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New Tampa Players is Bringing JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR to Their Home Stage at the University Area CDC
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2017
New Tampa Players is bringing Jesus Christ Superstar to their home stage at the University Area CDC March 31 through April 2 and April 7 through April 9, but first they have been taking the show on the road. Earlier this month, the cast performed a musical revue for the resident families at Metropolitan Ministries. 'Rehearsals for Superstar have been demanding, so I wasn't sure how the cast would feel about giving up a Saturday,' Director G. Frank Meekins said, 'but in the end it was a privilege to be able to share musical theater with adults and children who might not otherwise get to see a live performance like this.'
THE FLICK, THE TEMPEST, 1984 Among Jobsite Theater's 2017-18 Season
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2017
Jobsite Theater has announces the 2017-18 season, our 15th as resident theater company of the Straz Center in downtown Tampa.
BWW Review: Jobsite Theater Presents Martin McDonagh's Quirky, Darkly Funny A SKULL IN CONNEMARA at the Shimberg
by Peter Nason - March 20, 2017
Pitch-perfect, pitch-black humor and fine performances bring this literal skull-bashing production to life.
100 Year Old Conductor, Maestro Anton Coppola to Lead Opera Tampa in Concert, 3/25
by BWW News Desk - March 16, 2017
 March 21, 2017 marks the 100th birthday of Maestro Anton Coppola, the conductor and composer whose career has spanned from singing in the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus for the American premiere of Puccini's Turandot at age 9 to - 91 years later - conducting his own an alternate ending for Puccini's unfinished masterpiece, one of two new works to be premiered on March 25th at Coppola Conducts: 100 Years Young. This concert will be presented by Opera Tampa, the company for which Coppola was the founding Artistic Director.
Photo Flash: A SKULL IN CONNEMARA at Jobsite Theater Opens Tomorrow
by BWW News Desk - March 16, 2017
Jobsite Theater, resident theater company of the Straz Center, completes the pitch-black Irish comedy trilogy set in rural west Ireland just in time for St. Patrick's Day this year with Martin McDonagh's A Skull in Connemara, which runs Mar. 17 - Apr. 9, 2017, in the Straz's Shimberg Playhouse.
Creative Loafing's Performing Arts Festival Returns to the Tampa Museum of Art
by BWW News Desk - March 16, 2017
Creative Loafing's fourth annual Gasp!, presented by Tampa International Airport, is a performing arts event like no other - a kaleidoscopic circus of theater, dance, music, spoken word, visual art, soundscapes, cabaret and more at the Tampa Museum of Art on Friday, March 31st, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Florida Studio Theatre to Stage Regional Premiere of RICH GIRL
by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2017
Florida Studio Theatre's Mainstage season concludes with the romantic and clever Rich Girl by Victoria Stewart. Based off of Henry James' classic novel Washington Square, this REGIONAL PREMIERE runs from April 5 to May 26 in the Gompertz Theatre.
BWW Review: THE LYONS MAKE DYING FUN at West Coast Players
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - March 13, 2017
Set in a hospital room, instead of tender moments, a belittling passive-aggressive wife and mother is more interested in changing the living room and moving on with her life, then providing comfort to her dying husband and two grown children.
BWW Review: RAUNCHY LITTLE MUSICAL - BELLE BARTH IS BACK'S DEBUT IN THE CWP BLACK BOX at Carrollwood Players Theater
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - March 11, 2017
There's no doubt - after laughing on and off for 100 minutes, people will be talking about this show. People will be getting on their cell phones, laptops and computers and Googling 'Belle Barth', searching for YouTube videos of her risque comedy routines. RAUNCHY LITTLE MUSICAL - BELLE BARTH IS BACK - a musical about the life and times of a female pioneer in comedy is just that good.
New Tampa Players to Host Master Class with Broadway's Danny Zolli
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2017
In preparation for its upcoming performance of Jesus Christ Superstar, the New Tampa Players, in collaboration with University Area Community Development Center are presenting a Master Class with Broadway star Danny Zolli on March 11th from 2:00P.M.-5:00P.M. at the University Area Community Development Center.
Tampa's GASPARILLA MUSIC FESTIVAL Unveils Complete Lineup
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2017
After much speculation and anticipation the final wave of acts are being announced today for the 6th Annual Gasparilla Music Festival presented by Frontier ("GMF") which returns to downtown Tampa's Curtis Hixon Park on March 11th & 12th.   
