Are you on a quest for great theater? Then look no further than “Love Quest” by Mary Maguire and Steve McGraw coming to Theatre Winter Haven from October 1 through the 26. “Love Quest” explores the reality of online dating: its prejudices, its foibles, the ubiquitous feeling of “AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH” as you send your profile out into the ether. From Theatre Winter Haven’s description, “Kate Crawford, 64, is recently divorced after a 30-year marriage. Left by her husband for a

There’s a singular moment—a pause—when you learn that your favorite film is about to be remade, reimagined, and/or getting a sequel in a different decade. Even when the intruder is only a spiritual successor within the same IP family, it’s a feeling that’s hard to name: it might arrive as dread, as defensiveness, as anticipation, sometimes all three at once. Of course, the original doesn’t vanish when a remake appears. The copy on your shelf, the lines you know by heart, the

James Whale (Left) - Boris Karloff (Right) The Motion Picture Production Code—enforced from 1930 and reaching its most stringent application from 1934 until its decline in the late 1960s—represented one of the most aggressive regulatory frameworks in American cinematic history. Known commonly as the Hays Code, it functioned as both a moral compass and a tool of censorship, explicitly forbidding depictions of what it termed “sexual perversion.” The Hays Code was never just abo

Time is one of the few variables with enough power to end, improve, inspire, and change the memory of love. Whatever its influence, we usually understand its meaning years later, but on the screen, we can live through its passages in hours. Manipulating time lends not only the philosophical and societal questions science fiction asks, but also those of personal reflection, changes in perspective, and a chance to see how our lives might have turned out if we had loved differen

A place to feel safe and seen, Broadway Beginnings allows musical theatre students to build their chops with an emphasis on connection. Founder Elizabeth Lyons boasts a Broadway background and has turned that into an opportunity to teach. Lyons, from Lakeland, went to college at Florida State University and earned her BFA in Musical Theatre. She opted out of the graduation ceremony in favor of moving straight to New York. During her seven years in the Big Apple, Lyons perform