Digest

Out and about

By TIMES STAFF
Published July 27, 2007

Special sign language show added: The Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat continues through Sunday at Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St., Tarpon Springs. Shows are at 8 p.m. today and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. A sign language interpreter from Sign Language Associates' Cultural Access Program will enhance the show at 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $16; $14 for members and students. Call (727) 942-5605 or visit www.tarponarts.org.

Stride piano and all that jazz: The rollicking musical Ain't Misbehavin', a tribute to Thomas "Fats" Waller and the Harlem Renaissance, continues matinees and evenings through Aug. 26 at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre, 16128 U.S. 19, Hudson. Dinner and show (note price increase), $44; show only, $32.95; ages 12 and younger, $26.45 and $21.45, all plus tax and tip. Call (727) 863-7949 in west Pasco; toll-free elsewhere at 1-888-655-7469.

Time to act up: Auditions for the comedy-drama Steel Magnolias will be held at Stage West Community Playhouse at 7:30 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Saturday. The theater is at 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill. Production dates are Oct. 5-7 and 12-14 in The Forum at Stage West. Director is Maurice Batista. (813) 493-4534.

Pretty pictures taking leave: Not Just Another Pretty Picture, an art exhibit featuring social commentary, continues through Saturday at Progress Energy Art Gallery, 6231 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. Call (727) 848-6500 for hours.

Beacons of hope: American Lighthouses, an exhibit of photographs of lighthouses across the United States by members of the Chasco Camera Club, will be in the lobby of the West Pasco Government Center through Thursday. The center is at 7530 Little Road, New Port Richey. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Free.

Opera, opera, opera and then another opera: Intermezzo Opera Festival of New York will present four full operas performed by students in training to become professionals at the Black Box Theatre on the Nature Coast Technical High School campus, 4057 California St., Brooksville. The operas are Falstaff (7:30 p.m. Saturday and Tuesday and 3 p.m. Aug. 3); The Magic Flute (3 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Aug. 3); Albert Herring (7:30 p.m. today, Sunday and Thursday); and Suor Angelica (3 p.m. Saturday and 7:30 p.m. Monday). Tickets are $15 adults, $10 students. Box office in the lobby of the theater will be open one hour before each performance. Discounted multiple show packages are available. Call (352) 797-7088, ext. 296 or (727) 534-5742 for reservations.

Time for tryouts: Auditions for Disney's High School Musical will be held by appointment on Monday and Tuesday by Showcase Community Theatre, 8431 Corporate Way, New Port Richey. Roles are for males and females ages 8 to 18. Production dates are Oct. 18-21. Participation fee is $50. Audition forms and instructions are at www.showcaseyouth.com or at the audition. Call (727) 647-4249 or (813) 679-0051 for an audition time.

Gone with ... whatever: Center Stage Theatre and Dance Academy Musical Theatre Summer Camp students will present Gone With the Breeze, a musical spoof of the casting frenzy that surrounded selecting the actors for the classic Gone With the Wind, at 7 p.m. Aug. 3, 5201 U.S. 19, New Port Richey (Southgate Shopping Center). Tickets are $10. Call (727) 815-0100.

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