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Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center: May Events |
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Saturday, 21 March 2009 |
MAY 2009
WAISTWATCHERS, The Calorie-Free Musical, Tues.-Sun., Feb. 6-May 10,
Jaeb Theater, Tues. 7:30 p.m., Wed. 7:30 p.m., Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri.
7:30 p.m., Sat. 2 and 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 and 7:30 p.m.: $31.50; preview
performances $19.50. If you've tried it all – from grapefruit diets to
water calisthenics – then come try Waist Watchers, the hilarious and
heart-warming musical that celebrates our love/hate obsession with
weight. Enter a group meeting where the scale, measurements, fats and
carbs make us laugh ourselves silly and lose a few calories in the
process. Enjoy songs like "Measure for Measure," "Refrigerator Tango"
and "Scales of Injustice." By the show’s end you’ll see that laughter
can help you tackle any challenge – such as passing up pie or joining a
gym – especially when you have the right musical inspiration!
Fiddler on the Roof, BANK OF AMERICA BEST OF BROADWAY TAMPA BAY,
Tues.-Sun., April 28-May 3, Carol Morsani Hall, Tues. 7:30 p.m., Wed.
7:30 p.m., Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 2 and 8 p.m., Sun. 2 and
7:30 p.m.: Regularly priced tickets start at $38.50. Single tickets
on-sale March 15. Fiddler on the Roof, The Tony® Award-winning musical
that has captured the hearts of people all over the world with its
universal appeal, embarks on its national tour. In what is a huge
theatrical feat, audiences will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
to see the original Tevye from the acclaimed film, Chaim Topol, perform
the role that made him legendary with his award-winning portrayal in
Fiddler on the Roof. Based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem, Fiddler
on the Roof has been lauded by critics again and again, and won the
hearts of people all around the world. Filled with a rousing,
heartwarming score, which includes "Tradition," "Matchmaker,
Matchmaker," "If I Were A Rich Man" and "Sunrise, Sunset," Fiddler on
the Roof is a timeless classic. No other musical has so magically woven
music, dance, poignancy and laughter into such an electrifying and
unforgettable experience. Relive a glorious tradition of the musical
theater with Topol in Fiddler on the Roof.
(_) The Florida Orchestra presents Brahms: Symphony No. 3, PROGRESS
ENERGY MASTERWORKS, Fri., May 1, Ferguson Hall, 8 p.m.: Regularly
priced tickets start at $21. Stefan Sanderling, conductor; Karen Gomyo,
violin; ADLER: The Fixed Desire of the Human Heart; SHOSTAKOVICH:
Violin Concerto No. 1; BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3; Hailed by The Houston
Chronicle for her "big sound, rich lyricism, and above all, compelling
authority," Canadian violinist Karen Gomyo returns to TFO to perform
Dmitri Shostakovich's "Violin Concerto No. 1." Stefan Sanderling
conducts this program, which also includes Brahms' "Symphony No. 3" and
the TFO premiere of America composer Samuel Adler's "The Fixed Desire
of the Human Heart."
The Kite Runner, OFF CENTER SERIES, Fri.-Sun., May 1-3, Shimberg
Playhouse, Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 4 p.m.: Regularly priced
tickets are $24.50. Based on the novel “The Kite Runner” by Khaled
Hosseini, The Kite Runner follows the story of Amir, the privileged son
of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of Amir’s
father’s servant. As children in the relatively stable Afghanistan of
the early 1970s, the boys are inseparable. They spend idyllic days
running kites and telling stories of mystical places and powerful
warriors until an unspeakable event changes the nature of their
relationship forever, and eventually cements their bonds in ways
neither boy could have ever predicted.
Patel Conservatory Youth Orchestra Spring Chamber Recital, Sat., May 2,
Ferguson Hall, 1 p.m. Regularly priced tickets are $8 in advance, $10
day of show. The Chamber Winds Orchestra will be featured at this PCYO
concert, which has been made possible through the generosity of ACMP –
The Chamber Music Network, and the Clinton B. Ford Fund of its ACMP
Foundation.
Patel Conservatory Youth Orchestra Spring Concert, Sun., May 3,
Ferguson Hall, 2 p.m. Regularly priced tickets start at $10 in advance,
$12 day of show. The nationally-acclaimed Patel Conservatory Youth
Orchestra, comprised of more than 250 young performers from 75 high
schools in seven counties, will perform its spring concert. Groups
performing in the spring concert include Concert Strings, String
Sinfonia, Junior Philharmonic and Youth Symphony.