Tampa's Gasparilla Music Festival Previews Bands for 2017 Lineup
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2017
The Gasparilla Music Festival presented by Frontier (GMF) has released a preview of several acts that will be performing at the 6th annual Gasparilla Music Festival taking place March 11-12, 2017 in downtown Tampa.   
SHEAR MADNESS Extends Breaking Record 11-week Run in Florida Rep's ArtStage Studio
by BWW News Desk - March 08, 2017
Now playing in Florida Rep's ArtStage Studio Theatre, 'Shear Madness' will extend its nearly sold out run to April 2nd, setting an 11-week record for the theatre. And for its final week, Florida Rep welcomes Lisa McMillan to the cast, who is currently appearing in the New York production.
New Tampa Players Announces Cast of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2017
Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1970 rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started as a rock opera concept album before its Broadway debut in 1971. The musical is sung-through, with no spoken dialogue.
Patrick Wilson's Career Achievement Tribute Turns Into Family Time at the 11th Annual Gasparilla International Film Festival
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2017
The Suncoast Credit Union Gasparilla International Film Festival awarded Patrick Wilson (Aquaman, The Conjuring, Phantom of the Opera) the Career Achievement Award at the 11th Annual Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa, Florida. 
BWW Review: Ensemble and Direction Galvanize EVITA at Eight O'Clock Theatre
by Peter Nason - March 06, 2017
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's masterpiece is a gorgeous-looking production.
HAMILTON Comes to Straz Center in Tampa
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2017
According to ABC Action News, The Straz Center for the Performing Arts announced this morning that HAMILTON is confirmed as part of the 2018-2019 season. Exact dates have not yet been announced.
Asolo Rep to Host LA FETE DE MONTE CARLO Gala at The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2017
Asolo Rep's Annual Gala: La Fete de Monte Carlo, will be held today, March 4, 2017 at The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota.
The LYONS by Nicky Silver at West Coast Players
by BWW News Desk - March 03, 2017
As Ben Lyons lies dying, his wife of forty years, Rita, flips through decorating magazines, planning a living room make-over. Ben and Rita have been at war for many years and when they're joined by their children, Lisa and Curtis, all efforts at a pleasant visit or a sentimental goodbye to the dying patriarch are soon abandoned.
Tampa Rep to Continue 'Conversation Starters' Series with THE WOMEN OF LOCKERBIE
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2017
Conversation Starters, Tampa Repertory Theatre and Creative Loafing's series of staged readings of new plays, continues with The Women of Lockerbie, a moving poetic drama about the triumph of love over hate, by Deborah Brevoort.
Florida Studio Theatre's Stage III Series to Present GROUNDED
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2017
FST's Stage III series presents Grounded by George Brant. This powerful production of strength and self-discovery runs from March 22 through April 7 in Bowne's Lab Theatre.
SEESAW and More Coming Up in The Ringling's 'New Stages' Series
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2017
In February, The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art launched the next phase of its New Stages series with New Sincerity, featuring artists who seek to redefine the parameters of performance and contemporary art.
freeFall Theatre Company presents Florida Regional Premiere of RED VELVET
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2017
freeFall Theatre Company presents the Florida regional premiere of RED VELVET by Lolita Chakrabarti. RED VELVET plays freeFall February 25 through March 26. Jose Rufino (freeFall's RIP.TIED and MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM) returns to St. Petersburg as Ira Aldridge. The play also features Joe Lauck (freeFall's hit premiere THE BUFFALO KINGS), Britta Ollmann, Megan Therese Rippey, Edward French, Douglas Hall, Amy Dawn Rufino and Matt Lunsford.
Gasp! will Return to the Tampa Museum of Art for a Fourth Year on March 31st
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2017
Creative Loafing's fourth annual Gasp!, presented by Tampa International Airport, is a performing arts event like no other -  a kaleidoscopic circus of theater, dance, music, spoken word, visual art, soundscapes, cabaret and more at the Tampa Museum of Art on Friday, March 31st, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. 
BWW Review: THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR at the Carrollwood Players
by Peter Nason - February 23, 2017
Escape to Sweetgum, Texas for a couple of hours of country-bumpkin fun!

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