Just so you know, that headline is a lyric to a song, but I felt it was very relevant because there’s some great shows to check out this weekend.
I’m News 6 producer Brooke Savage, the writer behind this Setting The Stage newsletter.
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🎙Sheerrrryyyy, Sherry Baby 🎶
Starting tonight, you can see the smash-hit musical, “Jersey Boys” at Osceola Arts. The musical tells the story of how four kids from New Jersey formed The Four Seasons, their success in the 1960s, and what caused them to break up. Lee Markham plays Frankie Valli in the show. He told me how he spent hours preparing for the role. Click here for all the info.
🤴 Last weekend to catch “Pippin” in downtown Winter Garden
This is your last chance to catch the story of a young prince who learns the true meaning of glory, love, and war.
In this musical, you will notice it being more accessible for audiences who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Treshelle Edmond plays the Leading Player of Pull, which represents the non-hearing world around Pippin. She is on the right in the picture above. She was diagnosed with profound hearing loss at 18-months old. She told me about what it means to her to pave the way in theatre for others who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
The musical runs through Sunday. Click here to see what the show is all about.
🎶 A show with a cause
This weekend, you can catch a beautiful show from Opera Orlando where the proceeds will be donated to the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida.
Right now, the center is working on building a new museum in downtown Orlando, where visitors will learn the history of the Holocaust through state-of-the art technology and survivor testimonies.
“Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín” tells the story of how imprisoned Czech composer, Rafael Schächter, taught a chorus of fellow prisoners “Verdi’s Requiem” to sing in defiance of their Nazi captors. The concert recreates that performance while also including video testimony from survivors of the original Terezín chorus, and footage from a 1944 Nazi propaganda film about the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Click here for the details.
👨⚕️😂 From nurse to... comedian?
When you think of comedic standup shows, you don’t usually think about one based on a career in nursing, but Blake Lynch has found a way to establish a new category in comedy. After graduating from UCF in 2014, he worked at trauma centers across the country and started making funny videos as a way to cope with the stress of working as a nurse. Those videos turned into a massive following on social media, touring comedy shows, and a yearly nurse conference. I had the chance to chat with Nurse Blake about the transition to comedy. See his answer in my Setting the Stage podcast. By the way, you can catch him at NurseCon from Sept. 22-26 at Loews Sapphire Falls and in Melbourne on Dec. 3.
🔵 The new Blue Man Group theatre is coming!
Last week, leaders welcomed the iconic Blue Man Group back to Central Florida with a groundbreaking for a new theatre at ICON Park.
Blue Man Group is making its return after ending a 14-year run at Universal Orlando Resort in 2021. At the group’s new home in ICON Park, a 500-seat theater will be built to spec in order to accommodate multi-sensory performances. Check out where the theatre will go and what to expect.
📚 Have you seen the art exhibit celebrating Little Golden Books yet? Read below to find out how you can check it out for free.
Get ready to step back to a time when you went to the library and picked out your favorite children’s book with the golden spine from Little Golden Books. I have such fond memories of doing that with my mom, and of her reading those books to me before bed.
The new exhibit at Orlando Museum of Art just opened last weekend. It includes all of the nostalgia with more than 60 masterpieces of original illustrations from the Random House archives.
Next Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., you can check out the exhibit for free! There’s also a free family day coming up in October. Click here for all the information you need.
🎶 What’s happening in show biz
👠 Now - Sept. 22: “Cinderella” at Ocala Civic Theatre
👟 Now - Sept. 22: “The Great American Trailer Park Musical” at Daytona Playhouse
🎶 Now - Sept. 29: “Million Dollar Quartet” at Titusville Playhouse
🎤 Tonight - Sept. 29: “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” at Theater West End in Sanford
🎸 Sept. 17: Jelly Roll at Orlando’s Kia Center
👨🚀 Sept. 20: Weezer at Orlando’s Kia Center
➡ Sept. 24-29: “Girl From the North Country” at Dr. Phillips Center in downtown Orlando
That’s a wrap for this week’s “Setting The Stage” newsletter.
If you have any story ideas on the theatre and arts scene, don’t hesitate to reach out to me at bsavage@wkmg.com.
I’ll be back in your inbox in two weeks.
- 🎭 Brooke