{"id":420615,"date":"2026-10-06T21:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T21:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420615\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T21:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T21:40:10","slug":"recapping-the-new-tampa-performing-arts-centers-2nd-annual-season-soiree-neighborhood-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420615\/","title":{"rendered":"Recapping The New Tampa Performing Arts Center\u2019s 2nd Annual \u2018Season Soir\u00e9e\u2019 \u2014 Neighborhood News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of my favorite things about the now-annual \u201cSeason Soir\u00e9e at the New Tampa Performing Arts Center (NTPAC) is that it gives me the opportunity to zero in on the events in the NTPAC\u2019s upcoming season that I definitely want to attend. I wish NTPAC executive director Keith Arsenault (right) could open up the Soir\u00e9e to the general public so everyone could have the same opportunity I do to pick their upcoming favorites \u2014 even if Keith had to extend the soir\u00e9e to multiple nights, instead of just the Thursday before the center\u2019s annual \u201cArts Fest\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And let me tell you, there are a LOT of amazing events coming up in the NTPAC\u2019s 2026- 27 season. Many of the shows and events I plan to attend this season are shown on these pages \u2014 from the New Tampa Players\u2019 production of the musical \u201cCome From Away\u201d (below), which was nominated for seven 2017 Tony Awards on Broadway, winning Best Direction of a Musical for director Christopher Ashley \u2014 to the Tampa City Ballet (photo on next page)\u2019s eight performances of \u201cThe Nutcracker\u201d in December. \u201cCome From Away\u201d will be performed seven times over the next two weekends (Oct. 16-18 & Oct. 23-25).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m also excited for this season\u2019s appearance by the amazing coloratura soprano Daniella Mass (left), who created what is known as \u201cLiri-Pop,\u201d has appeared on \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d (she really does!) and also sings during many Tampa City Ballet performances.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Daniella will be appearing as part of NTPAC\u2019s \u201cNew Tampa Unplugged\u201d series on Sunday, November 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There also are so many amazing piano performances coming up this season, including the Nikolov-West Duo (Top photo), featuring concert pianists Jane West (left in top photo) and Viktor Nikolov, performing with the Simon Lasky Trio in \u201cBoth Sides of (Dave) Brubeck\u201d in a classical-meets-jazz NTPAC \u201cSteinway Signature Series\u201d performance on Saturday, May 1, 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Also part of the \u201cNew Tampa Unplugged\u201d series is Grammy- and Latin Grammy-winning Latin jazz pianist Lannie Battistini (right) on Sunday, May 23.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other upcoming performances I don\u2019t want to miss (but don\u2019t have pictures from the Season Soir\u00e9e of) include :\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 The St. Pete Collective Band performing the Music of James Taylor on Friday, October 30\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sir Paul \u2014 The Paul McCartney Tribute on Saturday, March 20\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Local Chicago tribute band Pieces of Eight\u2019s return to the NTPAC on Saturday, June 5\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Peace of Woodstock in concert on Saturday, June 26\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 And, of course NTP\u2019s production of \u201cNewsies\u201d in July\u00a0<\/p>\n

But honestly, there\u2019s just so much more coming to NTPAC this season, from classical to jazz to musical theatre to \u201cPuppy Pals Live\u201d to the Black Honkeys, Taiko Drums of Japan and much more!\u00a0<\/p>\n

For more info about NTPAC\u2019s 2026-27 season visit NewTampaArtsCenter.org<\/a>. \u2014 GN; all photos by Charmaine George<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of my favorite things about the now-annual \u201cSeason Soir\u00e9e at the New Tampa Performing Arts Center (NTPAC)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-420615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420615","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=420615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}