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Multiple Voices/Multiple Stories MAY 20-AUGUST 19, 2021

Uptown/Downtown: Richard Lindner’s Fun City MAY 20-AUGUST 19, 2021

Path to Paradise: The Artistic Legacy of Dante’s Divine Comedy MAY 20-AUGUST 19, 2021

TOP: Kim Dingle (American, b. 1951), Tomato bisque – Restaurant Mandala, 2012/2020, oil on canvas, 90 ¼ x 60 1/8 in. The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art at Rollins College, Gift of Barbara ’68 and Theodore ’68 Alfond.

2020.1.26 © Kim Dingle BOTTOM: Richard Lindner, (American, b. Hamburg, Germany, 1901-1978), Uptown, 1971, Lithograph print, 25 ½ in. x 20 in., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Gardner © 2020 Richard Lindner / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. 1983.32.7 RIGHT: Yinka Shonibare (British, b. 1962), Athena (after Myron), 2019. Fiberglass sculpture, hand-painted with Batik pattern, and steel base plate. The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art at Rollins College, Gift of Barbara ’68 and Theodore ’68 Alfond. 2019.2.17. © Yinka Shonibare / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Contents 01-15 Daytona Beach/ Space Coast 01-15 Greater Orlando 01-15 Lakeland 01-15 Tampa 01-15 Clearwater/Largo 01-15 St. Petersburg 01-15 Sarasota

WAT E R M A R K ’ S SPRING ARTS GUIDE 2021 PUBLISHED

BY WAT E R M A R K PUBLISHING G R O U P, I N C . founder and guiding light Tom Dyer owner & publisher Rick Claggett business manager Kathleen Harper editor-in-chief Jeremy Williams tampa bay bureau chief Ryan Williams-Jent creative designers Dylan Todd

Danny Garcia advertising sales Sam Callahan Michael Weir

CENTRAL FLORIDA, TAMPA BAY GET BACK TO THE ARTS IN 2021

BY JEREMY WILLIAMS

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fter shelving our annual Fall Arts Guide due to the COVID-19 pandemic which forced theaters, concert halls, museums and arenas to close up last year, we are back with our annual glossy, playbill-style Spring Arts Guide. It’s filled with a detailed schedule of shows, exhibits, concerts, festivals, conventions and more happening throughout Central Florida and Tampa Bay this spring and summer.

Usually out at the beginning of the year, we postponed this guide as things weren’t quite back to where they needed to be for most venues to reopen, but as more and more people are getting vaccinated and adhering to safety guidelines, we have been able to pull together a full schedule for you.

We aren’t out of the woods yet, so as you flip through these pages you will still find some virtual options for you to get your entertainment fix if you are still cautious about going out. But if you feel inclined

to resume attending in-person events, have we got a guide for you. We have also highlighted some fantastic performers, exhibits and events that we think you will not want to miss.

This guide covers the Space Coast, Daytona Beach, Orlando, Lakeland, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Sarasota and all the amazing spaces in between from now to the end of the summer, so keep it handy.

All listings are accurate as of press, but please do keep in mind that due

Contents of this Spring Arts Guide 2021 are protected by federal copyright law and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the permission of the publishers. Publication of the name or photograph of any person or organization in articles, advertising, or listing is not to be construed as any indication of the sexual orientation of such persons or members or organizations. Watermark Publishing Group cannot accept responsibility for claims made by advertisers.

to the continued pandemic, all venues and showtimes are subject to changes, postponements and cancellations. Each venue open and listed has its own social distancing and safety precautions that you will need to adhere to. We have included contact information and website addresses within the listings and encourage you to review those safety measures before purchasing tickets and heading to the venue.

Now, on with the shows!

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Daytona Beach & Space Coast Athens Theatre DeLand AthensDeLand.com 386-736-1500

May 28-30

April 18

July 30

“John & Jen”

Brian Regan

June 4-6

May 5

Warrior Concert - Ryan Weaver & Blackbird Anthem

Youth Performing Arts Series: “Disney’s The Jungle Book Kids”

Tab Benoit

April 16-May 9

June 11-13

“Chicago”

Youth Performing Arts Series: “Disney’s Frozen Jr.”

