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FestN4 review: In ‘Malunderstood,’ Kenny Streule relives rural Canadian childhood humiliations with sock-puppets and interpretive dance
Authentically charming in an awkward way
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Read Orlando arts stories and interviews with Orlando Weekly. Profiles of local artists, curators, and cultural voices shaping Central Florida.
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FestN4 review: Razor-sharp ‘Caught’ blurs the lines between artistic and empirical truth
Part of Orlando Fringe’s FestN4 at downtown ArtSpace
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Shiny new Casselberry Arts Center gives Orlando art lovers a new destination
Inaugural show ‘Experience Contemporary’ features a healthy mix of local and out-of-town artists
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Epochal endings and brand-new beginnings for Orlando Fringe
Executive director Alauna Friskics leaves just as the rebooted winter fest and arts incubator get off the ground
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Chase Padgett’s holiday spirit shines bright in his new show at Orlando Shakes
‘Christmas presents in particular really shaped the entire arc of my life’
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EPCOT’s new ‘Luminous’ fireworks show goes for old-fashioned visceral impact
It earns the highest theme-park show compliment: It’s worth dealing with the post-closing traffic jam
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Orlando mezzo-soprano Michaela Wright sings a recital with a feminine focus at Timucua
There will be Handel, yes, but not ‘Messiah’
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Next Grand Theft Auto will feature ‘Florida Man,’ alligators in Walmarts and car-top twerking
If it happened in the Sunshine State and it was super weird, it’s probably in the new game
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Broadway in Orlando review: In ‘Funny Girl,’ Katerina McCrimmon is a star in the making
Impeccable comic timing and propulsive pacing sustain the long first act; the second is a bit of a slog
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Hanukkah treats at the theme parks and a cabaret of Jewish-penned Christmas songs
Plus other local Festival of Lights offerings for fellow members of the tribe and their pals
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Friends of Nicole Darden Creston put the spotlight on the Orlando radio reporter
Julian Bond and more throw a musical fundraiser Saturday at Blue Bamboo
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New York duo The Coldharts discuss their Poe Triptych at Orlando Fringe ArtSpace
Also: how COVID changed their lives, and why they think Orlando Fringe is building a ‘neo- vaudeville’ circuit
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Orlando’s Little Radical Theatrics takes on the modern question of ‘Rocky Horror’
To wit: Can this once-shocking artifact of the 1970s still speak to a younger generation unfazed by sexual fluidity?
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SeaWorld Orlando shares more details about Penguin Trek coaster opening in 2024
Family-friendly ride takes snowmobile-style cars on a penguin research mission through the Antarctic wilderness
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Opera Orlando’s ‘Tosca’ takes shape, with plenty of midnight oil burned before the final reveal this weekend
The design team is bringing Puccini’s classic tale set in Napoleonic Wars-era Rome to life
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Last weeks to see the intimate portraits of ‘us’ at the Maitland Art Center
‘(Un)Common Bond: Portraits of US’ by Monica Jane Frisell and Adam Scher
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Orlando Philharmonic appoints its first woman executive director
Bharne’s new role marks the first time the organization’s slate of top leaders are all women
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Orlando expat’s latest piece gives a close look at what it takes to survive as an artist
In which our arts columnist performs in Brian Feldman’s ‘Dishwasher 2: I Pay You’
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Nearly every notable Orlando haunt since the ’90s has one thing in common: Dan Carro
The attractions designer has contributed to Gatorland, Terror on Church Street, Skull Kingdom, and many more