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LIVE THEATRE Amalie Arena (Tampa Bay Times Forum) 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa 813.301.6500 www.amaliearena.com April 5, 7 Final Four 15 – The Who 24 – 98 Rockfest May 5 – Nitro Circus LIVE 8 – Kevin Hart 11 – Bette Midler 14 – 17 – Disney on Ice – Frozen 24 – Rush American Stage 163 Third St. N, St. Petersburg 727.823.7529 www.americanstage.org boxoffice@americanstage.org April Through 5 - Gutenberg 5 Hawk and Wayne – It’s a Comedy 19 – Sunday Jazz w/ Johnson & James 22, 23 – Gala under the Stars 24 – May 17 – In the Heights A Simple Theater The Biniger Theater, Eckerd College 4200 54th Avenue S, St. Petersburg 727.864.7811 www.asimpletheatre.org APRIL 22 – Middleton May 19 – Bob, A Life in Five Acts Capitol Theater 405 Cleveland Street, Clearwater 727.791.7400 www.rutheckerdhall.com/venues April 1 – The Australian Bee Gees 3 – Welcome to Lake Vale 4 – Cozi Zuehlsdorff 8 – Michael Bolton 9, 10 – Diana Krall 12 – The Mavericks 13 – Janis Ian & Tom Paxton 15 – Chris Botti 16 – Extreme 23 – Roberta Flack 25 – Home Free 28 – Robert Cray & Shemeka Copeland 30 – Donna the Buffalo May 1 – Joan Armatrading 2 – John Mulaney 8 – Lisa Loeb 9 – Shaun Hopper 13 – Jason Isbell 14 – John Mayall 15 – Ed Kowalczyk 16 – Air Supply 17 – Laurie Berkner Catherine Hickman Theater 5501 27th Ave S, Gulfport, 727.893.1070 www.mygulfport.us/City_Calendar /Hickman_Theater_Events.htm#/?i=1 APRIL 3 – Art Reception 9 – 26 – Play On!
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Gulfport Community Players www.gulfportcommunityplayers.org APRIL 9 – 26 – Play On! Eight O’Clock Theatre 105 Central Park Drive, Largo 727.587.6793, www.eightoclocktheatre.com/ May 15, 16 – Company, A Musical Comedy FreeFall Theatre Company 6099 Central Ave., St. Petersburg 727.498.5205 www.freefalltheatre.com April 11 – May 3 - Harvey 27 – Love is the Cure Glenridge Performing Arts Center 7333 Scotland Way, Sarasota 941.552.5325 www.gpactix.com May 14 – Lynn Trefzger, Ventriloquist Largo Cultural Center 105 Central Park Dr, Largo 727.587.6793 www.largoarts.com April 10, 11 – Cinderella 16 – That Metal Show 17 – Lita Ford 23 – Honeymoon Suite 25 – Ewan Dobson May 8 – Breakin’ Backwards 9 – Breakin’ Back to Summer 22 – 31 – Company, A Musical Comedy M.A.D. Theatre of Tampa (Music Acting Dance Theatre of Tampa)
813.386.6173 www.madtheatre.com MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater - Florida State Fairgrounds 4802 US Hwy 301 N, Tampa, 813.740.2446 www.ticketmaster.com/venue/107257 APRIL 18 – Jimmy Buffet May 7 – ZZ Top & Jeff Beck 8,9 Big Guava Music Festival 16 – John Fogerty 22 – Darius Rucker Patel Conservatory 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa 813.222.1002 www.patelconservatory.org Dance / Theater / Music / Adult Classes
April 12 – Rock School Blowout 18 – On the Edge 19 – Breakin Out 21 – Hillel Academy Concert 24 – Spring Jazz Jam May 2 – Private Lesson Recitals 3 – Spring into Dance 9 – Broadway Bound 9 – Youth Ballet Beginning Dance Recital 12 – Vocal and Instrumental End of Year Concert
