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dRTBest Bets, the list of recommended arts & entertainment events that appears in each print edition of duPont REGISTRY Tampa Bay, was compiled for the Spring 2020 print edition before the wave of postponements and cancellations that occurred in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. In the list below, we provide updates about the events we recommended — and, where available, list new dates for events that have been postponed.

RE-OPENINGS

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts. fmopa.org.

Tampa Bay History Center. Re-opening June 1. tampabayhistorycenter.com.

Tampa Museum of Art. Re-opening June 1. tampamuseum.org.

 

POSTPONED

Theater

Doubt: A Parable at Jobsite Theater.  jobsitetheater.org.

The People Downstairs at American Stage (rescheduled to September). update@americanstage.org.

12 Angry Men at Stageworks. stageworkstheatre.org.

Skin Hungry at Lab Theater Project. labtheaterproject.com.

112 Years of Broadway at Ruth Eckerd (rescheduled to July 31)rutheckerdhall.com

Footloose at American Stage in the Park (rescheduled to October). americanstage.org

Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (rescheduled to July 13-18). strazcenter.org.

Sports

The Pelican Women’s Championship. This LPGA tournament, the first in Tampa Bay since 1989, has been moved to Nov. 9-15. pelicanlpga.com.

Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day. Play will not begin  until late May or early June at the earliest, according to a Mar. 16 announcement by Major League Baseball. raysbaseball.com.

Tampa Bay AirFest 2020. tampabayairfest.com.

Music

Cher at Amalie Arena (rescheduled to Sept. 8). amaliearena.com.

Ruth Eckerd Hall/The Cap

Josh Groban; Jill Scott; AMERICA w. Tom Rush: Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.; Bruce Hornsby at the Cap (rescheduled to Nov. 18); Mary Chapin Carpenter & Shawn Colvin at the Cap; Leo Kottke at the Cap (rescheduled to June 20); Psychedelic Furs at the Cap (rescheduled to Aug. 11); Christopher Cross at the Cap. rutheckerdhall.com.

The Palladium

Nate Najar’s Jazz Samba Celebration; BLUE: Queenie Sings Joni Mitchell; Listening Room Festival Showcase at the Palladium (rescheduled to Nov. 13); La Lucha; Buffyfest! mypalladium.org.

Mandy Moore at the Straz. strazcenter.org.

Tampa Bay Blues Festival (rescheduled to Apr. 9-11, 2021). tampabaybluesfest.com.

Opera Tampa:Verdi’s Aida at the Straz. strazcenter.org.

Film

Gasparilla International Film Festival. gasparillafilmfestival.com.

Sunscreen Film Festival. sunscreenfilmfestival.com.

Talks

Neil deGrasse Tyson at the Straz (rescheduled to Feb. 25, 2021). strazcenter.org.

Tampa Theatre’s Limelight speaker series (Dr. Mae Jemison, Geena Davis, Jonathan Haidt) and An Evening with Elizabeth Gilbert. All postponed to a date TBD. tampatheatre.org.

Dance

BEACON2020. beaconstpete.com.

Moving Current Dance Collective’s NewGrounds. movingcurrent.com.

 St. Petersburg Ballet Company at the Palladium (rescheduled to June 6-7)mypalladium.org.

Pride

Tampa Pride 2020 Parade & Festival (postponed to 2021). tampapride.org.

Festivals

Cuban Sandwich Festival (rescheduled to Nov. 8, 2020)thecubansandwichfestival.com.

 

CANCELLED

Sports

NCAA Division 1 Tournament.

ncaa.com

Valspar Championship. valsparchampionship.com.

Music

Florida Orchestra

Bach’s St. John Passion; Broadway Pops; Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons; Beethoven’s 4th Symphony & Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 1; Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. floridaorchestra.org.

The Palladium

Palladium Chamber Players (Mar. 25 & Apr. 15); Nellie McKay; Christone “Kingfish” Ingram; Tampa Bay Symphony. mypalladium.org.

Sarasota 2020 Winter Opera Festival. sarasotaopera.org.

Dance

Youth International Ballet Competition at the Mahaffey. themahaffey.com.

Theater

Dear World at freeFallfreefalltheatre.com

Cyrano

at Hat Trick Theatre (Murray Theatre at Ruth Eckerd Hall). hattricktheatre.com.

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

Animals Out of Paper at Jobsite. jobsitetheater.org.

Miss Saigon at the Straz. strazcenter.org.

Talks

En Pointe: The Psychological Power of Art at The Studio@620.  studio620.org

Festival

Bay Area Renaissance Festival at MOSI. renfest.com.

 

TEMPORARY CLOSINGS

Busch Gardens. buschgardens.com.

The Dali Museum. The museum is temporarily closed, but you can visit it virtually herethedali.org.

Duke Energy Center for the Arts – Mahaffey Theater. themahaffey.com.

Florida CraftArt. Galleries temporarily closed, but you can click here for a virtual walk-through of the current exhibition, Contemporary Fiber in Florida. floridacraft.org.

Florida Holocaust Museum. The museum is temporarily closed, but it has introduced a new interactive educational series that runs on its Facebook page at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. flholocaustmuseum.org.

The Galleries at Creative Pinellas. creativepinellas.org.

MIZE Gallery. The gallery is open by appointment only, but the new show, Flower Power, can be viewed online.

Morean Arts Center. Facilities and programming temporarily closed, but go to the website to find ways to create with the Morean virtually. moreanartscenter.org.

Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg. Museum is temporarily closed; find out how to interact from home heremfastpete.org.

The Studio@620. studio620.org

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