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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.’

By Jessica Bryce Young

Oct 4, 2023

Alauna Friskics, executive director of the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival since 2017, is leaving the organization. Friskics has been part of the long-running theater and art festival in some capacity for 25 years...

Orlando Fringe Executive Director Alauna Friskics

Get ready to ‘Velvet Rage’ wtih Todrick Hall at the House of Blues

Fabulosity will abound

By Grayson Keglovic
Oct 3, 2023
New Generation Theatrical opens a re-envisioned ‘Next to Normal’

Warning: This preview is littered with song references

By McKenna Schueler
Sep 20, 2023
The best things to do in Orlando this week, Sept. 20-27

CrimeCon, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle,’ Fringe ArtSpace cabaret series and more

By Kristin Howard and Jessica Bryce Young
Sep 20, 2023
Dave Chappelle to perform stand-up at Orlando's Amway Center in November

No phones allowed. (Live/laugh/love in the moment)

By Ray Roa
Sep 14, 2023
Vampires take over Renaissance Theatre Co. as immersive 'Nosferatu' returns

Fangs out

By Matthew Moyer
Sep 13, 2023
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’

By Jessica Bryce Young
Sep 12, 2023
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!

By Grayson Keglovic
Sep 11, 2023
Can a white woman and a Black woman have an honest conversation about race?

Saturday afternoon in Sanford, ‘Dissonance’ explores some uncomfortable questions

By Seth Kubersky
Aug 25, 2023
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.’

By Seth Kubersky
Aug 16, 2023
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’

By Seth Kubersky
Aug 11, 2023
Breakthrough Theatre throws a festival for original plays this week

Shows all weekend at the Winter Park theater company’s Original Playwright Festival

By Seth Kubersky
Aug 3, 2023
Mayhem on Mills gets ready to [redacted] at Tuffy’s Music Box

‘The Truth Is Out There’ ... in Sanford

By Matthew Moyer
Aug 2, 2023
‘Shecago: The Dragsical,’ a tribute to the Broadway musical, takes over the Abbey

Drag, a crime? Not in this city.

By Chloe Greenberg
Jul 26, 2023
New Generation Theatrical announces new donor and studio programs

Exclusive: Donations will support the new NGT Studio at Fashion Square Mall

By Seth Kubersky
Jul 21, 2023
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

By Seth Kubersky
Jun 29, 2023
Spider-Man swings into the Dr. Phillips Center for a unique film-meets-music event

Thwip!

By Matthew Moyer
Jun 20, 2023
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

By Bellanee Plaza
Jun 15, 2023
Orlando welcomes the arrival of our fierce drag overlords with RuPaul's Drag Race 'Werq the World' Tour

Orlando better be ready to werq

By Sarah Castillo
Jun 15, 2023
New Generation’s raucous production of ‘Twelfth Night’ turns Shakespeare into a 2000s-style rom-com romp

‘Twelfth Night’ runs through June 17 at the Orlando Rep

By Seth Kubersky
Jun 15, 2023
Viral TikTok comedian Matt Rife heads to Orlando on first-ever world tour

The 'Matt Rife: ProbleMATTic World Tour' hits Orlando in October

By Sarah Castillo
Jun 8, 2023
Broadway in Orlando: A wondrous journey back ‘Into the Woods’ that no theater fan should miss

The Broadway revival of the Sondheim musical visits Orlando's Dr. Phillips Center through June 11

By Seth Kubersky
Jun 8, 2023
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, 2023
Orlando Gay Chorus doesn’t just ‘say gay,’ they ‘sing gay’ — and sing it loudly

By Matthew Moyer
May 31, 2023
Orlando Fringe 2023 reviews: ‘Thank You, Ex’

Funny but frustrating look at teenage romance and rejection

By Seth Kubersky
May 22, 2023
Orlando Fringe 2023 reviews: ‘An Audience of Amoebas’

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

By Seth Kubersky
May 22, 2023

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