Community theatre auditions on tap
ORANGE PARK – Upcoming auditions for the musical “Legally Blonde” will be held at Orange Park Community Theatre on Feb. 19 and 21 at 7 p.m.
Would-be actors should bring 16-24 bars of a prepared song on cut CD. Actors will also do cold readings from the script and go through a dance audition as well. Production dates run June 9-July 2. Sides are available at OPCT.info/get-involved. Contact director Tricia Williams at hamlet551@gmail.com for more information.

Straight Outta Oz Tour coming to Clay
LOS ANGELES – Broadway Actor and Streamy Award Winner Todrick Hall will bring his hit musical Straight Outta Oz to the Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts next month.
The 30-plus city tour begins March 30 in New York City at the PlayStation Theater and will travel to such cities as New York, Los Angeles, Dallas before coming to Clay.
Straight Outta Oz puts a new twist on L. Frank Baum’s most classic creation, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. With more than 20 original songs, Hall brings to life this American Classic like you’ve never seen it before. Hall tells a tale of his adventures from his small town in Texas, to the big Emerald City lights of “Oz Angeles.”
The musical shows how a Hollywood hopeful succeeds in the business while dodging falling houses, wicked witches and the infamous “Poppyrazzi.” This show is great for the family with powerful musical numbers, innovative sets, sensational choreography, dazzling costumes and a great social message.
Hall is a singer, songwriter, dancer, actor, choreographer, costume designer, playwright and director. He currently stars as Lola in the Tony Award-winning hit musical Kinky Boots on Broadway, which has had a record-breaking box office run.
Tickets range from $29 to $86 and are available for purchase by calling (904) 276-6815 or online at THcenter.org. VIP tickets are available for this show. Thrasher-Horne Member Pre-sale is Feb. 2 at 10 a.m. with public sales beginning at 10 a.m. Feb. 3.

Symphony, union ratify five-year agreement
JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville Symphony and its musician’s union have reached a new five-year agreement that will bring more concerts to Northeast Florida.
The contract was ratified both by the Symphony Association’s board of directors and the musicians of Local 444, American Federation of Musicians on Jan. 25, eight months in advance of the expiration of the current contract.
Prior to the current agreement, the Symphony Association had been plagued by years of operating deficits which threatened the organization’s survival. The early renegotiation signals a new relationship between the Symphony Association and its musicians, leaving behind an era often marked by serious disputes as well as significant sacrifices by the musicians.
With the new contract, the symphony season will expand from 35 weeks to 38 weeks during the 2017-2018 season, 39 weeks in the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons, and 40 weeks in the 2020-2021 season. The symphony will also expand from 53 full-time musicians to 60 with musicians’ weekly salaries increasing 19 percent over the term of the agreement, and with the added weeks, annual salaries will rise 37 percent. The wage boost increases the symphony’s ability to recruit new musicians and more importantly, retain the extraordinary musicians on its roster.