Mad Cow Theatre Releases AVENUE Q REUNION On Demand
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2021
Mad Cow Theatre releases its Avenue Q Reunion show (as part of the ongoing Bringing Home the Herd series) in time to pay tribute to the way the theatre community came together in the wake of the Pulse tragedy.
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2021
Mad Cow Theatre releases its Avenue Q Reunion show (as part of the ongoing Bringing Home the Herd series) in time to pay tribute to the way the theatre community came together in the wake of the Pulse tragedy.
PARTY ON THE PATIO 2021 Classic Albums Live Concert Series Announced
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2021
For over 15 years The King Center has hosted The Classic Albums Live with Picnic on the Patio. The 2021 Classic Albums Live Concert Series will feature a new line up and new pre-show event with Party on the Patio sponsored in part by 98.5 FM WSBH The Beach.
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2021
For over 15 years The King Center has hosted The Classic Albums Live with Picnic on the Patio. The 2021 Classic Albums Live Concert Series will feature a new line up and new pre-show event with Party on the Patio sponsored in part by 98.5 FM WSBH The Beach.
Kids Fringe Provides Free Shows And Activities For Families
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2021
Orlando Fringe, producers of the nation's longest-running, independent Fringe theatre festival, recently announced details for this year's Kids Fringe.
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2021
Orlando Fringe, producers of the nation's longest-running, independent Fringe theatre festival, recently announced details for this year's Kids Fringe.
BWW Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Orlando Shakes
by Joseph Harrison - May 09, 2021
In the world of musical theatre, there are some shows that feel fresh and new, no matter how many times you see them. These are the musicals you drop everything to experience even if it may be your fortieth time. For musicals like that, the thrill of seeing what a different theatre, director, designer, or actor may do with a favorite piece can often be just as thrilling as sitting in an audience for opening night of a world premiere musical. For me, this is the case with Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS – a cautionary tale of what lengths some may take for love, fame and success all wrapped up in a colorful, fun, and nearly perfect book with catchy songs and memorable characters. A frequent choice when asked what my favorite musical may be (and I have seen/heard/performed in many), LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is the perfect mix of comedy, horror, camp and love story all rolled into one. So, imagine my thrill sitting outside (without a mask based on the new CDC rules!) at the Walt Disney Amphitheatre in Lake Eola Park on opening night of Orlando Shakes latest production as the chords of the opening number began. Excitement, anticipation, and curiosity - and I am here to tell you 100 minutes later (without intermission) my expectations were not only met, but exceeded.
by Joseph Harrison - May 09, 2021
In the world of musical theatre, there are some shows that feel fresh and new, no matter how many times you see them. These are the musicals you drop everything to experience even if it may be your fortieth time. For musicals like that, the thrill of seeing what a different theatre, director, designer, or actor may do with a favorite piece can often be just as thrilling as sitting in an audience for opening night of a world premiere musical. For me, this is the case with Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS – a cautionary tale of what lengths some may take for love, fame and success all wrapped up in a colorful, fun, and nearly perfect book with catchy songs and memorable characters. A frequent choice when asked what my favorite musical may be (and I have seen/heard/performed in many), LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is the perfect mix of comedy, horror, camp and love story all rolled into one. So, imagine my thrill sitting outside (without a mask based on the new CDC rules!) at the Walt Disney Amphitheatre in Lake Eola Park on opening night of Orlando Shakes latest production as the chords of the opening number began. Excitement, anticipation, and curiosity - and I am here to tell you 100 minutes later (without intermission) my expectations were not only met, but exceeded.
Orlando Shakes Returns For Season 33
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2021
For the first time since closing its doors due to the pandemic in March 2020, Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF will return to its artistic home inside the Lowndes Shakespeare Center.
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2021
For the first time since closing its doors due to the pandemic in March 2020, Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF will return to its artistic home inside the Lowndes Shakespeare Center.
The Orlando Philharmonic Announces The Mary And Frank J. Doherty Principal Flute Chair
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2021
The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra has announced the Mary and Frank J Doherty Principal Flute Chair. The Dohertys, long-time supporters of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra who have previously endowed OPO's Principal Clarinet Chair, leave a great legacy for the organization with this second endowment.
by BWW News Desk - May 07, 2021
The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra has announced the Mary and Frank J Doherty Principal Flute Chair. The Dohertys, long-time supporters of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra who have previously endowed OPO's Principal Clarinet Chair, leave a great legacy for the organization with this second endowment.
