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Friday, March  21, 2008
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INSIDE THIS EDITION:


A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS:

St. Francis Cabaret performers!
St. Francis Quilt!

I THOUGHT THEY DIED:
Jason and Brian: Old Friends!

HAIRY-LAND EXPERIENCE:
Jan Crouch at the Florida Mall!
SUNDAY PIANO PARTY WITH KELLY RICHARDS:
Celebrating March birthdays at open-mic!
Join in the fun with Pianist KELLY RICHARDS every Sunday from 1 PM - 4: 30 PM in the Footlight Lounge.


ST. PATRICK’S DAY PIANO PARTY AT PH:
Steve and Manny at St. Patty's Day Party!
Tommy Wooten sings at St. Patty's Celebration!
Julie Orhberg performs at the PH!

NEW STUDIO 55/WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AT PH:
Wanzie and an admirer at Studio 55!
Dame Edna, Leigh Shannon, and dancer!

WE NOW KNOW WHEN PIGS WILL FLY!
The Orlando Fringe show schedules have just been announced.  Mark your calendars now to ensure you schedule yourself to see the most anticipated show in the 2008 Festival:

Howard Crabtree’s WHEN PIGS FLY

Produced by

WANZIE Presents - D-SQUARED PRODUCTIONS - FTM PRODUCTIONS


Sponsored by
Realtor ® David Dorman
The Parliament House
The Closing Agent


See it at the 2008 Orlando Fringe Festival!

WHEN PIGS FLY!
Performance Dates & Times:

Friday        May 16:     7:50 PM
Saturday     May 17:      9:50 PM
Sunday         May 18:  1:15 PM
Monday         May 19:  No Show
Tuesday     May 20:     8:30 PM
Wednesday    May 21:     11:30 PM
Thursday       May 22:     No Show
Friday        May 23:     No Show
Saturday     May 24:     2:10 PM
Sunday         May 25:     2:40 PM

All shows are in the ORANGE venue/Margeson Theater.


Directed by KENNY HOWARD
Musical Direction & Accompaniment by JOHN B. deHAAS
Choreography by DOUGLAS WHITE
Costumes by D-Squared Productions’ Doug White & Richard Kuntz,
in association with WANZIE Presents’ resident costumer to the stars - Marcy Singhaus


WHEN PIGS FLY is an exceptionally cheerful, militantly gay musical extravaganza with Phantasmagorical costumes, quirky production numbers and plenty of irreverent comedy. This year’s answer to the The Lion Queen!

Starring
David Lee   Frank McClain   Sam Singhaus  
David Dorman   WANZIE

Watch for weekly WHEN PIGS FLY updates in future WANZeGRAMs.

For complete 2008 Orlando Fringe Festival information including schedules for all shows, log onto
www.OrlandoFringe.org




LEMONADE with YOUR DOLL FACTORY or CABARET?:
ALL NEW! VarieTEASE: DOLL FACTORY to debut in the Footlight Theater on Wednesday, April 9th @ 9 PM.  Mr. Willy, Ben Huver and their assistant Chris McIntyre are featured as the demented doll makers with Tymisha, Lollie, babyBlue, Freklz (as you have never seen him before), Blade Mathews, Li’l Bit and newcomer Tabor AKA Kayla as the possessed dolls. Nick Gray is the unsuspecting buyer.

DOLL FACTORY is bought to you by the collaborative efforts of choreographer and visionary babyBlue with production design and visual elements from Chad Lewis of the Invisible Arts Project. The show has been developed with input from veteran cast members as well as with additional choreography by Tymisha, Lollie, Nick Gray & Mr. Willy.
 

4 SHOWS ONLY!

April 9th, 16th, 24th and 30th
ALL SHOWS AT 9 PM

Footlight Theater, The Parliament House
Online Ticket Sales: www.WANZIE.com/boxoffice


The final performance of VarieTEASE NIGHTCLUBBING is this Saturday evening, March 22nd, at 8 PM. The price of the ticket includes complimentary admission to EROTICA! So come to the party early and enjoy two events for the price of one!

