‘Little Mermaid’ production at Garden Theatre underway
The young people displaced by the Garden Theatre’s closure this month are onstage and performing “The Little Mermaid.” The city has opened the theater building, which it owns, this weekend for performances of the show — and things are underway. The production was in doubt after the nonprofit running the space abruptly closed Oct. 2. Since then, its website has hosted only a message blaming ...
Displaced students will perform ‘Little Mermaid’ at Garden Theatre after all
The children performing in “The Little Mermaid,” displaced by the sudden closing of the Garden Theatre on Oct. 2, now have a stage and a plan for the show to go on. Surprisingly, the musical will be performed at the Garden Theatre as originally planned — but without involvement from the nonprofit that ran the venue until it closed down without warning. “I think the city wanted to do right by ...
Garden Theatre: ‘No funds available’ for refunds
The shuttered Garden Theatre in Winter Garden has slammed the door on patrons hoping for refunds, saying there are “no funds available.” Meanwhile, a parent of a student involved in the Garden’s youth production of “The Little Mermaid” has raised thousands toward making sure that show goes on, a local theater-education program has taken in homeschooled children that were part of Garden ...
Garden Theatre closure response: Shock, a ‘rescue,’ the city’s pledge and ‘Save the Garden’
As news of the Garden Theatre’s closure spread Thursday, the city of Winter Garden pledged the venue would remain a theater, a nearby theater-education business offered to “rescue” children’s shows left homeless, a partner organization lamented the effect of the closure on theatergoers with special needs, supporters formed a social media “Save the Garden” group, and many expressed disbelief at ...