BWW's Top Tampa Theatre Stories of 2012
By: BWW Special Coverage Dec. 26, 2012
BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of Tampa in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!
January
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Harry Connick Jr. Led ON A CLEAR DAY to Close on Broadway January 29 The producers of the newly imagined production of ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER starring Grammy and Emmy Award winner, Tony Award nominee and multi-platinum recording artist Harry Connick Jr anno... (read more...) |
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Photo Flash: Florida Studio Theater Extends THE LAST ROMANCE Florida Studio Theatre (FST) has announced a two-week extension of the romantic comedy The Last Romance by Joe DiPietro. ... (read more...) |
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Tampa Repertory Theatre Presents Cold Storage 1/19-29 Tampa Repertory Theatre will present Ronald Ribman's Dramatist Guild Award-winning play, Cold Storage, January 19th through the 29th in the Studio Theatre at Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City.... (read more...) |
February
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LES MISERABLES 25th Anniversary Tour Celebrates 500 Performances, 2/12 Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of LES MISERABLES will celebrate its 500th performance this Sunday, February 12, during the 2PM matinee at the Straz Center in Tampa, FL. ... (read more...) |
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Michael Orland to be 2012 Broadway Theatre Project Guest Artist Michael Orland, composer, is set to be the 2012 guest artist at Ben Vereen's Broadway Theatre Project this summer.... (read more...) |
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Cledus T. Judd of Tampa's WQYK to Appear at Side Splitters Comedy Club, 2/23-26 Cledus T. Judd is an American country music artist well known primarily for his parodies of popular country music songs. He has been called the 'Weird Al' Yankovic' of country music. He has released o... (read more...) |
March
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American Idol Team to Visit Broadway Theatre Project Broadway Theatre Project (BTP), which has spent the past two decades helping thousands of young, aspiring actors, singers and dancers to realize their potential in the performing arts, gets a taste of... (read more...) |
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1776, CLYBOURNE PARK, et al. Featured in Asolo Rep's 2012 Season Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards and Managing Director Linda DiGabriele just announced Asolo Repertory Theatre's 54th season, containing four Pulitzer Prize winning plays, Three Tony... (read more...) |
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Seth Rudetsky To Announce Van Wezel Performing Arts Center's 2012-2013 Season, 4/2 Seth Rudestky will join the City of Sarasota's Van Wezel Hall to announce the Purple Cow's 2012-2013 Broadway Season on April 2 at 6:00 pm. Seth is the Broadway host, seven days a week, on SiriusXM Sa... (read more...) |
April
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AMERICAN IDOL's Michael Orland and Peisha McPhee to Join Broadway Theatre Project The Broadway Theatre Project (BTP) based in Tampa, FL has announced that American Idol's Musical Director Michael Orland, together with Idol's Vocal Coach Peisha McPhee, will bring their acclaimed w... (read more...) |
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Nederlander Theater Organization and Tampa's Straz Center Form Alliance The Nederlander Organization of New York and the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa announced today that they will join forces to present the finest Broadway shows in the Tamp... (read more...) |
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Florida Studio Theatre Presents RICHARD AND BETTY BURDICK PLAY READING SERIES, 5/7-21 Florida Studio Theatre announces its annuAl Richard and Betty Burdick Play Reading Series, which will present three new plays by contemporary, American Playwrights. The series will take place in the K... (read more...) |
May
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DANCING WITH THE STARS Pros Join Broadway Theatre Project Joining the ranks of an already impressive group of Master Artists at this years' Broadway Theatre Project, Debra McWaters - BTP Co-Artistic Director and President, announces that Dancing With The Sta... (read more...) |
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DAS BARBECU, TALLEY'S FOLLY and More in Florida Studio Theatre's Season Lineup Florida Studio Theatre presents a new Summer Season lineup - with a Ring Cycle-inspired musical, a Pulitzer Prize-winning love story, and a comedy full of mistaken identities and slamming doors. The ... (read more...) |
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Tim Meadows Plays Side Splitters Comedy Club, 5/17-20 Born in Highland Park, Mich., and raised in Detroit, Meadows studied television and radio broadcasting at Wayne State University before performing improvisational comedy at the Soup Kitchen Saloon. In... (read more...) |
June
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Stageworks Presents SYLVIA, 6/28-7/15 Stageworks presents A.R. Gurney's SYLVIA, June 28 through July 15, 2012, directed by Karla Hartley and featuring Kari Goetz as the dog Sylvia.... (read more...) |
