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Orlando, the closing weeks of 2024 might be your last, best chance to enjoy some theme park classics
Favorites like MuppetVision 4D and Dinoland U.S.A. are closing soon
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Longtime U.K.-to-Orlando travel writers Susan and Simon Veness release a new book aimed at locals
The ‘comprehensive picture of a city and the way it’s grown up over nearly 200 years’
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Orlando actress-turned-entrepreneur Janine Klein bridges the gap between art and the military
Her company, Eii, uses acting techniques and CGI to teach officer trainees how to handle emotionally sensitive scenarios
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IAAPA Expo 2024 showcased the mounting excitement within Orlando’s attractions industry
The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions drew over 38,000 attendees and 11,000 exhibitors from around the globe.
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Winter Park singer-slash-costumer weaves a wardrobe rack of musical memories into a solo cabaret
Monica Titus presents ‘Behind the Seams’ at Winter Park Playhouse
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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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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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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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Now that October is here, we’re finally catching up on Orlando’s spooky season traditions
Halloween hot takes
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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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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
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Citrus Music returns to an Orlando stage with fantastical original musical ‘Alice by Heart’
A tumble into Wonderland by way of the London Blitz in WWII
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Hillary Brook and Theatre South Playhouse ‘Ride the Cyclone’ in their 15th anniversary season
The cult-hit off-Broadway musical has become an obsession among Gen Z and Alpha theater fans
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The Ren’s latest immersive entertainment is throwback cabaret ’24
Even if the world outside is burning, all you’ll hear is jazz
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Three cool new Orlando attractions employ water or ice to entice guests into braving the heat
One is sensational, the second should be savored in fall and the third simply left me cold
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DeSantis uses ‘sexual festival’ Orlando Fringe as scapegoat to veto all arts funding in Florida’s 2024-2025 budget
$32 million in grants to museums, orchestras, zoos and more down the drain in our governor’s weird quest to eradicate drag