Earlier this month, the Broadway production of The Lion King surpassed The Phantom of the Opera as the best-selling show in New York history. Customarily, I’d be the first to complain about the conflation of commercial success with quality. But I have ... »
If you pick up our paper (or read it online) with any regularity, you know what an important voice senior writer Billy Manes has been at Orlando Weekly. He leads the charge each week in Happytown, he covers city business in Councilwatch and state polit... »
Don't miss the longest running Earth Day Event in Central Florida. On Saturday, April 21, 2012, for the seventh year running, the City of Orlando will host Central Florida Earth Day 2012 at Lake Eola Park in downtown... »
The Broadway version of Disney's "The Lion King" comes to the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center in Orlando later this month, but tickets to the show are pricey. The play is well worth the cost if... »
Canadian indie act, Plants and Animals, will be sharing their brand of music with The City Beautiful Wednesday April 11th at The Social. Often discussed in the same breath as Wilco, The Decemberists, and Band of Horses, this Montreal-based... »
WHAT: Noel Coward's sexy comic masterpiece "Private Lives" takes the stage at Mad Cow Theatre, starring Kevin Zepf and Jennifer Christa Palmer as ex-spouses who find the sparks of passion haven't quite flickered out. The show opens Friday, March 30. »
As Princess Anastasia once said to her Mom and Dad, this isn’t fun anymore. Fickle though it might make me sound, I’ve been finding it a chore as of late to maintain my enthusiasm for Dance Moms. The shallow reason is that the show’s storylines are get... »
Ann Sonntag, publisher of the Orlando Business Journal, will receive the Historical Society of Central Florida's highest honor, the John Young History Maker Present award. »
