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Lucia Micarelli & Leo Amuedo
Straz Center for the Performing Arts 1010 N WC MacInnes Pl, Tampa, FLViolinist Lucia Micarelli first performed with an orchestra at age 6. The Julliard-trained musician has toured with Tampa’s Trans-Siberian Orchestra, jazz trumpeter Chris Botti and singer Josh Groban, who executive produced her first album, 2004’s Music From A Farther Room. Fans of HBO’s New Orleans-set Treme will remember her as street fiddler Annie. She’s teamed […]
Eddie Griffin
Straz Center, Ferguson Hall, 1010 N Macinnes Place, Tampa, Florida 33602 Straz Center, Ferguson Hall, 1010 N Macinnes Place, Tampa, FL, United StatesOver a career spanning three decades, Eddie Griffin has established himself as one of comedy’s heavy hitters. He’s built a reputation as a comic actor and as a stand-up comedian who’s outspoken and not immune to controversy. His stand-up specials are where he has truly made his name, and he brings his latest show to […]
Nurse Blake: Shock Advised Tour
Straz Center for the Performing Arts 1010 N WC MacInnes Pl, Tampa, FLOrlando native Blake Lynch is a nurse with a knack for finding the humor in his profession. Blake discovered humor helped him get through a period of burnout and the pandemic and now shares that perspective with other medical professionals. As Nurse Blake, he gained Internet fame for videos often spoofing aspects of nursing. Once […]
Batman (1989) in Concert
Straz Center for the Performing Arts 1010 N WC MacInnes Pl, Tampa, FLDirector Tim Burton’s Batman may be responsible for the proliferation of superhero films that seem to dominate the multiplexes. Michael Keaton’s Caped Crusader (a role he reprised in this summer’s The Flash) appropriately brooding and revenge-driven, while Jack Nicholson’s Joker set a standard for comic book villains that few have come close to matching. See […]
Neil deGrasse Tyson – This Just In: Latest Discoveries in the Universe
Straz Center for the Performing Arts 1010 N WC MacInnes Pl, Tampa, FLIn another life, Neil deGrasse Tyson once said he’d be a lyricist writing for Broadway musicals. In this life, though, he was seduced by the siren song of science and became America’s favorite astrophysicist. Tyson has a gift for communicating the wonders of our universe, even to those of us who can barely spell astrophysicist. […]