| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Upstairs/Downstairs at the Tampa Bay HotelPresented by Henry B. Plant Museum at Henry B. Plant Museum September 11, 2011-May 27, 2012 Step back in time and enjoy these living history vignettes that bring turn-of-the-century Tampa Bay Hotel staff members and guests to life. Based on original research conducted by the Henry B. Plant Museum, the characters in our one-person shows are based wholly or in part on actual Hotel staff and guests. Recreating the attitudes and mores of a bygone time, along with the sorrows and joys of their existence, characters Arthur Schleman (hunting and fishing guide), Otis Freedman (head... | Henry B. Plant Museum | 09/11/11-
05/27/12 | Tampa |
| A Wedding To Die For Mystery Dinner Show | MurderS She Wrote, Inc. Murder Mystery Dinner Shows | 09/24/11-
10/27/12 | Clearwater |
The Murder Mystery Company Presents: "Crime and Pun-ishment"Presented by The Murder Mystery Company April 13-June 16, 2012 Looking for a new and exciting activity? Come on down to The Empress Tea Room and join us for a Killer experience!! The Murder Mystery Co. presents "Crime and Pun-ishment". Step right into the gangster ridden streets of the roarin' 20's, don your suits and flapper dresses and get your sleuth on. Help solve the comical murder of a notorious "family" member while you indulge in a delicious three course meal. The killer could be anyone, was it you? | The Murder Mystery Company | 04/13/12-
06/16/12 | Tampa |
National Dance Day Fundraiser 2012Presented by The Creative Movement Company and Dancing With Grace May 20, 2012 The Creative Movement Company is bringing together the Tampa Bay community for a celebration of dance and fitness for National Dance Day on Sunday, May 20th as the kickoff event for National Dance Day. On May 20th local instructors are volunteering to raise funds for our July 28th event so you can dance on both days and have twice as much fun! The Fundraiser will be held at Rizing Starz Dance Academy from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The event offers classes to all ages and skill... | The Creative Movement Company | 05/20/12 | Tampa |
Young Dramatists' Project 2012Presented by Gorilla Theatre May 31-June 10, 2012 YDP ’12 is a fantastic evening of prizewinning plays written by local high school and middle school students. Gorilla Theatre’s annual competition has brought forth 5 great short plays. This year, the theme is “Emergence.” Come explore with us as characters become trapped, obsess on the past, create wild artistic expression, take huge leaps of faith, and gamble on wildly improbable chances. All that in the search for freedom!
The winning plays and playwrights... | Gorilla Theatre | 05/31/12-
06/10/12 | Tampa |
Vanishing PointPresented by American Stage Theatre Company at American Stage Theatre June 1-July 8, 2012 Music by Rob Hartman
Book and lyrics by Liv Cummins and Rob Hartman
Original concept and lyrics by Scott Keyes
“A playful experiment in which the four A's - Amelia, Aimee, Agatha, and the audience - come briefly and melodiously unglued in time and space.” –Chicago Sun-Times
Agatha Christie vanished for eleven days in 1926. That same year, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished for three weeks. Amelia Earhart disappeared during her... | American Stage Theatre Company | 06/01/12-
07/08/12 | St. Petersburg |
City Theatre presents A Streecar Named Desire Presented by St. Petersburg City Theatre June 1-June 17, 2012 City Theatre presents an American Classic by Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire – June 1-17
Step off into the steamy French quarter of New Orleans, amongst the tumble down apartments on the seedier side. Embrace the tragic tale of Blanche DuBois; her life derailed by romantic illusions unable to withstand the harsh light of reality as the animal just beneath the surface of her polite southern exterior tries to escape.
Director Keven... | St. Petersburg City Theatre | 06/01/12-
06/17/12 | Saint Petersburg |
The Queen ExtravaganzaPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at Straz Center for the Performing Arts June 15, 2012 Launching this summer, the Queen Extravaganza is a spectacular touring concert show designed to take the glorious music and the live experience of legends of rock Queen to generations of fans in cities coast-to-coast across the United States and Canada.
Taking on the role of producer and music director, Queen’s iconic drummer Roger Taylor has created an ultimate Queen concert experience in an electrifying road show that celebrates the band’s music and legacy... | Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 06/15/12 | Tampa |
Hate MailPresented by Tarpon Springs Cultural Center at Tarpon Springs Cultural Center June 15-June 24, 2012 Hate Mail
by Bill Corbett and Kira Obolensky
Directed by George Hook
June 15-17, 22-24
Fridays and Saturdays 8 pm, Sundays 2 pm
Tarpon Springs Cultural Center
Tickets $16, $14 (Members & Students). Opening night $10
Called deliciously malicious, Hate Mail offers the charm and delights of a beloved romantic comedy – minus all the saccharine. The script is razor-sharp; the production is... | Tarpon Springs Cultural Center | 06/15/12-
06/24/12 | Tarpon Springs |
CabaretPresented by freeFall Theatre Company at freeFall Studio Theatre June 21-July 22, 2012 Book by: Joe Masteroff
Music by: John Kander
Lyrics by: Fred Ebb
The legendary 1966 musical smash with score by Kander and Ebb is set in pre-war Weimar Germany in the seedy world of a Berlin cabaret called The Kit Kat Klub. While tensions build outside with the rise of the Nazi party, the care-free abandon of the bohemian world of the club is interrupted. Battle lines are drawn and the world of the cabaret begins to parody the politics outside its doors.... | freeFall Theatre Company | 06/21/12-
07/22/12 | St. Petersburg |
TitusPresented by Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center June 24, 2012 Titus (La clemenza di Tito) by W. A. Mozart
Presented by New Century Opera
Executive and Artistic Director Constantine Grame
Sung in English
New Century Opera presents one of Mozart's finest operas, which tells an exciting tale of love, betrayal, and attempted murder, all set in ancient Rome.
| Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center | 06/24/12 | Tarpon Springs |
Jobsite Theater presents ClosetlandPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at Straz Center for the Performing Arts July 11-July 29, 2012 By Radha Baradwaj, based on her 1991 screenplay
Directed by Gavin Hawk
In an unnamed country, in unspecified times, a man purporting to be the government’s representative interrogates a female author of children’s fiction, on the grounds that her harmless story of children and farm animals, Closet Land, is politically subversive.
Powerful and terrifying, Closetland ultimately links political, state-sponsored violence with intimate, personal abuse,... | Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 07/11/12-
07/29/12 | Tampa |
Job-side Productions' Chapel Perilous by Christen Petitt HaileyPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at Straz Center for the Performing Arts July 19-July 29, 2012 Written by Christen Petitt Hailey
Fraternal twins Mae and Jake own a dodgy beach bar and massage parlor. When they learn a hurricane is on the way, they do what comes naturally – throw a party and sing some karaoke. However, the forces of chaos, destruction, unrequited love, and poisonous hotdogs threaten to destroy everything.
| Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 07/19/12-
07/29/12 | Tampa |
CarouselPresented by Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center July 20-July 29, 2012 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel
July 20-22, 27-29
Fridays & Saturdays 8 pm, Sundays 2 pm
Performing Arts Center
Enjoy one of the best Broadway musicals of all time, the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Carousel. In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow gets second chance in life to bring his child and her mother a sense of hope and dignity – a dramatic testimony to the... | Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center | 07/20/12-
07/29/12 | Tarpon Springs |
The ProducersPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at Straz Center for the Performing Arts July 21-July 22, 2012 Based on the Academy® Award-winning 1968 Mel Brooks film of the same name, The Producers is the story of down-on-his-luck theatrical producer Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, a mousy accountant. Together, they hatch the ultimate scam: Raise more money than you need for a sure-fire Broadway fiasco ... and then pocket the difference. Their masterpiece, Springtime for Hitler, turns out to be a smash, ruining all the plans they had for their success with a failure.
At the 2001... | Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 07/21/12-
07/22/12 | Tampa |
The ForeignerPresented by American Stage Theatre Company at American Stage Theatre July 27-September 2, 2012 by Larry Shue“Larry Shue has raided comedy's storehouse!” –Bergen RecordThe Foreigner demonstrates what can happen when a group of devious characters deal with a stranger whom they think knows no English. The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by Froggy LeSeuer, a British demolition expert who occasionally runs training sessions at a nearby army base. This time Froggy has brought along a friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie who is... | American Stage Theatre Company | 07/27/12-
09/02/12 | St. Petersburg |
Super WHY Live: You've Got the PowerPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at Straz Center for the Performing Arts July 28, 2012 Reading is power and SUPER WHY! was created to help kids ages 3-6 learn the fundamentals of reading through interactive storybook adventures. Based on the PBS television series, SUPER WHY! represents a unique approach to preschool education, featuring a team of superhero characters with literacy-based powers, who jump into books to look for answers to everyday problems. The audience member is the superhero sidekick, who is encouraged and empowered to participate in the reading adventure by... | Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 07/28/12 | Tampa |
Music Out of a HatPresented by Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center August 24, 2012 Music Out of a Hat
August 24 at 7 pm
Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center
Hosted by Maria Zouves and the VOICExperience Singers, this is a fun-filled interactive quiz show with music from opera, musical theater and more. You don’t have to be a musical expert and there is no homework required. Lots of fun and lots of prizes! | Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center | 08/24/12 | Tarpon Springs |
Standup Comedy with Anjelah JohnsonPresented by Straz Center For The Performing Arts at Straz Center for the Performing Arts September 29, 2012 Born and raised in San Jose, Calif., Anjelah Johnson is of Mexican and Native American descent. Johnson was a professional cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders, where she was named Rookie of the Year. She became an internet sensation with her viral video “Nail Salon” and later, she appeared on MADtv as a series regular, which then spawned another internet sensation “Bon Qui Qui.” Johnson was nominated for an ALMA Award for her work on the show. | Straz Center For The Performing Arts | 09/29/12 | Tampa |
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