Shonda L Thurman
BWW Review: GODSPELL Is Good News at Garden Theatre (Apr 26, 2021)
GODSPELL Opens at Garden Theatre (Apr 23, 2021)
GODSPELL Opens This April at Garden Theatre (Mar 31, 2021)
BIO
Shonda L. Thurman_ born in Flint, MI started her singing and acting career when her grandmother picked up a flyer from the public library and said "pick something to do for the summer". She was accepted to the theatre magnet at Flint Central High-School, received a scholarship to Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL and then transferred to Stephens College in Columbia, MO where she earned her BFA in Performing Arts. She has most recently been seen in Harambe Nights, Lion King Concert in the Wild at Disney's Animal Kingdom, on stage singing with Blues Brother's at Universal Studio's, in the national tour of A Christmas Carol and in Town Square's Orlando production of Disenchanted as Rapunzel and The One that kissed the Frog. It is her first year doing P.IA.D and is excited for the rest of her year Beth Marshall Presents as Mrs. Mueller in Doubt and mother in Hoodies the third installation of the Trayvon Martin Project.
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Filling those water-walkin' sandals is Orlando native Eddie Ortega. His is the Jesus of the Bible - cool, chill, funny, sharp, smart, wise, surprising, radical, and full of love. He occasionally sings in Spanish, while his disciples add that and sign language too - your friendly reminder that nobody in the Bible spoke English...
Central Florida audiences, rejoice! Godspell, an international hit for audiences of all ages, is now open on the Garden Theatre stage. The sensational 1971 musical features a diverse mix of rock, gospel, and pop interspersed with entertaining and heartfelt parables.
Central Florida audiences, rejoice! Godspell, an international hit for audiences of all ages, opens on the Garden Theatre stage this spring. The sensational 1971 musical features a diverse mix of rock, gospel, and pop interspersed with entertaining and heartfelt parables. Directed by Joseph C. Walsh, Godspell runs April 22 - May 23, 2021. Godspell is presented by the Morrissey Family.
Fate couldn't have found a more fitting show for the Garden Theatre's 2020 return than one with a whole song about getting out of the house and hitting the town... The Garden has done just about everything a theatre of its size can do to mitigate risk and keep its patrons safe... It did feel very good to be back in a theatre again...
Fitzwater's Tarzan follows his first Disney hit, last year's sell-out Hunchback of Notre Dame, with more visual enrichment and performative wonder than the choir-led musical extravaganza, but nonetheless finds its way into hearts to sneak its creeping vines and take root.
Fitzwater has finally gotten his chance to deliver Big River, a production dazzling in its music and performances, showcasing a wild range of talents that give this American musical the most American feel a show could hope for.
Orlando, Florida is one of the few places in the world that people directly correlate the city with fairy tale princesses. Orlando is also where it all started for creators Dennis Giacino and Fiely Matias, who were tired to the same old happily ever after stories. DISENCHANTED tells the tale of nine princesses who are tired of living the stereotypes.
The return of the Orlando Fringe Festival hit musical DISENCHANTED! will be playing at The Abbey in downtown Orlando, today, September 19 through October 27.
Casting has been announced for the return of the Orlando Fringe Festival hit musical DISENCHANTED!, playing at The Abbey in downtown Orlando September 19 through October 27.
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