Seen our 09-10 Broadway season yet?

Our 2009-10 Broadway Series announcements ran yesterday in The Tampa Tribune, St. Pete Times and the Bradenton Herald.

Head over to TBPAC.ORG and see it for yourself!

WAISTWATCHERS a treat to the Trib!

Check out the great review WAISTWATCHERS: The Calorie-Free Musical got in the Trib today!




WAISTWATCHERS: The Calorie-Free Musical is on stage now in the Jaeb Theater.

Rocky scores another rave review!

This time from the Trib:

"Like fishnet stockings and kinky boots, "The Rocky Horror Show" has yet to go out of style … Camp works, and so does [TBPAC's] production of the cult classic … [a] delightfully macabre musical bacchanal." - The Tampa Tribune

The Rocky Horror Show is on stage now through Nov. 1.

Jobsite Theater scores solid reviews for Embedded

Embedded is on stage now in the Shimberg Playhouse through Aug. 31. Check out the reviews that have published in the past two days. Follow the links for the full articles:

" ... the play is harsh, unrelenting, at times grotesque and exceedingly refreshing. In a more perfect universe, every city would have a theater troupe that performed plays like Embedded every time there was a national crisis ... See it before the Constitution goes the way of the Geneva Conventions ... If you don't believe that the live theater can be a potent political instrument, see this play and change your mind." - Creative Loafing

"Jobsite Theat[er] could not have picked a finer show than "Embedded" to close out the 2007-08 season. Written by Tim Robbins, this was, by far, Jobsite's best production ... "Embedded" is a creative, original and intelligent play that lingers long after the curtain goes down." - The Tampa Tribune

"... the script and the production both fare best during the very human vignettes ... A touching opening scene has soldiers saying goodbye to their loved ones as they go off to war. One of the few ethical reporters, played appealingly by Meg Heimstead, recounts with fear and sadness an errant bomb attack. A fictionalized account of the Jessica Lynch story, with a poignant performance by Betty-Jane Parks, is perhaps the show's most profound and effective anti-war statement ... Some of the best acting comes during those repeated segments with the presidential advisers. Even though the actors' faces are hidden behind masks ... their gestures are phenomenally evocative." - St. Pete Times

And for those interested, here's the TV spot:



Full disclosure: I am also the Producing Artistic Director of Jobsite and one of the co-directors of the show.

2008-09 Season Announcements!

The secret's finally out! Here's the full lineup of programming at TBPAC next season.

St. Petersburg Times

The Tampa Tribune

Hey, we were tweeted!

I just got this message via my Twitter feed from TBO.com:

Breaking News: Arts Center's 'Lion King' Features A Local Talent: TAMPA – A graduate of Blake... http://tinyurl.com/4cdl2

It's all about the new Nala we have here in The Lion King. Check out the full story via the tinyurl above!

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Tampa Trib review: The Lion King

"At this point, if you have any inclination toward musical stage productions and you still haven't seen it, you are duty-bound to go." - The Tampa Tribune

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Jersey Boys makes The Bot

Follow this link and drag the timeline to about 2:18 in order to listen to Curtis Ross' musical tribute to Jersey Boys.

Good times.

Cigar City Chronicles - Tampa Tribune review!

The first review for Cigar City Chronicles: A musical history of Tampa is in! And it's a good one!

Check it out by following the link below.

" ... rich with details ... the original music will alternately touch you, educate you and keep your feet tapping ..."

The show is on stage now through the end of April.

-dj

SPAM has never been so good!

Not the food (though I'm sure it's a tasty, cholesterol-infused treat) but the Broadway hit SPAMALOT. The show opened on Tuesday and the reviews are SPAM-tastic (yes, that's a word)! Check them out for yourself ...

St. Petersburg Times
The Tampa Tribune
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

-Angela L.