Carrollwood Cultural Center: Upcoming Events

At the Carrollwood Cultural Center, magic is around every corner. Music fills the air, colors dress the walls, dancers float on stage and drama evokes emotion. The Center has been honored to host an array of local talents from visual artists, instrumentalists, singers, dancers and theatre groups. We look forward to introducing more area talent through future performances and concerts. Who knows? Perhaps our next headliner will be you!

September 3-5: Love, Sex and the IRS
September 11: Legends of Broadway
September 17: Jazz with Jim
September 24: The Shigeru Piano Series with Franz Mantini
September 27: Center Spotlight Tour

October 1-10: Seriously Sinatra
October 11: Center Spotlight Tour
October 14-17: Little Red Riding Hood
October 21: War of the Worlds
October 23: Masquerade Ball
October 30-31: The Foreigner

November 8: Center Spotlight Tour
November 9: Music Reborn
November 19-21: Bullyproof The Musical!

December 2-5: The Nutcracker
December 13: Center Spotlight Tour

March 31: Going Green The Musical!

April 10: Going Green The Musical!

Performances:
Friday, September 3 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, September 4 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, September 5 at 3 p.m.

Back by popular demand! Love Sex and the IRS

LOVE, SEX AND THE IRS tells the story of Jon Trachtman and Leslie Arthur, two longtime roommates and best friends. Jon is engaged to Kate Dennis, who has been having an affair behind Jon's back with Leslie. Meanwhile, Jon, an accountant, has been listing Leslie as his wife on his tax returns for the past four years to save some money. The day of reckoning comes when a phone call from Mr. Floyd Spinner of the IRS informs them of their impending audit. The three decide to attempt to pull off a con: Pass Leslie off for one day as Jon's wife. The plan, to say the least, goes hilariously awry.

Admission: $10 for members / $15 for non-members

Performance: Saturday, September 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Conductor and pianist DONALD PIPPIN (Oliver!, A Chorus Line, Mame, Walt Disney's Snow White) with stage and television star, RON RAINES (Guiding Light, Chicago, Showboat) will take the main stage at the Carrollwood Cultural Center in the concert of the year!

DONALD PIPPIN (conductor, pianist)
Having served for 14 years as Musical Director of New York's famed Radio City Music Hall, Donald Pippin is one of Broadway's most honored conductors. He is the recipient of the Tony Award for Oliver!, the Emmy Award for Broadway Sings Jule Styne, the Drama Desk Award for "consistently outstanding musical direction and commitment to the theatre" and a gold record award for original cast album of A Chorus Line.

RON RAINES (star of stage and television)
For 15 years, Ron Raines headed the cast of CBS-TV's longest running daytime series Guiding Light. For his work as "Alan Spaulding" Mr. Raines was nominated for 2003, 2004 and 2006 Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actor and was nominated three times for the SOAP OPERA DIGEST Award as "Outstanding Villain."

Mr. Raines is well known to theatre audiences in New York and around the country as one of America's leading musical theatre performers most recently starring on Broadway as Billy Flynn in Chicago. He also starred on Broadway as Gaylord Ravenal in the 1983 revival of Jerome Kern's Showboat co-starring Donald O'Connor. He originated the role of Teddy Roosevelt's ambitious son-in-law Nick Longworth in the short-lived Broadway musical Teddy and Alice starring Len Cariou and went on to originate the dual role of Jupiter/Amphytrion in the Off-Broadway musical hit Olympus on my Mind.

Please join us for this once-in-a-lifetime event!

Admission: $75 for members / $100 for non-members

MASTER CLASS FOR VOCALISTS!
Friday, September 10
Mr. Pippin will hold an audition-only master class for serious area vocalists on September 10. The cost of the class is $50. Please contact the Center at (813) 269-1310 for details.

When: Friday, September 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Enjoy a relaxing evening with Jim Burge and the Jazz Directions as they take you on a musical journey through the movies.

Jim Burge (saxophone), Ron Delp (keyboard), Jeff Henson (percussion) and Mike Ruvin (double bass) will play selections from Breakfast at Tiffany's, Gigi, South Pacific and more!

Admission: $7 for members / $10 for non-members
(Tickets may be purchased at the door.)

THE SHIGERU PIANO SERIES WITH FRANZ MANTINI

When: September 24 at 7:30 p.m. Franz Mantini

Pianist Franz Mantini will perform a solo recital to benefit the Carrollwood Cultural Center. The 90 minute program will feature works by Bach, Haydn, Chopin and Liszt.

Admission: $15 for members / $20 for non-members / $15 for seniors (65+) and students (student ID required)

When: Monday, September 27 at 6:30 p.m.

Center Spotlight Tours are a new way to get people more connected to the Center. They offer a look into what the Center is all about, and provide an opportunity to give feedback on how to make the Center even better.

We encourage everyone to attend - whether you are actively involved in the Center already, or are completely new to the Center. This is your cultural center - we encourage you to come, learn and grow with us!

The tours are one hour and light refreshments will be served.

RSVP is required. Please RSVP at (813) 269-1310.

SERIOUSLY SINATRA
Presented by The Salerno Theatre Company

Performances:
Friday, October 1 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 2 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, October 3 at 3 p.m.
Friday, October 8 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 9 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, October 10 at 3 p.m.