May 14-15 The Ultimate Pink Floyd Experience and Laser Show May 26

June 25-27 Youth Performing Arts Series: “Les Miserables: School Edition”

John Denver Tribute June 5-6 “Touzeled” June 9 U.S. Stones: The American Rolling Stones Tribute

Daytona Playhouse Daytona Beach DaytonaPlayhouse.org 386-255-2431

Classic Albums Live - Fleetwood Mac: “Rumours” June 4 Hot Tuna July 17 Classic Albums Live - AC/DC: “Back in Black” July 24 Bruce in the USA

April 23-May 2

Peabody Auditorium

Greater Tuna June 11-12 The Long Run: The Eagles Tribute Band

Daytona Beach

May 28-June 6

June 9

Aug. 13

“A Bench in the Shade”

Happy Together 2020 Tour

The Henegar Center Melbourne Henegar.org 321-723-8698

Orlando

The Beach Buoys Tribute Band Aug. 29 Chicago Rewired: The Premier Chicago Tribute Band Cocoa Village Playhouse Cocoa CocoaVillagePlayhouse. com 321-636-5050

April 23-25 “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”

The Abbey Orlando AbbeyOrlando.com 407-704-6261 April 23 Sing Along with “Mamma Mia!”

April 23-May 9

“The Full Monty”

April 24

“Mamma Mia!”

King Center for the Performing Arts Melbourne KingCenter.com 321-242-2219

Orlando Grateful Dead Night featuring Unlimited Devotion

May 21-23 Hot Pink: The Music of Elton John

Boys of Summer Tour 2021 Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens Winter Park Polasek.org 407-647-6294 April 20-July 11 Cynthia Holmes: Sweet Surrealism July 20-Oct. 3 A Classical Conversation: Jack Hill and Edson Campos Amway Center Orlando AmwayCenter.com 844-854-1450 July 28

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May 22

Aug. 1

Dude Perfect 2021 Tour Aug. 28 Joe Rogan: The Sacred Clown Tour Art & History Museum Maitland ArtAndHistory.org 407-539-2181 Through May 9 “Love & Compassion: Images of Mother & Child”

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Through Aug. 15

May 21-22

May 20-Aug. 19

“People of Maitland”

“Disney’s Moana Jr.”

Multiple Voices/ Multiple Stories

April 21

June 4-5

Artist’s Critique & Conversation (virtual)

“The Sound of Music”

May 20-Aug. 19

June 4-5

Path to Paradise: The Artistic Legacy of Dante’s “Divine Comedy”

May 5 Artist Talk with Wanda RaimundiOrtiz (virtual) Bay Street Players Eustis BayStreetPlayers.org 352-357-7777 April 2-18 “Rumors”

“The Year That Wasn’t: A heartfelt and humorous musical tribute to what we missed in 2020” Central Florida Earth Day Orlando CFEarthDay.org 321-331-1859 April 25 CFL Earth Day Celebration

May 16 Paul is All with John Babcock June 25-July 11 Special Summer Musical Central Florida Community Arts Orlando CFCArts.com 407-937-1800

Cornell Fine Arts Museum Winter Park Rollins.edu/cornell-finearts-museum 407-646-2526 Through May 9 ReOrienting the Gaze Through May 9 Raina Matar: On Either Side of the Window, Portraits During COVID-19

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Orlando DrPhillipsCenter.org 844-513-2014

“Hot Pink: The Music of Elton John,” May 21-23, Cocoa Village Playhouse

Tom & Dan’s Land Cruise April 18 Disney Movie Night: “Soul” April 22 Grace Potter

“Happy Together 2020,” June 9, King Center for the Performing Arts

April 25 Disney Movie Night: “Pirates of the Caribbean”

Through May 9

May 7

Through Dec. 31

“365: A Year-Round Holiday Revue”

Art Encounters: Community or Chaos

April 26 NEEDTOBREATHE with special guest Andrew Ripp April 27 Blackberry Smoke & North Mississippi Allstars

“Simply Streisand,” June 18, Athens Theatre

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“Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella”

Drawing Connections: Inside the Minds of Italian Masters, A Selection from the John Mica Collection

April 15-May 1

Uptown/Downtown: Richard Lindner’s Fun City

April 17

April 24 The Best of Michael Russo

May 20-Aug. 19

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April 28 Sheryl Crow April 30 Tye Tribbett

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May 28 Reconnect: A Community Soul Festival June 10 Scribble Showdown

April 30-May 9 “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”

June 10 Jake Shimabukuro

May 5 Big Gigantic

June 21-July 25 “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” - Summerstock Production

May 6 A Night to Remember May 6 RAIN - A Tribute to the Beatles May 7 Orlando Gay Chorus’ “One Nation, Indivisible” May 8 Kevin Smith

June 24 Jo Koy June 25 Brian Regan June 26-27 “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” in Concert June 30-July 4 Shen Yun 2021

May 12 Manchester Orchestra (Acoustic)

July 23 Maks & Val Live

May 13 The Beach Boys

Aug. 17 Tedeschi Trucks Band

May 14 Iliza Shlesinger

Enzian Theater

May 21 Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet with Wynton Marsalis May 25 Brit Floyd

Through April 22 The 30th annual Florida Film Festival April 25 Peanut Butter Matinee Family Film: “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” Cont. on pg.12 | uu |

“Hedwig and the Angry Inch” is a landmark piece of musical theater because of how it unapologetically deals with issues such as gender identity, sexual expression and unhealthy relationships. What makes this rock musical even more impressive is while these topics are widely discussed today, “Hedwig” premiered Off-Broadway in 1998 when they were not talked about publicly by most.

Created by John Cameron Mitchell with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, “Hedwig” is the story of a fictional punk-rock band fronted by a genderqueer singer living in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Seduced by the call of the West, Hedwig marries an American soldier. In order to accompany him to the U.S., he has a sex reassignment surgery to become a woman. After the surgery goes wrong, Hedwig is abandoned by her new husband and left, of all places, in the middle of Kansas.

“Hedwig” had a Tony-winning revival in April 2014 which saw the likes of Neil Patrick Harris, Andrew Rannells, Darren Criss and Taye Diggs take up the titular role.

“This genre-bending, fourth-wallsmashing musical sensation, with a pulsing score and electrifying performances,” now comes to The Henegar in Melbourne at the end of April.

April 23-25, The Henegar, Melbourne

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May 19-20 Foreigner

Maitland Enzian.org 407-629-1088

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The Collaborative Campaign is proud to welcome seven new campaign partners to the 2021 Collaborative Campaign for the Arts. This year, United Arts and our 22 Collaborative Campaign partners are working together to raise $3.2 million in support of local arts and culture. Your donation will help support these arts, science and history organizations throughout the coming year so they continue to provide a wide range of diverse programming for our community.

Eligible gifts made to any of the campaign partners listed below during campaign timing will be

matched at 15% by United Arts, increasing the impact of your generosity.

Please support our local treasures with a gift to the Collaborative Campaign.

Art & History Museums - Maitland

Orlando Ballet

Bach Festival Society of Winter Park

Orlando Fringe

Central Florida Ballet

Orlando Museum of Art

Central Florida Community Arts

Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra

Central Florida Vocal Arts/Opera del Sol

Orlando Repertory Theatre

Crealdé School of Art

Orlando Science Center

Downtown Arts District/CityArts Orlando

Orlando Shakes

Enzian

Snap! Orlando

Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras

Timucua Arts Foundation

Garden Theatre

United Arts – Arts for ALL Fund

Opera Orlando

Winter Garden Heritage Foundation

Orange County Regional History Center

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FAIRWINDS CLASSICS

April 12, 2021 at 7 p.m.

Outdoors at The Plaza Live

April 24, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.

Frontyard Festival™ at the Dr. Phillips Center

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May 8, 2021 at 3:30 & 7:30 p.m. at Festival Park

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April 25 Oscar Watch Party on Enzian’s Big Screen May 1 London’s Theatre Royal production of “42nd Street” May 2 Uncomfortable Brunch: “ Salò, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom” May 16, June 13, Aug. 15 Central Florida Film Slam May 29 Science on the Screen: “The Fountain”

May 9 Raise a Momosa to Mom May 28 Classic Albums Live: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - “Damn the Torpedos” June 5 The Allman Betts Band June 15 Primus - A Tribute to Kings

Starting May 1 “Uniquely Ours” (virtual) Starting May 15 “Avenue Q” Reunion (virtual) Starting June 1 Amplified Voices (virtual) Starting July 1 Barbershop Americana (virtual) Starting July 15 “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (virtual)

June 25 Classic Albums Live: The Eagles -”Greatest Hits” July 16 Loud and Live presents Silvestre Dangond

April 23-Aug. 1 Mr. Eddy and His Grand Portraits

May 9 Interactive Movies: “The Sound of Music”

July 27 Meat Gang

Aug. 13-Nov. 7 Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e

July 9-Aug. 1 “The Bodyguard”

Aug. 1 The Australian Pink Floyd Show

HÄOS on Church Orlando HaosOnChurch.com 407-203-4099

Aug. 19 Compadres Tour: Fonseca & Cepeda

April 29 Billy Mick LIVE! - “Just B.”

