INTERSECTION: OPERA AT THE ORLANDO FRINGE Tuesday, May 15, 2018 by Matthew Peddie (WMFE) Play Audio Johnathan Lee Iverson (r) rehearsing The Companion with Jacob Pence and Samantha Barnes Daniel as director Eric Pinder looks on. Photo: Matthew Peddie, WMFE The longest running Fringe festival in the United States is back. Orlando Fringe starts today….
Review: A mystery ambles along in Garden’s ‘Tennessee Walk’ The Garden Theatre’s production of “A Tennessee Walk.” Matthew J. Palm Orlando Sentinel Theater Critic “A Tennessee Walk,” onstage at the Garden Theatre, might be better termed a stroll — at least in its first act. As directed by Aradhana Tiwari, the drama — about the real-life…
Happy International Women’s Day! As we celebrate the women in our lives, on this special day, during Women’s history month, I found myself pondering how best to honor the many amazingly magical ladies who I am and have been privileged to know. Needless to say it is an impossible task. Exactly how do you adequately…
The best clowns seem to always have an endless treasure trove of gags, tricks and wonders. They seem to have an exhaustive array of abilities allowing them to maneuver in almost any situation. During my career I had the pleasure of seeing the best of them work a room or an arena into a frenzy…
You might be overwhelmed by a feeling of underachievement or even failure, simply because you weren’t what you might have been yesterday or at another time. I was tempted to fall under this delusion as I left the gym today. I put in work, but not like I did the past couple of days. Only…
Joy to the Circus Cirque Joyeux, the latest from the Dallas-based Lone Star Circus, offers up an entertaining holiday show at Dallas Children’s Theater. by Amy Martin published Saturday, December 30, 2017 Photo: Zan Keith Photography Slappy and Monday Dallas — Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus may be no more, but Dallas…
Distractions are opulent in this day and age. How can anyone escape it? If it’s not one thing it’s ten others. Information floods our respective spaces, most particularly our minds and we find ourselves drained of the energy we’d otherwise use for all those supposed goals we dream and speak about exhaustively. Time becomes a…
In case you haven’t noticed, life happens in seasons. We all go through our own winter, spring, summer and fall with the occasional and unexpected weather event. Just ask the good people of Atlanta, GA and Houston, TX about the snowstorm they experienced recently. Such is life! It’s got its peeks and valleys, traumas and…
Last night was a much welcomed reminder as to where I need to exist and vibrate at all times. I returned to the big top with The Lone Star Circus Presents Cirque Joyeux Nöel . It’s a jammed packed extravaganza littered with extraordinary talent from around the globe. It’s featured at the Moody Gardens in…
Meet one of the performers who will be starring in both Lone Star Circus’ Cirque Joyeux Noel at Moody Gardens Hotel, Spa and Convention Centerand Cirque Joyeux at Dallas Children’s Theater! You may recognize the face and voice of Johnathan Lee Iverson, who was the first African-American ringmaster with Ringling Bros. and Barnum &…
