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 From those wacky dames of Twisted Sisters’
Comedy Hour, Miss Sammy, Carol Lee, and Gidget Galore (and from the pen and warped mind
of playwright Matthew Arter) comes an all new Florida-based parody of
the most highly attended show on Broadway.
SCHMICK-ED: A Totally Wicked Parody opens a 3-show-only
run at Footlight Theater beginning on Saturday evening November 8, 2008.
Arter’s SCHMICK-ED is the story of two friends, Elpheba (Miss
Sammy) Greenblat and Galinda (Carol Lee) Goldman, who are roommates in
an up-scale retirement community in Boca Raton. They kvetch, they sing,
they shop, and they each fall in love with the same plastic surgeon.
Trouble ensues. They get verklempt. In the end, they discover
they are
better friends than they realized. It's all enough to make you
put
down the cream cheese and hug someone. Gidget Galore rounds out the
cast of three as wheel chair-bound narrator, Tessie Rose.
Even if you’ve never seen Wicked, the story of Schmick-ed
stands on it’s own as a wholly enjoyable and fully understandable (and
funny as all get out) show. If indeed you are familiar with the songs
from Wicked (and/or are Jewish or know someone who is Jewish)
the show for you will be like buttah.
With only three show-dates on offer these tickets will go fast. Select-a-Seat
today!
Orlando's 'Twisted Sisters'
MISS
SAMMY & CAROL LEE
in
SCHMICK-ED
A
Totally Wicked Parody
Written
by
MATTHEW
ARTER
Also
featuring
Gidget
Galore
Saturdays
at 8 PM
November
8th
November
15th
November
22nd
Footlight
Theatre
@
The Parliament House
410
N. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando FL
Only
$12!
All
seats reserved!
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FINAL PERFORMANCE:
| MARE TO BE REMEMBERED THIS
SATURDAY! |
For those of you
who wish to commemorate the life of Marilyn (Mare the Maid)
Gordon-Corwin, we are pleased to announce a
life celebration party will be held in her honor, this Saturday, at one
of her favorite spots; the outdoor veranda of the Tap Room at Dubsdread
City Golf Course.
This will be a very informal gathering of family and friends who will
come together to share memories and photographs and throw back a drink
or two in remembrance of Mare. Dress is casual. No suits allowed.
A private area has been secured on the Veranda. The group will have a
dedicated outdoor bar and server, and light snacks will be provided as
part of the minimum required catering buy. Bar tabs and lunch tabs
(should you care to dine) are the personal responsibility of each
attendee and donations will gratefully be accepted to defray the
mandatory costs associated with reserving the space.
At the conclusion of the Life Celebration, those who care to, may join
family and other friends, as they take the short drive over to Rollins
College Campus where the ashes will be joined into the Lake, from Dinky
Dock, in accordance with Mare’s wishes.
If you would like to attend the party at Dubsdread, it is important you
kindly R.S.V.P. to WANZIE prior to 11:AM on Saturday so the facility
can be properly prepared.
MARE’S LIFE CELEBRATION
Saturday
October 18, 2008 2 PM - 4 PM
Dubsdread
City Golf Course
549 West Par Street
(1 block east off Edgewater Dr.)
in Orlando
VIEW RECENT ADDITIONS TO ONLINE MEMORIAL
Since its first posting, pictures and/or text memories of Mare have
recently been submitted and included in the online living memorial. Recent
additions are from friends Nancy Jacobson and Jim Lussier, as well as
Fran, from up in the Carolina mountains, and also from her brother
John.
| EVERYTHING MUST GO / SALE THIS
SATURDAY! |
Orlando theatrical
community mainstay ain't stayin’ much longer. Chad
(Invisible Arts Project) Lewis and his faithful companions, Zoe, Dirty
Kirty, and graphic arts guru Jason Donnelly, will soon be leaving
Orlando to take up residence in that fabled “city by the bay”.
Since
they will be driving across country in their Jeep they have to get rid
of few things. Their actual departure is not until December, but they
will be vacating their College Park residence by the end of this month.
