Breaking into acting? Here’s how to go about getting your headshot
Having decided to focus your life on an acting career, the first major step is to get a good headshot. This is your calling card, from which people will hire you. Bear in mind that agents and casting directors see More...
Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ criticized over portraying people with disabilities as evil or ‘creepy’
Playing two roles in Jordan Peele’s new horror film, Us, Lupita Nyong’o used a disability to create the “creepy voice” for Adelaide Wilson’s doppelgänger. “I was inspired by the condition spasmodic More...
‘New Works Recital’ Coming to Patel Conservatory January 22
Straz Center’s Patel Conservatory presents ‘New Works Recital’ on Tuesday, January 22. Show is located at the TECO Theater at the Straz Center at 7:00 PM. Patel Conservatory music faculty will be More...
MegaCon 2017: Mass Effect panel with Ali Hillis and Jennifer Hale
From MegaCon comes an interesting panel for Mass Effect with voice actresses Ali Hillis and Jennifer Hale. Hale voices a soldier named Commander Shepard, whose mission is to save the galaxy from a race of More...
Deadline nears for Straz Center’s Performing Arts’ Broadway Star of the Future Awards
High school theater programs in the Tampa Bay area are invited to participate in the Straz Center for the Performing Arts’ Broadway Star of the Future Awards program, designed to encourage, recognize and honor More...
Patel Conservatory opens registration for 2016 fall classes
Registration is now open for 2016 fall classes in dance, theater and music at the fully accredited Patel Conservatory at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts. Classes begin Aug. 29. More than 100 classes are More...
Broadway’s Eric Peterson adds free theater workshop at Patel Conservatory
Theater enthusiasts of all ages are invited to a FREE workshop to learn tricks of the trade and tips on how to succeed in the industry. The workshop will be taught by actor Eric Peterson, who performed on Broadway More...
‘Battlestar Galactica,’ ‘Bonanza’ star Lorne Greene born on this day in history
Lorne Greene, the actor who played Ben Cartwright on the immensely popular television Western Bonanza and Commander Adama on the 1970’s Sci-Fi show Battlestar Galactica, was born on this day, sharing a birthday More...
Patel Conservatory opens fall registration for dance, theater and music classes
Registration is now open for 2014 fall classes in dance, theater and music at the fully accredited Patel Conservatory at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts. Classes begin Aug. 25. More than 100 classes are More...
Patel Conservatory adds new dance class taught by a former Rockette as schedule offer great workshops
The Patel Conservatory and Straz Center in Tampa offers amazing entertainment and educational workshops for Tampa area fans of theater and the arts. A new and exciting workshop called “Just for Kicks” led by More...