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Ruth Eckerd Hall 1111 N. McMullen Booth Rd, Clearwater 727.791.7400 www.rutheckerdhall.com April 4 – George Lopez 8 – TFO Sneak Peak 8 - Brighthouse Senior Idol 9 – John McEuen 10 – ELO – Former Membership 11 – Bill Burr 11 – Loretta Young Project 12 – TFO – Gershwin 13,14 Dave Chappelle 16 – Frank Caliendo 17,18 Brad Noblitt 18 – TFO – Sheherazade 22 – Bob Dylan 23, 24 – Complete Works of Shakespeare 25 – Rain 26 – TFO – Hilary Cole 27 – PYS – Strings Recital 28 – Paramore 29 – Sammy Hagar May 2 - Boston 2 – Harry Gross 3 - Side by Side by Side 3 - TFO – The Planets 4 - Neutral Milk Hotel 8 - PYS Finael Chamber Ensemble 9 - Moulin Rouge 14 - Vonda Sheperd 15 - FST Improv 16 - Rodney Carrington St. Petersburg City Theatre Located just off I-275 at 4025 31st. St. South, St. Petersburg, 33712 Box Office:Tickets / Information 727-866-1973. www.spcitytheatre.org April 17 – May 3 – Clybourne Park 19 – 21 – Audition – Ordinary Peopl 30 – Deadline for Script Submission to Summer Shorts Stageworks Theater NEW 1120 E. Kennedy Blvd., West Bldg., #151, Tampa, 813.374.2416 www.stageworkstheatre.org May 1 -17 – Ain’t Misbehavin’ Straz Center 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa 813.229. STAR www.strazcenter.org April Through April 19 – First Date 1 – May 3 – String Theory’s Fin Harp 5 - Easter Brunch 9 – Spirited Dinner 10 – TFO – Gershwin 11 – Best of Tampa Bay 11 – Sandi Sylver Puppet Show 14-19 - Pippin 17 – 25 - Fiddler on the Roof 17 - TFO – Scheherazade 18 - Live & Local Mike Tozier 20 – John Gorka 23 - Myth Busters 23 - Latin Nights 24 - TFO – Hillary Cole 24 – 26 - One Man Star Wars Trilogy 25 - Celtic Woman 26 - Tampa Bay Symphony
26 - Sadhguru – Isha Foundation 29 – May 24 – Annapurna May 1 - Italian Wine Dinner 1 – TFO – The Planets 1 – 3 Late Night Catechism 1,2 Next Generation Ballet 2,3 - Riverfest 2 - Silly Sam the Music Man 5 – 10 – Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 7 - Rob Bell and Pete Holmes 9 - Live and Local -Francesca 9 - 2 Cellos 10 - Mother’s Day Brunch 11 - Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johhny Irion 15 - TFO – Singing in the Rain The Coliseum 535 4th Ave. N, St. Petersburg 727.892.5715 www.stpete.org/coliseum/ Tea dances return October - May April 13 – Tampa Bay Job Fair 23 – Resurrection House Breakfast 29 – Iconic Women Awards The Mahaffey Theater 400 1st St. S, Bayfront Center St. Petersburg, 727.892.5767 www.themahaffeytheater.com www.ticketmaster.com April 3,4 – Shen Yun 9 – TFO – Sneak Peak 9 – Second Thursday on the Plaza 11 – TFO Gershwin Celebration 12 – Smokey Robinson 18 - TFO – Scheherazade 19 - Chef Robert Irvine 25 - TFO Pops – Hilary Kole 26 - The Price is Right LIVE 28 - Alanis Morissette 29 - Zeppelin USA 30 - Jerry Seinfeld May 1 - Jerry Seinfeld 2 - TFO – The Planets 8 - TFO – The Music of The Who 14 – Second Thursday on the Plaza 16 - TFO – Singing in the Rain The Palladium 253 5th Ave N, St. Petersburg 727.822.3590 www.mypalladium.org April 3 - Lauren Mitchell Band 4 – Too Smooth 9 – 11 – Blues Fest Weekend 14 - Nate Najar Trio 15 – The Palladium Chamber Players 16 - The Wind Symphony 19 - The Clash Wednesday Benefit Show 23 - Rene Marie 25 - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 26 - The Listening Room 28 – Tampa Bay Symphony Spring Concert May 10 - Tampa Bay Heralds of Harmony 14 - Sacred Chant Concert 17 - Faith of Things Unseen
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