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Orlando, FL Aug. 25 -30, 2009; The Bob Carr PAC
Topic Started: Jan 28 2009, 09:17 AM (479 Views)
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August 25 - 30, 2009

The Bob Carr PAC
401 W Livingston St
Orlando, FL 32801
(407) 849-2577


TICKETS: Tickets Go On Sale 7/10


Aug 26 2009 8:00P
Aug 27 2009 8:00P
Aug 28 2009 8:00P
Aug 29 2009 2:00P
Aug 29 2009 8:00P
Aug 30 2009 1:00P
Aug 30 2009 8:00P


SEATING CAPACITY: with pit extension 2408

08/30/2009 10354 AI5-Taylor Hicks in “Grease” 7 shows
Highest Ticket: $71 - Gross Receipts : $533,215 - Percent Tickets Sold: 61% (2408 capacity
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SEATING CHART:

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THE VENUE:

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This fully functional theatre/concert hall features continental style seating . It's excellent acoustics and sound capabilities make it ideal for concerts, Broadway presentations, the Symphony, Ballet and Opera as well as a business conference or general session.

As the patriarch of the Orlando Venues entertainment facilities, the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre has seen many changes over the years as the City of Orlando flourished around its classic brick façade.

Constructed in 1926 for approximately $175,000, the facility was originally known as the Municipal Auditorium, or “Muni Aud,” to Orlando natives.
The renovation efforts in 1975 also brought a plethora of technical improvements that enhanced the internal functions and acoustics of the venue. Finally, in May of 1978, the Municipal Auditorium received its new name, Mayor Bob Carr Municipal Auditorium, in dedication to Mayor Robert Carr’s service to the City of Orlando.

Today, the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre hosts some of the largest and most popular Broadway and theatrical touring productions in the country.
The Bob Carr Centre will be replaced in 2012 by the Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center, which was approved in 2007 along with the new Orlando Events Center and improvements to the Citrus Bowl. It is unknown what will happen to the Bob Carr Centre after its completion.

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DIRECTIONS:

Amway Arena & Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre Directions
Locations North of Orlando (Daytona Beach)
1.) Take Interstate 4 West
2.) Take Exit #84 (Colonial Drive/SR 50)
3.) Proceed across Colonial Drive (SR 50) to Hughey Avenue
4.) Turn right onto Livingston Street
5.) Main Parking Lot will be on your right

Locations South of Orlando (Disney World)
1.) Take Interstates 4 East
2.) Take Exit #83A (Amelia Street/Orlando Venues)
3.) Turn left onto Livingston Street
4.) Main Parking Lot will be on your right

Orlando International Airport
1.) Take SR 436 North to East/West Expressway (408)
2.) Head West on the East/West Expressway to Interstate 4
3.) Head East on Interstate 4
4.) Take Exit #83A (Amelia Street/Orlando Venues)
5.) Turn left onto Livingston Street
6.) Main Parking Lot will be on your right

Locations East of Orlando (Cocoa Beach)
1.) Take the Beeline West to Interstate 4
2.) Head East on Interstate 4
3.) Take Exit #83A (Amelia Street/Orlando Venues)
4.) Turn left onto Livingston Street
5.) Main Parking Lot will be on your right



RESTAUARANTS AND HOTELS :

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-5057022-bob_carr_performing_arts_centre_orlando-iv Hotels

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-5057022-bob_carr_performing_arts_centre_orlando-i Restaurants

POINTS OF INTEREST:


1. Harry P. Leu Gardens
1920 N. Forest Ave.
Orlando, FL 32803-1537
407-246-2620

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This lovely 50-acre botanical garden situated on Lake Rowena offers visitors a chance to escape into Old Florida. Wander miles of paved paths through forests of giant camphors, oaks and palms. The formal Rose Garden is the largest in the South, but don't pass up the opportunity to visit the herb,butterfly, palm and bamboo gardens as well. Towering over all this natural wonder is the Leu House. Built in 1888, it now serves as a decorative-arts museum. Tours occur on the half hour.


