Archive for July, 2007
07.28.07
Posted in Ryan, Announcements, Sentinel, Recaps, Orlando Sentinel, Orlando Weekly, Newspaper, Blogs at 6:35 pm by Ryan
That’s right. Thursday night, July 26th, 2007 the Orange County Commission met and voted on the building of a new sports arena (for the Orlando Magic, the old one is to be sold and demolished), some renovations on the 70+ year old Citrus Bowl (home of the Capital One Bowl, the Champs Sports Bowl, and… not much else), and of most importance to you, the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center (see if you can get us to stop calling it OPAC any time soon).
“Betsy” Maupin has a bit of news about the PAC in her latest blog. John Kennedy (political blogger for the Sentinel) was giving semi-live updates during the meeting, and my new favorite news aggregator for Orlando, Outside.in, doesn’t have much news at all.
The best coverage of “the venues” by far has been the Orlando Weekly. Searching their site for “Pleasure Dome” or “Venues” will bring up lots of relevant results (including the several reasons why they were not interested in building a new arena or renovating the Citrus Bowl. The Orlando Weekly Blog has also been getting much more frequent updating lately, so if you’re into reading blogs, check out their RSS.
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07.19.07
Posted in General Fringe Info, Articles, Ryan, MySpace, Newspaper, Canada, Edmonton, International at 2:48 pm by Ryan
There’s a conversation about to get started on Beth Marshall’s MySpace about juried vs. non-juried festivals. She quotes and article from the Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) newspaper. Here’s a bit of it:
In Edinburgh, venuemanagers choose their plays. Professional work, which deserves a wider audience,debuts at the festival. Producers and talent scouts swarm the city, expecting andenjoying a certain level of quality.By contrast, the lottery system that has sustained and nurtured festivals throughoutNorth America contains a flaw that will always curtail growth. Truly challenging andtruly brave theatrical art drowns in a sea of amateurism. Edmonton’s most talentedwriters, directors and performers launched their careers at the festival, using it asan opportunity to learn and grow, but it’s hardly a destination for the country’s — oreven the city’s — best players. Some nights, sitting with two other people in Acacia Hall, as an accountant stumbles through a series of cliches about his cat, thedarkness of divorce and globalism, the Brave Fringer can’t help but wonder:
Shouldn’t I be watching a real play, or sleeping in my bed?
Surely Mayne and his colleagues know this, but the Fringe needs better plays, notbetter access to tickets, for a genuine breakthrough. And the only way to ensurequality is to circumvent the lottery system, partially at first, with juried venues.
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07.02.07
Posted in Ryan, Events, Announcements, Recommendations at 10:58 am by Ryan
Lotsa lotsa things going on lately - changes going on at the Liberatr.net / Blogging Fringe / OrlandoScene.TV / Florida Creatives offices (my desk). Still, I can’t NOT announce this.
Theatre downtown is giving some of the best Fringe shows a chance to do an encore - not all of them, not all the patron’s picks, just whoever they asked or whoever agreed to do it - plenty of shows have other performances, like VarieTEASE at Parliament House. Anyway, lots of our Fringe favorites will be playing in early August, just a scant block away from Loch Haven Park.
Here’s the schedule:
Friday Aug. 3:
7 p.m. Screw You Revue
8:30 p.m. Zombie Girlfriend
10:30 p.m. Stupid Kids
Midnight Midnight Snack
Saturday Aug. 4
6 p.m. Midnight Snack
7:30 p.m. Stupid Kids
9:30 p.m. Screw You Revue
10:30 p.m. Zombie Girlfriend
Sunday Aug. 5
5:30 p.m. Screw You Revue
7 p.m. Midnight Snack
Thursday Aug. 9
8 p.m. Screw You Revue
Friday Aug. 10
7:30 p.m. Screw You Revue
9 p.m. Stupid Kids
10:30 p.m. Zombie Girlfriend
Saturday Aug. 11
6 p.m. Zombie Girlfriend
7:30 p.m. Stupid Kids
9 p.m. Midnight Snack
10:30 p.m. Screw You Revue
Tickets are $10 apiece. Call Theatre Downtown at 407-841-0083 for further info.
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