Therefore it’s GARAGE SALE TIME!
Among the many items up for sale:
- Bookshelves: 1 white 6'Hx3'W. Also 4 wood grain 6'Hx1'W
- 4 Drawer filing cabinet
- 2 end tables, wood grain, glass topped
- 1 wooden coffee table
- 2 dressers
- 2 directors chairs
- TV trays, set of three (one broke)
- Kitchen stuff
- Books
- Men's clothes
- A garage full of stuff!
The
boys also have couches that are for sale, but only on the lay-away
plan; “We prefer them to be picked up at the end of the month, if
anyone is interested, as we would like some where to sit till then”
says Chad.
3 MEN AND A DOG
GARAGE SALE
Saturday,
October 18, 2008
8
AM - 3 PM
1411
Guernsey Street
(College Park near the Trail)
Orlando Florida, 32804
| NOTHING BEATS LIVE
ENTERTAINMENT! CHECK OUT THIS LINEUP: |
VarieTEASE DEBAUCH
ONLY ONE SHOW REMAINS!
babyblue productions & invisible arts
project
p r e s e n t
A Sinister Fusion of Performance Art, Dance, Theater
Superb Music Mixes and Visual Delights
$15
Footlight Theatre
Wednesdays at 9 PM:
JESUS
HOPPED THE A TRAIN
empty spaces theatre co. & Warren acting
Company
p r e s e n t
a riveting play about guilt and innocence, judgment and desperation,
and the true nature of redemption. Winner FRINGE FIRST Award at
Edinburgh Fringe,
and declared “Best Pay” by the Detroit Free press. “shocking,
shattering, stunningly well-written” - The Daily Telegram.
Thursdays through Sundays
October 9th – October 25th
Orlando Shakes
$22 General / $18 Students/Seniors
Leslie Jordan's MY TRIP DOWN
THE PINK
CARPET
Reaction Productions & WANZIE Presents
2 Shows Only!
All seats reserved!
Footlight Theatre 8 PM
50% of profits to benefit
ORLANDO YOUTH ALLIANCE
All tickets $43
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| 6th ANNUAL
GAY ORLANDO FILM
FESTIVAL! |
It's an all new festival. It is now its own entity, which
serves as a premier showcase for artistically innovative, culturally
rich, and socially relevant gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered
cinema. The Gay Orlando Film Festival educates and entertains audiences
with content ranging from the thoughtfully poignant and family friendly
to more risqué themes. The program is part of Enzian's cultural
festival circuit.
ANOTHER
GAY SEQUEL: GAYS GONE WILD!
"The most
hilarious gay film spoof ever made!"
— GAY.COM
WRANGLER: ANATOMY OF AN ICON
"Entertaining! The tales of the glory days of sex, fun,
and liberation are too juicy to disregard."
— VILLAGE VOICE
CHRIS & DON: A LOVE STORY
"Recounts a love that approaches the transcendental!"
— David Edelstein, NEW YORK MAGAZINE
ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE
"With cartoonish playfulness, Itty Bitty Titty Committee
updates riot grrrl culture and breathes new cool into feminism."
— Jessica Stites, ADVOCATE
You can see all four of the above films at the 6th Annual Gay
Orlando Film Festival, October 25th & 26th, at the fabulous
Enzian Theatre in Maitland.
Saturday,
October 25th:
11:30 AM – Chris
& Don: A Love Story
1:30 PM – Itty
Bitty Titty Committee
Sunday, October 26th:
11:30 AM - Another
Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!
1:30 PM – Wrangler:
Anatomy of an Icon
Our pal (and producer of the upcoming David Lee-directed THE NEW
CENTURY coming to the P-House in January) Margaret Nolan is but one
of the fine people at the helm of this wonderful endeavor.
