Opera-composing greats Verdi and Puccino will be performed as part of Opera Tampa's upcoming season.
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The exhibit features major works by internationally renowned artists as well as exceptional pieces by local artists who are known beyond this area.
"Race" give actors, audiences a lot to chew on in a performance that shows how people manipulate their vulnerabilities to gain favor.
1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin; (727) 298-3322. Now showing: "Bill McCarthy – Three Islands": a photographic series created at three distinct island locations – an active volcanic island country of Iceland, Bailey Island off of Maine and barrier island Caladesi; "Aydelette Kelsey – Other, Elsewhere": The Sarasota photographer as traveler capturing moments from other places; "CASTaway": DFAC students and members translate the castaway theme in all media; all exhibits through Aug. 11; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday; $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and students and $3 for children younger than 12.
One of the most popular classical ballets will be performed Saturday at the Straz Center by Next Generation Ballet.
Stageworks' opening night for "Biloxi Blues" was hot. Africa hot. But even Tarzan could have withstood the heat, because terrific productions trump bad weather.
The latest David Mamet play, which opens tonight, looks at America's current race relations, as well as gender and class issues, in the context of a pending court case.
Two topics that prompt a lot of conversation and consternation – war and sex – find the spotlight this week on area stages.
Michael Cavanaugh's career is like a Cinderfella story. In his case, the "prince" is a childhood idol.
Though a prominent musician in his day, Eduard Franck was virtually erased from history in the 20th century. Fifty years later, his family scoured Europe for his compositions and, once found, regifted them to the world.
Tight choreography and dancers' personalities make the show, which pays homage to the traditions of ballroom and Latin dancing, a mesmerizing spectacle.
It was a grand afternoon at a grand opera for a grand man as Maestro Anton Coppola conducted his final performance of "Aida" with Opera Tampa on Sunday and then stepped down as the company's artistic director.
400 N. Ashley Drive, Tampa; (813) 221-2222. Now showing: "Andy Warhol & Friends," inaugural exhibit in its new location features iconic photographic images by the pop artist, through May 27; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 12 to 5 p.m. Sunday; $6 (free for members), $4 for students and military.
To some, "bare: a pop opera" may suggest a frothy romp through musical theater. But it's actually a thoughtful exploration of young people struggling with internal and external demons that threaten to devour their true selves.
When "Burn the Floor" opens Tuesday at the Straz Center, audiences' notion of ballroom dancing will never be the same.
"Aida," opening at the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, is expected to meet the challenge that Giuseppe Verdi's opera presents.
Unable to choose a fiction winner, Pulitzer Prize officials made a decision guaranteed to satisfy no one.
There's a new king on Broadway, as "The Lion King" has surpassed "The Phantom of the Opera" as the all-time highest grossing show.
An autopsy is planned for Thomas Kinkade, the popular painter who died at his Northern California home.
800 E. Palmetto St., Lakeland; (863) 688-7743. Now showing: Albert Paley: Sketches & Steel," described as "industrial poetry," this exhibit focuses on both sides of Paley's creative process – the plan and the end product – with his large sculptures on view alongside initial sketches; "From the Flat Files," exhibit reveals some never-before-seen unframed treasures that have been hidden in storage cabinets, through May 26; "Surface Effects," explores the various applications of texture, from gritty and smooth to fuzzy, in artwork, through April 21; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m Sunday, closed Mondays; $5 general admission, $4 seniors 62 and older, free for students and children.
"The Rocky Horror Show" is like the McDonald's of pop culture: Everyone's heard of it, and you can find at least one in every town in America.
"Come Fly Away" marries Frank Sinatra's classics with Twyla Tharp's emotive choreography in a truly welcome step back in time.
Actor Leslie Jordan says he learned early in life that being funny can "keep the bullies at bay."
600 N. Ashley Drive, downtown Tampa; (813) 274-8130. Now showing: "Southern Recollections," the work of Romare Bearden with "Cyborgs" and "33 1/3 – Performed by Audience," through May 6; and "William Pachner: Works from the 1960s," focuses on works when Pachner, a major force in Tampa's art scene, split his time between the Bay area and Woodstock, through May 6; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; admission is $10 for adults, $5 for students, children 6 and under get in free.
Frank Sinatra plus Twyla Tharp seems an unusual equation, but it's just about as brilliant as pi. His music and her choreography work in tandem in Tharp's dance revue "Come Fly Away," which opens Tuesday at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts.
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