2. Titanic, Ship of Dreams Exhibit
777 East Princeton Street
Orlando, FL 32803
+1 407 895 2610

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The Titanic, exhibit features more than 200 historic Titanic artifacts from private collections around the world. For movie buffs, there's original movie memorabilia from such films as "A Night to Remember," and "The Search for Titanic". There's even a costume worn by Leonardo DiCaprio in the latest Titanic film. To complete the experience, your guides through this impressive presentation are live interactive storytellers in period costume.

Take an adventure back in time. Hundreds of thousands of visitors each year come to stroll through full-scale recreations of Titanic’s most famous rooms, including her Grand Staircase, First Class Parlor Suite, Boilers, and Promenade Deck, where you can walk out and feel the chill of the cold Atlantic air as you gaze at the stars.

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Exceptionally trained actors in period costume portray famous Titanic notables such as Capt. Smith and Molly Brown, sharing stories of her passengers and crew during an hour-long guided journey aboard the most famous ship in history. The exhibit showcases an extensive Underwater Room, displaying an 8-foot replica of Titanic as she appears on the bottom of the Atlantic today as well as over 200 artifact and historical treasures, including movie memorabilia from James Cameron’s blockbuster film, TITANIC

3. The American Idol Experience


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Take a trip down RT. 4 and enjoy
The American Idol Experience at Disney's Hollywood Studios Theme Park . It offers you the chance to watch, perform and vote for favorite singers.


Watch: The excitement unfolds before your eyes. This exhilarating attraction features all the glitz and glamour of the hit television series' stunning set, and gives you an opportunity to experience the thrill as if really at the show.

Vote: Decide who has what it takes. Determine the destiny of the singers onstage by voting as a member of the attraction audience on your interactive keypad at your seat. See how far your favorite singer can go!

Perform: The challenge of auditioning. The rush of being onstage. A star could be born— who just might be you! The American Idol Experience provides select Guests with an opportunity to audition and sing onstage!

And if your audience votes you the best singer of the day
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/hollywood-studios/attractions/american-idol/


MEDIA:


1. Orlando Sentinel Review:


THEATER REVIEW

You can find fun in 'Grease'
'American Idol' winner Taylor Hicks, as Teen Angel, leads a fine supporting cast in the Broadway touring production at Orlando's Bob Carr.

August 27, 2009


Now 30-plus years old, the Broadway musical Grease still has a lot of fun left in it. Just look beyond the spotlight to find it.

It's in the way DJ Vince Fontaine (Dominic Fortuna, broadly funny) looks aghast when dowdy Miss Lynch drapes a hand on his chest. Or how Marty (Kelly Felthous, a blond Betty Boop) has to look at a string of 20 photos to find the current guy of her dreams in "Freddy, My Love."

Grease's magic is certainly not in the story. This is the cartoonish kind of show in which such few plot points that exist are either dropped — Did Frenchy go back to high school? — or dismissed in five words. "It was a false alarm," Rizzo says. After all, you don't want a teen pregnancy interfering with the hand jive.

Eric Schneider, the actor who usually plays Danny, is not appearing in this week's Orlando performances. Opening-night understudy Mark Raumaker has Danny's underlying nice-guy demeanor but lacks John Travolta's suave coolness as well as his clear falsetto.

Though it might seem unfair to compare the stage actor to the movie star, how can you not when Travolta's Danny and Olivia Newton-John's Sandy became cultural icons? This revised version of the original staged show, in fact, strives to evoke the film, cutting some of the play's songs to make room for the movie hits "Sandy," "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "You're the One That I Want."

Sandy, as written for the stage, comes across as such a priss, you might wonder what Danny sees in her. Emily Padgett is game about her stick-in-the-mud role, but doesn't generate the warmth that Newton-John emanated and never really shows the desperation to be accepted that Sandy hides under her good-girl exterior.