Series
Pass - $50
Single
admittance to ALL FOUR FILMS, mimosas, and the ability to reserve a
table! To purchase a Series Pass simply click here: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?agency=TDC&pid=6343898
Individual Tickets - $15
Single
admittance to a single film with mimosas. To purchase individual
tickets, click on the link provided below, then scroll down to the film
of your choice and click on the film-time indicated in red to access
the shopping cart for that particular film: http://www.enzian.org/festivals/gayorlando.html
Group
rates and seating are available by contacting Jordan Meade:
407-644-5625 ext. 327
The WANZeGRAM and WANZIE.com are proud Media Sponsors of the Gay
Orlando Film Festival along with Official Promotional Sponsor, Watermark.
The Gay Orlando Film Festival is a project of Enzian Theater.
This project is supported by United Arts of Central
Florida, with funds from the United Arts Campaign and by the State of
Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the
Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Now
thru Nov. 24th:
UNIVERSAL'S
HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS – USF
Thu. Oct. 9th - 18th: JESUS
HOPPED
THE A TRAIN – Orlando Shakes
Oct: 11th, 18th, 25th, Nov 1st: Footlight
Players Salute LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS – Footlight Theatre
Fri. Oct. 17th: All
HALLOWS 10
FOR
FRINGE – Footlight Theatre
Sat. Oct. 18th: DOLLY
PARTON – UCF
Arena
Sun. Oct.
19th: All
HALLOWS 10
FOR
FRINGE – Footlight Theatre
Oct. 21st - Oct. 26th:
WIZARD OF OZ – Broadway Series/Bob Carr
Wed. Oct. 22nd: VarieTEASE:
DEBAUCH
– Footlight Theatre
Nov. 8th, 15th and 22nd: Twisted
Sisters in
SCHMICKED an Awesome WICKED Musical Fable – Footlight Theatre
Nov.
14th, 16th and 18th: Il
Trovatore
(Verdi) – Bob Carr
Nov. 19th and 20th: LESLIE
JORDAN
Return Engagement at PH!
Nov. 28th thru Dec. 30th:
CANDLELIGHT
PROCESSIONAL - EPCOT
Dec. 2nd - 7th: Avenue
Q –
Bob Carr
Dec. 2nd: JASON
MARAZ– Hard
Rock Live
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Acting
Company present ...
Now playing
the Mandell Theatre - Tickets now on sale!
THE CRITICS HAVE SPOKEN:
“Metaphors
hit like cold, hard day in Jesus Hopped the A Train, the combustive
drama by Stephen Adly Guirgis, in a co-production of Empty Spaces
Theatre Co. and the Warren Acting Company. . .There’s too little
theater as fierce as this.
-- Elizabeth Maupin, Orlando
Sentinel
“Empty
Spaces stakes out the high ground on Serious Theater in Orlando. Jesus
Hopped The A Train is a meaty and complex drama, if a bit blunt. . . at
its root “Jesus” reworks the classic Greek tragedies with a hero who
gets kneecapped by the Gods.”
-- Charles Gauze, Ink19
Archikulture Digest
“Jesus
Hopped The A Train” is a consistently gripping piece, both as a prison
and courtroom drama, and also as it explores the way people grasp at
religion as our last hope for coping in a life shattering situation --
though not always in ways recognizable by your neighborhood. ….There
are a lot of moments in this play that are likely to haunt you long
after the production is over.”
-- Michael W. Freeman, Editor, The
Reporter – The Ledger (10/08)
“Prisoners
of Life…so clever is Guirgis’ dialogue that we get rolled up in the
quickly paced action, leaving the unanswerable heavy stuff to linger in
the mind: When is killing wrong? When is killing right?. . .The
ensemble cast members admirably anchor their well-cast characters. .
.There are more than a few moments (like this) in the play – not
knowing whether to laugh or cry at the inhumanity of humanity.
That’s
the signature of director John DiDonna, who worked in collaboration
with Seth Kubersky and Joel Warren to present the local premiere of the
Guirgis sensation.”
-- Lindy T. Shepherd, Editor, Orlando
Weekly (10/16/08 issue)
"Best place
to see something edgy: Empty Spaces Theatre Co., which may not have a
permanent home but has a permanent place in audiences' hearts as the
theater company most likely to introduce them to a weird new world.
