Orlando Video Coverage - Page 3

The Garden Theatre opens its season with the classic musical GYPSY.  I sat down with Andrea Canny (Rose) and Andrea Stack (Louise) to talk about their characters' real-life counterparts, burlesque, and more!...

In January, The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol (806 San Marino Drive, The Villages, FL) will open the third production of its third season with the musical It Shoulda Been You; Music by Barbara Anselmi, and Book & Lyrics by Brian Hargrove....

Steven Lane (Horace), Ame Livingston (Regina), and Anneliese Moon (Alexandra) play the Giddens family in THE LITTLE FOXES at Mad Cow Theatre.  While the classic drama is all about family struggles and corruption, the actors couldn't be having more fun....

The contemporary musical inspired by true stories finishes out its final workshop for the Central Florida area with inviting back alumni from past workshops to perform some of the original scores for the first time!...

The Orlando Fringe Festival is finally here! It began on May 15, and runs until May 28.  I sat down with Canadians Charlie Ross and Rod Peter Jr to talk about the shows they are bringing to the Fringe this year. Charlie will be doing ONE MAN STAR WARS as a fundraiser on May 28, as well as presen...

SOMETHING ROTTEN! is at the Dr. Phillips Center this week.  With help from an ArtsLife Magazine article, I explore some of the show's connections to Orlando. ...

Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF (Orlando Shakes) has announced that Meridith Friedman's The Luckiest People will be the final Signature Series production in its upcoming 29th Season....

ON THE VERGE opens this Wednesday, April 11 at Rollins College. The play follows three Victorian women as they explore Terra Incognita, an unknown land. Soon they find themselves traveling forward through time. I sat down with director Nicole Colangelo to talk about time travel, terrains, and ...

Valencia College's new docudrama, TRANSITION, opens this Friday. The show explores the experiences of trans people and the people in their lives. I sat down with three remarkable cast members--Skyler Diaz, Jessie Ehrenberg, and Sam Sunderly--to talk about the show and their personal experiences....

At my last District Competition, I had the pleasure of performing a Small Group Musical entitled 9 Peoples Favorite Thing from the musical, Title of Show. When choosing pieces to take to competition, this song spoke to me because it relies on one simple message: to have confidence in yourself even w...

This weekend, producer Jeremy Seghers presents an evening of two one-acts by local playwright Ashleigh Ann Gardner. I interview Ashleigh Ann Gardner, the star of FUNERAL PARTY and director of GHOST, and Monica Mulder, the star of GHOST and director of FUNERAL PARTY. We talk about the balance b...

After finding out that their band and choir were invited to perform at the famed Carnegie Hall, Orlando's Jones High School had concerns about funding for the trip. Along with her friends at Walmart, Ellen surprised the high school and helped hit the students' financial goal and reach their dream of...

As performances of Central Florida Community Art's anticipated production of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME draw closer, I sit down with Ian Patrick Gibb (Quasimodo) to talk about all things HUNCHBACK....

In March, The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol (806 San Marino Drive, The Villages, FL) will open the fourth and final production of its second season with John Logan's six time Tony Award winning play, Red....

Meet the cast of THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, running January 16th through February 4th at Riverside Theatre!...

This week, I saw the national tour of SCHOOL OF ROCK at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The show follows Dewey Finn, who after getting kicked out of a rock band, poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious private school. He forms his students into a rock band to compete in the B...

This is the second video in a series I'm doing about theater for social change. I talk with Jeff Revels, the Artistic Director at the Orlando Repertory Theatre. We discuss the Justice Project, the REP's season, and more!...

This season, Gromalot Theatre Factory presents SLEIGH! at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center. The show follows a young couple spending their first Christmas together in a series of comedic scenes with no dialogue....

This December, the Orlando Shakespeare Theater has been transformed into a 1940s radio studio for IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY. The classic story is told through a live radio broadcast, complete with talented voice actors, commercials, and live sound effects. I sat down with Tyler Tanner...

This month, The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol (806 San Marino Drive, The Villages, FL) kicks off its second season with a Central Florida Premiere of Bad Jews, the critically acclaimed and Outer Critics Circle Award Nominee by Joshua Harmon. Go behind the scenes with the cast in the videos below!...

Described as Sesame Street meets The Exorcist with critics raving It's terrific, ferociously funny. As disturbing as it is uproarious, meet HAND TO GOD's cast of characters (and puppets) that make up the small church town of Cypress, TX....

J. Anthony Pyatt Jr. (Jack Kelly) and Daniel Tracht (Davey) star in the Orlando Repertory Theatre's production of DISNEY'S NEWSIES. We talk about the show, play a game, and take on the push-up challenge!...

Laura Hodos is currently starring as Aldonza in MAN OF LA MANCHA at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater. We talk about her character, corsets, dream roles, brownies, and more!...

This is the first video in a series of interviews I'm doing about theater for social change. I talk with John DiDonna, the Theater Program Chair at Valencia College. John is well known for doing docudramas - plays about social issues based on interviews. We discuss Division (his docudrama about t...

Disney's NEWSIES at the Orlando Repertory Theatre runs until October 22!...