Brooklyn-based musician Kristin Eley talks coronavirus recovery
by Clarissa Moon - March 19, 2020
Brooklyn-based musician Kristin Eley recovered from the coronavirus just days ago. Local audiences might recognize Eley from her time as a musician in Orlando. Now, Eley works as a teacher for the United Nations International School, Camp Broadway, and the New York Pops Teaching Program. As a singer-songwriter, she released her EP a?oeLittle Yellow Rooma?? in late 2019. I connected with Eley on the video chat platform Zoom to discuss her experience with the virus, her career since leaving Orlando, and more.
by Clarissa Moon - March 19, 2020
Brooklyn-based musician Kristin Eley recovered from the coronavirus just days ago. Local audiences might recognize Eley from her time as a musician in Orlando. Now, Eley works as a teacher for the United Nations International School, Camp Broadway, and the New York Pops Teaching Program. As a singer-songwriter, she released her EP a?oeLittle Yellow Rooma?? in late 2019. I connected with Eley on the video chat platform Zoom to discuss her experience with the virus, her career since leaving Orlando, and more.
2020 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival Has Been Cancelled
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2020
Orlando Fringe has released the following statement regarding the 2020 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival:
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2020
Orlando Fringe has released the following statement regarding the 2020 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival:
Central Florida Community Arts Awarded City Of Orlando 2020 “Community Builder of the Year”
by BWW News Desk - March 17, 2020
Central Florida Community Arts has been awarded the City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer's a?oeCommunity Builder of the Year a?oe Award for its plentiful contributions to the community in and around Orlando, Florida.
by BWW News Desk - March 17, 2020
Central Florida Community Arts has been awarded the City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer's a?oeCommunity Builder of the Year a?oe Award for its plentiful contributions to the community in and around Orlando, Florida.
Theatre South Closes Through March 26
by BWW News Desk - March 17, 2020
Theatre South will be closed through March 26.
by BWW News Desk - March 17, 2020
Theatre South will be closed through March 26.
The King Center and Elko Concerts to Present COLIN MOCHRIE & BRAD SHERWOOD THE SCARED SCRIPTLESS TOUR
by BWW News Desk - March 16, 2020
Armed with nothing but their sharp wit, comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood take to the live stage to create hilarious and original scenes in their two-man show. Known by TV audiences for their work on Whose Line is it Anyway?, Colin & Brad improvise new material every night from audience suggestions and participation.
by BWW News Desk - March 16, 2020
Armed with nothing but their sharp wit, comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood take to the live stage to create hilarious and original scenes in their two-man show. Known by TV audiences for their work on Whose Line is it Anyway?, Colin & Brad improvise new material every night from audience suggestions and participation.
Andy Matchett to Present NO DAYS OFF, A Live Stream Telethon For Working Orlando Performers
by BWW News Desk - March 16, 2020
In partnership with local video production powerhouse Blackburst Entertainment, Orlando-Based Musician, Playwright, Actor and Director Andy Matchett is coordinating a web-based, live-streaming variety show featuring a myriad of out-of-work professional performers from all over the Central Florida area.
by BWW News Desk - March 16, 2020
In partnership with local video production powerhouse Blackburst Entertainment, Orlando-Based Musician, Playwright, Actor and Director Andy Matchett is coordinating a web-based, live-streaming variety show featuring a myriad of out-of-work professional performers from all over the Central Florida area.
Orlando Fringe Festival Will Go On As Planned
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2020
Orlando Fringe has announced that it will go on as planned.
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2020
Orlando Fringe has announced that it will go on as planned.
Dr. Phillips Center for the Arts Has Announced Postponement of Upcoming Performances
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2020
Earlier today, the City of Orlando decided to limit gatherings greater than 250 in city-owned venues, including the Dr. Phillips Center and Bob Carr Theater. This action is designed to help minimize the spread of COVID-19 and is in effect through the end of the month.
by BWW News Desk - March 15, 2020
Earlier today, the City of Orlando decided to limit gatherings greater than 250 in city-owned venues, including the Dr. Phillips Center and Bob Carr Theater. This action is designed to help minimize the spread of COVID-19 and is in effect through the end of the month.
