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Looking back at the rich history of Orlando comedy at Austin’s Coffee
“We all keep coming back for something and at the end of the day, that’s what makes it beautiful.”
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’s New Wave Cabaret reinterprets David Bowie through burlesque and drag this week
“What I think inspires me the most about what we’re up to is finding that delicious synthesis of both of them.”
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Dive into the dark side of Disney with Ed Larson and ‘Disney Dan’ Becker live on stage
Merging the wholesome magic of Disney World with the morbid sleuthing of true crime
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Spooky Empire brought a terrifyingly creative legion of cosplayers to Orlando
The three-day convention featured celebrities, vendors, panels and plenty of cosplay
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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
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Theater West End’s production of ‘American Psycho’ musical plays engagingly loose with source material
An immersive and almost upbeat take on the bleak 1990s novel
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One era of comedy at Austin’s Coffee ends, another begins with new location, new co-owner: Preacher Lawson
Austin’s Sunday open mic ruled for two decades. The reign should continue at its new digs
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Orlando drag royalty feature in new ghost-hunting show ‘SHOOK! Queens of the Dead’
Shook, Spooked, Served
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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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Witch-obsessed comedian Tim Murray is bringing his costumes, camp and cackles to Orlando one last time
He’ll put a spell on you
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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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Modernism in Intimate Gestures: The Bloomsbury Group at Rollins Museum of Art
Over a hundred years later, this drawing serves as a record of the bold experimentation that defined the Bloomsbury Group
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Winter Park Playhouse secures permanent Orange Avenue home
After months of uncertainty, the playhouse will remain in the space it has called home for 23 years
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Orlando visual artist Gisela Romero showcases community faces in new exhibition
Opening reception for Romero’s show ‘WE’ at the Terrace Gallery is Monday, Sept. 29
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The Ren Theatre condemned by fire department
The closure comes as the group presents its Halloween tradition, ‘Nosferatu’
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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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Orlando’s Hispanic Heritage Month art exhibition is now open
And a community celebration is on its way