BWW Review: Strong Performance and Timely Staging Elevate Theater West End's War-Torn Musical, DOGFIGHT
Powerful as that theme may be, DOGFIGHT as written isn't fully the righteous proposition it hopes to be. At its core are some deeply troublesome male figures who engage in truly horrendous behavior, and while theatre is always welcome to put unseemly or complicated characters on the stage, DOGFIGHT never entirely deals with their deeds, which include among other things attempted rape. Playwright Peter Duchan clearly understands his character to be problematic, but their brisk redemption by way of jaunty music and degrees of forgiveness from the women on stage can at times feel like unearned absolution...
BWW Review: WEST SIDE STORY Comes Alive in Immersive Production at Theater West End in Sanford, FL
At Theater West End, you've entered the world of WEST SIDE STORY before even taking your seat. Getting there requires walking across the blue-collar, gang-ridden streets of 1950s New York in the Upper West Side. There's graffiti on the floor beneath you and the walls all around. T-shirts hang out to dry on clotheslines over your head. There's a basketball goal on the cage-wire fence the band sits behind. You might even be seated next to a fire hydrant or a traffic cone. It takes a moment to remember that this same space was home to Madison County's bridges just a couple months ago...
Photo Flash: Central Florida Vocal Arts Presents GRIMMLY EVER AFTER
Join us for an evening of opera and musical theater as we explore the dark side of the forest in our original piece, Grimmly Ever After. Experience a story of sinister betrayal, unfulfilled prophecies and a good dose of love twisted together in this operatic fairytale, featuring the characters you know - Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel & Gretel and The Evil Queen - in a way you've never seen them, accompanied by with the music of Lawrence & Fain, Schubert and Humperdinck, among many others.
Greater Orlando Actors Theatre Presents JEKYLL & HYDE This Fall
Greater Orlando Actors Theatre will be reviving their critically acclaimed longest running GOAT show (with an all-new cast) to the CFCArts Theatre stage on September 9, 2016 to run until September 25, 2016 for a total of 10 performances. Performances will take place at Central Christian Church 250 SW Ivanhoe Blvd. Orlando, FL 32804.
Greater Orlando Actors Theatre Presents JEKYLL & HYDE This Fall
Greater Orlando Actors Theatre will be reviving their critically acclaimed longest running GOAT show (with an all-new cast) to the CFCArts Theatre stage on September 9, 2016 to run until September 25, 2016 for a total of 10 performances. Performances will take place at Central Christian Church 250 SW Ivanhoe Blvd. Orlando, FL 32804.