Tag Archives: Reviews

September 03

Enter to Win ‘My Everything’ from Ariana Grande!

The year’s most anticipated album and ARIANA GRANDE’s sophomore effort, My Everything [Republic Records], out now and has already topped the charts with four #1 singles on the iTunes Overall Top Songs Chart. Among those number ones are her multi-platinum, record-setting smash “Problem” [featuring Iggy Azalea], second single “Break Free” [featuring Zedd], powerhouse collaboration “Bang Bang” [with Jessie J + Nicki Minaj], and now the album’s instant grat track “Best Mistake” [featuring Big […]

September 03

Enter to Win the Cherry Cherry Boom Boom EP!

Martin Kierszenbaum’s name is immediately recognizable thanks to the powerful musical world he’s built around his innate ability to spot the next-big-thing, but what may be news to you is that the founder of Cherrytree Records is also an incredible musician in his own right. As a much sought after producer and songwriter, Martin has […]

April 30

2014 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival | May 14 – 27

Now in its 23rd year, Orlando International Fringe Festival is an institution, the highlight of the theater year. A defining feature of the Fringe Festival, is all the LGBT acts by local favorites as well as international fare. In fact, Fringe was listed as one of the reasons Advocate voted Orlando one of the gayest […]

March 20

‘Evita’ Plays Tampa’s Straz Center & Orlando’s Bob Carr Centre | March 18 – 30

Based on the iconic life of Eva Duarte, Evita tells the compelling tale of ambition, manipulation, love, lust and politics. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd-Webber ‘s 1978 Tony Award®-winning musical has since influenced fashion, the airways and movie-making.  The movie’s soundtrack sold over 11 million copies, won a Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe as did […]

March 05

Collective Soul featuring Ed Kowalczyk | The Mahaffey Theater | March 2, 2014

American rock band Collective Soul celebrated the 20 year anniversary of their hit single “Shine,” with a rockin’ performance at The Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, March 2. The evening opened with special guest Ed Kowalczyk, former lead singer of the band Live.

December 21

Happy Holi-gays!

With so much going on during the holidays, you might be missing out on some pretty neat happenings, gift ideas and shows. I’ve compiled a list of my not-to-be-missed choices: It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play – The Orlando Shakespeare Theater invites us to share the holiday cheer of the film It’s a […]

November 19

Enter to win a ‘Kill Your Darlings’ prize pack!

Sony Pictures Classics presents Kill Your Darlings, a true story of obsession and murder. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Ben Foster, Michael C. Hall, Jack Huston, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Elizabeth Olsen. Directed by John Krokidas. Co-written by John Krokidas and Austin Bunn. A true story of friendship, love and murder, Kill Your Darlings recounts […]

May 23

Fringe Review: Shut Up, Emily Dickinson

A tongue in cheek comedy about loneliness, mental illness and perception Shut Up, Emily Dickinson is true poetic comedy. A pseudo-historical, quasi-biographical, psycho-romantic comedic sketch look at the life of – as O’Debra’s script puts it – “the most annoying person ever.” Reclusive, cooky, death-obsessed Emily Dickinson, played by Tanya O’Debra, unsuccessfully woos the object […]

May 23

Fringe Review: Little Miss Fringe Festival

Jeff Jones returns for the crowning of the 2nd Annual Little Miss Fringe Festival. No, “Little Miss Fringe Festival” is NOT a real pageant. The seven year old girls and their mothers are played by a rotating cast of Orlando‘s funniest performers. In the show, world-famous toddler pageant creator Lionel Del Frisco (Jones) hosts America‘s […]

May 21

Fringe Review: Celebrity Match Game: The Musical(And A Game Show)

Sometimes even the best art benefits from reinvention…but as they say, ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’ In Michael Wanzie’s latest incantation – a reworked version of last year’s award-winning Celebrity Match Game – Celebrity Match Game: The Musical (And a Game Show), a lot of music, a bit of game show and little […]