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152 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE
Best of
Broadway
at the Straz
Kelli O’Hara and Hoon Lee will star in the
Straz Center’s production of Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s The King and I in May, 2017.
The lineup for this year’s
Broadway shows at the Straz
Center in Tampa is sure to be
entertaining. On November
8th, the season begins with The Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time that
won Tony Awards including Best Play
in 2015. Stephen Sondheim’s Into the
Woods is next and starts on November
29th, followed by An American in
Paris that begins on December 20th,
featuring songs by the Gershwins. To
start 2017, the Straz will present the 35th
Anniversary Tour of Forbidden Broadway
starting on January 10th, which will be
followed by Cabaret beginning January
24th. Wicked will be there starting
February 1st; and in March, Something
Rotten tells a new tale of the world’s first
musical in 1595. In May, the Straz will
present Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
The King and I, as well as a revival of
playwright J.M. Barrie’s story of Finding
Neverland. Disney’s The Little Mermaid
will play in July, with Motown the
Musical ending the season in August. 9
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