Then, Doug Ba’aser & Tommy Wooten will be setting up their LEMONADE stand on the Footlight Theater stage beginning, Saturday, March 29th at 8 PM. This infamous duo will reprise their delightful roles as two delusional would-be socialites whose lives haven’t quite turned out the way they had planned. For some inexplicable reason, the ladies have taken up selling lemonade on the side of a country road. To spice things up a bit, they spice things up a bit.

4 SHOWS ONLY

Saturdays, March 29th through April 19th
ALL SHOWS AT 8 PM

Footlight Theater at the Parliament House
Only $10 (Includes club admission)


Last, but not least in our new Wanzie Presents Line-up, is the addition of the next artist to appear in the Parliament House Footlight Lounge Cabaret Series - ANDREA CANNY.

Andrea Canny - Live cabaret performance!Andrea Canny, a Cincinnati native, has been performing professionally since 1985 and has traveled around the world, singing and dancing, on international tour & cruise ships as well as Tokyo Disney Sea & Tokyo Disneyland.

Andrea moved to Orlando in 1991 to open Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage, playing the part of Belle at what is now Disney/Hollywood Studios. 

Andrea also sang as Belle opposite Robby Benson on TV, in concert, and on the Oprah show with Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson.

Other Disney roles include Patty Mayonnaise in Doug Live, Flora in Hoop Dee Doo Revue, Director in Lights, Motors, Action, Laverne and Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Andrea has appeared in many fundraising concerts including both productions of Voices, as well as A Time to Listen, SerenAids and many other Cabarets benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Subscribers may recognize Andrea from such Orlando Fringe shows as Meat Street, Broad Strokes, and Theme Park Diva.  Presently Andrea is performing all three female roles at the Adventurers Club at Disney's Pleasure Island.

We at the WANZeGRAM invite you to come out and enjoy the many facets of the multi-talented Andrea Canny in her Parliament House debut:

PH Cabaret Series/WANZIE Presents

ANDREA CANNY Vox on a Box

Musical Direction and Accompaniment by
John B. deHaas

Sundays, April 6th & 13th and May 4th & 11th
Footlight Lounge at The Parliament House
ALL SHOWS AT 6 PM
Tickets Only $10


Come Hear the Hag (6 PM) and Stay for the Drag (7 PM)
NOTE: Tickets for WHEN PIGS FLY cannot be made available through the WANZIE.com Online Box Office. All Fringe festival tickets go on sale, online, through the Fringe Festival website beginning April 28th. Tickets will be available for in-person purchases at the Orlando Shakes beginning May 15th.

ONE TRULY HOT PARTY – THIS SATURDAY!

Erotic Party at the PH on Saturday night!


 

The World in Brief ... Theater - Events - Fundraisers - Concerts - Parties

AUDITIONS: DYSFUNCTIONAL FABLES
Excellent Adventure Productions of Orlando, Florida has announced plans to produce the world premiere of the new musical Dysfunctional Fables at the Orlando Excellent Adventure ProductionsInternational Fringe Theatre Festival, from May 15th through the 25th, 2008.  The production has book and lyrics by Sean Hartley and music by Sam Davis.  Mr. Hartley also wrote the book and lyrics for last season’s Fringe hit, Cupid and Psyche, which was also produced by Excellent Adventure Productions.
 
Auditions will take place on Sunday, March 30th from 5 PM to 7 PM and Monday, March 31st from 3 PM to 5 PM. Rehearsals will begin April 7th.
 
Auditions are by appointment only. To schedule an audition appointment, please send a head-shot and resume to ExcelntAdventure@aol.com or contact Excellent Adventure Productions at www.MySpace.com/ExcellentAdventure .

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“Happy Easter Everybody!”


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