There’s an old saying about acting: Drama is easy, comedy is hard. If that’s true, it must be doubly hard if the comedy is a ballet. Comedy is hard for dancers as well as actors, concedes Gabriella Yudenich, principal faculty for Next Generation Ballet®. However, she adds, “It’s fun because we don’t have too many... Continue Reading →
An Exclusive from INSIDE Magazine Do you know the first-time rock ’n’ roll was on Broadway? Easy. Mott the Hoople played six shows in the Uris (now The Gershwin) Theatre May 7-11, 1974. Queen opened. The first time rock ’n’ roll was on Broadway? As a musical style considered wholly legit by theater audiences and professionals?... Continue Reading →
Take a walk down West Fortune Street in Tampa, in front of the Barrymore Hotel. You’ll encounter a figure cast in bronze, stationary, but with an expression so focused and a gait so purposeful you half expect him to blow right past you. "Lennon Walking Into the Future” the statue is called, and it portrays,... Continue Reading →
That buzz of anticipation you’ve been feeling recently will peak Saturday, April 18. We’re speaking, of course, about National Harmonica Day, a day set aside for us to celebrate, contemplate and participate with this small instrument and its big sound. Unlike most musical instruments, the harmonica is small. In fact, it’s compact enough to fit... Continue Reading →
Congratulations, millennials. Your past has become nostalgia. Case in point: High School Musical turns 20 this year. Those fictional East High students now are in their mid-30s with careers, mortgages and kids of their own, as are many of the Disney Channel movie’s real-life fans. Case in point: Natasha Herrera Brown, Straz’s media relations manager,... Continue Reading →
TASTE at Straz Center returns April 18, turning our campus into a gourmand’s theme park. Tampa Bay’s top chefs will be on hand to serve you bites of delight while mixologists conjure new cocktails and craft beers to quench your thirst. Several bands will be playing throughout the evening as well. https://youtu.be/2o2TAhwE30g TASTE is Tampa’s... Continue Reading →