Orlando Ballet School at the Patel Conservatory Spring Recital, Wed.,
May 6, Ferguson Hall, 6 p.m. Regularly priced tickets start at $10 in
advance, $12 day of show. All students in pre-K4 through grade two who
have participated in the Creative Movement 1, Creative Movement 2 and
Primary ballet classes will perform.
(_) Stageworks presents Shining City, Thurs.-Sun., May 7-24, Shimberg
Playhouse, Thurs. 8 p.m., Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 4 p.m.:
Regularly priced tickets start at $24.50. Set in Dublin, a guilt-ridden
man reaches out to a therapist after seeing the ghost of his recently
deceased wife. Wrestling with his own demons, the therapist can only do
so much to help. “Haunting and absolutely glorious! The most shocking
ending on Broadway." — The New York Times
Time Tapestries, Fri., May 8, TECO Theater, 7 p.m.: FREE. An original
theater work created jointly by members of Times Tapestries at the
University Village and Hillsborough County school students, this
intergenerational project is in partnership with the Masterpiece Living
program at the University Village. Participants will perform the play
they have been inspired to write.
(_) Spanish Lyric Theatre presents 50th Anniversary Gala and Show,
Sat., May 9, Ferguson Hall, 7:30 p.m.: Regularly priced tickets start
at $30. For more information, visit spanishlyrictheatre.com.
Mother Load, Tues.-Sun., May 12-17, Jaeb Theater, Tues. 7:30 p.m., Wed.
7:30 p.m., Thurs. 7:30 p.m., Fri. 7:30 p.m., Sat. 2 and 7:30 p.m., Sun.
2 and 6 p.m.: Regularly priced tickets are $31.50. Don’t miss the
off-Broadway hit and New York Magazine Critic’s Pick, Mother Load, the
hysterical expose of cutthroat, mom-eat-mom world of competitive
parenting. In a world where a toddler’s birthday party must be catered,
a stroller costs $800 and there are new dangers in your child’s toy box
every week, how can a mother keep from losing her mind? Visit
motherloadshow.com.
Patel Conservatory Adult Showcase, Fri., May 15, TECO Theater, 7:30
p.m. $8 in advance, $10 day of show. The Adult Student Showcase brings
students in music, dance, musical theater and acting out of the
classroom and onto the stage to delight the audience with what they’ve
learned throughout the year.
(_) The Florida Orchestra presents Resurrection, PROGRESS ENERGY
MASTERWORKS, Fri., May 15, Carol Morsani Hall, 8 p.m.: Regularly priced
tickets start at $21. Stefan Sanderling, conductor; The Master Chorale
of Tampa Bay's Richard Zielinkski, music and artistic director; MAHLER:
Symphony No. 2, Resurrection; Inviting the audience on a journey from a
despairing preoccupation with death to a soaring and releasing
deliverance, Stefan Sanderling closes the Masterworks season with
Mahler's "Symphony No. 2, Resurrection" in what promises to be an
exhilarating collaboration of TFO and The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay.
This work was last performed by TFO on the 1999/2000 season.
Spring Youth Showcase A, Sat., May 16, TECO Theater, noon.: Tickets are
$8 in advance and $10 day of show. The Youth Showcase displays the
talents of a small selection of courses, including musical theater,
dance, acting and music.
Spring Youth Showcase B, Sat., May 16, TECO Theater, 3:30 p.m.: Tickets
are $8 in advance and $10 day of show. The Youth Showcase displays the
talents of a small selection of courses, including musical theater,
dance, acting and music.
Spring Adult Showcase, Sat., May 16, TECO Theater, 7:30 p.m.: Tickets
are $8 in advance and $10 day of show. The Adult Student Showcase
brings students in music, dance, musical theater and acting out of the
classroom and onto the stage to delight the audience with what they’ve
learned throughout the year.