The Winter Park Playhouse Announces 2 Week Suspension of Performances In Response To Global Health Crisis
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2020
The Winter Park Playhouse announces the suspension of the current production of, The Andrews Brothers, beginning this Sunday, March 15 for a 2 week period of time, in response to the state and national health guidelines. Performances will resume Wednesday April 1, 2020. We are limiting public gatherings for the remainder of the month due to the public health crisis. The Bella Notte cabaret scheduled for March 18 and 19 has been rescheduled for July 22 and 23, 2020.
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2020
The Winter Park Playhouse announces the suspension of the current production of, The Andrews Brothers, beginning this Sunday, March 15 for a 2 week period of time, in response to the state and national health guidelines. Performances will resume Wednesday April 1, 2020. We are limiting public gatherings for the remainder of the month due to the public health crisis. The Bella Notte cabaret scheduled for March 18 and 19 has been rescheduled for July 22 and 23, 2020.
Orlando Shakes Goes Dark March 16 Through March 31
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2020
Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF will suspend performances March 16 - March 31, 2020. The theater will continue performances through Sunday, March 15. The novel coronavirus situation is rapidly evolving and Orlando Shakes will update plans as necessary.
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2020
Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF will suspend performances March 16 - March 31, 2020. The theater will continue performances through Sunday, March 15. The novel coronavirus situation is rapidly evolving and Orlando Shakes will update plans as necessary.
Orlando Rep Suspends Activities Through March 31
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2020
Orlando Repertory Theater (Orlando REP) is suspending all operations including performances, Youth Academy camps, classes, and rehearsals beginning today through March 31.
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2020
Orlando Repertory Theater (Orlando REP) is suspending all operations including performances, Youth Academy camps, classes, and rehearsals beginning today through March 31.
Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park Cancels Production of THE CRAVING
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2020
Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park has released the following statement regarding upcoming performances:
by BWW News Desk - March 13, 2020
Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park has released the following statement regarding upcoming performances:
BWW Review: An Elderly Patron and I Disagree About BEN-HUR: AN EPIC COMEDY! at Garden Theatre
by Aaron Wallace - March 09, 2020
a?oeThat's the worst thing I've ever seen,a?? said an elderly woman on her way out the door. a?oeI couldn't have said it better myself!a?? her friend agreed. Far be it for me to differ a?' they probably saw Ben-Hur in theatres while I still didn't know who was going to win the chariot race a?' but I loved it.
by Aaron Wallace - March 09, 2020
a?oeThat's the worst thing I've ever seen,a?? said an elderly woman on her way out the door. a?oeI couldn't have said it better myself!a?? her friend agreed. Far be it for me to differ a?' they probably saw Ben-Hur in theatres while I still didn't know who was going to win the chariot race a?' but I loved it.
BWW Review of SPAMILTON: AN AMERICAN PARODY at Dr. Phillips Center, Fun But Flimsy
by Aaron Wallace - March 06, 2020
It's symptomatic of SPAMILTON's inconsistency: quite funny and thoughtful in one moment, down a rabbit hole the next. For every inspired sequence in which Lin-Manuel engages 'Stephen Sondheim as Ben Franklin' in a lengthy debate about the density of rhymes, there's a lazily written riff like 'not throwing away my pot' (an extended refrain that comes out of nowhere and exists only for the cheap laugh of a weed joke). Too many of the rhymes are moon-and-June; too many of the jokes are merely references in disguise; too many of the allusions are a crutch.
by Aaron Wallace - March 06, 2020
It's symptomatic of SPAMILTON's inconsistency: quite funny and thoughtful in one moment, down a rabbit hole the next. For every inspired sequence in which Lin-Manuel engages 'Stephen Sondheim as Ben Franklin' in a lengthy debate about the density of rhymes, there's a lazily written riff like 'not throwing away my pot' (an extended refrain that comes out of nowhere and exists only for the cheap laugh of a weed joke). Too many of the rhymes are moon-and-June; too many of the jokes are merely references in disguise; too many of the allusions are a crutch.
See What's On Sale at the Dr. Phillips Center
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2020
With the completion of the Dr. Phillips Center in 2020, Dr. Phillips Center presents its biggest, most celebrated season yet. See what's happening below!
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2020
With the completion of the Dr. Phillips Center in 2020, Dr. Phillips Center presents its biggest, most celebrated season yet. See what's happening below!