Photo Flash: Orlando Shakes Presents LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Live At Lake Eola
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2021
For their second in-person, socially distanced production at Lake Eola Park, Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF is taking over Orlando with the hilarious award-winning, musical send-up of sci-fi 50’s movies, Little Shop of Horrors (May 5 - 23, 2021).
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2021
For their second in-person, socially distanced production at Lake Eola Park, Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF is taking over Orlando with the hilarious award-winning, musical send-up of sci-fi 50’s movies, Little Shop of Horrors (May 5 - 23, 2021).
Orlando Fringe Announces Sponsors For 30th Anniversary Festival
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2021
The Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival announced the sponsors for its 30th-anniversary festival running May 18-31, 2021, in Orlando’s Loch Haven Park.
by BWW News Desk - May 06, 2021
The Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival announced the sponsors for its 30th-anniversary festival running May 18-31, 2021, in Orlando’s Loch Haven Park.
SPYRO GYRA, DISNEY PRINCESS & KILLER QUEEN Announced at the King Center
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2021
Three new shows have been announced at the King Center! The King Center will present SPYRO GYRA, DISNEY PRINCESS & KILLER QUEEN. With Spyro Gyra, be prepared for some surprises, like a Latin big band approach to Cream’s “Sunshine Of Your Love”. Or maybe a stunning arrangement of Blind Faith’s “Can’t Find My Way Home”.
by BWW News Desk - May 03, 2021
Three new shows have been announced at the King Center! The King Center will present SPYRO GYRA, DISNEY PRINCESS & KILLER QUEEN. With Spyro Gyra, be prepared for some surprises, like a Latin big band approach to Cream’s “Sunshine Of Your Love”. Or maybe a stunning arrangement of Blind Faith’s “Can’t Find My Way Home”.
BWW Review: Theater West End's ALWAYS... PATSY CLINE Is a Cute Musical About a Star and Her Stan
by Aaron Wallace - May 03, 2021
Louise’s long monologues between Patsy’s numbers aren’t nearly as timeless, but then her ability to talk about a single celebrity sighting for two whole hours is something I find both deeply and embarrassingly relatable...
by Aaron Wallace - May 03, 2021
Louise’s long monologues between Patsy’s numbers aren’t nearly as timeless, but then her ability to talk about a single celebrity sighting for two whole hours is something I find both deeply and embarrassingly relatable...
BWW Review: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Celebration Theatre Company
by Joseph Harrison - May 02, 2021
Settings for musicals range from the rather ordinary to the extraordinary. Audiences can be transported to the pre-war Austrian countryside or the magical world of Oz, or in the case of THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, Celebration Theatre Company’s latest production at Dr. Phillips Center, a county spelling bee. And though this may not sound like the most exciting of places to set a musical, this show is filled with quirky (but lovable) characters, a compelling story and great music – making for a fun couple hours of theatrical magic that is both touching and funny, and which also illustrates some of the challenges facing young people today – parental approval, pressure to excel, first crushes and the intense need to fit in.
by Joseph Harrison - May 02, 2021
Settings for musicals range from the rather ordinary to the extraordinary. Audiences can be transported to the pre-war Austrian countryside or the magical world of Oz, or in the case of THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, Celebration Theatre Company’s latest production at Dr. Phillips Center, a county spelling bee. And though this may not sound like the most exciting of places to set a musical, this show is filled with quirky (but lovable) characters, a compelling story and great music – making for a fun couple hours of theatrical magic that is both touching and funny, and which also illustrates some of the challenges facing young people today – parental approval, pressure to excel, first crushes and the intense need to fit in.
COFFEE AND CEDAR: A PLAY to be Presented at The 30th Annual Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2021
Coffee and Cedar: A Play, written by D.H. Cermeño, based on his book of the same title will open on Wednesday, May 19th, at 10 pm EST, and run for seven performance during the Orlando Fringe Festival.
