While Orlando is already the full-time home of Cirque du Soleil's La Nouba, next week you can see another one of the acclaimed troupe's classic productions without fly out to Las Vegas. The touring company of Quidam is settling into the UCF Arena for 8 performances only (May 15-19), and last month I got...
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If you’ve checked out the online edition of This Little Underground over the past couple weeks, you might have noticed a new component to our live music column: video. Each week, I’m going to meet up with Bao at shows to capture video, that we’re calling TLU TV, that I hope communicates various positive...
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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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Will the circle be unbroken…by and by…by and by… As a game reviewer, I tend to have a hard time finding the balance between explaining a game’s ‘play’ value as compared to its storytelling value. We live in an odd transitional age where games aren’t just pixels on a screen and the rest is...
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At midnight sharp, the video will premiere, and the Dance Trance troupe, who are featured in the video, will perform a live routine right there on the floor.
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The circus came back to town this week, as Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey debuted their latest production at Orlando's Amway Center on Thursday night. As detailed in the preview I posted recently, “Built To Amaze” is based around the construction of the circus itself. The tenuous theme is mostly evident in the energetic...
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Next Thursday night (1/10), the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus returns to the Amway Center with a brand-new production, “Built To Amaze!” Last month, I had the opportunity to visit Ringling's winter rehearsal home at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa and get a a behind-the-scenes look at the latest edition of “The...
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In the current issue of Orlando Weekly, you can read in Live Active Cultures about the lessons I learned reading From Dreamer to Deamfinder: A Life and Lessons Learned in 40 Years Behind a Name Tag. Yesterday, I sat down for an interview with the author, Ron Schneider, best know to Disney fans as...
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As I’ve repeatedly reported, Universal’s Jaws ride is now most sincerely, clearly dead. I took a stroll through the park yesterday to inspect the corpse, which was quickly concealed behind construction walls. Plywood now covers all the shops and carnival games between the Disaster! attraction and the Fear Factor stadium. The ride’s location and...
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Well, this was a little unexpected, but two videos for Pauses‘ songs – “Go North” and “Hands Up” (both shot by John Deeb and Deeb Studios) – were selected for admission into two different film festivals. The Illinois International Film Festival selected “Hands Up” (which you can check out for yourself up ^^^^...
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Orlando City Soccer's goal rush News: The Brit, the Brazilian and their (not so?) crazy scheme to make Orlando soccer capital of the Southeast By Jeffrey Billman 5/8/2013
Fringe Fest 2013 shows Arts & Culture: Some choices for geeks, gamers, those who prefer to fly solo, kids, oldsters and more By Seth Kubersky 5/15/2013
Food & Drink - Reader' Picks BOO 2012: Best Caribbean 1st Bahama Breeze, multiple locations, bahamabreeze.com 2nd Mama Millie's, 12273 University Blvd., 407-382-3570, mamamillies.com 7/18/2012
Tip Jar Food & Drink: Trader Joe’s is coming! Plus, food trucks at Fringe, the 20th International Beer Festival and more By Faiyaz Kara 5/15/2013
Modern maturity Arts & Culture: Fringe 2013 is all growed up with everywhere to go By Steve Schneider 5/15/2013
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties Drink: Where to drink and party in Orlando this week 5/15/2013