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles, Sat.-Sun., May 16-17, Carol Morsani
Hall, Sat. 2 and 8 p.m., Sun. 2 and 7 p.m.: Regularly priced tickets
start at $39.50. Experience what Beatlemania was all about! From Ed
Sullivan to Abbey Road! – They look like them and they sound just like
them! “The next best thing to seeing the Beatles,” raved The Denver
Post. All the music and vocals are performed totally live! Rain covers
the Fab Four from the earliest beginnings through the psychedelic late
60s and their long-haired hippie, hard-rocking rooftop days. Rain is a
multi-media, multi-dimensional experience ... a fusion of historical
footage and hilarious television commercials from the 1960s lights up
video screens and live cameras zoom in for close-ups. “Uncanny! Rain
are a quartet of fine musicians in their own right …as The Beatles,
they triumph!” cheered The Boston Herald. “An adoring Valentine to The
Beatles,” declared The Washington Post. Sing along with your family and
friends to such Beatlemaniac favorites as “Let It Be,” “Hey Jude,” “My
Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Come Together” and “Can’t Buy Me Love.” Visit
raintribute.com.
An American Dream, Sun., May 17, Ferguson Hall, 2 p.m.: Regularly
priced tickets start at $10 in advance, $12 day of show. World premiere
of a unique collaboration between two nationally known arts programs
housed at TBPAC: the Patel Conservatory Youth Orchestra and the Orlando
Ballet School at the Patel Conservatory in Dream Threads. The Patel
Conservatory Jazz Ensemble will also be featured in the performance.
Dancers from OBS at the Conservatory, accompanied by musicians from the
Youth Symphony and Jazz Ensemble, will perform works by three of
America’s celebrated artists. Highlighting the program is the premiere
of the Dream Threads ballet, choreographed by internationally-renowned
Tom Gold, with a score by one of the most respected composers working
today—Grammy® Award-winner Augusta Read Thomas—as commissioned by the
Patel Conservatory. Dream Threads is based on the story of The Magic
Thread, a tale of a young boy who finds a magic thread which, when
pulled, propels time forward.
Patel Conservatory Youth Theater Company Jr. presents Disney’s High
School Musical, Thurs., May 21, Ferguson Hall, 7 p.m. Regularly priced
tickets start at $10 in advance, $12 day of show. Performers in grades
two through six in the Patel Conservatory Youth Theater Company will
perform this musical, which has taken the country by storm. Featuring
favorite hit tunes, “Breaking Free,” “Get Your Head in the Game,”
“We’re All in This Together,” “Start of Something New,” “Bop to the
Top” and many more, the Disney Channel’s smash hit musical comes to
life on stage.
Patel Conservatory Youth Theater Company presents Disney’s High School
Musical, Fri., May 22, Ferguson Hall, 7 p.m. Regularly priced tickets
start at $10 in advance, $12 day of show. Performers in grades seven
through 12 in the Patel Conservatory Youth Theater Company will perform
this musical, which has taken the country by storm. Featuring favorite
hit tunes, “Breaking Free,” “Get Your Head in the Game,” “We’re All in
This Together,” “Start of Something New,” “Bop to the Top” and many
more, the Disney Channel’s smash hit musical comes to life on stage.
(_) The Florida Orchestra presents Broadway by Request, RAYMOND JAMES
POPS SERIES, Fri., May 29, Ferguson Hall, 8 p.m.: Regularly priced
tickets start at $21. Richard Kaufman, conductor; It's a night of
Broadway stars and a bevy of best-loved songs from such hit musicals as
My Fair Lady, Phantom, Chicago, Music Man, Evita, Mame and South
Pacific.
Party Animals, MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA WEE FOLK SERIES, Sat.,
May 30, TECO Theater, 11 a.m., 1, 3 and 5 p.m.: Regularly priced
tickets are $7.50. Come share a fun-filled hour of singing and dancing
with the hilarious M'Cheany family as they celebrate a birthday and a
new baby!
Unless otherwise indicated, tickets for
all shows can be purchased at the TBPAC Ticket Office, open Monday
through Saturday noon to 8 p.m.; Sunday noon to 6 p.m.; and 90 minutes
prior to most performances. For tickets and information call
813.229.STAR (7827) or 800.955.1045 outside Tampa Bay. For Group
Services call 813.222.1016 or 813.222.1018. Tickets are also available
through Ticketmaster at 813.287.8844, by visiting any Ticketmaster
outlet during regular business hours, or through TBPAC’s website at
www.tbpac.org. A nominal service charge is added for each ticket
purchased. Discounts are offered for students, seniors and groups for
selected TBPAC-produced shows. Discounts are available only at the
TBPAC Ticket Office. Some restrictions apply. Not applicable to prior
sales. Events, days, dates, times, performers and prices are subject to
change without notice.
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