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Downtown Orlando theater incubator Fringe ArtSpace is closing early next year
February 2025 will be the last operating month for the venue.
Arts Stories + Interviews
Read Orlando arts stories and interviews with Orlando Weekly. Profiles of local artists, curators, and cultural voices shaping Central Florida.
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Orlando playwright Amanda Scheirer and her Without Fear Theatre co-founders developed ‘The Red String’ over the course of 15 years
The show premieres at Fringe ArtSpace Friday
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CFVA brings ‘The Light in the Piazza’ to Orlando’s Plaza Live
The play’s treatment of neurodivergence can provide a blueprint for communication
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An earthy luminosity shines forth ‘From Common Clay,’ at two Winter Park galleries
Crealdé School of Art and the Hannibal Square Heritage Center host installations by Eric Andre and Raheleh Filsoofi
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Orange County allots $8 million to give Winter Park Playhouse a permanent home
After facing uncertainty, the theater will now be purchased and renovated
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Trippy TV pioneer Sid Krofft is in Orlando for the rescheduled Spooky Empire
His shows, like ‘H.R. Pufnstuf’ and ‘Land of the Lost,’ left an indelible mark on Gen X
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Orlando Greek Fest brings dance, culture and authentic eats to Winter Park
The Orlando Greek Festival has been an annual tradition since 1962
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Broadway in Orlando review: Scatological satire ‘The Book of Mormon’ hasn’t lost its bite
Jam-packed with genuine heart and hummable tunes
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At Orlando’s AEO Studios, Alan Ostrander creates and sells the kind of special effects supplies that Spirit Halloween doesn’t stock
This Halloween season he faces the scariest monster of all: the economy
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These three local haunts were briefly blown over by Milton, but bounced back to boo again
Haunting Nights at Leu Gardens, Ominous Descent in Winter Haven and Gatorland’s Gators, Ghosts and Goblins
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Natalie Cordone and Shawn Kilgore bring Sin City to Orlando this weekend
Catch ‘Vegas, Baby! Hits of the Headliners’ at Enzo’s on the Lake Oct. 13
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Orlando Museum of Art spotlights the trailblazing skateboarding photography of J. Grant Brittain
Push it real good
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Now that October is here, we’re finally catching up on Orlando’s spooky season traditions
Halloween hot takes
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Broadway in Orlando review: ‘Girl From the North Country’ is uneven but deeply affecting in unanticipated ways
It’s not another by-the-numbers jukebox musical
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Orlando gets a new way to travel: MindTravel comes to Lake Eola Wednesday
Murray Hidary’s silent piano experience provides a new way to hear the language of emotion
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Orlando Fringe appoints new leadership triumvirate
Genevieve Bernard, Tempestt Halstead and Melissa Fritzinger will serve as co-equal leaders
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Rob Winn Anderson talks about his journey back to Garden Theatre
His production of ‘Pippin’ features ASL interpretation for the deaf community
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Orlando performer-producer Jaimz Dillman on 10 years of burlesque
A decade presenting Corsets and Cuties is ‘a long time to herd cats’
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Maitland Art Center presents ‘A Bright Light From the Embers,’ documenting the legendary partnership of two Orlando creatives
Que Throm and Cicero Greathouse shared a fiery life and practice
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This weekend brings fresh productions including ‘Soul Pop: Summer of Soul’ and Breakthrough Theatre’s Original Play Festival
No better place to escape Orlando’s humidity than inside an air-conditioned theater