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Fall performing arts guide: Orlando’s best theater, dance, comedy, literary events and classical music
All the autumnal cultural touchstones, from Orlando Shakes to Electric Daisy Carnival.
Performing Arts
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Orlando Fringe Festival director Alauna Friskics steps down
‘Choosing to leave an organization that I truly love is one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make.’
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Get ready to ‘Velvet Rage’ wtih Todrick Hall at the House of Blues
Fabulosity will abound
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New Generation Theatrical opens a re-envisioned ‘Next to Normal’
Warning: This preview is littered with song references
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The best things to do in Orlando this week, Sept. 20-27
CrimeCon, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle,’ Fringe ArtSpace cabaret series and more
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Dave Chappelle to perform stand-up at Orlando’s Amway Center in November
No phones allowed. (Live/laugh/love in the moment)
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Comedian-as-philospher Alok Vaid-Menon performs at the Improv for one unmissable night
Get ready for a heady evening of well-informed ‘radical hope’
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Dr. Phillips Center’s Residency Festival teams up Beck, Diana Ross and more with the Royal Philharmonic
Will you hear symphonic versions of ‘Loser’ or ‘I’m Coming Out’? Maybe!
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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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Theater review: ‘Lizzie’ subverts audience expectations with satirical glee
‘Lizzie: The Rock Musical’ boasts the most authentically kick-ass rock musical score since ’Hedwig and the Angry Inch’
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Breakthrough Theatre throws a festival for original plays this week
Shows all weekend at the Winter Park theater company’s Original Playwright Festival
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Mayhem on Mills gets ready to [redacted] at Tuffy’s Music Box
‘The Truth Is Out There’ … in Sanford
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‘Shecago: The Dragsical,’ a tribute to the Broadway musical, takes over the Abbey
Drag, a crime? Not in this city.
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New Generation Theatrical announces new donor and studio programs
Exclusive: Donations will support the new NGT Studio at Fashion Square Mall
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Broadway in Orlando: ‘Beetlejuice’ is a devilish delight despite deviating from the film
Musical adaptation of the Tim Burton fantasy plays at Dr. Phillips Center through July 2
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Orlando Repertory Theatre changes its name to Orlando Family Stage
The theater is now named Orlando Family Stage, as it aims to empower young people
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Orlando welcomes the arrival of our fierce drag overlords with RuPaul’s Drag Race ‘Werq the World’ Tour
Orlando better be ready to werq
