Davis Gaines, who’s on the board of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, forwarded me this email from Richard Russell, who’s in charge of raising the money to get the…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 12:05PMA hearty congratulations to Brian Feldman for yesterday’s project The Most Expensive Gas in America, in which he spent six hours standing outside one of the gas stations down near the …
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:40AMHas it been almost a year since the last theater-community potluck? Yes, it has, and it’s well past time for us to get together one again. So put on your high-heeled sneakers, bring so…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 09:45PMJust a reminder that the deadline is fast approaching for this fall’s PlayFest 2.0 at Orlando Shakespeare Theater. It’s a new, shortened version of the new-play festival, and her…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 09:11PMHere’s an audition notice for a web-based serial: Name: Contona Thomas (or Valerie Gamble) Email: [email protected] Message: Urgent Casting call for upcoming Webisodes! Current…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 09:15AMHere’s an audition notice for the musical Pageant. (I’d better note here that this is an all-male cast.) What: Pageant: The Musical Comedy Beauty Contest When: Wednesday, June 29…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 05:41PMA little good news from ex-Orlando actor David Knoell (who got his MFA at UCF and played the title role in Mad Cow’s Amadeus): He’s been performing with Chicago’s famed Sec…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 05:31PMWell, I missed the first installment (vacation beckoned), but several Orlando-area movie theaters will screen filmed versions of productions from London’s Globe Theatre this summer. Th…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 05:17PMEnzian has lots in store this summer for fans of opera and ballet, with six filmed operas and ballets beginning this weekend. Here’s the rundown: Swan Lake performed by the Bolshoi Bal…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 05:08PMHere’s the 2011-2012 season from Lake Wales Little Theatre: The Tale of Snow White (children’s theater), Sept. 16-25. Nana’s Naughty Knickers, Nov. 4-20. Drinking Habits, J…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 04:51PMHere’s the next season from the Moonlight Players in Clermont: Willy Wonka, Sept. 23-Oct. 23. Leslie Bricusse-Anthony Newley-Timothy A. McDonald musical, based on the Charlie and The C…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 04:46PMOscar Wilde may be absent but he’ll still be the honoree at Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s opening gala this September, which will be known as the Wilde Party. Here are the detail…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 04:34PMLeesburg’s Melon Patch Theatre handed out its annual Sara Awards last weekend. Congrats to all the winners: Dan Wilson, Best Leading Actor in a Musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technico…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 04:27PMThe Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts has received another pledge — this one for $250,000 from Cirque du Soleil. Here’s the official word: Days after the community grou…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 04:11PMHere’s an impending audition for Avenue Q from Theatre Downtown: Avenue Q – Auditions Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx Book by Jeff Whitty Director: Steve MacKinnon Mus…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 08:05AMHere’s another highly praised stage production coming to movie theaters — and another one coming to movie theaters that are not near here. (Which leads me to the rant: What is wr…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 10:45AMHere’s a job posting from the Wekiva River Players: WRP is in search of a Technical Director for the fall productions of Fiddler on the Roof Jr. and 101 Dalmatians Kids. The mission of…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 10:38AMHere’s the coming season for the Stover Theatre at Stetson University in DeLand: Almost, Maine, Sept. 22-25. John Cariani comedy. The Foreigner, Nov. 3-13. Larry Shue farce, in collabo…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 10:32AMMad Cow Theatre’s production of Rashomon has been postponed until next week due to a rehearsal injury on the part of one of the cast members. Staff member Zac Alfson says that the inju…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 10:29AMHere’s an audition notice for musical-theater folks at Mad Cow Theatre: Mad Cow Theatre announces musical auditions for our 15th Season! Mad Cow Theatre is holding auditions by appoint…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 10:23AMHere’s a note from Sam Waters about a job available in the UCF theater department: Position #37414 Department: Theatre University of Central Florida Orlando, FL Fine Arts Specialist Ma…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 10:17AMBy Elizabeth Maupin Elizabeth Maupin on Theater In the world of The Book of Mormon, Jesus has a Southern accent and flowing blond hair. In the world of The Book of Mormon, Orlando is the mos…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 09:45AMBy Elizabeth Maupin Elizabeth Maupin on Theater “Rooster” Johnny Byron has been banned from every pub in Flintock, Wiltshire. He used to be a daredevil on a motorcycle. Now he favors his…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 08:51PMHere’s an audition notice from Melbourne Civic Theatre: Melbourne Civic Theater AUDITIONS LEADING LADIES BY: KEN LUDWIG Directed by Peg Girard Synopsis In this hilarious comedy by the …
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 12:02PMWell, we never thought we’d see it, but next week the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is finally breaking ground. And you’re invited. Here’s info from the Dr. P…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:57AMHere’s an announcement of a casting call for a web project needing actors good with Elizabethan English: Casting Call for The Aegeans NOTE: Experience with Shakespearean theater and/…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:39AMHere’s a notice from the Moonlight Players. You might want to call there for further info (352-243-5875), since the theater’s website has not been updated: Please come out and au…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:25AMBy Elizabeth Maupin Elizabeth Maupin on Theater As long as storytellers have existed, they have told us that war is hell. But few have told us from such a remarkable perspective as Rajiv Jos…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:50AMBy Elizabeth Maupin Elizabeth Maupin on Theater When reports of the horrors of AIDS first reached the Orlando Sentinel, in the early and mid-1980s, no reporter in the newsroom was assigned t…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:59AMBy Elizabeth Maupin Elizabeth Maupin on Theater There’s nothing stately about the life in and around Sidley Park, the stately home at the center of Tom Stoppard’s glittering Arcadia. Ide…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:31AMHere’s an emergency request from director Katrina Ploof: Theatre Winter Haven, a large community based theatre located in Winter Haven Florida, is in need of an experienced Musical Dir…
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