Mad Cow Theatre Orlando MadCowTheatre.com 407-297-8788

April 22-May 23 “Godspell”

Hard Rock Live Orlando HardRock.com/Live/ Locations/Orlando 407-351-5483

Starting April 15 Poetry Out Loud (virtual)

Old Town

Kissimmee MyOldTownUSA.com 407-396-4888

April 16 Fast 4Ward

April 17 Liverpool Live

April 18 Bill Williams

April 21 Karen Kallin

April 23 Occasional Astronauts

The Mennello Museum of American Art Orlando MennelloMuseum.org 407-246-4278

The Garden Theatre Winter Garden GardenTheatre.org 407-877-4736

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April 30 Classic Albums Live: AC/DC “Back in Black”

April 24 Saloonatix

April 25 Cowboy

April 25 Import Car Show

April 28 Will Yancy

Mount Dora Center for the Arts Mount Dora MountDoraCenterForTheArts.org 352-383-0880

April 30

Through April 30 Anthology: A Visual Collection of recent work by Debe Abbott and KV Abbott

Opera Orlando

June 30 Instructed/Constructed: A StudentTeacher Exhibition

Greg Warren Band

May 1 Sheila & The Sound

Orlando OperaOrlando.org 407-718-4365

April 24 Piano Workshop “The Secret River”

May 21, 23 “As One”

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ARTS LISTINGS

FROM PG.13

Orange County Regional History Center Orlando TheHistoryCenter.org 407-836-8500

Through May 30 The Stories They Could Tell: 4th Year Pulse Remembrance Online Exhibit

April 17 Family Day: History on the High Seas

May 18-31 The 30th Annual International Fringe Theatre Festival

Orlando Repertory Theater

Orlando OMArt.org 407-896-4231

Orlando OrlandoRep.com 407-896-7365

Through May 2

April 24-25

A Boundless Drop to a Boundless Ocean

“The Wizards of Oakwood Drive” (virtual)

Through May 2

Orlando Shakespeare Theater

April 17 Fourth Annual Highwaymen Kids Exhibition

Through May 2

History in a Glass: To Pajama or Not to Pajama?

May 7 Lunch & Learn: World War II Through Its Witnesses

May 29-Aug. 15

Louis Dewis: An Artist’s Life in France

Through June 30 American Journey: Two Centuries of Art and Culture

June 4-Aug. 22 2021 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art

COMMUNITY: Five Years After the Pulse Tragedy

Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra

Orlando Ballet

Orlando OrlandoPhil.org 407-896-6700

Orlando OrlandoBallet.org 407-426-1733

“Peter Pan”

Orlando Fringe Orlando OrlandoFringe.org 407-648-0077

April 18

Through April 17 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

May 5-23 “Little Shop of Horrors”

Osceola Center for the Arts

“Little Shop of Horrors,” May 5-23, Orlando Shakespeare Theater

Kissimmee OsceolaArts.org 407-846-4643

June 11 “A Streetcar Named Desire”

July 16

April 24

“A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder”

Mahler’s “Titan”

The Plaza Live An American Celebration with Aoife O’Donovan

May 7, Dr. Philips Center

Orlando OrlandoShakes.org 407-447-1700

Music in the Garden

May 8

Orlando Gay Chorus’ “One Nation, Indivisible,”

Orlando PlazaLiveOrlando.org 407-228-1220 Cont. on pg.14 | uu |

“Avenue Q” Reunion (virtual), Begininng May 15, Mad Cow Theater

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Through April 18

“The Emperor and the Nightingale”

Orlando Museum of Art

Voices & Conversations

April 27

May 15-16

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May 6

April 20 Bendelacreme

Movie Classics: “Casablanca”

April 21

April 30-May 9

Brian Culbertson

“Noises Off!”

