

Opera Grand Rapids (OGR) has announced its trailblazing 2025-2026 season during the “A Night with the Opera: Hip Opera” gala, held Thursday evening at GLC Live at 20 Monroe.

 Gold Coast Jazz Society will present  stunning finale to its 2024–2025 season with the Luciana Souza Trio, performing in the Amaturo Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

 KES THE BAND is returning to the Tampa Bay area next month for a redo of his rained-out headline performance slot that was scheduled to take place in Downtown St. Petersburg in 2024.   

Gold Coast Jazz Society will present the finale to its 2024–2025 season with the Luciana Souza Trio, performing on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at 7:45 p.m. in the Amaturo Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

The Grand Oaks Resort, located just outside The Villages in Weirsdale, FL, will soon be accompanied by the music and applause generated by the all-new dinner show series.

Giselle’s Florence Foster Jenkins Schubertiade Review is coming to the 2025 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

A GREAT KREYÒL WEEKEND will offer an intoxicating schedule of Haitian arts and cuisine during its celebration of Haitian Heritage Month Celebration, May 9 - 10, 2025.

Orlando Sings will present the fourth annual Orlando Sings Choral Festival, a three-concert celebration of the human spirit through powerful choral storytelling.

The SpongeBob Musical is now playing at Ocala Civic Theatre, running through May 18. Check out all new photos from the show and learn more about the production here!

Montverde Academy's New Play Festival opened last night which features the premieres of 'Parallel Lil' by Crystal Skillman directed by David Ian Lee and 'Carl' by Aidan Fracker directed by Dean Bell as part of their Black Box Series. Check out photos here.

High octane musical - Route 66 - celebrates classic hits from the '50s and '60s at Winter Park Playhouse!

Naughty Bits: A Modest Proposal for Banning Shakespeare, HudsonWerks Theater exposes the Bard's bawdiest bits in a whip-smart, zany satire landing at the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival.

The cast has arrived for the Florida premiere of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha presented by Opera Orlando on May 16 - 18 at the Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater at Dr. Phillips Center.

AQUILA: Pole Dance X Prometheus Bound is produced by Project no.19 Performance Company at the Orlando International Fringe Festival on select dates: May 14, 6:05pm ($6 tickets); May 17, 12:00pm; May 21, 6:25pm; May 23, 8:05pm; May 24, 8:55pm.

Down the Rabbit Hole, a wordless reimagining of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, will take center stage at the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival this May. Learn more here!

The ALTAR BOYZ are bringing their holy hype to the Titusville Playhouse stage from May 2 to 25. Altar Boyz follows the uplifting journey of five small-town boys—Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan, and Abraham—on a mission to save the world, one screaming fan at a time.

In May, Significant Productions will present I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change - Music by Jimmy Roberts, Book & Lyrics by Joe DiPietro, as the first 2025 summer production at The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol. Learn more.

Central Florida Community Arts (CFCArts) has named Justin Muchoney as executive director effective immediately. Learn more about Justin Muchoney here!

Life's greatest tragedy is the passage of time. It is a lesson we all must learn eventually. Within the proverbial circle of life, there is only a beginning and an end that occurs in the immediacy of our own lifetime. Yet, the cyclical nature of birth, death, and rebirth ensures that our spirit will carry on in legacy rather than in flesh. If we are loved, then we are remembered. And if we are remembered, then we live forever. Disney’s The Lion King transposes this message from screen to stage through an international collaboration of talent that supercedes the strength of the 1994 animated film from which it came.

Pup Play: A Queer Pseudo Lecture (of sorts) is a controversial, kinky, and hilarious comedy (of sorts) coming to the Orlando Fringe on select dates in May. Learn more!

Your Camp, Mein Kamp: The Musical Political Satire is set to shake up audiences at the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival with a provocative blend of biting humor, unsettling satire, and disturbingly catchy tunes.

Ms. Desiree Montes will take to the cabaret stage at The Winter Park Playhouse in her new solo cabaret - Sounds of Desiree: Reprisin' and Manisfestin'. Learn how to purchase tickets!

The Orlando Fringe Festival has announced the world debut of Escape From Planet Earth, a sharp-witted and uproarious political satire written by Melanie Bailey.

Join the Orlando Gay Chorus as the chorus celebrates 35 fabulous years of harmony and inclusivity with their special 35th Anniversary Concert, A Choral Kaleidoscope.