Orlando, Florida

==Culture==

===Film===

In the mid-to-late 1990s, Orlando was known as "Hollywood East" because of numerous film production studios in the area, although such activity has slowed down considerably into the 2000s. Perhaps the most famous film-making moment in the city's history occurred with the implosion of Orlando's previous City Hall for the movie ''[[Lethal Weapon 3]]''. The same year, Orlando native [[Wesley Snipes]] starred in the film ''[[Passenger 57]]'', which was shot predominantly in his hometown. For the next decade, Orlando was production center for television shows, direct-to-video productions, and commercial production.<ref>"What Happened to Hollywood East?" ''Southwest Orlando Bulletin'', July 17, 2004</ref> In 1997, Walt Disney Feature Animation operated a studio in [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]] in [[Walt Disney World]]. The feature animation studio produced the films ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'', ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'', and the early stages of ''[[Brother Bear]]'', but shutdown in 2004 due to the company's newfound focus on [[computer animation]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.filmbuffonline.com/News/2003-2004/DisneyClosesStudio.htm | title=Disney Closes Florida Animation Studio }}</ref> [[Universal Studios Florida]]'s [[Soundstage 21]] is home to [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA Wrestling]]'s flagship show [[TNA Impact!]]. Nickelodeon Studios, which through the 1990s produced hundreds of hours of GAK-filled game shows targeted at children,{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} no longer operates out of Universal Studios Florida. In the 2000s–2020s, [[entertainment industry|entertainment]] related operations have predominantly consolidated the city's tourism-related businesses — namely events, concerts, hotels, and [[trade shows]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/lawmakers-debate-repealing-floridas-film-and-entertainment-office-33799186 | title=Lawmakers debate repealing Florida's film and entertainment office }}</ref>

The [[Florida Film Festival]], which takes place in venues throughout the area, is one of the most respected regional film festivals in the country and attracts budding filmmakers from around the world. Orlando's [[indie film]] scene has been active since Haxan Film's ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'' (1999) and a few years later with [[Charlize Theron]] winning her [[Academy Award]] for ''[[Monster (2003 film)|Monster]]'' (2003). A Florida state film incentive has also helped increase the number of films being produced in Orlando and the rest of the state.

===Theater and performing arts===
[[File:Dr. Phillips Center Pics 03.jpg|thumb|right|[[Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts|Dr. Phillips Center]]]]
The Orlando Metropolitan Area is home to a substantial theater population. Several professional and semi-professional houses and many community theaters include the Central Florida Ballet, Orlando Ballet, [[Orlando Shakespeare Theater]], Orlando Repertory Theatre, and IceHouse Theatre in [[Mount Dora, Florida|Mount Dora]]. [[Orlando Theatre Project]], closed in 2009. Additionally, both [[University of Central Florida]] and [[Rollins College]] (Winter Park) are home to theater departments that attract an influx of young artists to the area.

The [[Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre]] had hosted national Broadway tours on a regular basis. This venue was built in 1926 and underwent a major renovation in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityoforlando.net/venues/bob-carr/ |title=Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre |work=City of Orlando Venues |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924093846/http://www.cityoforlando.net/venues/bob-carr/ |archive-date=September 24, 2014 }}</ref> The Bob Carr has since closed due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and has yet to host a show since February 2020. While waiting on the completion of Phase II construction of the [[Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts]], the newly designated Bob Carr Theater will continue to host non-Broadway events.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Phillips Center's 3-month-out update |url=http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/on-the-town/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/7/30/dr_phillips_center_s.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122213411/http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/on-the-town/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/7/30/dr_phillips_center_s.html |archive-date=January 22, 2016 |access-date=September 23, 2014 |work=News 13: Spectrum News}}</ref>

The [[Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival]], which draws touring companies from around the world, is hosted in various venues over Orlando's Loch Haven Park every spring. At the festival, there are also readings and fully staged productions of new and unknown plays by local artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orlandofringe.org/ |title=2010 Orlando Fringe Festival &#124; Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival |publisher=Orlandofringe.org |access-date=November 17, 2012}}</ref> Also in the spring, there is The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays, hosted by Orlando Shakespeare Theater.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vroomvroomvroom.com.au/playfest/ |title=Playfest! The Harriet Lake Festival of New Plays |publisher=Vroomvroomvroom.com |access-date=March 19, 2014}}</ref> Founded in 2002, the Orlando Cabaret Festival showcases local, national, and internationally renowned cabaret artist to Mad Cow Theatre in [[Downtown Orlando]] each spring.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandocabaret.com/InDash_Display.aspx?PGID=164 |title=About Us – Orlando Cabaret Festival |publisher=Orlandocabaret.com |access-date=November 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508133313/http://www.orlandocabaret.com/InDash_Display.aspx?PGID=164 |archive-date=May 8, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Classical Music and Music Theater are also represented. Orlando has two professional orchestras – the Orlando Symphony Orchestra, which was founded in 1991 when the Central Florida Friends of Music reorganized, and the [[Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra]], founded in 1993, the second of which also serves as the orchestra for productions of Opera Orlando, which developed when the Florida Opera Theater, founded in 2009, reorganized in 2016.

