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THEAARTTER SHAKESPEARE’S BROADWAY ‘Something Rotten!’ Rob McClure and the cast of Something Rotten! will perform under the direction of Casey Nicholaw from March 7-12 at the Straz Center in Tampa. EDITOR’S NOTE: Something Rotten!, the Broadway musical, will be at the Straz Center in Tampa from March 7-12. For tickets, call (813) 229-STAR (7827). MARCH APRIL 2017 | TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 63 While Shakespeare never wrote a Broadway musical, imagine what he could have written if he had been able to experience musicals such as Chicago, Annie, A Chorus Line, South Pacific and Les Misérables. This is one of the reasons that the hit show Something Rotten! resonates with members of its audiences, even if they are neither well-versed in Broadway musicals nor in Shakespearean plays. Everyone will enjoy this new show. The show’s most memorable song is “A Musical.” It is sung by one of the famous clairvoyant Nostradamus’ soothsaying relatives to a would-be playwright. This showstopping number, which predicts that the next big thing in Elizabethan theater would be musicals, is filled with hilarious lyrical, musical and visual references to Shakespeare and to classic Broadway musical fare. The show opened on Broadway in 2015 and was an instant success, as the Tudor timeline gave an extra spin to the wellexecuted traditional show business plot of “putting on a show.” Something Rotten!, directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, whose work includes Aladdin and The Book of Mormon, will tickle and entertain you with its clever take on Broadway as if it had existed while William Shakespeare was the king of the stage in Elizabethan London. 9 MAY 2-7 MORSANI HALL STRAZ CENTER IT’S BROADWAY AT ITS BEST. 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG Group Sales (10+ get a discount): 813.222.1016 or 1047 Events, days, dates, times, performers and prices are subject to change without notice. Handling fees will apply.


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