{"id":109985,"date":"2026-01-08T04:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T04:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/109985\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T04:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T04:45:07","slug":"blue-man-group-to-play-straz-center-diversions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/109985\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Man Group to play Straz Center | Diversions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA \u2014 Blue Man Group will take the stage for several shows, running Jan. 16-18, in Morsani Hall at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets start at $33.40. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/strazcenter.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">strazcenter.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The name Blue Man Group tells you who you\u2019ll see \u2014 three men with skin painted blue \u2014 but doesn\u2019t tell you what you\u2019ll see, which would require a much longer name. Art, music, comedy and nonverbal communication are among the tools the aforementioned cerulean trio use in a performance that celebrates connections with people and the world around us.<\/p>\n<p>Since debuting at New York\u2019s Astor Place Theatre in 1991, the live show has expanded to additional domestic residencies in Boston, Chicago, and Las Vegas, an international residency in Berlin, and multiple North American and world tours, reaching more than 35 million people worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Man Group appeals to a broad range of age groups and cultural backgrounds. It is owned and operated by Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA \u2014 Blue Man Group will take the stage for several shows, running Jan. 16-18, in Morsani Hall&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[56241,276,5168,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-109985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-blue-man-group","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-straz-center","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}