After the highly successful, limited engagement preview performances at Carrollwood Cultural Center in June, The Salerno Theatre Co. is thrilled to return to the Center with the full-length production version of SERIOUSLY SINATRA. The same, enhanced and lengthened version of the show that is currently touring the State of Florida, Salerno has updated and retooled SERIOUSLY SINATRA with more of your favorite songs, video interviews and additional footage by and about "Old Blue Eyes.”

Frank Sinatra once said: "You only live once and the way I live, once is enough." If all Frank Sinatra had was an unmistakable, velvet voice and unprecedented musical phrasing, he would still have become a legend. From his meteoric rise to become the first Pop idol to his reign as the 20th Century's greatest vocalist, SERIOUSLY SINATRA celebrates the life and extraordinary achievements of this celebrated artist. SERIOUSLY SINATRA pays tribute to Sinatra with hallmark songs and heartfelt video interviews from some of his best friends in the entertainment business, his family and with Frank Sinatra himself. Join us to celebrate this legendary icon who, for more than 50 years, provided the soundtrack for millions of Americans.

Admission: $18 for members / $25 for non-members / $22 for seniors (ages 65+)

Group Tickets: $20 per person for groups of 20+ / $18 per person for groups of 20+
Please call (813) 269-1310 or visit the Center to purchase group tickets. Group tickets must be purchased at one time to qualify for the group rate.

When: Monday, October 11 at 6:30 p.m.

The tours are one hour and light refreshments will be served.

RSVP is required. Please RSVP at (813) 269-1310.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
Presented by Play'n Around Traveling Children's Theatre

Performances:
Thursday, October 14 at 10:30 a.m.*
Sunday, October 17 at 3 p.m.

Join Little Red Riding Hood as she learns all about STRANGER DANGER. This classic fairy tale comes alive when Little Red Riding Hood meets Wolfie and Skunk, a mischievous duo from the woods. With a little luck and some help from her friends, she might just make it to Grandmother’s house while learning an important message along the way: Never Talk to Strangers!

Admission: $7 for members / $10 for non-members / Free for children under 4

Get a Season Package!
$22 for members (includes four performances and a savings of $6!)
$35 for non-members (includes four performances and a savings of $5!)
Please call (813) 269-1310 or visit the Center to purchase a Season Package.

Click here to download a season brochure.

When: Thursday, October 21 at 8 p.m.

Remember the old radio plays? Readers' theatre is similar. The Center's first readers' theatre performance, presented by the Morpheus Theatre Company, will showcase performers on a bare stage as they read from scripts as you, the audience, fill in the staging from your imagination. The form dates back to ancient Greece. And what better way to begin than with the story that caused a nationwide panic in 1938 when Orson Welles narrated an adaptation of the novel War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells on the radio as news bulletins?

When: Saturday, October 23 (Time TBD)

Join us for the Second Annual Masquerade Ball with great music, dancing, fantastic food, a silent auction and...of course...costumes! This is a romantic, frantic, antic, mysterious, delirious, tons of fun fundraiser for everyone who enjoys the Center and a good time.

More details to come.

Admission: $25 for members / $30 for non-members

Performances:
Saturday, October 30 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, October 31 at 3 p.m.

MDHF Productions (LOVE, SEX AND THE IRS) returns to the Center with THE FOREIGNER.

Admission: $10 for members / $15 for non-members

When: Monday, November 8 at 6:30 p.m.

The tours are one hour and light refreshments will be served.

RSVP is required. Please RSVP at (813) 269-1310.

Performance: Tuesday, November 9

The Tampa Ameet Chapter of Hadassah and the Carrollwood Cultural Center will present the third annual performance of music composed by victims of the Nazi Holocaust.

More details to come.

BULLYPROOF THE MUSICAL
Presented by the Play'n Around Traveling Children's Theatre

Performances:
Friday, November 19 at 10:30 a.m.*
Sunday, November 21 at 3 p.m.

When Penelope Jane hears that Ely Shoemaker, the biggest bully at Pleasantville Junior High, has bullied her best friend, Bernadette Bernstein, she knows that she has to come up with a way to stop him from doing it again. But what can she do?

Join Penelope Jane and her friends Bernadette, Eugene and Mr. Frickell as they learn that to BULLYPROOF yourself, you must first take a S.T.A.N.D.

BULLYPROOF deals with issues such as bullying, cyberbulling, physical violence and inappropriate behavior.

Admission: $7 for members / $10 for non-members / Free for children under 4

Click here to download a season brochure.

THE NUTCRACKER
Presented by the Play'n Around Traveling Children's Theatre

Performances:
Thursday, December 2 at 10:30 a.m.*
Sunday, December 5 at 3 p.m.

Join Clara and Nutty on their magical adventure to save the princess from the Evil Rat King Salsabar. This heartwarming musical delivers a modern twist to a holiday classic. Lessons include: Everything Comes from Your Heart and Everybody Needs Friends.

Admission: $7 for members / $10 for non-members / Free for children under 4

Click here to download a season brochure.

When: Monday, December 13 at 6:30 p.m.

The tours are one hour and light refreshments will be served.

RSVP is required. Please RSVP at (813) 269-1310.

GOING GREEN THE MUSICAL!
Presented by Play'n Around Traveling Children's Theatre

Performances:
Thursday, March 31 at 10:30 a.m.*
Sunday, April 10 at 3 p.m. Going Green The Musical

Penelope Jane is back and this time she is learning the importance of GOING GREEN. Join her and her friends as they find out what happens when we all get together and make a difference in the world today.