August 9-11
TECO Theater at the Straz Center
Regularly priced tickets start at $25
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Tampa, Fla. – The Straz Center’s Patel Conservatory will present Showstoppers: Hooray for Hollywood
August 9-11 in the Straz Center for the Performing Art’s TECO Theater.
Featuring favorite moments from nostalgic to modern-day Hollywood, this professionally produced showcase
features a cast of 40, the area’s finest musical theater students, ages 13 through college.
This culmination of 14 intensive days of dance, music and acting training in the Showstoppers: Broadway
Intensive highlights these Broadway hopefuls in a celebration of popular solo and ensemble selections that
will make audiences exclaim, “Hooray for Hollywood!” The intensive is led by Suzanne Livesay and Matthew
Belopavlovich and six professional guest instructors.
Showstoppers: Hooray for Hollywood will be presented in TECO Theater August 9-11. Performances are
Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Seating is reserved. Regularly priced tickets
start at $25 and may be purchased by calling 813.229.STAR (7827) or 800.955.1045 outside Tampa Bay,
in person at the Straz Center Ticket Office or online at www.strazcenter.org. Handling fees will apply.
More information about the Patel Conservatory is available by calling 813.222.1040 and at www.patelconservatory.org. The accredited Patel Conservatory offers summer camps and classes in dance, music and theater for students of all ages and experience levels. Each year, the Patel Conservatory and the Straz Center’s arts education programs enrich the lives of more than 50,000 students in our classrooms, on our stages and through the community.
Events, days, dates, times and prices are subject to change without notice.
The David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts and its programs are funded in part by the City of Tampa; the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners; the Tourist Development Council/Hillsborough County; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs;
and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. This Patel Conservatory program is supported in-part by the Triad Foundation and The DeBartolo Family Foundation.