Jesus Christ Superstar was the first professionally staged theatrical  production by legendary Broadway hit makers, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. The musical rock opera, which first hit Broadway in 1971, tells the story of the last week in the life of Jesus of Nazareth and his struggles wit...

Last summer there was lots of sturm und drang around here about whether Orlando would have a gay and lesbian theater festival. We didn't, mostly, although not for lack of trying. But now Stetson University students have gone ahead and......

Last night I went to go see The Civilians This Beautiful City, about Colorado Springs and the impact of the Evangelical Christian movement there.  For those of you who haven't seen the show (or read the reviews), while the Civilians were down there researching the show, the whole Ted Hagga...

The old laptops, desktops, monitors, printers, and scanners are piling up in the back corner, but getting rid of them at the local recycling center usually costs money. That's why it warms my heart that almost every day it seems another retailer is getting into the recycling business. This time arou...

Apologies for the delay in posting; this was due to circumstances far beyond my control. Whew. Okay. A moment before the Purim holiday ends, let’s take a look at days gone by, in particular the Adloyada parade. “Adloyada” is a bastardization of the phrase “ad lo yada” o...

Earlier today we got our first look at Spice Girl Mel C’s newborn babygirl Scarlet Starr and right now we get to see Spice Girl Me B’s latest baby … an upcoming Las Vegas project where she’ll be featured in the new burlesque show Peep Show which will open at the Planet Hollyw...

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Go see the world premiere of the play Not Such Stuff. It's on stage through March 29, 2009, Thursday to Saturday at 8:00 pm, Sunday matinees at 3:00 pm. Written by Chris Wind, it was directed by Deborah Randall and produced by Venus Theatre. Links NOT SUCH STUFF on the Venus Theatre home page. Direc...

The final two plays that concluded the Alive Theatre’s second Cherry Poppin’ Festival confirmed what a unique undertaking the whole thing was. While both stories dealt with cosmological issues that represented choices we humans have to make, they couldn’t be any more different. One dealt with ...

People tend to have two reactions to crisis. They get conservatized, or they get radicalized.  Theatre in America has been in crisis for awhile; some would argue the regional theatre movement has been in crisis since it began (and since the Government didn't make good on its promise to fol...