>From Stripped to Bent to Beckett, Empty Spaces has prodded
theatergoers
into thinking and feeling — which is what theater is about."
-- Elizabeth Maupin, Orlando
Sentinel (10/3/08)
STAGE
READING:
PLAYWRIGHT'S ROUNDTABLE OF ORLANDO
FLORIDA
A free
reading of two new plays at the Orlando Public Library.
The first play is John Goring's MAC BETTY, a comedy set in the
Clinton White House with Hillary Clinton recast as Shakespeare's Lady
MacBeth. Directed by Barbara Solomon.
Immediately following will be the reading of Al Pergande's new play THE
MAYOR OF ORANGE AVENUE. This fairy tale follows an antique
shop
owner about to be evicted by her conniving landlord. He's after a real
estate killing and his buyer is after her shop assistant. Even as
buildings collapse, dreams can come true and fairy godmothers sometimes
appear when you least expect them. Directed by Christian Kelty.
A short audience talk back will follow each reading.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
1
PM: Mac Betty
2
PM: The Mayor of Orange Avenue
Orlando Public Library
101
East Central Avenue, First Floor
Free to the general public. Parking is available in the Library Garage
at nominal cost. Street parking may also be available.
DISCLAIMER: If you think that the resemblance
between the characters in these plays and any person living or dead is
only coincidental, you're just not trying hard enough.
DANCE: VOCE
DANCE PRESENTS!
The 2008
main stage performance by this avant-garde dance company/Orlando Fringe
staple. Of their 2007 show Orlando Sentinel Dance Critic, Diane Hubbard
Burns wrote – “ Seamless…notable for its liberated yet disciplined
exploration of movement and the quality of its performances, both
visual and aural."
Voce Dance Presents
Nov. 7th,
8th @8 PM
Nov. 9th
@2 PM
Garden
Theatre
160 West
Plant Street
Winter
Garden, FL
Tickets:
$18 / $14 Students & Seniors: 407-877-4736 x305
CABARET:
SOMETHING
OLD, SOMETHING NEW
Cabaret
benefit for upstart CHECKERBOARD PRODUCTIONS - an entirely high school
and college student operated and funded theatre group. Various seasoned
and recognized local theater professionals along with the up and coming
performers from academia will sing in a casual and very sociable
setting. The youngsters will be singing the old standards and the
oldsters will be performing numbers form the more contemporary Broadway
shows. Lizzie Krieger will accompany.
Scheduled performers include:
Elizabeth Murff
Bob
Dolan
Steve
MacKinnon
Melissa
Mason
Megan
Wiley
Doug
Ba’aser
Meredith
Rice
Danielle
Lang
Roxanne
Fay
Monday, October 27th @ 7PM
Advance
Tickets $8/$6 students:
www.myspace.com/checkerboardpro
All
Tickets $10 at the door
Orlando
Youth Theatre
(Formerly
the Studio Theatre, which was formerly The Garage Theatre)
Next door to SAK Comedy Lab
398
West Amelia Street, Orlando
THEATER:
TO
KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Theatre
Downtown production of Christopher Serger play based on the Pulitzer
Prize winning novel by Truman Copote’s old friend LEE HARPER. Frank
Hilgenberg directs this stage classic made famous by the old black
& white movie version staring Gregory Peck.
To Kill A Mocking Bird
Playing
now through November 2nd, 2008
Thursdays,
Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 PM
Sunday
Matinees at 2:30 PM on only Oct. 19th & Nov.2nd
Tickets
$18 / $15 Seniors & Students
Reservations:
407.841.0083
Theatre
Downtown
2113
North Orange Ave
Corner of
Princeton
Orlando,
Florida
THEATER:
A STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE
October 9- through October 25th
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays @ 8 PM
1013 East Colonial Drive
(Next to the old Cruises Only building)
Tickets: $18 /$15 Seniors & Students
Save $1 on EACH ticket by purchasing
your tickets online at www.goatgroup.com
Or call 407.872.8451
THEATER:
THE
GLASS MENAGERIE
David Lee
directs this Orlando Shakespeare Theater production of the Tennessee
Williams classic, in partnership with UCF. Local theater performer Anne
Hering leads the cast as Amanda. Tom is played by Jim Ireland, a New
York actor, who was last seen at Orlando Shakes as The Fool in King
Lear. Newcomer to Orlando Shakes, Katherine Michelle Tanner, from
Sarasota, joins the cast as Laura. Brad Roller, a recent graduate from
The School of the Arts at Sanford University in Birmingham and a
current participant in Orlando Shakes’ Intern Training Program, rounds
out the cast in the role of Jim, the gentleman caller.
