Abstract
Today, Florida boasts important venues for the performing arts. Orlando is ringed by dozens of theme parks that furnish entertainment for masses of people seeking to sample "popular" culture. These popular forms of entertainment are a backdrop for the somewhat smaller stage of "elite" or "serious" performing arts: Ringling's Asolo Center for the Performing Arts in Sarasota and the Fringe Theater Festival in Miami, which attract thousands of people each year, are examples. These are two faces of the same human need for performance before an audience, and for spaces to gather the audiences.
Recommended Citation
Jensen, Joan M.
(2012)
"The Politics of Performance: Rollins College and the Annie Russell Theatre,"
Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 91:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol91/iss1/5
