Two upcoming Palladium shows made the “Top Picks for the Weekend” list in the Tampa Bay Times Weekend section.
Crossing The Bay, the musical history of the early days of Tampa and St. Pete, from the same creative team that gave us Webb’s City: The Musical, is on our Hough Hall stage Friday through Sunday. Like last season’s production of Webb’s City, Crossing The Bay will be done in a “concert format” with all the story and music, but less staging. For tickets and information, call our box office at 727-822-3590 or follow this link for on-line tickets.
Banned Together, a censorship cabaret, paired with a new Tom Sivak chamber opera, happens Monday night in the Side Door at 7 p.m. and is FREE. Follow this link for more info.
Here’s what the Times said about both shows:
LOCAL HISTORY: CROSSING THE BAY
The story of how St. Petersburg was founded is a compelling one, especially when it gets a Jane Austen twist. Crossing the Bay is a new musical from the creators of Webb’s City, Bill Leavengood and Lee Ahlin. It is inspired by Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, reset in 1880s Tampa Bay with a cast of colorful characters. It weaves the themes of that story in with the local history of the struggle to bring the railroad and prosperity to the tiny town through the tumultuous relationship between a strong-minded Florida farm girl and the entitled nephew of a Northern rail baron. $29-$39. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. The Palladium, 253 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg. (727) 822-3590. mypalladium.org.
BANNED TOGETHER: A CENSORSHIP CABARET
Banned Book Week is next week, so in celebration comes this event at the Palladium directed by Bob Devin Jones. Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret includes songs and scenes from shows people have found objectionable, including The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged), Rent, Fun Home, An Octoroon, Kleptocracy, Chicago and Cabaret. Also premiering is Love v. Death, a chamber opera by Tom Sivak predicted to be in next year’s banned cabaret. It’s the grotesque true story of Carl von Cosel, who kept the corpse of his dead girlfriend in his bed for seven years. Free. 7 p.m. Monday. 253 Fifth Ave. N, St.
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