[Times art: Teresanne Cossetta]
With productions of The Nutcracker, Messiah and A Christmas Carol scheduled, tradition rules, but there are plenty of twists and turns as the bay area prepares to . . .Greet the season!
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November 23, 2000
Cover Story
Greet the season
With productions of The Nutcracker, Messiah and A Christmas Carol scheduled, tradition rules, but there are plenty of twists and turns.
Holidays sparkle, steam on stage
Mannheim Steamroller's holiday show aims to "take a place like the Ice Palace and turn it into a complete Christmas environment," complete with music, snowmen and Christmas village.
| Movie Reviews from Wednesday's Floridian
 Spot the real Cruella
A change of heart appears to have turned the villain into an animal lover in "102 Dalmatians." But is the transformation too good to be true?
'Unbreakable,' not unblemished
Lightning doesn't strike twice for writer-director M. Night Shyamalan in his encore to The Sixth Sense.
'Requiem' is ugly yet riveting
Director Darren Aronofsky's fierce view of drug culture from an addict's perspective is so stunning that his audience will have trouble watching it. |
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Film
Persall's Top Five
Recent releases recommended by Times film critic Steve Persall
Video
The cluck stops here
Chicken Run
Pop
Ticket window
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Sat. for Delbert McClinton, performing at 8:30 p.m. Dec. 30 at Jannus Landing. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 day of show. Call Ticketmaster at (813) 287-8844 or (727) 898-2100.
Stage
Auditions
The Jobsite Theater and the Center Theater Company of Tampa Bay will hold auditions for the upcoming presentation of Lysistrata from 8 to 10 p.m. Dec. 6 in the Off Center Theater of the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, 1010 N MacInnes Place, Tampa. Anyone interested in auditioning should prepare two contrasting one-minute monologues (one classical and one contemporary). For an appointment, call (813) 932-6430.
Ticket window
Tickets go on sale at noon Sun. for the second half of Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center's Broadway series: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Jan. 30-Feb. 24; Les Miserables, Feb. 13-25; Fosse, Feb. 27-March 4; Cabaret, March 20-25; and Civil War, May 8-13. Call the center box office at (813) 229-7827 or Ticketmaster at (813) 287-8844 or (727) 898-2100.
Art
Tampa museums, galleries offer variety in hop
Burn off those Thanksgiving day calories via the Tampa Gallery Association's solution: this year's annual Thanksgiving weekend gallery hop.
Best bets
Art critic Mary Ann Marger's recommendations for this weekend. Refer to the Art Calendar for details.
Get Away
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Spruce up for Christmas
If you want a fresh, fashionable Christmas tree this year -- and a chance to help charity at the same time -- you can pick one up at the 16th Annual Festival of Trees. |
Hot Ticket
Hot tickets
Dine
Side dish
I've had enough...
Cheap thrill
La Palma
Shop
It's a wrap!
Friday begins the official flurry of holiday shopping. If you must ship your purchases, look to office supply and discount stores for padded envelopes, bubble wrap, foam packing peanuts, mailing tubes, tape and boxes of all sizes. Other fun packaging can be found in supermarkets, drug, discount and party stores, even music shops.
