Orlando Fringe’s Winter Mini-Fest is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a return to its original name (after briefly becoming FestN4) and location at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center. Here…
Read more 15 reviews from Orlando Fringe Winter Mini-Fest 2026Fabiola Caraballo Quijada and Joseph Torres in the North American Tour of & Juliet Credit: Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade We all have those playlists from our past that…
Read more Broadway in Orlando review: ‘& Juliet’ brings back the past in more ways than oneCredit: Courtesy photo Orlando actress, singer and artist Tymisha Harris brings her Cabaret of Legends revue back home for a two-night run to close out the year. All…
Read more Tymisha Harris channels the great voices in Cabaret of LegendsCredit: Courttesy So this week we’ve got an early morning of guitar mayhem and a more soothing holiday tradition of guitar festiveness courtesy of Chase Padgett. It’s like…
Read more Fringe mainstay Chase Padgett festively shreds with the return of ‘6 String Christmas’Credit: Orlando Fringe The Renaissance Theatre Co. has found a temporary new home just in time for the holidays — and it’s a familiar space to fans of…
Read more Renaissance Theatre Co. finds temporary home in downtown OrlandoDempsey Jara Credit: courtesy Dempsey Jara/Facebook If you’re searching for a fabulous excuse to be out in Orlando this week, look no further than Q Fest, the four-day…
Read more Q Fest at The Center spotlights queer artists in Central FloridaCredit: Renaissance Theatre Company/Facebook Two months after the City of Orlando condemned the Renaissance Theatre Co.’s venue, the troupe this week released an update, citing 34 canceled performances…
Read more Amid closure, Renaissance Theatre faces near $488K in losses, founder saysCredit: Courtesy In 1991, Bret Easton Ellis’ controversial debut novel, American Psycho, was published. It’s a look into the mind of Patrick Bateman, your average 1980s name-dropping, brand-whoring…
Read more Theater West End’s production of ‘American Psycho’ musical plays engagingly loose with source materialCredit: Orlando Shakes Orlando Shakes PlayFest is back after a too-long two-year hiatus, in partnership with UCF. This year’s showcase features five staged readings over two weekends. Each…
Read more PlayFest spotlights new work from Orlando playwrights at the ShakesCredit: Renaissance Theatre Company/Facebook It’s been over a month since the Renaissance Theatre was condemned by the city due to fire safety code violations. The shutdown forced the…
Read more The Ren Theatre announces final nomadic ‘Nosferatu’ shows amid shutdownTheater West End debuts the latest production of its 2025 MainStage Series — a musical based on the most fashionable psychopath in popular culture. Based on the best-selling…
Read more Bring your best business card to see ‘American Psycho’ at Theater West EndOliver Morris and Casey Tregeagle in “Nosferatu” at The Ren (2024) Credit: Rachel Dresner Whether your Halloween decorations have been up for weeks or you’ve been waiting patiently…
Read more Fall Guide 2025: Our picks for Orlando’s best things to do – Orlando WeeklyCal Mitchell as The Lion, Elijah Ahmad Lewis as The Scarecrow, Dana Cimone as Dorothy, and Alan Mingo Jr. as The Wiz in the North American Tour of…
Read more Theater review: ‘The Wiz’ kicks off Dr. Phil’s 2025/2026 Broadway in Orlando season – Orlando WeeklyThe cast of ‘Next to Normal’ Credit: courtesy SparKyL Entertainment During this first weekend of October, downtown’s Dr. Phillips Center will echo with the anguished cries of a…
Read more Kyona Levine Farmer is always looking for a ‘message of redemption’ – Orlando WeeklyThe LGBT+ Center Orlando on Mills Ave. Nearly two months after Orlando Fringe canceled its LGBTQIA+ theater festival Out Fest, The Center is now launching a new endeavor…
Read more The Center Orlando launches queer arts festival Q FestRob Winn Anderson has been a professional entertainer since age 13, working his way from Disney’s Kids of the Kingdom to Tokyo Disneyland and back to Universal Orlando.…
Read more Rob Winn Anderson talks about his journey back to Garden Theatreclick to enlarge Photo courtesy Orlando Fringe The cast of ‘Bi Bi Bi’ are ready for Orlando Out Fest The first-ever Orlando Out Fest is set for late…
Read more Orlando Out Fest unveils full lineup up shows ahead of September debutWE LOVE OUR READERS! Since 1990, Orlando Weekly has served as the free, independent voice of Orlando, and we want to keep it that way. Becoming an Orlando…
Read more Play in a Day gives talented Orlandoans only 24 hours to create a short original productionPhoto by Theater West End/Facebook ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ runs through May 19 at Theater West End in Sanford. I was initially hesitant about attending Theater West End’s…
Read more Theater review: Theater West End’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ reinvigorates a classicPhoto courtesy Jagged Little Pill/Facebook ‘Jagged Little Pill’ opens in Orlando March 19. Jagged Little Pill is coming to Orlando, bringing a Grammy-winning score of alternative rock music…
Read more Alanis Morissette-inspired musical ‘Jagged Little Pill’ comes to Orlando this month
