This week

By Times staff writer

© St. Petersburg Times,
published August 17, 2001

COMING UP

TODAY: The Centennial Opera Group will present the video of Guiseppi Verdi's Il Trovatore (The Troubador) at 12:30 p.m. at the Centennial Library, 5740 Moog Road, Holiday. The video features Luciano Pavarotti, Eva Marton, Dolora Zajick and Sherrill Milnes in the lead roles. Admission is free.

TODAY-SUNDAY: The musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat continues at Show Palace Dinner Theatre, 16128 U.S. 19, Hudson. Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 3 p.m. Sundays. Doors open two hours before each show for buffet and cash bar. Dinner and show, $35.95; show only, $24.95. Ages 12 and younger, $19.95 and $14.95. Limited seating remains; call for availability at 863-7949 in west Pasco; toll free 1-888-655-7469 elsewhere.

TODAY-AUG. 31: "Art Annual 2001" continues at Pasco Arts Center, 5744 Moog Road, Holiday. Exhibit features more than 100 professional, amateur and student works. Viewing hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.

SATURDAY: The Florida Lyric Opera will present Lullaby of Broadway, with a cast of six at a luncheon show at Heritage Springs Country Club, 11345 Robert Trent Jones Parkway, New Port Richey. Luncheon and show, $19, including tax and tip. Call (727) 578-1657 for reservations.

QUICK TRIPS

SATURDAY: The Hernando County Fine Arts Council will present "Classical Elegance at Twilight," with a concert by the Florida Orchestra String Quartet and a dinner of prime rib and other selections, at 6 p.m. at Wellington Country Club in Spring Hill. Tickets are $50. Proceeds benefit the proposed Nimmagadda Cultural Center. Call Ken Murrin at (352) 688-5808 or Lucille Roth at (352) 686-1675.

SATURDAY: Irish musician Brendan Nolan will perform at 8 p.m. at the Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center, 324 Pine St. (inside City Hall), Tarpon Springs. Nolan is from Dublin, but now lives in St. Pete Beach. Admission is $10. Call (727) 942-5605.

WEDNESDAY: Photographer Ric Savid will discuss the psychological and creative aspects of his black and white portraits at 7:30 p.m. at the Zone Art Lounge, 121 E Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs. Doors open at 7 p.m. Admission is free, but a donation will be accepted. Coffee, mixed drinks, wine and light snacks are available for purchase.

LOOK AHEAD

AUG. 24: Greater New Port Richey Main Street will present "A Night in the Tropics" from 5 to 9 p.m. on Grand Boulevard between Main Street and Missouri Avenue. A Tampa steel drum band will provide entertainment. There will be swimwear modeling, a skateboard demonstration by Boards in Motion and a custom car cruise-in of more than 50 classic and muscle cars from the 1950s through '70s. Downtown restaurants will feature tropical island specials on their menus.

AUG. 24: Two-time Grammy winner Rick Derringer (Hang on Sloopy, Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo), along with Pat Travers (Crash and Burn) and Damon Fowler will perform at Bourbon Street Concert Club, 4331 U.S. 19, New Port Richey. Doors open at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

CURTAIN CALLS

SUNDAY-MONDAY: The new Angel Cabaret Theatre in Southgate Shopping Center will hold auditions for musicals and plays for its upcoming season at 7 p.m. Sundayfor ages 7-15 years old and 7 p.m. Monday for adults. The auditions will be at the Studio of Performing Arts, Sunrise Plaza, 11720 U.S. 19, Port Richey. Those auditioning for musicals should bring a photo and resume, sheet music or CD or cassette (without vocal) and be prepared to dance and read from a script. Positions are paid. Producer is Jimmy Ferraro. Call (727) 862-2601.

AUG. 24-25: The Hernando County Fine Arts Council will hold auditions for the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado at 7 p.m. Aug. 24 and 1:30 p.m. Aug. 25 at Springstead High School Theater, 3300 Mariner Blvd., Spring Hill. Prepare 16 bars of music that demonstrate range and vocal strengths. Performances will be last two weekends in January at the theater. Call (352) 597-8777 or (352) 796-7469.

AUG. 24-25: Stage West Community Playhouse will hold auditions for the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at 7 p.m. Aug. 24 and 1 p.m. Aug. 25 at the Forum theater, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd., Spring Hill. Production dates are Thursdays and weekends Nov. 1 through 18. Call (352) 683-5113 .

AUG. 25: Auditions for Expressions, the Dance Company, will be at 2 p.m. at the Centre for Dance, Drama & Music, Regency Park Blvd., Port Richey. Dancers must have several years experience in ballet and at least one other dance form (jazz, for example) and currently be enrolled in dance classes. Call (727) 842-8175 for age restrictions.

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