May 3

May 15

Sibling Rivalry: The Tour

Still Standing: A Tribute to Elton John

May 6

May 21

Tab Benoit

May 7 Stephen Lynch

May 11

Renoir in Concert: “New Life”

May 22 The Long Run: An Eagles Tribute

Buddy Guy

May 23

July 24

“The Phantom,” A Flamenco Story

Palaye Royale

June 23-27 Aug. 17 Apocalyptica

Theater West End Sanford TheaterWestEnd.com 407-548-6285

April 16 Always... Patsy Cline

May 8 Alex Lopez and the Xpress, Album Release

May 14

“Disney’s Frozen Jr.”

Winter Park Playhouse Winter Park WinterParkPlayhouse.org 407-645-0145

Through April 24 “RESPECT: A Musical Journey of Women”

May 14-23, June 3-13 “Five Course Love”

July 30-Aug. 22

“Crazy for Gershwin”

“Once”

Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center

On June 12, 2016, Central Florida suffered great loss when a gunman entered the Pulse nightclub and took the lives of 49 individuals and injured countless others. In the aftermath, the response of love from the people of Orlando, across the country and around the world for the community showed no matter the tragedy that “we will not let hate win.”

People from all over poured into Central Florida showing their support and leaving cards, photographs, flowers, candles, stuffed animals, flags and more creating memorials throughout the city.

Almost immediately the team at the Orange County Regional History Center began collecting these items and safeguarding them, and each June since the Pulse tragedy they have displayed a collection of these items in an exhibit at the history center.

For the 2021 remembrance exhibition, “COMMUNITY: Five Years After the Pulse Tragedy” visitors will follow the story of Pulse, from its earliest conception through 2016, as well as the response to the devastating event and the lasting impact in the time since.

Sponsored by the Contigo Fund, “COMMUNITY: Five Years After the Pulse Tragedy” will be on display from May 29-Aug. 15 with free admission offered to everyone June 5-13.

Sanford WDPAC.com 407-321-8111

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COMMUNITY: Five Years After the Pulse Tragedy

May 29-Aug. 25, Orange County Regional History Center, Orlando

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music and concept by Laura Kaminsky with a libretto by Mark Campbell & Kimberly Reed by arrangement with Bill Holab Music

Friday | May 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday | May 23 at 2 p.m Harriett’s Orlando Ballet Centre

As One is an intimate and powerful story about a transgender woman’s journey for self-fulfillment, authenticity, and inner peace.

www.operaorlando.org

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ARTS LISTINGS

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Lakeland Polk Museum of Art Lakeland PolkMuseumOfArt.org 863-688-7743

April 15-May 23 “Toulouse-Lautrec & the Belle Époque”

April 15-25 Annual Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

May 1-June 13 “Free to Be Me”

The RP Funding Center Lakeland RPFundingCenter.com 863-834-8100

April 30-May 2 Applause Talent Dance Competition

June 4-5 Creating Keepsakes Scrapbook Convention 2021

June 8-11

July 30

Aug. 14

A Country Brocante Fancy Flea Vintage Home and Garden Market

Rod Stewart with Cheap Trick

August 27 Robby Steinhardt and the Music of Kansas

Henry B. Plant Museum Tampa PlantMuseum.com 813-254-1891

Lakeland Community Theatre April 15-Dec. 23 Lakeland LakelandCommunityTheatre.com 863-603-PLAY (7529)

April 16-18, 23-25 “The Savannah Sipping Society”

May 14-16, 21-23 “Ring of Fire”

June 17-20 “Disney’s Moana Jr.”

July 9-11, 1618, 23-25 “Mamma Mia!”

Tampa

“When the Train Comes Along: Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino”

Carrollwood Players Tampa CarrollwoodPlayers.org 813-265-4000

April 16-25 “Jukebox Saturday Night”

May 14-29

“Pop Goes America”

June 12-13 Central Florida Comic Con

Aug. 2

July 1-3

Justin Bieber: “World Tour 2021”

July 10 Florida Bigfoot Conference

JoJo Siwa: “Nickelodeon’s D.R.E.A.M., The Tour”

“A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder,” July 16, Osceola Center for the Arts

“Paper Walls”