October 15th through November 16th
Lowndes Shakespeare Center
Loch Haven Park, Orlando
Ticket $14 to $38
407 447-1700 or online at
www.orlandoshakes.org
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Nowhere are the
effects of the tightening purse string more evident then in the
sparsely populated theater venues throughout greater Orlando. I have attended many shows over
the past two months and have been terribly disappointed at the turn
out. Every theater in town is hurting.
So I want to entreat you; when you do decide to spend you hard earned
and too-far-stretched money on an evenings’  entertainment,
please give first consideration to attending a live theatrical
production.
Hollywood will survive this economic slump, and so will most
nightclubs, but your favorite theater or performing troupe may not.
Especially the grass roots organizations and the independently produced
shows.
All the movies you
may wish to see will be cheaper when viewed on Pay-Per-View or through Netflix.
You can just as easily see a film a year from now as you can this week.
A cocktail at the Footlight Theatre costs less than a bag of popcorn at
the movies. The Cineplex will survive. The movie will be available in
some form forever. But a live show in Orlando has a rather short window
of opportunity, both for you to experience it, as well as for the
usually fledgling troupe to recoup their production costs.
So please – when you are able to do so – choose live theater.
 And
speaking of live theater, I am so very happy to report that Orlando’s
own Mark Baratelli has been cast in the role of "Herod" in the National
Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Rehearsals start Oct 30 and the tour runs mid-November 2008 through
July 2009. While the tour does not come through Orlando it does come
close. You can catch Mark (and John and Luke and Paul) in the following
Florida venues in March of 2009:
Van Wezel Hall Sarasota
March 24th
Peabody Hall Daytona Beach
March 25th
Saenger Theatre Pensacola March 26th
Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater March 28th
King Center Melbourne
March 29th
I will run this information again after the first of the year. In
meantime, I wish to offer my sincere congrats to this very talented
Pumpkin.
For the complete nationwide Superstar schedule, please log
onto: http://www.thejcstour.com/schedule.html
Also, Mark’s arts and cultural blog has some really great snaps of the
new TKTS booth in Times Square. Here's one:
>From
its former dilapidated construction trailer-turned-box office, the
popular TKTS booth has sold more than 26 million half price/same day
tickets to fill otherwise empty theater seats while at the same time
making attending a Broadway show more affordable and more accessible to
a broader cross section of people. Since it’s inception in the early
1970’s the TKTS booth has generated more than 1 billion dollars in
ticket revenue.
The new booth, which opened just yesterday (Thursday, October 16th)
amid great fanfare, features 12 windows and sports a rooftop of 27
all-glass steps on which people may sit and and take in the ongoing
show that is Times Square. At night the red translucent steps are
illuminated from beneath, resulting in a fabulous and appropriately
flashy new landmark for Broadway.
For those of you familiar with TKTS, here’s the best news; the once
“cash-only” ticketing service now accepts credit cards! So does
the
WANZIE.com online box office, by the way, so why not log onto it right
now and purchase a ticket to a live theatrical event happening right
here Central Florida this very weekend. You may also scroll back up and
check out THE WORLD IN BRIEF section for
information on how to order tickets for shows being put on by friends
of the gram for which sales may not be available from our box office.
If you’re really broke; check out the FREE play readings listed in THE WORLD IN BRIEF. But
please…
…Attend the THEATER!
I’m Wanzie and That’s all I Wrote!
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