(6 hours, 17 minutes ago) - The Bach Festival Society is pleased to host the Zurich-based Stradivari Quartet on its Visiting Artists and Fred Rogers Family Series.
(Nov. 6 12:33 PM) - When you are eight years old, the saying Follow your dreams, is supposed to be more of a metaphor for life when you grow up, than an actual daily mantra for a second or third grader. But don't tell that to Katiya Pedrouzo or Andrea Contreras, two Miami girls who are acting out their own dreams on the big stage at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre.
(Nov. 6 2:30 AM) - Visitors and locals alike can kick off their football weekend on Friday, Nov. 6 by attending a family-friendly Friday Night Sights at the University of Florida Cultural Plaza, the cultural destination for the Gator Nation.
(Nov. 6 2:30 AM) - Just days after the release of the much-anticipated Stephen King novel Under the Dome, the superstar novelist himself sits down for a rare appearance which includes an on stage interview with Sarasota Tribune's Susan Rife as well as an audience Q&A at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Monday, Nov. 16 at 7:30 pm.
(Nov. 6 2:30 AM) - The Garden Theatre presents the Voci Dance production of The Games We Play from November 6-8, 2009, at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street). Known for charming audiences with their combination of theatricality and physicality, Voci Dance explores the games we all play – on the playground, in relationships, and in life.
(Nov. 6 2:30 AM) - The Trip to Bountiful is set in 1947 Houston. Forced by circumstances to live her loathsome son and daughter-in-law, Carrie Watts wants nothing more out of life than to return to her home town of Bountiful. Escaping from her family's clutches, Carrie boards a bus to Bountiful, where she makes the acquaintance of young friend.
(Nov. 6 2:30 AM) - Australia's most famous musical export, THE TEN TENORS, bring their lavish celebration of vocal power back to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall with their NOSTALGICA WORLD TOUR 2009 - a rousing musical tribute from the land down under on Friday November 6th at 8PM.
(Nov. 6 2:30 AM) - Tickets will go on sale Friday, Nov. 6 for the Charlotte premiere engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Belk Theater March 31 - April 18, 2010.
(Nov. 6 2:00 AM) - Australia's most famous musical export, THE TEN TENORS, bring their lavish celebration of vocal power back to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall with their NOSTALGICA WORLD TOUR 2009 - a rousing musical tribute from the land down under on Friday November 6th at 8PM.
(Nov. 6 2:00 AM) - Florida's West Coast Players presents The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Abridged. Written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield, this three-person cast parody of Shakespeare plays has been seen in London for over nine years, and is presented here by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. Directed by Ashlie Mohney, the WCP production will run November 6-22.
(Nov. 6 1:30 AM) - The Bach Festival Society is pleased to host the Zurich-based Stradivari Quartet on its Visiting Artists and Fred Rogers Family Series.
(Nov. 6 1:30 AM) - Florida's West Coast Players presents The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Abridged. Written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield, this three-person cast parody of Shakespeare plays has been seen in London for over nine years, and is presented here by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. Directed by Ashlie Mohney, the WCP production will run November 6-22.
(Nov. 6 1:30 AM) - Join members of talented string band Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem as they launch their first-ever Pajama Party in celebration of their soon-to-be released children's CD Ranky Tanky. Parents and kids alike can have a great time singing, dancing, shouting and clapping at this family-friendly event at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, November 6, at 7 p.m.
(Nov. 6 1:30 AM) - American Stage Theatre Company's "After Hours" Cabaret series continues with five new productions running in October and November. All performances are "Pay-What-You-Can" at the door and $10 in advance.
(Nov. 6 12:30 AM) - BYE BYE BIRDIE is one of the most captivating musical shows of our time. It tells the story of a rock and roll singer who is about to be inducted into the army. The singer, Conrad Birdie, is an Elvis Presley type. Albert Peterson, his agent, is a very pleasant mild mannered man who kowtows to his overbearing mother. Albert's faithful secretary Rose Alvarez concocts one final national publicity plan before Conrad's departure.
(Nov. 6 12:30 AM) - Bye Bye Birdie- Book by Michael Stewart, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams
Friday & Saturday 8:00pm Evening Performance
November 6,7,13,14,20,21,27,28
(Nov. 5 3:11 PM) - Irving Berlin's I Love a Piano, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Monday, Nov. 30 at 8 p.m., looks at America through the perceptive and hopeful eyes of one of America's greatest composers. Tickets are $40-$55 (a limited number of "Smart Seats" are available for $10).