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Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Drawn to Life’ at Disney Springs turns 4
We speak to Chloe Diane Polson about creating the role of tween protagonist Julie
Seth Kubersky
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Orlando actress Jennifer Bonner has a thing or two to show you about Kissimmee
“A way to write a love letter or postcard to Kissimmee, without selling it hard”
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Halloween Horror Nights isn’t the only ghoul in town: 4 local haunts to try this spooky season
Howl-O-Scream, Ominous Descent, A Petrified Forest, and Gators Ghosts & Goblins are all spooky alternatives
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As ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ celebrates its jubilee year, a new documentary explores its roots
Andreas Zerr’s unauthorized ‘Sane Inside Insanity’ captures the film’s unique interactive nature
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Theater review: ‘The Wiz’ kicks off Dr. Phil’s 2025/2026 Broadway in Orlando season
This ‘Wiz’ dumps Oz’s darkness and drama in favor of exuberantly expressed Black joy
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Kyona Levine Farmer is always looking for a ‘message of redemption’
The producer-director presents ‘Next to Normal’ at the Dr. Phil’s Pugh Theater this weekend
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Clowning around in the kitchen with Todd Zimmerman, the Orlando-based winner of Food Network’s ‘Worst Cooks in America’
‘When we walked in on circus day, that’s where my panic was’
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This year’s Halloween Horror Nights is the best iteration this decade
But it’s almost impossible to take in everything in just one visit
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A visit to Quebec’s La Ronde, the northeastern-most theme park in the newly merged Six Flags-Cedar Fair chain
After fantasizing about fleeing floundering Florida for Canada, an unintended weeklong stay in Quebec puts fantasy to the test
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Dark rom-com ‘Slaymaker’ comes to Orlando’s Imagine Performing Arts Center
Bethany Dickens Assaf and Whiskey Theatre Factory create and celebrate new plays
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The Bracket Brothers leverage the passion of fandom to turn arguments into live comedy
Ranking what’s important in Orlando at Sak Comedy Lab
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Here’s what Disney and Universal ought to bring from their West Coast to their East Coast resorts
A tale of two Orange counties
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A new player in the Orlando cannabis dispensary community, Goldflower is Floridian through and through
Orlando cannabis consumers now have a new home-grown option
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Mystery Fun House, one of Orlando’s greatest memories from the 1980s, returns to life
Westgate Vacation Villas revives the seminal attraction as a tribute to late founder David Siegel
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Orlando theater review: Theater on the Edge presents a searing production of ‘The Sunset Limited’
Author Cormac McCarthy isn’t known for feel-good stories, so consider this a trigger warning
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Disney Legend Tom Nabbe, who practically grew up on Tom Sawyer Island, talks about the closure of parts of Frontierland
Saying farewell to Magic Kingdom’s TSI, the Liberty Belle riverboat, and the Rivers of America
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Orlando Mama’s Comedy Show troupe opens variety show ‘Papa’s Cirque du So Lame’
Comedy-forward, but stacked with cirque-style specialty acts
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Halloween Horror Nights 34 in Orlando will be permeated with a ‘late-1800s emo aesthetic,’ creatives say
Expect an immersive Gothic-conservatory vibe, with stained glass and creeping vines everywhere
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Broadway in Orlando review: ‘Shucked’
Corn-crazy Cob County is the mythical Midwest setting for this fractured farm-to-table fable
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Orlando themed entertainment superstars Anitra Pritchard and Patrick Braillard helped create Epic Universe’s shows and attractions
This week we’re giving them the spotlight