Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre

'Glee’s' Matthew Morrison preps summer tour

2011-04-01 16:36:30

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Brazilian Ana Carolina offers her stylistic mix in Orlando concert

2013-05-23 08:00:00

In her native Brazil, singer-songwriter Ana Carolina was introduced to music as a child in the early 1970s by listening to her grandmother, aunts and uncles sing traditional songs and play an array of instruments that included piano, violin, cello and...

Orlando Philharmonic to buy Plaza Live Theatre

2013-05-21 17:40:00

The Orlando Philharmonic will announce today that it is buying the iconic Plaza Live Theatre on Bumby Avenue, where the orchestra will update the 1,000-seat music hall to accommodate chamber music concerts while also keeping a schedule of rock, jazz,...

Theater review: 'Memphis' from Florida Theatrical Association

2013-05-14 20:57:00

Touring Broadway musical "Memphis" is larger than life, much like the Tennessee city that gives the show its name. Full of exuberant dancing and rhythm-and-blues wailing,� "Memphis" starts rocking from the first glimpse of an underground nightclub and...

Bon Jovi rocker put music in 'Memphis'

2013-05-10 12:10:00

As the keyboardist for Bon Jovi, David Bryan knows plenty about rock music. But Broadway? Not so much. That didn't stop him from writing the score to "Memphis," the stage musical appearing in Orlando from Tuesday to May19, and winning three Tony...

Other bookings

2013-05-09 08:08:01

CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: QUEEN'S "A NIGHT AT THE OPERA": 8 p.m. June 15; Hard Rock Live, Universal CityWalk, Orlando; $1-$35; 407-351-5483. JAY & SILENT BOB'S SUPER GROOVY CARTOON MOVIE: screening of the film and Q&A with Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes: 8 p.m....

Review: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' from Orlando Philharmonic/Orlando Shakespeare Theater

2013-04-27 22:35:00

Of course everyone knows music enhances the emotion of a story. Just imagine "Jaws" without that duh-na, duh-na, duh-na-duh-na-duh-na… Or Scarlett O'Hara vowing "Tomorrow is another day" without the melodramatic strains of "Tara's Theme." But I...

Expect Steely Dan to stick to music on 'Mood Swings'

2013-04-25 08:40:00

At the height of Steely Dan's popularity in the 1970s, the studio-oriented team of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker didn't take their act on the road that much. Not so in the 21st century, when Steely Dan have embarked on numerous tours, including one...

Theater review: 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' from Florida Theatrical Association

2013-04-17 00:00:00

I intended to write a thoughtful treatise on the state of American theater vis-�-vis "Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical." But then a large piece of glitter wafted into my eye, I exclaimed "Oy, mate, that bloody well hurts!" and I flounced out...

Review: 'Madama Butterfly' from Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra

2013-04-06 00:00:00

It hurts the national pride a little when you realize the snippets of "The Star-Spangled Banner" heard in the opera "Madama Butterfly" aren't meant to be a friendly nod to the land of the free and the home of the brave. In Giacomo Puccini's beautiful...

Orlando Ballet, Bach Festival Society team on 'Carmina Burana'

2013-04-03 12:52:00

"Fate strikes down the strong man," cry out the lyrics of "O Fortuna." "Everyone weep with me!" The dramatic "O Fortuna" is the best-known movement of "Carmina Burana," the collection of medieval poems set to music by Carl Orff in 1935-36. The poems...

Review: Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra/Cirque de la Symphonie

2013-03-30 14:52:00

Christopher Wilkins was part conductor, part ringmaster Saturday afternoon as the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra teamed with Cirque de la Symphonie for a program of light classical favorites and circus acts. Come to think of it, there may not be much...

Paula Deen poses with Florida Hospital chef Jorge Oquendo Robles after her cooking demo to launch Cooking to a Healthy 100 program with Florida Hospital, at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center, on Monday, March 11, 2013.

2013-03-11 00:00:00

The gates to Oz are assembled onstage during during the load-in of the sets for the Broadway show "Wicked" at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center

2013-02-19 00:00:00

The gates to Oz are assembled onstage during during the "load-in" of the sets for the Broadway show "Wicked," at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center Tuesday, February 19, 2013. The show wraps its nearly three week run, Sunday. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Newsgate CCI id: B582724455Z.1

2013-02-19 00:00:00