'Twyla Tharp' will be at the Times Union very soon

Update: February 21, 2017.  Due to unforeseen circumstances the Twyla Tharp show has been cancelled.  Please call the Times Union Center for the Performing Arts if you have further questions.

Coming to Jacksonville’s Times-Union Center for one performance only, “Twyla Tharp” –one of the century’s most treasured artists –continues to celebrate her 50th anniversary of groundbreaking creativity and dance making with an evening of classic and new work.

The program begins with Preludes and Fugues (2015), a work for twelve set to J.S. Bach’s encyclopedic score for piano, the “Well-Tempered Clavier.”  The dance radiates with Tharp’s generous spirit, humanity and rigor as dancers move through duets, trios, and ensembles.  Closing the program is Tharp’s beloved Nine Sinatra Songs from 1982 with music by Frank Sinatra and glittering costumes by Oscar de la Renta.

The work presents a glamorous portrait of seven couples that traces the arc of romantic relationships.  The dancers swing, swirl, tango and cha-cha through a ballroom, displaying Tharp’s mastery of technique and imagination.

“Twyla Tharp”
DATE: Thursday, February 23, 2017
TIME: 7:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Times Union Center Performing Arts
      Moran Theater
      300 West Water St.
      Jacksonville, FL 32202

TICKETS: start at $32.50, and may be purchased online at FSCJ Artist Series, sponsored by Chase (the official presenter of the Jacksonville show), or by calling (904) 442-BWAY (2929) between 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday.  Discounts are available for groups of 10+ by calling (904) 442-2947 or emailing groupsales@fscj.edu.

'Jersey Boys' comes back to JAX: Oh What a Night!

Jacksonville’s return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, is quickly approaching.  The musical, presented by FSCJ Artist Series, will make its much-anticipated return to Jacksonville to play the Times-Union Center from February 14 – February 19, 2017.

JERSEY BOYS is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award®, the 2006 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia).  The premiere engagement of JERSEY BOYS was an overwhelming success, seen by over 38,000 theatergoers in 2012 and hailed as “ingeniously structured” and “uniformly outstanding,” by the Florida Times Union.  JERSEY BOYS has been seen by over 22 million people worldwide (as of January, 2015).

Directed by two-time Tony® Award-winner Des McAnuff, JERSEY BOYS is written by Academy Award-winner Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe and choreography by Sergio Trujillo.  Catch a sneak peek of Jersey Boys HERE!

JERSEY BOYS is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi.  This is the true story of how a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were thirty. The show features all their hits including “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Oh What A Night,” “Walk Like A Man,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” and “Working My Way Back To You.”

The JERSEY BOYS US National Tour opened to rave reviews in San Francisco on December 1, 2006, and is still breaking house records in cities across North America.  JERSEY BOYS is currently playing in New York; Las Vegas; London; and in cities across North America and the U.K . on National Tours.  The show is produced by Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, Pelican Group, with Latitude Link and Rick Steiner.

The JERSEY BOYS design and production team comprises Klara Zieglerova (Scenic Design), Jess Goldstein (Costume Design), Howell Binkley (winner of the 2006 Tony Award® for his Lighting Design of JERSEY BOYS), Steve Canyon Kennedy (Sound Design), Michael Clark (Projections Design), Charles LaPointe (Wig and Hair Design), Steve Orich (Orchestrations) and Ron Melrose (Music Supervision, Vocal/Dance Arrangements & Incidental Music).  To see when Jersey Boys will be in a city near you click HERE.

JERSEY BOYS is not recommended for all ages.  The show contains smoke, gun shots, strobe lights, drug references, sexual situations and authentic "profane Jersey language," and is recommended for ages 12+.

“Jersey Boys”

DATES:         TIMES:

Tues., Feb. 14, 2017   º7:30 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 15       7:30 p.m.

Thurs., Feb. 16      7:30 p.m.

Fri., Feb. 17       °8 p.m.

Sat., Feb. 18      2 & 8 p.m.

Sun., Feb. 19     º1:30 & 7p.m.

LOCATION: Times Union Center Performing Arts

      Moran Theater

      300 West Water St.

      Jacksonville, FL 32202

TICKETS: start at $39.50, and may be purchased online at FSCJ Artist Series, sponsored by Chase (the official presenter of the Jacksonville show), or by calling (904) 442-BWAY (2929) between 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday.  Discounts are available for groups of 10+ by calling (904) 442-2947 or emailing groupsales@fscj.edu.

'Let's Go Science Show' will excite and inspire JAX kids

Get ready students, parents and teachers of all ages; the show of science and amazing feats is coming to JAX, FL. to challenge your minds and provoke your thought-process.  The wacky and talented Professor Smart and Dr. Knowitall join forces for an educational, entertaining, exciting, and experiential extravaganza with “Let’s Go Science Show”.  Professor Smart shrinks his head, has toilet paper flying, juggles, and has peoples’ hair standing on end, all while demonstrating principles of physics.  Researcher and comedic sidekick Dr. Knowitall keeps the facts straight.

During “Let's Go Science Show,” kids learn science concepts through impressive and memorable demonstrations.  They learn about air pressure, figure out flight, see awesome optical illusions, are shocked by static electricity, see experiments with falling masses, grasp gyroscopic properties, and get a handle on the scientific method.

There’s entertainment for everyone; parents, teachers and children of elementary education.  “Let's Go Science Show” is 60 minutes long and is slated to engage a core audience grades 2–5.  Older students in grades 6–7, will understand more complicated concepts.  Younger participants grade K–1 will think about, and see the performance more as a magic show.

“Let’s Go Science”

DATE: Sat., February 11, 2017

TIMES: 1:30 & 4:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Wilson Center for the Arts:

      Florida State College at JAX So. Campus

      11901 Beach Blvd.

      Jacksonville, FL 32099

TICKETS: start at $8.75 and are available at the Artist Series Box Office between 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Monday–Friday, at (904) 442-BWAY (2929) and online 24/7 at www.artistseriesjax.org.  Parking is always free at the Wilson Center.  Discounts are available for groups of 10 + by calling (904) 442-2947 or emailing groupsales@fscjartistseries.org.