Albert Gutierrez originally hails from Turnersville, New Jersey, where he saw his first stage musical - a high school production of West Side Story - at the age of thirteen. There was no turning back, as he's been fascinated by the stage and its craft ever since. After attending Temple University for a year, he took a semester off to participate in the Walt Disney World College Program, working throughout the Magic Kingdom before returning home to complete his studies. Transferring from Temple University to Rowan University, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in both English and Subject-Matter Education. Initially a teacher, Albert switched careers in 2013 to move back to Florida, where he now works at Disney's Animal Kingdom. A Disney fan all his life, he had previously written for DVDizzy.com, focusing on both Disney and non-Disney media products. You can follow him on Wordpress, Instagram, and Twitter.
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First Show:
Promises, Promises at the Broadway Theatre (2010)Favorite Show:
The Color Purple at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (2016)Favorite Stories:
- BWW Review: Get Up and Go to Encore Performing Arts' HEAD OVER HEELS at Orlando Shakes' Margeson Theater - As a local to Central Florida, I am privileged to see a lot of talent in similar theatrical circles, often through connections to shows and performances at Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando. Encore Performing Arts consistently brings together the best of these talented individuals for shows that service the community, with "Head Over Heels" (2021) being my absolute favorite.
- Review: Fairy Tales Go Out of the Frying Pan and INTO THE WOODS at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts - There's no better way to celebrate a birthday than to see a show the night before and spend the morning writing all about it. The national tour of "Into the Woods" (2023) really knocked it out of the park, so writing about its terrific production at the Doctor Phillips Center was a birthday gift to myself.
- Review: Theater West End's RENT Lovingly Preserves the Urban Fantasy That Influenced Generations of Musical Acolytes - Local playhouses like Theater West End often work with a much smaller budget than a typical Broadway show, but manages to turn in Broadway-level performance and production design, as seen in 2022's production of "Rent."
- BWW Review: There Will Be Blood at Moonlight Players Theatre's EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL -
- Review: Six Ex-Wives Tear Down the Patriarchy Rather Than Each Other in SIX: THE MUSICAL at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts in Orlando -
BWW Review: Clermont's Moonlight Players Make Mayhem in DIAL M FOR MURDER
September 21, 2019
September 21, 2019
Tonight's my first time in Historic Downtown Clermont. The small parking lot outside the Moonlight Players Theatre already filled up well before I arrived, so I settled on a very uncomfortable parallel parking space a couple blocks down. Fortunately, this allowed me a chance to walk along Minneola Avenue, where an outdoor saxophonist was jazzing out 'Sing, Sing, Sing' next door to a bakery filled with customers - some inside ordering sweets, but most already outside on the patio enjoying their wares and the ambient musical stylings of Benny Goodman. I had to double back a couple times before I found the sidewalk that led me to the theatre. The Moonlight Players' 2019-20 season had kicked off a couple weeks ago, but here I was, late to the party, as their season's first production, DIAL M FOR MURDER, had just reached its closing weekend.
BWW Review: SEASONS THE MUSICAL Makes Triumphant Return to Orlando at Dr. Phillips Center
September 15, 2019
September 15, 2019
Late Spring. Early Summer. An Autumn Afternoon. Am I describing the time periods of 2014's Orlando Fringe darling SEASONS or the seminal works of film director Yasujirō Ozu? Ironically, I had watched Ozu's Late Spring a few days before heading out to Dr. Phillips Center to attend the opening performance of SEASONS. As a result, Ozu's post-war film about parenthood and reluctant marriage was on my mind for much of the show, drawing parallels I had not expected, but certainly welcomed.
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