After a six-month hiatus, live theater returns to the Garden Theatre this week as the Winter Garden venue opens the Broadway musical “Rock of Ages.” The production marks a change in strategy for the theater, which has been the target of fierce criticism.
While the FBI raid on Orlando Museum of Art made national news, that was only one ongoing story locally. Here is our annual look back at the biggest cultural news stories of the year.
The Garden Theatre, which hasn’t presented a play since summer, has turned to a homegrown company run by a Central Florida singing star to activate its stage once more.
Work done to increase diversity, equity and inclusion on the Central Florida cultural scene is bearing fruit. But an advocate says the progress made by some is hampered by others’ unwillingness to change