===Literary arts===
[[File:Regional History Center in Orlando.JPG|thumb|[[Orange County Regional History Center]]]]
The indie literary presses [https://burrowpress.com/ Burrow Press] and [https://www.autofocuslit.com/about Autofocus] are based in Orlando. There is also a large concentration of slam poets and poetry events in and around the metro area which has led to the city being dubbed Litlando. This name is fitting as [https://myfloridahistory.org/frontiers/article/13#:~:text=Some%20people%20believe%20that%20Speer,Like%20It%E2%80%9D%20is%20named%20Rosalind. legend goes] that the city's name and Rosalind Avenue in downtown Orlando were taken from characters from the Shakespeare play "[[As You Like It]]" while Lake Ivanhoe was named after the namesake character from the 1820 book, [[Ivanhoe]], by Walter Scott.

===Music and local culture===

Orlando is home to numerous recording studios and producers, and as a result, contributed heavily to the [[boyband]] craze of the mid-1990s. The groups [[Backstreet Boys]], [[N Sync]], and [[O-Town]] were each formed in Orlando prior to their mainstream commercial breakthroughs. The alternative rock groups [[Matchbox Twenty]], [[Seven Mary Three]], and [[Alter Bridge]] hail from Orlando, as well as the Christian hip hop act [[Group 1 Crew]]. Orlando also has a prominent metal scene, spawning bands such as [[Death (metal band)|Death]] and [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]]. There are also [[hip hop music]], [[heavy metal music|metal]], rock music, [[reggaeton]] and Latino music scenes that have all been active within the city.

A substantial amount of the teenage and young adult populations identify as being [[Goth subculture|goth]], [[emo]], or [[Punk subculture|punk]].<ref name="Darker Side of Orlando">{{cite web|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-08-08/entertainment/os-tod-caviness-thee-grotto-20130808_1_downtown-orlando-grotto-darker-side|title=Thee Grotto carves out dance floor space in downtown Orlando|work=tribunedigital-orlandosentinel}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=October 2019}} Orlando experienced its own [[Second Summer of Love]] between 1991 and 1992 that popularized the subculture surrounding [[electronic dance music]] in Florida.<ref name="Kelemen1998">{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/the-florida-winter-had-ju/Content?oid=2259479 |title=Wizards of Aahz: The Florida winter had ju... |last1= Kelemen |first1=Matt |date=September 2, 1998 |website=orlandoweekly.com |publisher=The Orlando Weekly |access-date=November 30, 2015 |quote=Collins could not be aware of it at the time, but those Saturday nights – eventually known as "Aahz"-- would kick-start an underground culture and spawn countless DJ careers. Orlando would never be the same...By 1991–1992, Orlando experienced its own "summer of love" through the culture that sprang up around the weekend acid-house nights at the Beacham Theatre presided over by Collins and Dave Cannalte, and nurtured by Beacham promoter StaceBass...only New York, San Francisco and L.A. had similar scenes, and they were characterized by warehouse parties. Orlando had a headquarters in the heart of its downtown district...From then on the crowds would refer to the Beacham as "Aahz" no matter what the owners called it.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |author-link=Brittany Spanos |date=2018-03-23 |title='N Sync vs. Backstreet Boys: Remembering Their Fierce Boy-Band Rivalry |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/n-sync-vs-backstreet-boys-remembering-the-nineties-definitive-boy-band-rivalry-204787/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Over the years, the intensity of the music increased. In the late 1990s, [[Skrape]], a metal band, was established, shortly followed by the [[screamo]] band [[From First to Last]] as well as the [[alternative metal]] band [[Fireflight]].{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} In the early 2000s, the heavy metal bands [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]] and [[Mindscar]] formed.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} In the later 2000s, more screamo bands, such as [[Blood on the Dance Floor (duo)|Blood on the Dance Floor]], [[Sleeping with Sirens]], and [[Broadway (band)|Broadway]] were established.<ref name="From First to Last Origins">{{cite web|url=http://www.epitaph.com/artists/artist/147/From_First_To_Last|title=From First To Last|author=Epitaph Records|date=March 21, 2006|work=Epitaph Records}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=October 2019}} The [[Vans Warped Tour]], a concert containing metalcore/screamo/punk bands, takes place in Orlando annually.<ref name="Vans Warped Tour 2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/festival/3741494+The+Vans+Warped+Tour+2014|title=The Vans Warped Tour 2014|work=last.fm}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=October 2019}}

