‘Falsettoland’ performance is Saturday
Theatre South sends a reminder that its staged reading of Falsettoland is this Saturday and seats are going fast. A cast of Disney performers will perform the 1990 hit musical. It’s an open house, of...
View Article‘The Way of the Cards,’ new poker-themed play, gets reading
'The Way of the Cards' will get 2 readings at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center. Here’s an offer that’s hard to refuse: A chance to hear a new 45-minute play while sipping a glass of complimentary wine....
View ArticleCross Dress’d Shakespeare: New twist on familiar words
Illustration by Rich Pope/Orlando Sentinel Picture a general returning triumphantly from a war zone and gaining political influence to the point where other politicians want to see him dead. More than...
View ArticleAll-male ‘Twelfth Night’ next in Orlando Shakespeare Theatre reading series
Look at Shakespeare a new way. (Illustration by Richard Pope/Orlando Sentinel) Next up in Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s free reading series, “Cross Dress’d Shakespeare,” is an all-male reading of...
View ArticleControversial Mae West play ‘The Drag’ gets reading
Mae West, in her glory. (Sentinel archive photo) John DiDonna’s Empty Spaces Theatre Co. will present a staged reason of Mae West’s gay-themed “The Drag” twice this weekend as part of its Dangerous...
View Article‘A Patch of Earth’ gets reading, with playwright Kitty Felde
Playwright Kitty Felde will be in town Friday for a reading of her play “A Patch of Earth” and talkback session afterward. John DiDonna, in association with the Empty Spaces Theatre Co(llaboration) is...
View ArticleLake-Sumter turns down ‘Vagina Monologues,’ but show goes on
My colleague Martin Comas has written an interesting story about a Lake County production of “The Vagina Monologues,” which was deemed inappropriate to be staged at Lake-Sumter Community College....
View ArticleReading of script examining Central Florida 1950s racism
Kris Bauske will host a reading of a new script at the Osceola Center for the Arts, 2411 E. Irlo Bronson Hwy, Kissimmee, at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 11. The reacing will take place in the music room....
View ArticleTennessee Williams star of Orlando Shakespeare Theater free reading series
This year, the free reading series from Orlando Shakespeare Theater will focus on the works of the great playwright Tennessee Williams. The folks at the Shakes are calling the series “Three by Tenn.”...
View ArticleNew show, ‘Three Days,’ has reading tonight at Sleuths
Random Magic Theatre Company tonight (Aug. 18) presents a reading of a brand-new production, “Three Days.” The publicity material gives a hint as to the subject matter of the play: “What if the world...
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