Timothy D. Turner served as Musical Director & Pianist for “Love Crossing, a Celebration of Love in Song, Dance and Stories”
Orlando Weekly 2/10/2005
The Mikado, Rocket 88, NESkimos, The Cocktail Hour and more
By Jason Ferguson, Micky Michalec, Nicole Prezioso, Steve Schneider, Lindy T. Shepherd
Friday • 11
LOVE CROSSING Hey, did you happen to save your Orlando Broadway Dinner Theater tickets when the venerable home of buffets and belting it out went belly-up at the end of 2004? Probably not; odds are, you tossed the now-worthless ducats into a homemade bonfire when you realized you had bought entry to a joint that didn't exist anymore. If you held onto them – or even if your patronage was obvious in other ways – a group of similarly inconvenienced performers wants to reward your undying devotion to drama with a song in its heart. The new Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble, a production company founded by three OBDT veterans who found themselves out of work when the ax fell, has commandeered the Studio Theatre to present Love Crossing, a Celebration of Love in Song, Dance and Stories. Ghostlight co-founder Karla Schultz says the show is a specially compiled and choreographed evening of material that ranges from traditional musical theater to Sinatra and Nat King Cole to more contemporary stage selections. There's even a narrative "through line" for the five-person cast to follow as they bounce from one romantic melody to another. Love Crossing runs for one weekend only, but Schultz promises that anyone who shows up within that time frame bearing an unused ticket to an OBDT show will receive the group rate ($8). She'll even extend the courtesy to patrons whose faces she recognizes from her tenure as an actor and server at the once-indomitable Edgewater Drive establishment. Just don't expect peach cobbler; we're not in PoliGrip Land any more, Toto. (8 p.m. at Studio Theatre; also 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; 407-862-8218407-862-8218; $10; group rate $8)
The Mikado, Rocket 88, NESkimos, The Cocktail Hour and more
By Jason Ferguson, Micky Michalec, Nicole Prezioso, Steve Schneider, Lindy T. Shepherd
Friday • 11
LOVE CROSSING Hey, did you happen to save your Orlando Broadway Dinner Theater tickets when the venerable home of buffets and belting it out went belly-up at the end of 2004? Probably not; odds are, you tossed the now-worthless ducats into a homemade bonfire when you realized you had bought entry to a joint that didn't exist anymore. If you held onto them – or even if your patronage was obvious in other ways – a group of similarly inconvenienced performers wants to reward your undying devotion to drama with a song in its heart. The new Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble, a production company founded by three OBDT veterans who found themselves out of work when the ax fell, has commandeered the Studio Theatre to present Love Crossing, a Celebration of Love in Song, Dance and Stories. Ghostlight co-founder Karla Schultz says the show is a specially compiled and choreographed evening of material that ranges from traditional musical theater to Sinatra and Nat King Cole to more contemporary stage selections. There's even a narrative "through line" for the five-person cast to follow as they bounce from one romantic melody to another. Love Crossing runs for one weekend only, but Schultz promises that anyone who shows up within that time frame bearing an unused ticket to an OBDT show will receive the group rate ($8). She'll even extend the courtesy to patrons whose faces she recognizes from her tenure as an actor and server at the once-indomitable Edgewater Drive establishment. Just don't expect peach cobbler; we're not in PoliGrip Land any more, Toto. (8 p.m. at Studio Theatre; also 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; 407-862-8218407-862-8218; $10; group rate $8)
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