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2021
Coffee and Cedar: A Play, written by D.H. Cermeño, based on his book of the same title will open on Wednesday, May 19th, at 10 pm EST, and run for seven performance during the Orlando Fringe Festival.
ALADDIN, FANTASIA, and More Will Be Performed on the Walt Disney Theatre on the Disney Wish Cruise Ship
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2021
New details have emerged about the upcoming entertainment and accommodations that will be available on board the Disney Wish, as part of the Walt Disney Cruise Line.
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2021
New details have emerged about the upcoming entertainment and accommodations that will be available on board the Disney Wish, as part of the Walt Disney Cruise Line.
Second Dance Accelerator to be Presented by Orlando Ballet, Apples and Oranges and Juilliard
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2021
Orlando Ballet's Dance Accelerator 2 mock audition for choreographers will stream next week offering a real-time, behind-the-scenes look via Zoom as choreographers practice pitching their creative works before potential investors. The program will livestream on Zoom beginning at 7:00pm ET on Saturday, May 1, 2021.
by BWW News Desk - April 29, 2021
Orlando Ballet's Dance Accelerator 2 mock audition for choreographers will stream next week offering a real-time, behind-the-scenes look via Zoom as choreographers practice pitching their creative works before potential investors. The program will livestream on Zoom beginning at 7:00pm ET on Saturday, May 1, 2021.
Celebration Theatre Co. Presents THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2021
Celebration Theatre Company continues its fifth season with Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn's Tony Award-winning The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, running from April 30 - May 9, 2021 at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts' Alexis and Jim Pugh Theatre.
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2021
Celebration Theatre Company continues its fifth season with Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn's Tony Award-winning The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, running from April 30 - May 9, 2021 at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts' Alexis and Jim Pugh Theatre.
PIECES OF PEEVIRA: A 10 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE Premieres At The Orlando International Fringe Festival
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2021
PeeVira (The Fringy Mime Queen) is celebrating her 10th year anniversary. So in honor of this special occasion, she has gathered a few prize “pieces” from shows 10 years past and has created a fun retrospective just for you.
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2021
PeeVira (The Fringy Mime Queen) is celebrating her 10th year anniversary. So in honor of this special occasion, she has gathered a few prize “pieces” from shows 10 years past and has created a fun retrospective just for you.
CTCo. Presents HEXED: A Femme Rock Musical At Orlando Fringe
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2021
Celebration Theatre Company makes its Orlando Fringe debut with an original musical by the up and coming playwright, Andrew Barret Cox. HEXED: A Femme Rock Musical will take the stage for its first performance on May 19.
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2021
Celebration Theatre Company makes its Orlando Fringe debut with an original musical by the up and coming playwright, Andrew Barret Cox. HEXED: A Femme Rock Musical will take the stage for its first performance on May 19.
FIVE COURSE LOVE to be Presented Live at Winter Park Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2021
The Winter Park Playhouse, Central Florida's professional musical theatre, will return to the stage with their third production in the theatre's 2021 Series of Professional Musicals. Five Course Love will run May 14 - June 13, 2021.
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2021
The Winter Park Playhouse, Central Florida's professional musical theatre, will return to the stage with their third production in the theatre's 2021 Series of Professional Musicals. Five Course Love will run May 14 - June 13, 2021.
Garden Theatre Announces the William Daniel Mills Apprenticeship Program
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2021
Garden Theatre has announced the creation of the William Daniel Mills Apprenticeship Program. Harold and Rosy Mills selected the Garden to launch this new apprenticeship program for young diverse artists ages 13 through 22.
by BWW News Desk - April 28, 2021
Garden Theatre has announced the creation of the William Daniel Mills Apprenticeship Program. Harold and Rosy Mills selected the Garden to launch this new apprenticeship program for young diverse artists ages 13 through 22.