Orlando Shakes Will Present BARE BARD: HENRY IV PART 2
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2020
'Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.' A first for Orlando Shakes, this project will challenge the theater's actors like never before. The cast will race against the clock, to bring you a fantastic and spontaneous production, where anything can happen, while honoring the Bard's work and sharing another fantastic Shakespeare tale.
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2020
'Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.' A first for Orlando Shakes, this project will challenge the theater's actors like never before. The cast will race against the clock, to bring you a fantastic and spontaneous production, where anything can happen, while honoring the Bard's work and sharing another fantastic Shakespeare tale.
Mad Cow Theatre Announces Cast Of ALL MY SONS
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2020
All My Sons tells the story of Joe Keller, a successful, middle-aged, self-made man who has done a terrible and tragic thing. He framed his business partner for a crime and engineered his own exoneration. Now, his son is about to marry the partner's daughter, the affair is revisited, and his lie of a life is unraveled. In All My Sons, Arthur Miller creates a post-war American family in a tragic downfall of lies, greed, love, and loss, and demands its audience examine their own social responsibilities to all the sons and daughters of American wars.
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2020
All My Sons tells the story of Joe Keller, a successful, middle-aged, self-made man who has done a terrible and tragic thing. He framed his business partner for a crime and engineered his own exoneration. Now, his son is about to marry the partner's daughter, the affair is revisited, and his lie of a life is unraveled. In All My Sons, Arthur Miller creates a post-war American family in a tragic downfall of lies, greed, love, and loss, and demands its audience examine their own social responsibilities to all the sons and daughters of American wars.
BWW Review: MEAN GIRLS is a Musical for the Ages (National Tour at Dr. Phillips Center)
by Aaron Wallace - March 03, 2020
It's revitalized. It's funny (with new jokes). It's Facebook - er, Instagram. It's Mean Girls meets 2020. Fey's stage book is so thoughtfully transliterated from its early-aughts source, it's the familiar lines that earn the smallest laughs (except from those who've never seen the movie... shout-out to the couple who nearly died when they heard 'too gay to function,' clearly for the first time).
by Aaron Wallace - March 03, 2020
It's revitalized. It's funny (with new jokes). It's Facebook - er, Instagram. It's Mean Girls meets 2020. Fey's stage book is so thoughtfully transliterated from its early-aughts source, it's the familiar lines that earn the smallest laughs (except from those who've never seen the movie... shout-out to the couple who nearly died when they heard 'too gay to function,' clearly for the first time).
MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT Comes to Orlando Shakes
by BWW News Desk - March 03, 2020
Inspired by a true friendship, Deborah Brevoort's My Lord, What a Night produced by Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF - Central Florida's largest professional theater company, runs from March 18 - April 26, 2020. This production of My Lord, What a Night is part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. Tickets (starting at $30) are available now by phone (407) 447-1700 ext. 1, online at orlandoshakes.org, or in person at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center (812 East Rollins Street).
by BWW News Desk - March 03, 2020
Inspired by a true friendship, Deborah Brevoort's My Lord, What a Night produced by Orlando Shakes in partnership with UCF - Central Florida's largest professional theater company, runs from March 18 - April 26, 2020. This production of My Lord, What a Night is part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. Tickets (starting at $30) are available now by phone (407) 447-1700 ext. 1, online at orlandoshakes.org, or in person at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center (812 East Rollins Street).
BRUCE IN THE USA Just Announced at King Center
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2020
Much more than just another tributea?? Bruce In The USA is a high-energy, note-perfect, and visually accurate musical experience of a Bruce Springsteen & The E St. Band show.
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2020
Much more than just another tributea?? Bruce In The USA is a high-energy, note-perfect, and visually accurate musical experience of a Bruce Springsteen & The E St. Band show.
BWW Review: HENRY IV, PART 1 Sets 'Fire' to the 'Reign' at Orlando Shakes
by Albert Gutierrez - March 02, 2020
A few weeks back, I attended the opening night of The Three Musketeers at Orlando Shakes. I marveled, in particular, at a rotating stage and staircase designed by Bert Scott. The way the production team used that stage always impressed me. Imagine my delight when I came back to Orlando Shakes for the opening weekend of HENRY IV, PART 1 and saw that same exact stage now being used to represent 1492 England rather than 1628 France. Part of it is my fault, I didn't know they'd be using the same stage and assumed another theatre space at Orlando Shakes would house HENRY IV. But now knowing that this same space was used for two plays got the wheels in my head turning. It's a genius move on Orlando Shakes' part, creating a very fitting double-feature of entertainment. The same cast, the same stage, but two wholly different stories unfold.
