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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 workshop 'Find Your Unique Voice' to BTP this summer.

In this special Alhambra After Dark performance, The Improv Effect improvisational comedy troupe will be performing at the Alhambra with a full 90 minutes of improvisational comedy.

Dance, shout and shake your booty over to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall when CIRQUE DREAMS newest stage spectacle, Pop Goes The Rock makes its debut in Sarasota by presenting Cirque Dreams variety acts and acrobatic feats to popular songs and chart topping hits spanning the decades Mon.

Celebrating 50 years in music, multi-Grammy® winner and Band Leader Sergio Mendes and three-time Grammy® winner Jon Secada bring a Brazilian high-energy style of Latin Jazz featuring Mendes' mix of light jazz, bossa nova beats and contemporary soft pop melodies, and vocal stylings of Jon Secada.

Shen Yun returns to the Bay area at The Mahaffey on Saturday, May 5 at 2 p.

Bobby Collins is an award-winning comedian, who has starred in his own Showtime Special, was the host of VH1's "Stand Up Spotlight," and most recently was seen on the "Joy Behar Show.

In this special Alhambra After Dark performance, The Improv Effect improvisational comedy troupe will be performing at the Alhambra with a full 90 minutes of improvisational comedy.

Florida Studio Theatre announces its annual Richard and Betty Burdick Play Reading Series, which will present three new plays by contemporary, American playwrights.

IN THE MOOD returns to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Sun.

Comedians Spanky Brown and Amy Schumer are set to perform at the Side Splitters Comedy Club April 12-15 and April 19-21, respectively.

The Nederlander Organization of New York and the David A.

Sands Theater Center and Athens Theatre present FIDDLER ON THE ROOF opening April 13th.

Florida Studio Theatre opens Jericho by Jack Canfora, a National New Play Network (NNPN) Rolling World Premiere, tonight, Friday, April 6, 2012, in the Keating Theatre (1241 N.

Check out these production shots of Over the Tavern, featuring Thomas Mothershed (Chet), Jenny Smith (Ellen), Tommy Short (Rudy), Jake Mann (Georgie), Justen Montgomery (Eddie), Angelina Torre (Annie) and Nancy Antonio (Sister Clarissa).

Florida State Theatre will be moving 'Shake Rattle & Roll' into the Gompertz theatre to allow it a 2-week extension.

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall's 2012-2013 Broadway Season includes nine Broadway shows, and seven Broadway "Specials.

NBC's America's Got Talent is taping live at The Mahaffey and you can join host Nick Cannonand celebrity judges Howard Stern, Howie Mandel, and Sharon Osbourne in the live television audience!

On Saturday, April 21st, Broadway's top rated revue 3 MEN AND A BABY.

Stageworks Theatre presents their production of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.

Venue Ensemble Theatre presents THE OUTRAGEOUS ADVENTURES OF SHELDON & MRS.

The Gorilla Theatre presents the regional premiere of the gripping off-Broadway hit The Whipping Man through April 1.

Kurt Sutton returns to the Manatee Players in his brand new one-man show based on Mark Twain's book "Roughing It" on Saturday March 31 for one show.

The Carol Morsani Hall is set to present War Horse to Tampa audiences from April 30th through May 5th.

It will be a "Grand Night for Broadway" at the historic Palladium Theater on Saturday, April 21st.

John Logan's award-winning drama makes its way to the Historic Asolo Theater as a co-production with Maltz Jupiter Theatre at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art as a part of the 2011-2012 Asolo Repertory Theatre season.