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Performing Arts

Upcoming theater events

By BARBARA L. FREDRICKSEN
Published March 31, 2006

LERNER AND LOEWE'S 'BRIGADOON' continues through April 16 at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre, 16128 U.S. 19, Hudson. Shows are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays, and 1:30 p.m. some Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Doors open two hours before each show for full cash bar and included buffet. Dinner and show, $41; show only, $29.95; plus tax and tip. Call 863-7949 in west Pasco; toll-free elsewhere at 1-888-655-7469.

EUGENE O'NEILL'S 'ANNA CHRISTIE' continues through April 9 at Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, 600 Klosterman Road, Tarpon Springs (a half mile west of U.S. 19). The production by Avenue Players Theatre is at 7 p.m. today and April 6 and 7 and at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and April 8 and 9. Admission is $10 for nonmembers, $7 for members and students. There will be refreshments at intermission and "talk back" after the show. Call (727) 712-5762.

'MY FAIR LADY' wraps up this weekend at Stage West Community Playhouse, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill. Shows are at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $18. The box office is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and an hour before each show. Call (352) 683-5113.

FLORIDA STATE ORANGE BLOSSOM COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION will have a show and membership drive from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Leisure Lanes Bowling Center, 12529 U.S. 19, Hudson. The show features winners of the North America Country Music Association International competition playing country, bluegrass, gospel and instrumentals ages 3 through adult.

SINGER LEANNE WILLIAMS will perform a tribute to the late Patsy Cline at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Pasco-Hernando Community College Performing Arts Center, 10230 Ridge Road, New Port Richey. Tickets are $16, $18 and $20. Call (727) 816-3707.

RICHEY COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA will present "Cinema Magic," a multimedia tribute to favorite Hollywood songs, at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Center for the Arts at River Ridge, Town Center Road, New Port Richey. Guest performers are John and Mary K. Wilson and their son, Paul Wilson. Tickets are $10, open seating. Box office is at 6827 Amberjack Lane, Hudson (west of U.S. 19 just north of Beacon Woods Drive). Call (727) 919-3866.

THE MOVIE 'WALK THE LINE,' based on the life of the late Johnny Cash, will be shown free at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Tarpon Springs Community Center, 400 S Walton Ave., Tarpon Springs. The movie Good Night, and Good Luck, based on the life of Edward R. Murrow, will be shown April 18.

THE THURSDAY MUSICALE, a nonsectarian chorus of 50 women, will perform at 2 p.m. Thursday at Living Word Church, 5151 Rowan Road, New Port Richey. Guest performers are the Jubilee Men's Chorus. Admission is free, but a donation will be accepted.

VISUAL ARTS

(Admission is free unless otherwise noted)

ARTBEAT 2006, AN EXHIBIT OF PASCO HIGH SCHOOL students' work, concludes today at Pasco Arts Council's art center, 5744 Moog Road, Holiday. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

'THE AMERICAN ARTS & CRAFTS HOME, 1900-1915: Selections from the Two Red Roses Foundation Collection,' continues through April 16 at Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, 600 Klosterman Road, Tarpon Springs (a quarter mile west of U.S. 19). Admission is $5 adults, $4 seniors, free to children and students. Sunday admission is free for everyone.

THE UPSTAIRS GALLERY at the Pasco Arts Council's art center will feature work by photographer Mark Hardies on Monday through May 5. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. The center is at 5744 Moog Road, New Port Richey. A reception will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on May 5.

LOOK AHEAD

A TASTE OF THE SUNCOAST (formerly the Suncoast Sampler) will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. April 9 at Gulf View Square mall. Thirty restaurants from Pasco and Hernando counties will serve samples of their cuisine during the event. There will also be live musical entertainment and a silent auction. Tickets are $25 in advance at the mall information center (or call 816-3707), $30 at the door. Proceeds will go to the Pasco-Hernando Community College Foundation.

THE DUKE ELLINGTON JAZZ ORCHESTRA will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 7 at the Pasco County Schools Center for the Arts at Wesley Chapel, 30651 Wells Road, Wesley Chapel. Tickets are $20 adults, $15 seniors and area jazz club members, $10 students. Call (813) 794-8772, (352) 524-8772 or (727) 774-8772.

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