'Together Again At The O-Town Canteen' Variety Show Will Be Performed at the Mad Cow Theatre Next Month
by BWW News Desk - April 27, 2021
Warm and witty, with loads of heart, Mad Cow Theatre's first Party in the Plaza—a new outdoor venue on Church Street—will be Together Again at the O-Town Canteen. Transforming a new tent into a USO-styled canteen, Mad Cow presents a 1940s variety show, sure to welcome us all back from the past year's wartime pandemic.
by BWW News Desk - April 27, 2021
Warm and witty, with loads of heart, Mad Cow Theatre's first Party in the Plaza—a new outdoor venue on Church Street—will be Together Again at the O-Town Canteen. Transforming a new tent into a USO-styled canteen, Mad Cow presents a 1940s variety show, sure to welcome us all back from the past year's wartime pandemic.
Orlando Fringe to Host Third Annual TEXT-TO-GIVE-ATHON
by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2021
Orlando Fringe, producers of the nation's longest-running independent Fringe theatre festival, recently announced plans for their third annual Text-To-Give-A-Thon.
by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2021
Orlando Fringe, producers of the nation's longest-running independent Fringe theatre festival, recently announced plans for their third annual Text-To-Give-A-Thon.
Celebrity Chef Alton Brown and More Announced At The King Center
by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2021
Three new shows have been announced at the King Center.
by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2021
Three new shows have been announced at the King Center.
BWW Review: GODSPELL Is Good News at Garden Theatre
by Aaron Wallace - April 26, 2021
Filling those water-walkin' sandals is Orlando native Eddie Ortega. His is the Jesus of the Bible - cool, chill, funny, sharp, smart, wise, surprising, radical, and full of love. He occasionally sings in Spanish, while his disciples add that and sign language too - your friendly reminder that nobody in the Bible spoke English...
by Aaron Wallace - April 26, 2021
Filling those water-walkin' sandals is Orlando native Eddie Ortega. His is the Jesus of the Bible - cool, chill, funny, sharp, smart, wise, surprising, radical, and full of love. He occasionally sings in Spanish, while his disciples add that and sign language too - your friendly reminder that nobody in the Bible spoke English...
BWW Review: BIG FISH at Titusville Playhouse
by Joseph Harrison - April 25, 2021
Stories have an amazing way of bringing to life experiences and concepts that otherwise might be too complex, too unfamiliar, or too uninteresting. And, while some might write off storytelling as something reserved only for childhood, it is, in fact, one of the most common ways we humans have passed along the oral histories of our lives for generations. So, if given the ability to tell the stories of your own life – would you be the hero? What about when others hear and interpret it? This is the case for Edward Bloom, the larger than life “hero” of the story of BIG FISH – now onstage (and streaming) at the Titusville Playhouse in Titusville, Florida.
by Joseph Harrison - April 25, 2021
Stories have an amazing way of bringing to life experiences and concepts that otherwise might be too complex, too unfamiliar, or too uninteresting. And, while some might write off storytelling as something reserved only for childhood, it is, in fact, one of the most common ways we humans have passed along the oral histories of our lives for generations. So, if given the ability to tell the stories of your own life – would you be the hero? What about when others hear and interpret it? This is the case for Edward Bloom, the larger than life “hero” of the story of BIG FISH – now onstage (and streaming) at the Titusville Playhouse in Titusville, Florida.
BWW Review: CINDERELLA at Central Florida Community Arts
by Joseph Harrison - April 24, 2021
There are few stories that you can safely assume everyone around you has heard before. That is especially the case with the story of Cinderella, and that goes double for all of us here in Orlando, seeing as we live in the shadow of her very famous castle. But even the familiar can be given new life and taken in new and exciting directions. This is the case with the latest production from Central Florida Community Arts (CFC Arts) of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA, a musical originally created for television in 1957, but given new life over the last 60+ years, most recently in a successful Broadway run with an updated book. The production, which is being staged in the old Express storefront at the Fashion Square Mall, is a strong offering of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.
by Joseph Harrison - April 24, 2021
There are few stories that you can safely assume everyone around you has heard before. That is especially the case with the story of Cinderella, and that goes double for all of us here in Orlando, seeing as we live in the shadow of her very famous castle. But even the familiar can be given new life and taken in new and exciting directions. This is the case with the latest production from Central Florida Community Arts (CFC Arts) of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA, a musical originally created for television in 1957, but given new life over the last 60+ years, most recently in a successful Broadway run with an updated book. The production, which is being staged in the old Express storefront at the Fashion Square Mall, is a strong offering of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.
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