by Albert Gutierrez - March 02, 2020
A few weeks back, I attended the opening night of The Three Musketeers at Orlando Shakes. I marveled, in particular, at a rotating stage and staircase designed by Bert Scott. The way the production team used that stage always impressed me. Imagine my delight when I came back to Orlando Shakes for the opening weekend of HENRY IV, PART 1 and saw that same exact stage now being used to represent 1492 England rather than 1628 France. Part of it is my fault, I didn't know they'd be using the same stage and assumed another theatre space at Orlando Shakes would house HENRY IV. But now knowing that this same space was used for two plays got the wheels in my head turning. It's a genius move on Orlando Shakes' part, creating a very fitting double-feature of entertainment. The same cast, the same stage, but two wholly different stories unfold.
CFCArts and FTA Will Present THE FIRST ACT Theater Reading Series
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2020
Central Florida Community Arts (CFCArts) and Florida Theatrical Association (FTA), have announced a new initiative to promote new theater works with THE FIRST ACT. This collaborative endeavor is a year-long program that will feature monthly readings and workshops of selected local plays and musicals. Each reading or workshop will be hosted at The MEZZ in downtown Orlando.
by BWW News Desk - February 28, 2020
Central Florida Community Arts (CFCArts) and Florida Theatrical Association (FTA), have announced a new initiative to promote new theater works with THE FIRST ACT. This collaborative endeavor is a year-long program that will feature monthly readings and workshops of selected local plays and musicals. Each reading or workshop will be hosted at The MEZZ in downtown Orlando.
PETE THE CAT Comes to Orlando REP
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2020
Orlando Repertory Theatre (Orlando REP) is ready to rock into spring with a feline favorite starring in his own musical, Pete The Cat. Written by Sarah Hammond and Will Aronson, the musical is based on the wildly popular children's book and television series Pete The Cat by James and Kimberly Dean. Public performances open February 29 and run through April 5 with shows at 2pm & 5:30pm on both Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets can be purchased by calling 407.896.7365 or visiting orlandorep.com. Pete The Cat is presented by Kiwanis Club of Orlando Foundation and supported by KPMG.
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2020
Orlando Repertory Theatre (Orlando REP) is ready to rock into spring with a feline favorite starring in his own musical, Pete The Cat. Written by Sarah Hammond and Will Aronson, the musical is based on the wildly popular children's book and television series Pete The Cat by James and Kimberly Dean. Public performances open February 29 and run through April 5 with shows at 2pm & 5:30pm on both Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets can be purchased by calling 407.896.7365 or visiting orlandorep.com. Pete The Cat is presented by Kiwanis Club of Orlando Foundation and supported by KPMG.
Theatre At St. Luke's to Debut Immersive In-the-Round Production Of STEEL MAGNOLIAS
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2020
Theatre at St. Luke's opens its 9th season with the classic comedic drama Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling. Under the direction of Steve MacKinnon, the popular play turned iconic movie will be an immersive theatre-in-the-round experience. Audience members will step through the full-scale doors to Truvy's beauty parlor where they'll actually sit with the show's main characters, six southern women, navigating life together. Steel Magnolias opens March 6 at 7:00 p.m. and will run select dates through March 22. Tickets are $15-25 and are available at st.lukes.org/steelmagnolias.
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2020
Theatre at St. Luke's opens its 9th season with the classic comedic drama Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling. Under the direction of Steve MacKinnon, the popular play turned iconic movie will be an immersive theatre-in-the-round experience. Audience members will step through the full-scale doors to Truvy's beauty parlor where they'll actually sit with the show's main characters, six southern women, navigating life together. Steel Magnolias opens March 6 at 7:00 p.m. and will run select dates through March 22. Tickets are $15-25 and are available at st.lukes.org/steelmagnolias.
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Sing-A-Long Featuring Ted Neeley Announced at The Abbey
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2020
The star of the dazzling 1973 film adaptation of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, Ted Neeley, comes to The Abbey for a live sing-a-long event of the classic movie on March 15 at 7 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2020
The star of the dazzling 1973 film adaptation of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, Ted Neeley, comes to The Abbey for a live sing-a-long event of the classic movie on March 15 at 7 p.m.
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