Taylor Hicks as Teen Angel sings his one song, "Beauty School Dropout" with comic aplomb, all raised eyebrows and goofy grins. Just in case you forgot how he made his name, a gratuitous American Idol reference is oddly tossed into the dialogue. Hicks fans will want to stay after bows: He performs his new radio single, an unusual final curtain call.
The main supporting cast brings the show its spark. Brian Crum is endearing as Doody and has a strong, lovely voice. His "Those Magic Changes" number is a knockout of music and staging. Will Blum and Bridie Carroll bring great comic timing to a very funny "Mooning."

David Ruffin puts the muscle in muscle car as auto-lovin' Kenickie. Sneering, preening yet surprisingly vulnerable at play's end, he's a force to be reckoned with. When he leads the transformation of an old clunker to a teen boy's motorized dream, the play truly finds its "Greased Lightnin.'"

Reach Matthew J. Palm at mpalm@orlandosentinel.com.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/orl-livgrease_theater_review_082709082709aug27,0,701353.story


2. Central Florida Future

Hicks is �hopelessly devoted� in Grease
Former Idol star gives �goofy� performance
By Jessica Campbell

http://www.centralfloridafuture.com/hicks-is-hopelessly-devoted-in-grease-1.1863601
Wednesday, September 2, 2009



American Idol�s Talyor Hicks goes back to high school � not as a real student but as a performer in Grease, the first Broadway musical in the FAIRWINDS Broadway Across America � Orlando 2009-2010 series. Hicks�s famous name earned him a third casting in the playbook, right under Eric Schneider starring as Danny, and Emily Padgett playing the role of Sandy.
Albeit his minor role of Frenchy�s �Teen Angel,� Hicks� outwardly goofy and quirky representation of his character seemed to go along with the rest of the cast�s performances. Each performer�s behaviors and antics gave an individualistic touch to each character making the presentation a unique showing.
There were several humorous retorts from Rizzo, funny giggles from Frenchy, and sometimes-questionable gestures from the bad boy T-Birds that gave the entire presentation a light and carefree attitude � just like back in high school.

The entire cast had bona fide accents and their voices matched the original voices from the stars in the 1978 movie with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. I was extremely impressed with the songs from Danny and Sandy, such as �Summer Nights,� and "You�re the One That I Want.� If you closed your eyes it was almost like the movie was playing.

The stage was simplistic with minimal props. However, not much was needed when your eyes were focused on the performers and going back and forth from the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies. The choreography and dancing was satisfactory. Many times the cast members were out of sync with one another, but their smiles made up for it when it was clear they were genuinely having fun.

The costumes reeked of the 1950�s. The girls wore tight, flashy, black leggings and poodle skirts and the guys wore leather jackets and rolled up blue jeans.

Overall, Grease was a lively, hand-jiving good time. It gained extra acclaim especially due to the unexpected encore performance by Taylor Hicks singing a song from his new album, which gave the musical an energetic and extraordinary ending.

SOUL PATROL MEMORIES :


1. angiecowan:

Word of the nite, WOW. Saw Taylor Hicks, he's in town doing Grease. I know a few musicians that toured with him. Cool guy!

2. auburnsommer


I'm on Cloud 9 tonight! Went out to see Grease with one of my gal pals and not only did we see Taylor Hicks live and in person (from the far left balcony), we met him, talked to him, shook his hand, took his picture, got his autograph! It was a good night....

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3. anothertayfan

I went to see Grease in Orlando last night.It was my 20th time seeing it,but I never get tired of the Beauty School Dropout part!....Taylor done great singing BSD,as usual and the crowd loved him!After the show he came out in his usual black vest and his new black Taylor guitar and gave a great performance of SMB.....
.It couldn't have sounded better!

4. marlayoung: tweets

Taylor Hicks is better looking in person! Definately a reason to see Grease! He's awesome!
Edited by mouser, Sep 12 2009, 12:02 PM.
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