Blogs: Posts Tagged ‘ theater ’

On the surface, it’s the story of four lovers cavorting into a faerie forest where mischief ensues, complicated by scene-stealers with names like Puck and Bottom.
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Bargain-conscious cabaret connoisseurs shouldn’t skip the discounted weekday noontime performances, featuring Orlando favorites like Laura Hodos, Janine Klein and Melissa Minyard; for a few bucks, Mad Cow will throw in a sandwich, making it an ideal lunch-hour oasis for downtown office employees.
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Friday night (April 26) is your final chance to catch the fourth episode of Better Days, SAK Comedy Lab's late-night scripted sit-com. (Read my previous reviews of episodes one, two, and three.) In “Pop,” Todd (Mike Carr) and Jocelyn (Jennifer Bonner) conspire to pull the plug on their gourmet popsicle making neighbor Camantha, who...
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Did you ever wonder what might happen if you handed the folks who produce the female impersonator revues at the Footlights Theater a ginormous bag of money and told them to go crazy? The answer, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, can be found at the Bob Carr, where the blinged-out lavender caravan known as...
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If you’ve picked up the latest issue of Orlando Weekly, you may have noticed the item in Culture 2 Go about the difficulties faced by Greater Orlando Actors Theatre. At the time the column was written, GOAT founders Paul and Leesa Castaneda were seeking donations to keep the doors open at their Crealde location,...
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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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The third installment of SAK Comedy Lab's live late-night sitcom Better Days marks a turning point for writers John Valines and Tod Kimbro. After two expository episodes, their series finally settles into its groove, and grows beyond sci-fi snark into emotional character development. (Read my earlier reviews of the pilot episode and episode 2.)...
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Dubbed the “Biggest, Baddest Fringe Fundraiser Yet,” this is only a sneak peek of what’s to come at this year’s Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival.
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Almost 6 years ago, I first attended VarieTease’s Carnivale at the Orlando Fringe and declared it “two words: fu@king mind-blowing,” a grammatically ambiguous quote destined to live forever on advertising posters. Last Saturday night I experienced a similarly ecstatic sensation, though on a deeper level, seeing an encore of VarieTease’s Nouvelle Luna at The...
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Last Friday, I caught the final performance of the second installment of Better Days, SAK Comedy Lab's new late-night live sitcom. Unlike SAK's usual improvisational fare, Better Days is scripted by John Valines (who also directed the second episode) and Tod Kimbro in the spirit of Cheers meets Big Bang Theory. (See my 1/3/13...
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