Orlando 2022 - Articles Page 31

Sound Theatre Company has announced that after three high-impact years with us, Co-Artistic Director Jay Woods will embark on an exciting new role. Effective March 2022, Woods will become The 5th Avenue Theatre's Associate Artistic Director - Artist Engagement.

Now in its ninth season of supporting emerging writers The Farm Theater has awarded their 2022/23 College Collaboration Project Commission to playwright Deneen Reynolds-Knott (Antepartum at The Fire This Time Festival; Shoebox Picnic Road Side: Route One with Alabama Shakespeare Festival).

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 1/6/2022 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Orlando Fringe, who takes the responsibility of showcasing some of the most immersive and exciting theatrical performances, has the privilege of having support from six sponsors for their in-person Winter Mini Festival and their online Mini-Digi-Fest.

Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows (D.R.U.G.S) are set to co-headline The Velocity Records Tour 2022 presented by Revolver Magazine with Scary Kids Scaring Kids with support from Secrets, Dead American and Glasslands. The tour will kick off in Ft. Wayne, Indiana starting on February 16. Get tickets to the tour now!

Black Theatre Girl Magic (BTGM) in partnership with the Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) is proud to present 'ONIJA' for the second year in a row. This event is to showcase Central Florida artists for OMA’s '1st Thursdays Series'. It is scheduled for February 3, 6-9 p.m. with live performance by Soulbase Band and catering by Maya Rosa.

The Memoir Agency and Creative City Project announce their newest immersive, theatrical adventure opening in the New Year: “Dragons & Fairies” debuting at Harry P. Leu Gardens from January 21 through March 6, 2022. 

The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts will present the professional world premiere of Duke Ellington’s most significant work Black, Brown and Beige, the only-full length orchestration, as well as the composer’s equally pioneering and swinging work, Sacred Music, in a special, one-night event on Wednesday, January 26, 2022. 

Kraken Music Fest is returning to The Orlando Amphitheater. This lineup for the third annual Kraken Fest features a mix of punk rock legends and Florida staples including, The Used, Less Than Jake, Story Of The Year, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Evergreen Terrace, We’re Wolves, and The Dev.

The Orlando Philharmonic will present Gershwin’s Concerto in F as part of its Classics Series at Calvary Orlando on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. Music Director Eric Jacobsen will lead the Philharmonic musicians as well as guest vocalists through an emotional and expressive night of music.

Grab your bags and pack your swimsuit - the Dirtybird squad is going all INN next year as they migrate to the East Coast from February 25-27. Dirtybird CampINN's 2021 debut saw a dedicated community develop around the new experience and Dirtybird moves into year two with even more wild surprises and huge sets from dance music's finest.

A diverse array of musicians and entertainers are set to perform in Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater, Walt Disney Theater and Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center in 2022 including ABBA The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA, Grammy Award-winners Chris Botti and Melissa Etheridge, popular comedian and television star Fortune Feimster and introducing the first annual D.T.O Jazz Fest.

Orlando Repertory Theatre will present TheaterWorksUSA’s new family musical, The Pout-Pout Fish based on The New York Times bestselling series by Deborah Diesen, with illustrations by Dan Hanna, January 14-16, 2022.

New Theatre is bringing to Sydney stages a new initiative: Brand New - a season of Australian plays. 

A diverse array of musicians, comedians and entertainers are set to perform in Walt Disney Theater and Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center in 2022, including FAIRWINDS Broadway in Orlando's Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations, acclaimed comedians Theo Von and Wanda Sykes, Grammy Award-winning song parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic and music collective known for reworking popular modern music into different vintage genres Postmodern Jukebox.

George Michael fans will be on their feet dancing and singing along with U.K. performer Rory Phelan and New York City actor/singer Craig Winberry who headline The Life and Music of George Michael, a brand-new, concert style show chronicling the amazing journey of one of the best-selling artists in world history that launches a North American tour in 2022.

 On Site Opera, New York’s pioneering opera company rooted in site-specific storytelling and the immersive experience, revisits the perils, hilarity, and teachable lessons of 2020 with Lesson Plan, a live and interactive digital production based on Georg Phillip Telemann’s Der Schulmeister with additional music and new English libretto by Rachel J. Peters, Friday, January 21- Saturday, January 29, 2022.

Keith Banks Jr. announces the return of Becoming Grandma Kat as part of The Orlando Fringe's Winter Mini-Fest at The Depot. Live, in-person performances will be January 14 and January 16, 2022, and mini-digital fringe performances from January 19-23, 2022.

The new musical 'The Lady Juliana' by Orlando-based, award-winning composer Elaine Cotignola (Pechacek) will premiere in May 2022 at the Orlando International Fringe Festival. Dragonfly Studio & Productions is currently accepting audition applications.

'Sons of Anarchy' standouts Theo Rossi (''Juice' Ortiz') and Ryan Hurst (''Opie' Winston') and 'My Hero Academia' voice actors Justin Briner ('Izuku Midoriya') and Christopher Sabat ('All Might') are the latest celebrity guest additions to the first FAN EXPO New Orleans, scheduled for January 7-9, 2022 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

Following multiple sell out UK and Irish Tours with the original “ultimate girls' night out”, Menopause the Musical will embark on a UK and Irish nationwide tour in Spring 2022 with the brand-new Cruising Through Menopause.

Last night, rising artist Lizzy McAlpine made her U.S. television debut on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” with a performance of “erase me.” McAlpine is also set for an extensive run of North American tour dates with Dodie. The shows kick off in early 2022. Check out her upcoming tour dates now!

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival announced today the 2022 summer season. The upcoming season will be the Festival's 31st summer of productions, and the final season led by Producing Artistic Director Patrick Mulcahy.

Round Room Live and Cityneon announced JURASSIC WORLD: THE EXHIBITION will end their successful North Texas run on January 17, 2022. The exhibition has been entertaining North Texans since it opened to rave reviews and sold-out crowds in Dallas on June 18, 2021 at Grandscape in The Colony

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra will present a lineup of special holiday performances from the end of November throughout December in multiple venues across Central Florida. This includes both free and ticketed performances for the whole family, celebrating all the magic the holiday season has to offer.