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Photo Flash: First Look at Florida Studio Theatre's DAS BARBECÜ, Opening 6/13 The 2012 Summer Season kicks off with the fiery fun musical DAS BARBECÜ in the Keating Theatre, June 13 through July 15. DAS BARBECÜ, with book and lyrics by Jim Luigs and music by Scott Warrender, is... (read more...) |
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Photo Flash: First Look at Loretta Swit in LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE Asolo Repertory Theatre opens their summer production of LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE tonight, June 22, and we have a first look at the production photos below.... (read more...) |
July
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Sarasota Opera Announces Casting for the 2012 - 2013 Season The 2012 fall season will include the Sarasota Youth Opera world premiere of LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND. The 2013 Winter Festival will feature three Sarasota Opera premieres: Puccini's TURANDOT; Verdi... (read more...) |
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Broadway Theatre Project Announces 2012 Festival Schedule Broadway Theatre Project President and Artistic Director Debra McWaters announced today that on July 27th and July 28th the University of South Florida will host this year's Festival featuring four pe... (read more...) |
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Single Tickets to Maltz Jupiter Theatre's Season Go On Sale 8/27 Single tickets for the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's 2012/13 Tenth Anniversary Season Celebration will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 27.... (read more...) |
August
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PHOENIX, HAMLET and More Set for Tampa Repertory Theatre's 2012-13 Season From Phoenix to Elsinore, with a stop in St. Louis, the Tampa Repertory Theatre's second season promises to engage audiences with plays new and old, but always provocative, innovative and classic. The... (read more...) |
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Van Wezel Announces 2012-2013 Season, Featuring LES MIZ, CHICAGO, et. al The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall announces its Legendary 2012-2013 Season, including some of the biggest and stars in entertainment. Sarasota premieres feature Sheryl Crow, John Legend, Queen Latifa... (read more...) |
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Maltz Jupiter Theatre to Host Presidential Debate Viewing Party, 10/22 The Maltz Jupiter Theatrew will salute the USA by hosting the official North Palm Beach County viewing party, in partnership with the Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce. Doors open at 6:30... (read more...) |
September
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Robert Kelly Plays Side Splitters Comedy Club, Now thru 9/8 Robert Kelly has been winning over audiences for the last 18 years. In addition to clubs and colleges nationwide, Kelly has traveled across the country in the 'Tourgasm Live' tour with Dane Cook and G... (read more...) |
October
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PHOENIX Opens Tampa Repertory Theatre's 2012-13 Season Tonight, 10/11 From Phoenix to Elsinore, with a stop in St. Louis, the Tampa Repertory Theatre's second season promises to engage audiences with plays new and old, but always provocative, innovative and classic. The... (read more...) |
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Tampa Rep Opens Second Season with PHOENIX, Now thru 10/28 The second full season for Tampa Repertory Theatre kicks off with the regional premiere of the two-character romantic comedy Phoenix, by Scott Organ. The play opens tonight, October 11, at 7:30 PM in ... (read more...) |
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Maltz Jupiter Theatre Hosts Presidential Debate Viewing Party Tonight, 10/22 The Maltz Jupiter Theatrew will salute the USA by hosting the official North Palm Beach County viewing party, in partnership with the Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce. Doors open at 6:30... (read more...) |
November
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STAGE TUBE: ELF Lands in Tampa! Performances begin at the Straz Center this week; check out a video of ELF's 'Buddy,' Matt Kopec, performing in Tampa!... (read more...) |
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Sarasota Opera to Present Panel: Meet the Artists of LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND, 11/7 On Wednesday, November 7, from 5:00 - 6:00pm, Sarasota Opera will host a special 'Meet the Artists' panel discussion focusing on the creation of Sarasota Opera's upcoming world premiere of Little Nemo... (read more...) |
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Stageworks Presents HOLIDAY PARTY OF ONE, 11/29-12/16 Holiday Party of One, created by Alison Burns and Karla Hartley and directed by Karla Hartley, will be presented at the Stageworks Theatre, from November 29 through December 16. The show is billed as ... (read more...) |
December
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Historic Speakeasy Event to Be Held at Lake Worth Playhouse, 1/23 As a historic performing arts organization in PBC, the Lake Worth Playhouse transforms its 1920s theatre into a historic Speakeasy for just one night of fun and festive impropriety!... (read more...) |
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Stageworks Presents MOMOLOGUES 2 - OFF TO SCHOOL, 1/31 Stageworks Theatre presents MOMologues 2 - Off to School by Lisa Rafferty, January 31 - February 17, 2013.... (read more...) |
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