This morning at City Hall, Orlando Magic chief executive officer Alex Martins greased back his hair (again) to reveal just what has been going on in the heads of the Magic brass – and, specifically, its ownership, Amway God Rich DeVos – with regard to the long ballyhooed Amway Arena-adjacent entertainment complex it’s been...
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On Wednesday night (3/27/13) the Florida Theatrical Association held a party at The Abbey theater to celebrate Fairwinds' 2013-2014 Broadway Across America touring season. The upcoming lineup of plays, which was officially announced last month, includes award-winning hits like Book of Mormon, Once, and Evita. FTA president Ron Legler, DPAC's Kathy Ramsberger, and Orlando...
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From what we’re hearing through various grapevines of drama, tomorrow is the day that DPAC will announce how it is exactly – or in “circle” fashion – that it’s going to move forward with Florida Theatrical Association in terms of presenting Broadway shows in the new performing arts center. You may be aware that...
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Are you experiencing withdraws from Star Wars Weekends and Celebration VI? Do you wish Orlando had more than two large Star Wars themed events this year? Well, then you’re in luck. A traveling exhibition called Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination is coming to the Orlando Science Center this Saturday, October 13th and...
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We’re not sure what any of this means, but expect big announcements today regarding a renewed focus on funding the $175 million Citrus Bowl renovations that have been way back on the backburner for years. Apparently, according to the rumor mill and this Orlando Sentinel story, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Orlando Mayor...
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If you’ve already picked up today’s hilariously phallic issue of the Orlando Weekly, you may now turn to page 8 to soak in the wisdom of mayoral candidates Buddy Dyer, Phil Diamond, Ken Mulvaney and Mike Cantone. (Or you can check out Happytown™ on this here website). You may have noticed that we didn’t...
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It’s still three weeks until Orlando’s mayoral election, and Orlando magazine isn’t even going to bother with the formalities. Magazine editor Mike Boslet: “No one has a chance at being the next mayor of Orlando until he leaves office.” As for the other candidates running for Dyer’s seat in 2012 … at least they’ll...
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OK, so we were considering treating last night’s softball civics skinny dip like an episode of The Dating Game, largely because that’s what our Facebook head told us to do as we dismounted from the cinder blocks of the College Park community center after a couple of hours of absorbing the municipal beige of...
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Hey, did you know that Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer’s up for re-election next month? Of course you did. As it does every time there’s a municipal election, the ugly head of scandal has been effectively reared just one month out from the April 3 city elections. Two of Dyer’s challengers, Mike Cantone and Ken...
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Tonight, the hit musical Billy Elliot opens at the Bob Carr as one of the centerpieces of the current 2011/2012 Fairwinds Broadway Across America season. There are still several shows left before the season ends, but that doesn’t mean it’s too soon to start looking for ward to 2012/2013. At downtown’s Abbey Theater last...
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