Louis CK on Conan O'Brien

This video has really been making the rounds on all our social networking sites. Have you seen it yet? Tres funny. I'd embed it, but it's been disabled by request - so head over to YouTube to check it out. You can also catch him here on March 19.

VIDEO: Everything's amazing, nobody's happy.

Guns and gore coming to TBPAC

From the Oscar and Tony Award nominated writer of In Bruges and The Pillowman ...





The Lieutenant of Inishmore contains violent scenes that some may find disturbing, loud gunfire and music, extremely graphic blood violence, adult language and adult situations. This play is not intended for the easily offended. No real cats will be harmed in the creation of this production.

See a show this weekend!

Phantom of the Opera closes Sunday, but we're more than just Broadway! Here are two other shows gracing our stages this weekend:

Trent Armand Kendall in Picture Incomplete - a one man musical


Steve Solomon's My Sisters an Only Child

Rocky Horror - clips from backstage

The Rocky Horror Show cast member Michael Indeglio (Brad) put this video together featuring a lot of perspective from the backstage point of view. Don't forget that Rocky closes on Nov. 1!

Plaidtastic version of Bleeding Love

The Plaids, Edna and a chicken present a digital short.



Ok, so maybe I don't get the chicken.

Forever Plaid closes Sunday. Get in while you still can!

Forever Plaid - coming soon!

Forever Plaid is on sale now, and sure to be a sell-out smash-hit. The Jaeb Theater has always been in a way "the house that Plaid built," so whether it's your first or your tenth time this show is guaranteed to be a huge amount of fun.

Trivia: Forever Plaid was the first show I saw in the Jaeb Theater and my first show as an audience member at TBPAC after I started college at USF. That production would be the first of many incarnations of Forever Plaid. This year's cast is ALL NEW!

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Jesse Cook on YouTube

Guitar virtuoso Jesse Cook plays TBPAC on March 13. Check out this live clip of him over at YouTube! If you visit the latter link, you'll notice we've started a partnership with Amazon.com to buy artist merchandise directly from our show pages via their affiliate program. Get great products and help out TBPAC all at the same time!

(I'd have just embedded that video, but for some odd reason embedding has been removed as a feature for this video. Hrm.)

Eleemosynary: On stage now!

Eleemosynary is on stage now in the Shimberg Playhouse. Jobsite is the resident theater company of TBPAC. Check out the newly-minted TV spot above, which begins airing Monday on Bright House Networks.

Next Club Jaeb show: Bethany & Rufus

"There's some Cowboy Junkies here, a dash of Tuck & Patti there and an overall otherworldliness more akin to a David Lynch movie." - Amazon.com Editorial Review

Bethany Yarrow is the daughter of Peter Yarrow (who you might remember from his days of making music with Paul and Mary) who sings in a haunting style you might liken to Nina Simone or Cassandra Wilson, and Rufus Capadoccia plays the cello with a sick skill that will keep you guessing if he's in fact playing a classical cello, an upright bass or possibly even an electric bass. Together their music pushes standard American folk far past the edge into the territory of hypnotic groove, jazz and psychedelic soul.

You can take a listen to some of their music at their MySpace page.

Or watch this video:



I know it's almost a hackneyed expression, but watch this clip and you may even say yourself that Rufus rocks it like a Hendrix on the cello:



Need more convincing? Watch this solo video of his:



Bethany & Rufus play the Jaeb Theater on Jan. 28.

YouTubesday at TBPAC

Check out some of these videos on upcoming artists:

Follow this link to check out a clip of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular!


Defending the Caveman - Dec. 12-16


De/ReConstructing Mata Hari - 12/14-16


African Children's Choir - Feb. 13 (this clip is of their appearance on American Idol)


Hubbard Street Dance Theater - Feb. 16

YouTubesday, TBPAC edition

TV spot for De/ReConstructing Mata Hari, coming Dec. 14-16:


Youth Theater Company, Jr. on Studio 10 with a segment from School House Rock Live Jr. on stage Nov. 29 - Dec. 1.

Ticket brokers on WTSP

This story stars our own VP of Marketing, Michael Kilgore.

"Secondary ticketing" (was: scalping then ticket brokering) is a pretty big hot-button issue in our industry right now.

What's your take on all this? Should Florida get tougher on these operations?

YouTubesday at TBPAC

Jewtopia


Gorey Stories


Defending the Caveman

Defending the Caveman TV spot

This show will be here at TBPAC 12/12-16.

Jewtopia :30 TV spot online!

This spot started airing Monday on WTSP and Bright House Networks. The show opens Friday, and it looks to be a very funny one. I sat in on a rehearsal Sunday. Check here for more info.

Frankie Valli on The Today Show

Follow this link to check out a clip of Frankie Valli's appearance on The Today Show from this morning. You'll need to wait out a commercial first, but it's there.

Don't forget, JERSEY BOYS - the red-hot musical based on the rise of Frankie Valli and the Four Season - goes on sale to the public on Oct. 14. This is the EXCLUSIVE Florida engagement of this four-time Tony Award winner.

12 Angry Men all over the place!

Richard Thomas on WTSP's Studio 10.

“The verdict is in: Twelve Angry Men is still gripping ... Once you enter the jury room with those men, you don’t want to leave.” – The Tampa Tribune

“A fine cast. It’s a treat to enjoy such consummate character actors in a rare straight play on tour” Richard Thomas as Juror Eight is “surprisingly funny…his acting has touches of comic pantomime worthy of Buster Keaton.” - St. Petersburg Times

It's only here through Sunday, so don't deliberate too long on if you're interested.

Check out the TV spot for Jewtopia

Head over to the show page at TBPAC.ORG and click the link at the bottom of the page!

Jewtopia opens on Oct. 26 in the Jaeb Theater.

First Time at the Opera Boys?

Not to worry, Opera Tampa at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center has a full service bar that refrains from using glass containers.

-Kari G.

Youtubesday: scary Thriller set in a Phillipine jail

This um, this just err ... speaks for itself. I think it's scarier than the original: