{"id":159933,"date":"2026-02-18T15:39:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/159933\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:39:51","slug":"straz-to-present-batsu-diversions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/159933\/","title":{"rendered":"Straz to present \u2018Batsu!\u2019 | Diversions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA \u2014 \u201cBatsu!\u201d will bring the hilarity and manic pacing of Japanese game shows to the stage when it comes to the Tampa Bay area for shows running March 3-8 in Jaeb Theater at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets start at $41.80. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/strazcenter.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">strazcenter.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In \u201cBatsu!\u201d comedy Warriors compete in ever-more ridiculous challenges, with losers suffering ever-more humiliating punishments. Contestants who lose a challenge can be subjected to punishments such as electrical shocks, paintballs and a giant, egg-smashing chicken. The show has been running in New York City since 2011, has played sold-out runs in London and Edinburgh, and is currently enjoying a long run in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>This show is intended for audiences 18 and older.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA \u2014 \u201cBatsu!\u201d will bring the hilarity and manic pacing of Japanese game shows to the stage when&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[76660,76659,8973,276,5168,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-159933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-batsu","tag-comedians","tag-comedy","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\/159933","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=159933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}