Singer Brian Justin Crum, a finalist this summer on "America's Got Talent," will perform at Come Out With Pride Orlando, organizers announced Friday. The big-voiced Crum finished fourth on the NBC talent show. He offered dramatic versions of Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror," Radiohead's "Creep"...
WHAT: Emotions Dance teams with multiple other companies to present the fourth annual installment of "The Shift: Individually Collective." Through contemporary and improvisational dance, the program showcases new choreography, experimental pieces and works in progress. The idea — which generated...
Greater Orlando Actors’ Theatre production of “Jekyll & Hyde” has been extended — and G.O.A.T. will take the show on the road. The Broadway musical, based on the classic horror story, was originally to have ended its run this weekend at the CFCArts theater in Orlando. But now, two additional performances...
With "Ovo," the latest Cirque du Soleil touring show to visit Orlando, the Canadian circus-arts company gets down and dirty. Well, at least down into the dirt — where insects dwell. Living in Florida, I don't have the same fanciful ideas about bugs as the good folks at Cirque — Ack! Cockroach! Squash...
The new Theatre Minus One has an interesting casting approach: The troupe wants audience members to show off their acting chops. Yes, we’ve all seen “audience participation” bits, whether at improv-comedy nights or theme-park shows. But Theatre Minus One is taking the concept a step further. At...
In the annual OneBeat program, musicians from every corner of the globe come together to experiment with new sounds. This year’s group features 25 musicians from 17 different countries and they have been expanding the soundscape for the past few weeks at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New...
Allegations Brad Pitt was abusive on a private plane last week relate to the actor's treatment of his 15-year-old son, sources said Friday, as the FBI continued to gather information before determining whether to open an investigation. FBI Spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said the agency hasn't made...
WHAT: Chances are good that somewhere in your love life Ann Wilson's voice was capturing exactly how you felt — only louder. As the frontwoman for rock band Heart, Wilson belted some of the most passionate lyrics in the genre. Her California-born pipes gave us young anthems in the '70s such as...
Don’t be afraid to get physical with your avocados. That’s what I learned from from Marco Carnahan of Cocina 214. Squeeze those avocados to ensure it’s not hard (unripe) or about to cave in from your hand’s pressure (too ripe). Smack those seeds (carefully) with a knife to easily remove them. Take...
Sept. 22 was the first official day of fall. Surprised? It definitely doesn’t feel like autumn in Central Florida. If you need just a little more inspiration, try Taste of Home’s Fluffy Apple Dip. It combines the famous pumpkin spice with the harvest-time fruit. Fluffy Apple Dip Prep/Total Time:...
Route 46 Entertainment District, a 4.9-acre complex that houses four venues, will reopen this year. The Smokehouse, a barbecue restaurant, is already open. The other venues, which include the Garage Bar and The Saloon, will tentatively be open by Nov. 1.
Eat up this weekend, Sept. 23-25, at food events in Orlando and Central Florida. Epcot International Food and Wine Festival: Taste dishes and drinks from around the world. 11 a.m.-park close every day through Nov. 14. Walt Disney World’s Epcot. epcotfoodfestival.com Food Truck Bazaar Casselberry...
The Annie Russell Theatre at Rollins College kicks off its 84th season at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, with modern farce “The Foreigner.” In the comedy, a man at a Georgia inn encounters prejudice when he innocently pretends not to speak English. “As we rehearse ‘The Foreigner’ in 2016, our national...
Bang! Bang! From the moment the opening curtain is shot down, Garden Theatre's "Bonnie & Clyde" is off and running full throttle. The Winter Garden theater's season-opening musical is fueled by outstanding performances, an inspired scenic design, a superior pit orchestra and swift-moving direction...
Orlando filmmaker Vicki Nantz says she usually stays invisible on her projects, but the Pulse tragedy moved her to turn editorialist on her new documentary short, "We Are Gay, We Are Proud, We Are Orlando." "I had something to say as an older member of the gay community," said Nantz, 57. "It's a...
Market on South houses everything diners need for a plant-based meal. This food hall on South Street in Orlando houses the Southern-inspired Dixie Dharma, appropriately named Valhalla Bakery and fermented tea brewer Humble Bumble Kombucha. What I'd try a second time The Tiki Takos and anything...
Edward Albee, an acerbic, absurdist and biting dramatist who won the Pulitzer Prize for drama three times, and who harnessed the techniques of the great European absurdists to examine American marital and familial dysfunction, died Friday at his home on Long Island. He was 88 and had been in declining...
The husband of Jim Carrey’s late on-off girlfriend, Cathriona White, is accusing the actor of giving her sexually transmitted diseases that were “a significant cause” behind her suicide a year ago at age 30. Carrey’s attorney, Martin D. Singer, however, called the allegation — made Thursday in...
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is set to perform three shows at the Chicago Theatre in December. Seinfeld, who hosts the Emmy-nominated "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," is scheduled for sets Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets, which cost $86-$175 plus fees, are slated to go...
Terry Jones, one of the founding members of comedy troupe Monty Python, has been diagnosed with dementia. In a statement released by Britain's film academy, a representative says the 74-year-old has primary progressive aphasia, which erodes the ability to use language. As a result, Jones can no...
If things don't work out on "The Late Show," Stephen Colbert may have found a new career as a Wrigley Field hot dog vendor. Colbert was shown playing vendor Donny Franks -- complete with shaggy brown wig, fake goatee, sunglasses and Cubs hat -- on Thursday's episode of "The Late Show." The segment...
Do the great James Burrows and the scribes behind the NBC sitcom "Cheers" ever question whether their professional lives had lasting meaning? Twenty-three years after America stopped cold for the final episode of "Cheers," do they now sometimes find themselves in bars where nobody knows their names?...
James Patterson has decided that an upcoming novel, "The Murder of Stephen King," wasn't a good idea after all and is having the scheduled Nov. 1 publication withdrawn. In a statement released Thursday through Little, Brown and Company, Patterson said he didn't want to cause King or his family...