🪄I hope your weekend is magical!

Maybe you can create some powerful, happy memories for a Patronus!

Hey, I’m News 6 producer Brooke Savage, the writer behind this Setting The Stage newsletter.

Let’s take a look at what’s going on. ⤵

🪄 ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ is wrapping up its Florida debut in Orlando

Some Harry Potter magic is gracing an Orlando stage, marking a Florida debut and the only Florida stop on the tour.

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” follows Harry Potter’s headstrong son, Albus. Harry is working at the Ministry of Magic, and Albus is just starting out at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

When the sorting hat puts Albus in a different Hogwarts house than his father, he becomes friends with the son of Harry’s rival, Draco Malfoy. The divide between father and son becomes stronger, setting off a chain of choices that leads Albus to alter the past and reshape the future, with unintended consequences.

I had the chance to see the show, which felt timely because I just finished reading the 3rd Harry Potter book, and now I’m on the 4th one!

I also spoke with the actors who play Harry Potter and Hermione Granger.

Click here to see the full interview and ticket info.

🌹 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts features a Broadway concert series

The 2026 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts is back and running until Feb. 23. You can catch the Disney on Broadway Concert Series there at the America Gardens Theatre in the United States section of the theme park.

In The Loop newsletter writer, Haley Coomes, posted the schedule here.

I also really liked checking out The Magic of Disney on Broadway exhibit inside CommuniCore Hall.

✨ What’s happening in downtown Orlando? IMMERSE returns

Downtown Orlando is starting to change into a vibrant, multi-sensory arts playground.

Creative City Project is bringing back its iconic large-scale arts celebration Feb. 20–22.

Before that, you can check out Architects of Air’s Arborialis on select dates this month. It’s located at the Seneff Arts Plaza in front of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The experience offers a walk-through luminarium filled with color, light, and labyrinthine design.

The installation runs through Sunday, Feb. 22.

As for the IMMERSE event itself, performances and art activations will take over 10 city blocks in downtown Orlando from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Feb. 20 and 21. The event stretches from City Hall up to Central Blvd.

Some of the large-scale art installations include a 14-foot heart at City Commons Plaza and OUC Lights & Raindrops.

Headlining performances include Cirque du Soleil, Blue Man Group, Orlando Vocal Collective, and MESH.

I put together a guide with everything you need to know.

🎶 What’s happening in showbiz:

✨ Now - Feb. 16: “Hairspray” at Titusville Playhouse

👒 Now - Feb. 22: “Tiara’s Hat Parade” at Orlando Family Stage

🦜Now - Feb. 22: “Yo, Ho, Ho! Let’s Go!” at Orlando Family Stage

🌱Now - Feb. 15: “Little Shop of Horrors” at Ocala Civic Theatre

🎭 Feb. 13 - Feb. 22: “Gypsy A Musical Fable” at Cocoa Village Playhouse

🪙 Feb. 13- Feb. 22: “Social Security” at Daytona Playhouse

🎨 Feb. 19: Free admission to Orlando Museum of Art

🪽 Feb. 20 - March 8: “Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika” at Theater West End in Sanford

🎤 Feb. 24-25: “The Tina Turner Musical” at King Center in Brevard County

💗 Feb. 27: “The Odd Couple” at The Flagler Playhouse

That’s a wrap for this week’s “Setting The Stage” newsletter.

If you have any story ideas on the theatre and arts scene, don’t hesitate to reach out to me at bsavage@wkmg.com.

Also, let me know if there are any local theatres you want me to cover more often.

- 🎭 Brooke