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    1. Rascals concert and Broadway show comes to Ruth Eckerd

      05/24/13 StageBy Steve Persall, Times Film Critic

      On a summer night at a roller rink in 1966, two teenage Jersey boys bought $2.50 tickets to their destinies. • One was named Bruce. The other was called Stevie, seeing his first big-name concert. The band that night was then named the Young Rascals, riding their No. 1 hit, Good Lovin'. • …

    2. 'Pulse' features tap dance in Sarasota

      05/22/13 StageBy John Fleming, Times Performing Arts Critic

      Song and dance — and especially tap dance — supply the material for Pulse, which is receiving its premiere at the Asolo Repertory Theatre. Conceived and choreographed by Noah Racey, whose Broadway credits range from dance roles in numerous shows to associate choreographer for Thoroughly Modern …

    3. Weeki Wachee High set to bring 'Oklahoma!' to stage this weekend

      05/21/13 StageBy Phyllis Day, Times Staff Writer

      WEEKI WACHEE

      As the director of choirs and musical theater at Weeki Wachee High School, Morgan Burburan had no doubt she had a wonderful cast of singers and actors for this year's spring musical.

    4. Burlesque with a circus twist coming to Honey Pot in Ybor City

      05/20/13 StageBy Krystal Blais, Special to the Times

      Pink feathers, gloves, sequins and lace. Women in dangerously high heels, live music and comedy. Strip teases, trapeze stunts and lots of drama.

    5. Review: Just like a Green Day song, 'American Idiot' the musical is taut, profane and full of heart

      05/18/13 StageBy Sean Daly, Times Pop Music Critic

      TAMPA — If you look beyond the onstage sex and bongwater guzzling and guttural profanity and heroin needles, American Idiot the musical is a sweet time at the theater. No, really, it is — but come to think of it, you might want to look beyond the robust tighty-whitie flaunting, too.

    6. Take your pick, ballet or modern dance

      05/15/13 StageBy John Fleming, Times Performing Arts Critic

      Take your pick, modern dance or ballet, both are on the agenda this weekend.

    7. Kevin James bringing standup tour to Mahaffey

      05/14/13 StageBy Sharon Kennedy Wynne, Time Staff Writer

      Paul Blart is coming to the Mahaffey Theater. Working class funnyman Kevin James, star of Zookeeper, Paul Blart, Mall Cop and TV's The King of Queens, is following his successful 2012 return to standup with another tour that will bring him to St. Petersburg's Mahaffey Theater on Aug. 24. James started his …

    8. Hard-rocking 'American Idiot' plays at Straz Center for 3 days

      05/14/13 StageBy John Fleming, Times Performing Arts Critic

      The rock musical has been around since Hair in the 1960s, and some of them have rocked pretty hard, such as Spring Awakening and Rock of Ages. But none rock as hard as American Idiot.

    9. Three more albums like 'American Idiot' to rock Broadway

      05/14/13 StageBy Sean Daly, Times Pop Music Critic

      By SEAN DALY

      Times Pop Music Critic

      An album about growing up wild, free and possibly insane during the Bush administration, Green Day's conceptual classic American Idiot was dramatic, loud, larger than life. In other words, perfect for a lively, and profitable, stage adaptation. …

    10. Award-winning musical 'A Chorus Line' soars at Richey Suncoast Theatre

      05/14/13 StageBy Barbara L. Fredricksen, Times Correspondent

      A strong cast and crew, spirited piano by music director Jackie Doxey Scott and flute by Judy Polatshek and one of Broadway's best and most beloved shows combine for wonderfully satisfying entertainment as Richey Suncoast Theatre concludes its season with A Chorus Line. The show tells the stories of those almost …