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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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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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New-to-Orlando dispensary Insa Cannabis offers gourmet-style edibles
Chef Julian Rose’s THC sweets have more in common with high-end chocolates and confectionery than the stereotypical skunky stoner spacecake
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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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Much-imitated, rarely equaled modern dance troupe Pilobolus comes to Orlando
Their touring show ‘Re:Creation’ makes a stop at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Tuesday
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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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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
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Halloween is now to Orlando what Mardi Gras is to New Orleans, thanks to our local haunts
Here’s the biggie, Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, vs. its competitor, SeaWorld’s Howl-O-Scream
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CFCArts expands the usual definition of a staged concert with their ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Director of production Juan Torres calls it a massive ‘lasagna’ of a production
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New Generation Theatrical builds NGT Studio, a rehearsal and workshop space, at Fashion Square
It might even help rescue the once-renowned retail hub from its zombie-mall fate
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Can a white woman and a Black woman have an honest conversation about race?
Saturday afternoon in Sanford, ‘Dissonance’ explores some uncomfortable questions
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Central Florida Vocal Arts artistic director Eric Pinder discusses ‘A Little Night Music’ and ‘Cocaine Bear: The Opera’
‘I’m going to make the cocaine bear a countertenor.’
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Amid a series of deaths, departures and devastating losses, take a moment to appreciate the cathartic benefits of blowing shit up
Universal makes it possible at Villain-Con Minion Blast
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Sunburn Cannabis releases piattella, an aged water hash, just in time for Dab Day
Happy 7/10 to those who celebrate!
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Latina-led Orlando nonprofit Open Scene chosen for Fringe’s relaunched incubator program
The Spanish-language arts group is one of three in a new 18-month mentoring program
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Orlando theater creator Jeremy Seghers joins the exodus of artists out of Florida
He leaves us with one last show, a reimagined ‘Streetcar’ at Timucua Arts Foundation