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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
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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Catching up with IAAPA CEO Jakob Wahl in Orlando
We talked about Epic Universe, political fallout on the tourism industry, and his favorite theme park snack
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Epic fails: Three areas that need serious work at Universal Orlando’s Epic Universe
It’s still my new favorite Orlando theme park, though
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Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘The Fabulous King James Bible’
Not to be missed for all the spilled tea in England
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Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘Solovela, An Improvised Solo Telenovela’
Miami native Diane Jorge is the funniest female solo improviser of this Fest
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Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘Sam’s Skeleton Soirée’
Fans of Universal’s Halloween dance shows can get their spooky season fix a few months early
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Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘WINNING: Winning’
Wild, wacky, unexpectedly emotional winner of a show
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Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘Ferry Tale!’
The most awww-inspiring show of the Festival
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Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘The Swamp Is on Fire’
This show is a reminder of how badly we miss having Tod Kimbro in Orlando
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Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘The Bunker’
A play about the last two actors left on Earth after an apocalypse.
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Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘(a)political’
If anything might reignite my faith and optimism in local politics, it’s this show
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Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘Things That I Destroy: The Overmedicated Misadventures of an Autistic Antiheroine’
Pitch-black sense of humor and unflinching insight into an alphabet soup of neurological complications
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Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘American History vs. American Idol’
Teaching about such historical facts is sadly transgressive in today’s state of Florida
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Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘An American (Not) in Paris’
Liv recalls her weeks studying abroad as an NYU student in Paris
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Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘Roo’s Menagerie’
A wild menagerie is assembled, then abandoned; now they tell their tales
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Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘Down the Rabbit Hole’
The classic Lewis Carroll tale told from a different viewpoint and in a different medium
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Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘That’s Why I’m Single’
A love-filled adventure of chaos and surprise
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Orlando Fringe 2025 review: ‘Holly M. Brinkman Presents: Improv Erotica’
Improvisational comedy and erotic content: kill two bawdy birds with one smutty stone