WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – After a 2022/23 season cut short by behind-the-scenes controversy and leadership changes, the Garden Theater is bringing back live performances with the help of a new partnership.
Victory Productions, a local entertainment company, announced earlier this month that it will be collaborating with the Winter Garden Theater on its upcoming 2023 productions, including Rock of Ages, Something Rotten!, Next to Normal and Dreamgirls. .
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According to the company, it will be responsible for all aspects of Garden Theater shows, including programming, design, casting, rehearsals, costuming and set construction.
“As a company and as a performer, my professional experience is diverse and broad, and as such our business decisions are thoughtful and purposeful,” Victory President Fernando Varela said in a statement. “We care about our entire community and are excited for this opportunity to bring in national talent from across the country. Central Florida is rich with talent and we hope to offer local artists the opportunity to share the stage with world-renowned artists in the coming weeks. The production of these first shows in 2023 is a positive step forward for professional community theater as well as a showcase for artists and an immersive entertainment experience for audiences.”
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This comes after the theater prematurely ended its 2022-23 season with a July performance of On Your Feet! amid a public battle between the board and its employees.
theater officials issued a public statement back in August Friction detailing.
“(We) have made the decision to take advantage of the short-term programming gaps and temporarily shift our operational focus to the organizational health of the theater,” The board of directors of the garden theater announced this in a Facebook post. “The Board and staff will spend this time conducting an in-depth review of our organizational structure and operations.”
This comes less than a month after the theater announced the cancellation of Paper Thin. When News 6 reached out to the theater after the show’s cancellation in July, a spokesperson said in an email that they “could not comment” on the matter.
“We want to use this time to ensure that we can move forward positively and present our theater and productions with the quality that the community has come to expect.” read a Facebook post about the cancellation.
Tickets for “Rock of Ages” which runs from January 25th to February 25th. 26 and is the first of the live shows planned under the new partnership to go on sale soon.
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