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\u201cThe Hot Wing King,\u201d new at American Stage, co-stars Lance Markeith Felton. Image: Video screengrab.<\/p>\n
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Kenny Moten (Beauty and the Beast; Hair) directs The Hot Wing King at American Stage, opening Friday with a preview performance tonight. Katori Hall\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning dramedy is about a Memphis family preparing for the \u201cHot Wang Festival,\u201d when other, more urgent matters materialize. Find showtimes and tickets at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n The musical comedy I Love You, You\u2019re Perfect, Now Change opens Friday at Stageworks Theatre. Directed by Heather Krueger, the play (book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro, music by Jimmy Roberts) includes four actors in multiple roles, in a series of couple-centric vignettes concerning love, relationships and marriage. It\u2019s one of the longest-running shows in Off-Broadway history. There\u2019s a preview performance tonight. Find showtimes and tickets at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stageworks producing artistic director Karla Hartley guests on our Arts Alive! podcast Friday.<\/p>\n Concert calendar<\/p>\n Today\u2019s Dali Museum performance by pianist Raquel Garz\u00e1s is sold out.<\/p>\n Stewart Copeland, one-third of the iconic rock group The Police, is onstage Friday at the Capitol Theatre. It\u2019s not a musical show; accompanied by a moderator (to keep him on track, he says), Copeland will tell stories from his long and illustrious career. Find info and tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Catalyst spoke with the witty and verbose Copeland via Zoom a few days ago. Check that out at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hank Williams Jr. opens his summer tour Friday in Tampa. Publicity photo.<\/p>\n Friday at the Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre: Country music\u2019s controversial Hank Williams Jr., who hasn\u2019t released any new music since Rich White Honky Blues in 2022. Joe Nichols and Spencer Hatcher open the 6:30 p.m. concert. Find tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Straight outta the \u201880s, the contemporary editions of Quiet Riot and Vixen co-headline Friday at Fergs Pavilion. The Catalyst spoke with Vixen founding member Roxy Petrucci here<\/a>. Tickets for the 7 p.m. show are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The St. Petersburg Sax Quartet plays Friday at 5 p.m. at the Imagine Museum. Tickets are at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chelsea Gallo conducts The Florida Orchestra in a free concert, Symphony by the Sea, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the BayCare Sound Amphitheatre. The program includes Tchaikovsky\u2019s\u00a01812 Overture, John Williams movie music, Broadway hits and \u201cclassical crowd-pleasers.\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday at 2 p.m., The orchestra is engaged in Morsani Hall (at the Straz Center) for Defying Gravity \u2013 The Music of Stephen Schwartz, honoring the composer of Wicked, Godspell, Enchanted and more. Chelsea Gallo conducts. Tickets are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Coming soon<\/p>\n June 10-21 Tampa International Fringe Festival, Ybor City<\/p>\n June 9-14 Broadway Series Beetlejuice Morsani Hall, Straz Center<\/p>\n June 9 Lucy Darling at Ruth Eckerd Hall<\/p>\n June 10 \u201cAn Evening in New Orleans\u201d at Central Park Performing Arts Center<\/p>\n June 11 Steve Earle at the Capitol Theatre<\/p>\n June 12 Evanescence at Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre<\/p>\n June 11 Passing Strange opens at The Studio@620<\/p>\n June 12 Bash of the Titans opens at freeFall Theatre<\/p>\n June 13: Kalis Uchis at Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre<\/p>\n June 13 Chris Stapleton w\/Lainey Wilson at Raymond James Stadium<\/p>\n June 14 Ne-Yo, Akon at Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre<\/p>\n June 16 Mad Beach Band at Palladium Side Door Cabaret<\/p>\n June 19 Josh Groban, Jennifer Hudson at Benchmark Arena<\/p>\n June 19 Vince Gill at Ruth Eckerd Hall<\/p>\n June 20 Billy Currington at the BayCare Sound<\/p>\n June 20 The Florida Orchestra\u00a0Music of Studio Ghibli\u00a0 at Ruth Eckerd Hall<\/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![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Hank-Williams-Jr-259x300.jpg\")
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