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A new dance performan by projectALCHEMY is at the Murray Theatre, Ruth Eckerd Hall\u2019s black box space, Friday and Saturday. Photo by Joey Clay.<\/p>\n
On theater stages<\/p>\n
Although Friday\u2019s opening night is sold out, there\u2019s a preview performance tonight of American Stage\u2019s production of the musical Into the Woods tonight (7:30 p.m.) in Demens Landing Park, on the St. Petersburg bayfront. Wednesday\u2019s scheduled first preview was canceled due to inclement weather.<\/p>\n
The Stephen Sondheim\/James Lapine musical will be performed in the park through April 26; click on this link<\/a> for showtimes (there are, understandably, no matinees) and tickets.<\/p>\n The national tour of Hell\u2019s Kitchen, the rags-to-riches song-and-dance musical based on songs by Alicia Keys, is onstage at the Straz Center\u2019s Morsani Hall, with various day-and-night showtimes between tonight and Sunday, April 4. Find everything you need to know at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Two-time Tony Award winner (as Best Actor in a Musical) Norbert Leo Butz brings his intimate cabaret show to Largo\u2019s Central Park Performing Arts Center Saturday. The Catalyst spoke with the Wicked, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Catch Me If You Can and Big Fish star this week; read that interview here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Friday through Sunday at Stageworks Theatre: A staged reading of The Minutes, a dark comedy by Tracy Letts, from the Impromptu Players. It\u2019s a benefit for Stageworks, and you can locate showtimes and tickets at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jobsite Theater\u2019s production of The Shark is Broken continues to take a bite out of the company\u2019s all-time sales records. Ian Shaw\u2019s comedy about the backstage goings-on a at Jaws continues through April 5. Find tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Festivals<\/p>\n Saturday and Sunday brings the Mainsail Art Festival to St. Petersburg\u2019s Vinoy Park, ranked one of the Top 14 Fine Art & Design Shows in the country by Sunshine Artist Magazine (this will be the 51st annual).<\/p>\n Along with show-and-sale from 250+ Juried fine artists and craftspeople, expect live music, a kids\u2019 art area, a food court and more.<\/p>\n Hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, and admission is free. Find more info at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the first weekend for the massive Sugar Sand Festival 2026 at Pier 60 on Clearwater Beach (it features professional sand sculpting, live music and all sorts of stuff to get you to the beach, and it\u2019ll be there through April 12). Get all the details in this recent Catalyst story<\/a>; you can also find out there about this weekend\u2019s Ukulele Days in Dunedin).<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Concert calendar<\/p>\n Americana singer\/songwriter Jim Lauderdale is at Skipper\u2019s Smokehouse tonight. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jazz and boogie-woogie pianist Michael Kaeshammer and his band perform tonight in the Palladium Theatre Side Door Cabaret. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tonight at the Seminole Hard Rock Event Center: Mike Love and his Beach Boys. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Friday at the Palladium Side Door: Blues guitarist Albert Castiglia and band. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dancing With the Stars Live takes over Ruth Eckerd Hall Friday and Saturday. Tickets are at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Comedian Katt Williams will be onstage Friday at Benchmark International Arena. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Alan Parsons Live Project is onstage at the BayCare Sound amphitheater Sunday, with the \u201cFlorida Rock Symphony.\u201d Showtime is 8 p.m., and tickets are here<\/a>. This is the makeup date for the postponed Dec. 11 show.<\/p>\n Sunday (3 p.m.) at the New Tampa Performing Arts Center: Arenas, Lasky, and Nash Project: The Bacharach Book. Find tickets here<\/a>. Pianist Simon Lasky is our guest on Friday\u2019s Arts Alive! podcast.<\/p>\n Sunday (7 p.m.) at the New Tampa Performing Arts Center: Celebrating World Piano Day with classical pianists E\u2011Na Song, Janna Pena and Chen Liang. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Where\u2019s the orchestra?<\/p>\n The Florida Orchestra goes big with this weekend\u2019s program, conducted by Michael Francis: Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 9, with Ode to Joy featuring The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, along with Adagio\u00a0from Mahler\u2019s unfinished\u00a0Symphony No. 10, and Maestro Francis\u2019 always-popular \u201cmystery piece.\u201d<\/p>\n Performances are at 8 p.m. Friday at Straz Center\/Ferguson Hall, and Saturday (8 p.m.) and Sunday (2 p.m.) at the Mahaffey Theater. Details and tickets are at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Your Weekend Spotlight<\/a>\u00a0appears every Thursday in the\u00a0Catalyst\u2019s CREATE section.\u00a0<\/p>\n Please add us to your mailing list \u2013 send all press releases and event info to\u00a0bill@stpetecatalyst.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n