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Theater review: With ‘Rocky Horror,’ Theater West End breathes new life into a cultural touchstone

Sanford troupe makes something old fresh again

by Jodi Renee Thomas June 20, 2024May 25, 2025

Sanford troupe makes something old fresh again

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Orlando theater review: Theater West End’s revival of emotional roller coaster ‘Steel Magnolias’ runs through March 3

If ‘laughter through tears’ is your favorite emotion, book your tickets and stock up on tissue

by Seth Kubersky February 21, 2024June 1, 2025

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Orlando theater review: The cast of this ’25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ deserves the oversized check

Sanford’s Theater West End kicks off 2024 with a big s-m-i-l-e

by Seth Kubersky January 11, 2024June 8, 2025

Fringe staff and board members, mostly in purple Fringe t shirts, standing on stage at Loch Haven Park.

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Orlando Fringe 2023 festival wrap-up: Critics’ Choice awards and recommendations for next year

Plus four more reviews to add to the 48 we already published

by Seth Kubersky May 31, 2023July 15, 2025

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Orlando Fringe 2023 reviews: ‘Thank You, Ex’

Funny but frustrating look at teenage romance and rejection

by Seth Kubersky May 22, 2023June 18, 2025

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Orlando Fringe 2023 reviews: ‘An Audience of Amoebas’

Tells the story behind ‘Moose Murders,’ an infamous 1983 Broadway flop

by Seth Kubersky May 22, 2023April 16, 2025

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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘The War’

Lovers of sci-fi LARPing and innovative storytelling will want to enlist ASAP

by Seth Kubersky May 22, 2023October 29, 2024

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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘HiHo, HiHo, It’s Off To Work I Go’

75 minutes of conventional songs and storytelling about an unconventional subject

by Seth Kubersky May 22, 2023May 23, 2024

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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Wendy, My Darling‘

It takes time for this adult storybook to take flight, but by the end it will hook you

by Seth Kubersky May 22, 2023May 6, 2024

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Orlando Fringe 2023 reviews: ‘The Bloody Hatchet’

High-school friends’ past comes back to haunt them in a very visceral manner in this immersive site-specific show

by Seth Kubersky May 22, 2023June 30, 2025

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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Let Me See Your Booty: The Return of SharkTooth Sam’

You’d be hard-pressed to find better family-friendly booty than this not-so-buried treasure

by Seth Kubersky May 20, 2023May 28, 2024

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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Wit and Wrath: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker’

Brings the acerbic writer’s best-known barbs to Fringe in a bio that’s equal parts scholarly and scandalous

by Seth Kubersky May 20, 2023December 6, 2024

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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘The Sorauren Book Club’

Faith, food and friendship come into serio-comic conflict

by Seth Kubersky May 20, 2023January 16, 2025

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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Vanité’

This precocious Gen Z musical is clearly a passion project for its creators

by Seth Kubersky May 20, 2023May 14, 2025

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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Deadpan Jan: My Life Is Not a Sex Party, or Is It?’

A cultish ‘love it or hate it’ experience that will leave few viewers feeling neutral

by Seth Kubersky May 20, 2023March 21, 2025

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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Mind Reader’

The multilayered mental feats are consistently astounding

by Seth Kubersky May 20, 2023June 26, 2025

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Theater review: With ‘Rocky Horror,’ Theater West End breathes new life into a cultural touchstone

Orlando theater review: Theater West End’s revival of emotional roller coaster ‘Steel Magnolias’ runs through March 3

Orlando theater review: The cast of this ’25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ deserves the oversized check

Orlando Fringe 2023 festival wrap-up: Critics’ Choice awards and recommendations for next year

Orlando Fringe 2023 reviews: ‘Thank You, Ex’

Orlando Fringe 2023 reviews: ‘An Audience of Amoebas’

Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘The War’

Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘HiHo, HiHo, It’s Off To Work I Go’

Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Wendy, My Darling‘

Orlando Fringe 2023 reviews: ‘The Bloody Hatchet’

Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Let Me See Your Booty: The Return of SharkTooth Sam’

Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Wit and Wrath: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker’

Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘The Sorauren Book Club’

Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Vanité’

Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Deadpan Jan: My Life Is Not a Sex Party, or Is It?’

Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Mind Reader’