Sunday, May 29, 2011
Here’s an audition notice for the musical Spring Awakening at Breakthrough Theatre: The Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park will hold auditions for the regional premier of the musical …
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:34AMHere’s the coming season from Theatre Winter Haven: The Full Monty, Sept. 15-Oct. 9. David Yazbek-Terrence McNally musical. It’s a Wonderful Life, Dec. 1-18. Adaptation of the cl…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:25AMThe IceHouse Theatre in Mount Dora is starting a big renovation project, which will add largely to its lobby — planned to wrap partway around the building — and improve its parki…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 10:56AMHere’s an audition notice from Playwrights’ Round Table: Playwrights’ Round Table Announces Auditions for Summer Shorts 2011 Playwrights’ Round Table will hold auditions …
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 10:50AMSaturday, May 28, 2011
Here are two more Patrons’ Picks — Fringe shows that will have an additional performance Monday May 30 because they outsold every other show in their venues: Silver venue: 13, th…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:40PMDavid Lee’s Thom Pain (based on nothing), by playwright Will Eno, has been added to the Patrons’ Pick shows at the Orlando Fringe. It will have an additional performance at 3:45 …
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:53AMFlorida Opera Theatre, the organization formed to try to revive and promote opera in Central Florida, has named Robin Stamper as its music director. The group previously named Frank McClain …
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:25AMFringe is still in full swing on its final weekend, but the Sunday-night “graduation party” — the awards show — is rapidly approaching. (Note: While the event is free…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 08:14AMFriday, May 27, 2011
Here’s news on three more Patrons’ Pick shows for Monday May 30: Onomatopoeia, red venue, 5:30 p.m. Doctor WHOse Line Is It Anyway?, Patrons’ Room, 6:45 p.m. Captain Discov…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:12PMIt’s been all Fringe, all the time here lately, so here’s something completely different. Two theater professors from my college, Nora Hussey and Melinda Lopez, have put together…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 10:09AMFor Fringers sitting around with no shows to see on Friday night (that’s tonight, in case you’ve lost track), here’s an alternative: Radio Rickshaw’s live show, to be…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 09:38AMWe now have three Patrons’ Picks announced for the Fringe. Here are the shows and the times for their additional performance Monday May 30: Dog Powered Robot and the History of the Fut…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 12:04AMThe Oops Guys’ Bitches of the Kingdom!, probably the biggest hit at this year’s Fringe, already has a follow-up date — June 3 and 4 at the Parliament House for Gay Days. He…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 12:01AMThursday, May 26, 2011
This just in (I love to say that): Dog Powered Robot and the History of the Future is Patrons’ Pick in the green venue and will have an extra performance Monday May 30. No word yet on …
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:42PMWell, the first one, anyway, and it’s no surprise. The Oops Guys’ Bitches of the Kingdom! has won the Patrons’ Pick Award in the orange venue. That means the show has sold …
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:18PMHere’s a posting for a part-time job from Doreen Heard of Florida Children’s Repertory Theatre: Florida Children’s Repertory Theatre, a company of professional adult actors…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 01:49PMWednesday, May 25, 2011
Just a note to say that I’ve posted 34 Fringe reviews online. If you want to read them, look to the right-hand column of this site and click on the title you want. Happy reading!
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:42AMFringe is in full swing, with what seem like hordes of theatergoers descending on Loch Haven Park every night. So here’s a compendium of Fringe news from the festival’s George Wa…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 09:25AMTuesday, May 24, 2011
Dewey Chaffee and Douglas McGeoch, creators of the Fringe’s celebrated characters Wayburn Sassy and Didi Panache (and this year’s Winifred and Gerald), have a nice idea to help o…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 02:47PMSo you’re sitting around at the Fringe beer tent and feeling a little understimulated. Maybe that’s not possible, but Dandelion CommuniTea Cafe’s Julie Norris has an answer…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 02:28PMMonday, May 23, 2011
For those of you who subscribe to this blog, I realized over the weekend that my Fringe reviews aren’t coming to you in the normal way. It’s not interesting enough to explain in …
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 01:41PMFriday, May 20, 2011
John deHaas, a friend of Broadway producer Randall Wreghitt, sent me this photo of the lights dimmed last night at Broadway’s Helen Hayes Theatre in Randall’s memory. A former Di…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 01:32PMThursday, May 19, 2011
Here’s a pretty wonderful ticket deal from Mad Cow — admission to all four summer shows, plus four free drinks, plus four nights of free parking for $99. You’ll save 30 per…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 03:35PMThe Fringe may be in full force tonight, but volunteer coordinator Jackie Martinez still needs help. Here’s a note from her with a list of volunteer slots to be filled: Happy Fringe ev…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 12:10PMOrlando’s planned performing-arts center project received good news Wednesday: It’s a go, and construction is likely to start in June. Here’s the story from the Orlando Sen…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 08:49AMWednesday, May 18, 2011
I’m sorry to report that former Orlandoan Randall Wreghitt, for many years a Broadway and off-Broadway producer, has died of carbon-monoxide poisoning. Some of you probably knew Randal…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 04:11PMHere’s an audition announcement from the Sands Youth Theater Company: Auditions for Peter Pan are next week! 5/23, 5/24, 5/25. All evenings are 5-8pm at the Athens Theatre! Applicants …
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 03:50PMThere’s another revival of Annie coming to Broadway, and this time around the producers are looking for potential young stars online. The open call is for girls 6-12, who may audition …
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:37AMTuesday, May 17, 2011
I am very sorry to have to report the death of actress Jan Peterson, who died March 24 in Newburyport, Mass. Jan was active in several Orlando-area community theaters in the 1990s — at…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 12:08PMA new, shortened version of Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s PlayFest — scheduled for Nov. 3-6 of this year — is seeking submissions. Here are the guidelines: Deadline for ini…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 10:35AMVisual Fringe, the visual-art aspect of the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, has been installed and will open Wednesday night with 128 works of art, most of them for sale. The …
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