Sprawling [[urban contemporary|urban]] developments have led a number of [[hip hop music|hip hop]] artists from Orlando to garner mainstream recognition and sign with major labels, most notably [[Tyla Yaweh]] (signed to [[Epic Records]]), [[Hotboii]] (signed to [[Interscope Records]]) and [[9lokkNine]] (signed to [[Cash Money Records]]). The highest charting song from an Orlando-based rapper is the 2019 single "[[223's]] by [[YNW Melly]] and [[9lokkNine]], which peaked at number 34 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] (9lokkNine featured on as a guest artist on its official release).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.respectmyregion.com/rappers-orlando/ | title=3 Rappers from Orlando You Need to Have on Your Radar | date=September 18, 2021 }}</ref><ref>https://genius.com/who-is-19-year-old-orlando-rapper-9lokknine-with-viral-hits-223-s-10-percent-crayola</ref>

Gaming YouTuber [[Dream (YouTuber)|Dream]] is based in Orlando. He has accumulated 40 million combined subscribers and signed a recording deal with [[Republic Records]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/amp/esports/news-the-timing-immaculate-dream-gives-fans-heads-up-informs-hurricane-impeding-face-reveal-plans | title="The timing is immaculate" – Dream gives fans a heads-up, informs of hurricane impeding his face reveal plans | date=September 28, 2022 }}</ref>

===Shopping malls===
[[File:Millenia Mall 02.JPG|thumb|[[The Mall at Millenia]]]]
*[[The Mall at Millenia]] is a contemporary two-level upscale shopping mall, including the department stores of [[Bloomingdale's]], [[Macy's]], and [[Neiman Marcus]]. The mall covers an area of 1.118&nbsp;million&nbsp;ft<sup>2</sup> (103,866 m<sup>2</sup>). [[IKEA]] Orlando opened adjacent to the mall on November 14, 2007.
*[[Orlando Fashion Square]] is located on East Colonial Drive, near [[Downtown Orlando]]. Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE: SRG) is planning a late-summer 2017 completion of a major renovation that will welcome new shops and restaurants to the East Colonial Drive area.
*[[Orlando International Premium Outlets]] is an outdoor outlet mall with over 180 stores.

====Lifestyle centers====
*[[Universal CityWalk#Universal CityWalk Orlando|Universal CityWalk]] is an entertainment and retail district located at the entrance of [[Universal Studios Florida]]. CityWalk originally began as an expansion at Universal's first park in [[Universal Studios Hollywood]]. CityWalk Orlando opened in February 1999 as one major component of the expansion that transformed Universal Studios Florida into the [[Universal Orlando|renowned resort]] it is today.

===In popular culture===

The films ''[[Miami Connection]]'', ''[[Ernest Saves Christmas]]'', ''[[Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector]]'', ''[[Never Back Down]]'', and ''[[The Florida Project]]'' take place in and were filmed entirely in Orlando. The novel ''[[Paper Towns (novel)|Paper Towns]]'' takes place in the city, but the [[Paper Towns (film)|film adaptation]] was shot in [[North Carolina]]. Establishing shots were filmed around Orlando; notably in downtown and along Orange Blossom Trail. ''[[Geostorm]]'' has a scene where Orlando is destroyed by a lightning storm. However, those scenes were filmed in [[New Orleans]]. ''[[Parenthood (film)|Parenthood]]'' was filmed entirely in Orlando, but takes place in St. Louis. ''[[D.A.R.Y.L.]]'' was partially filmed in Orlando; notably the climactic chase scene takes place in downtown Orlando along State Road 408 (East/West Expressway).{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} Scenes were also filmed for ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' at the [[Orlando International Airport]] in early October 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wftv.com/news/25239061/detail.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003111357/http://www.wftv.com/news/25239061/detail.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 3, 2010|title='Transformers 3' Begins Filming in Central Fla. – News Story – WFTV Orlando|date=October 3, 2010|access-date=December 12, 2018}}</ref> Orlando is also the city very prominently featured in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[Fresh Off the Boat]]''. Though set in [[Louisiana]], filming for ''[[Passenger 57]]'' took place in [[Wesley Snipes]]' hometown of Orlando, Florida, with [[Orlando-Sanford International Airport]] standing in for "Lake Lucille" airport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105104/locations|title=Passenger 57 (1992) – IMDb|via=www.imdb.com}}{{unreliable source?|date=July 2021}}</ref> The airport's former combination main hangar and control tower from its time as [[Naval Air Station Sanford]] was used for many key scenes just prior to its demolition after filming.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2014/06/27/location-matters-the-orlando-sanford-airport-from-passenger-57 |title=Location Matters: the Orlando Sanford Airport from 'Passenger 57' |work=Orlando Weekly |last=Greene |first=James Jr. |date=June 27, 2014 |access-date=July 29, 2021 }}</ref> Various scenes from ''[[Monster (2003 film)|Monster]]'', set in [[Daytona Beach]], were also filmed in the Orlando, [[Winter Park, Florida]] and [[Kissimmee]] areas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.orlando.org/blog/13-movies-you-didnt-know-were-filmed-in-orlando-and-where-to-watch-them/|title=13 Movies You Didn't Know Were Filmed in Orlando|date=June 27, 2018|website=Orlando Economic Partnership}}</ref>