June 18-July 3

Aug. 9

Orlando Fringe

Music in the Museum

Tampa AmalieArena.com 813-301-6500

Collectorama

May 18-31,

April 15, May 20, June 17, July 15, Aug. 19

AMALIE ARENA

Lakeland Art Guild Reception

The 30th Annual International Fringe Theatre Festival

July 9-18 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

July 23-25, July 30-Aug. 1 The 2021 One Act Festival

“Crazy for Gershwin,” July 30 -August 2 Winter Park Playhouse

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Aug. 13-21

Opera Tampa

“40 Years of Broadway”

Tampa StrazCenter.org/ OperaTampa 813-229-7827

Aug. 27-29 “Acting on Social Justice”

MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater

April 22-25 “Butterfly’s Flight”

Stageworks Theatre

Tampa LiveNation.com 877-870-3674

Tampa StageworksTheatre.org 813-374-2416

June 22

Jun 3-20

Backstreet Boys: “DNA World Tour”

“The Lady from Havana”

June 25 The Black Crowes Present: “Shake Your Money Maker”

July 2

July 29-August 15 “Syliva; The Bitch Is Back””

Straz Center for the Performing Arts

“An Evening with Chicago and Their Greatest Hits”

Tampa StrazCenter.org 813-229-7827

July 18

April 15-25

The Doobie Brothers: “50th Anniversary Tour”

“Henry V by William Shakespeare”

April 16 Aug. 6 Matchbox Twenty 2021

Aug. 17 Alania Morissette with Garbage and Liz Phair

Arts Legacy REMIX: “A Journey Through Central & Eastern Europe”

April 17 Straz Jazz Project: “Gumbi Ortiz and New Groove City”

Santana/Earth, Wind & Fire: “Miraculous Supernatural Tour 2021”

April 21 Patel Conservatory Presents: “Spring Music Spectacular: A Musical Convergence”

April 22-25

The Gulfport Players make their return to the stage this Pride month! Based on the children’s book “And Tango Makes Three,” this heartwarming true story depicts the tale of two male penguins from Central Park who adopted an egg together.

It introduces audiences to Roy and Silo, who hatched and raised a female chick named Tango. While the 2005 picture book was praised for its depiction of diversity, showcasing and validating same-sex families for readers young and old, it also drew the ire of some conservative groups.

That led openly LGBTQ playwright Marc Acito to hatch a tale of his own.

The award-winning advocate first translated Roy and Silo’s story for the stage in 2011, and “Birds of a Feather: A Story About Love” has been celebrated ever since.

“Roy and Silo are your typical gay, American dads with one noticeable exception: they’re penguins,” the play’s solicitation reads. “These two Central Park Zoo chinstrap penguins have partnered and adopted an egg, but will these two be able to raise little Tango together?”

Following the show’s 2020 postponement, the Gulfport Players are ready for audiences to flock back.

They plan on showing everyone that love is love, even in a zoo.

“Singin’ in the Rain, Jr.”

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June 10-20, Catherine Hickman Theatre, Gulfport

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Birds of a Feather: A Story About Love

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April 22 April 22

July 3

Voices of the Community: “A Jazz Legacy”

Live & Local: Taylor Reed

Oscar Nominee Showcase: “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

April 30

July 9

April 18, 24

Live & Local: Shevonne

#IMOMSOHARD: “Mom’s Night Out Round 2”

Oscar Nominee Showcase: Live Action Short Films

Aug. 26

April 24

May 1 Live & Local: Jarrod Barefoot Patel Conservatory Presents: “Spring Into Dance”

May 7 “Kreeps with Kids Comedy Tour”

May 8-9 “Next Generation Ballet’s Swan Lake”

Cody Ko & Noel Miller: “Tiny Meat Gang – Global Domination”

Oscar Nominee Showcase: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

Tampa International Fringe Festival

April 25

Tampa TampaFringe.org

July 29-Aug. 8 Tampa Fringe 5

May 21 Arts Legacy REMIX: “Jazz, Jazz, Jazz”

Tampa Theatre

May 27

Tampa TampaTheatre.org 813-274-8286

Voices of the Community: “Dance, Dance, Dance”

April 15

May 29 “Broadway Star of the Future”

June 4 Live & Local: John Mcrae

June 5 Live & Local – Shevonne

“Shockheaded Peter”

July 2 Live & Local: Eden Shireen

Dunedin Fine Arts Center Dunedin DFAC.org 727-298-3322

April 19-May 30

April 16, 18

May 2

Oscar Nominee Showcase: Documentary Short Films

41st Annual Garden Party

April 17, 23 June 9-27

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