On opening night of “TINA – The Tina Turner Musical” in Tampa, Florida, some members of Tampa Bay Bloggers were lucky enough to be invited to attend in exchange for an online review of the show. The following is a candid opinion of TBB member Raffi Darrow, who was in attendance on January 31, 2023. …
Through a partnership with the Straz, the following post is a guest sponsored post written by Maria Mora. All opinions are intellectual property of the author. I consider myself very lucky that both my kids (9 and 11) are huge fans of Broadway musicals. Evening shows are still a little late for my third grader,…
How do you solve a problem like … presenting one of the most beloved musicals of stage and screen in an original way, while staying true to the characters and melodies that made it famous? I’m no expert – just a fan of good shows – but it seemed to me the solution to the…
By Carter Gaddis, Tampa Bay Bloggers We attended Opening Night of Disney’s Newsies Tuesday at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts. The musical is an energetic ode to turn-of-the-20th-century labor conflict, as represented by the struggle of New York City newsboys against the profit-driven behemoth of late-18th century journalism, Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World.…
