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Garden Theatre

160 W Plant St.
Winter Garden, FL 34787



Review: SIX: THE MUSICAL at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts


by Albert Gutierrez - June 04, 2026

Four years after first seeing SIX, I still remain impressed by how well the musical continues to work. What initially seemed like a clever gimmick – a pop concert starring the six wives of Henry VIII – has instead proven itself to be one of the most inventive pieces of musical theatre of the las...

Review: DOWNHILL THE PLAY at Education Is Cool - Get One, Inc. AS2 Productions, Ronald Diltz II Productions, Cee & Hear Productions


by Julie Gardieff - June 03, 2026

What did our critic think of DOWNHILL THE PLAY at Education Is Cool - Get One, Inc. AS2 Productions, Ronald Diltz II Productions, Cee & Hear Productions?...

Review: AN EVENING WITH EDGAR ALLAN POE at Midnight Creative


by Julie Gardieff - June 01, 2026

Edgar Allan Poe remains one of the most iconic American writers, known for his haunting exploration of death, grief, and the macabre. As a theater director, I selected a Poe adaptation for my Fall 2026 production (that will be licensed through Pioneer Drama). In my search for a script that would bes...

Reviews: OUT THERE, SOLOVELA, POEMS FOR GOD and ODYSSEA'S FAMILY TREE at The Orlando Fringe Festival


by Benoit Teves - May 24, 2026

Audiences packed into full houses for the final weekend of the festival featuring wilderness vlogs, an improvised telenovela, an angel getting their wings, and pole dancing trauma....

Review: THE $#!T, FOOL OF GRACE, and COLONIAL CIRCUS at Orlando Fringe Festival


by Benoit Teves - May 24, 2026

The festival's second weekend kicks off with intestinal trouble, a footloose priest, and imperialist clowns....

Review: THE REVIEW, THEN EVE AND MORE at The Orlando Fringe Festival


by Benoit Teves - May 22, 2026

Week two of the festival carries on with lawyers, Biblical transformation, bare honesty, and a firecracker First Lady....

Review: OH! I MISS THE WAR at DJP Productions


by Julie Gardieff - May 20, 2026

This one-man show is adapted from a work of a similar name, I Miss the War, which was originally commissioned by the BBC to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act. This production serves as both a response to and homage to that piece....

Review: BREAKING BRAINS, TEA TIME, OZMA, and MORE at The Orlando Fringe Festival


by Benoit Teves - May 19, 2026

The second week of the festival kicks off with polyamory, English breakfast, the Emerald City, and UFOs....

Review: ESCAPE ROOM, LONGER THAN FOREVER, and MORE at The Orlando Fringe Festival


by Benoit Teves - May 19, 2026

The festival's first weekend closes out with grief, 'inspiration porn', and a cacophony of kazoos....

Review: INTIMI(DATING), SINGLE RIDER SONGBOOK, and more at The Orlando Fringe Festival


by Benoit Teves - May 17, 2026

What did our critic think of INTIMI(DATING), SINGLE RIDER SONGBOOK, AND MORE at The Orlando Fringe Festival?...

Past Shows

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

Jul 12 – Jul 28, 2024

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORSBook & Lyrics by Howard AshmanMusic by Alan MenkenA meek and down-on-his-luck floral assistant, Seymour Krelborn, stumbles across a new breed of plant...

Always...Patsy Cline

Always...Patsy Cline

Apr 26 – May 19, 2024

Always...Patsy ClineCreated and originally directed by Ted Swindley - Based on a true storyApril 26 – May 19, 2024Always…Patsy Cline is more than a tribute to...

All Shook Up

All Shook Up

Feb 16 – Mar 10, 2024

ALL SHOOK UPInspired by and Featuring the Songs of Elvis Presley®Book by Joe DiPietroFebruary 16 – March 10, 2024Thursdays – Saturdays at 7:30 pmSaturdays &...

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Apr 22 – May 22, 2022

Theres been a change in me, a kind of moving on, though what I used to be I still depend upon. Trapped in her provincial...

Xanadu

Xanadu

Jul 6 – May 29, 2018

XANADU July 6 - 29, 2018 Book by Douglas Carter Beane | Music & Lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar Strap on your roller...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Apr 27 – May 27, 2018

The Garden Theatre production ofTHE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Music by Alan Menken | Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Book by Peter ParnellBased on the...

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

Apr 19 – May 26, 2013

The Wizard of Oz marks the Garden Theatre's fourth self-produced musical! Little Dorothy Gale of Kansas, like so many girls her age, dreams of what...

Children of a Lesser God

Children of a Lesser God

Mar 15 – Mar 30, 2013

James Leeds is an instructor at a school for the deaf who tries to teach Sarah Norman, a janitor who is much older than the...

Biloxi Blues

Biloxi Blues

Feb 8 – Feb 24, 2013

The second in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Neil Simon's trilogy which began with Brighton Beach Memoirs and concluded with Broadway Bound. When we last met Eugene...

A Christmas Survival Guide

A Christmas Survival Guide

Nov 30 – Dec 16, 2012

If you enjoyed The Bikinis last season, you'll love this musical revue about the holiday season written by New York City-based producers Ray Roderick and...

Orlando Ballet - Hansel and Gretel

Orlando Ballet - Hansel and Gretel

Nov 10 – Nov 11, 2012

Don’t miss out on fun for the whole family with this classic fairy tale adventure as Orlando Ballet returns this season for another hit performance....

Legally Blonde: The Musical

Legally Blonde: The Musical

Oct 5 – Oct 28, 2012

TheatreWorks Florida returns with Central Florida Regional Premiere of Legally Blonde: The Musical. College sweetheart and homecoming queen Elle Woods doesn't take no for an...

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