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Joanne Milani

Joanne Milani

Joanne Milani is a Tampa-based freelance writer and former art and theater critic for The Tampa Tribune. After leaving the Tribune, she served as the executive director of Tampa’s Florida Museum of Photographic Arts and remains a member of the International Art Critics Association (AICA). She graduated from Vassar and worked in New York museums before moving to Tampa.
 

Joanne Milani's Latest Articles

Pieces from the Tampa Museum of Art's stellar collection of antiquities are on display in "Life & Death in the Ancient World."
Tampa Museum of Art showcases ancient artifacts in new exhibits

The exhibits "Life & Death in the Ancient World" and "Identity in the Ancient World" showcase pieces from the Tampa Museum of Art's stellar collection of antiquities.

Opened in the Spring of 2021, the University of Tampa Ferman Center for the Arts is a place to learn, create and perform.
UT Ferman Center for the Arts: A new artistic hub emerges in Tampa

Since opening near downtown in 2021, the University of Tampa's Ferman Center for the Arts has emerged as an artistic hub for students, faculty and arts lovers. 

Former Mayor Sandy Freedman lists the Straz Center for the Performing Arts as one of the catalyst projects for the revival of Tampa's downtown core.
Tampa’s once-sleepy arts scene is an economic engine

The once-sleepy art scene in Tampa has flourished with the emergence of the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, the Tampa Museum of Art and a host of theater companies.

Shaping the local theater scene: Matthew McGee at freeFall Theatre.

St. Petersburg's freeFall Theatre has collaborated with other theater companies on multiple productions to adapt to limited resources.

The Spanish Lyric Theatre's presentation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In the Heights" runs July 29 through August 7 at the Hillsborough Community College Ybor City campus Performing Arts Center.
Shaping the local theater scene: JL Rey and Cyndee A. Dornblaser at Spanish Lyric Theatre

The Spanish Lyric Theatre continues its mission to promote diversity and preserve Latino heritage with the upcoming performance of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In the Heights."  

The Lab Theater Project is Tampa's laboratory for new playwrights to test their work.
Shaping the local theater scene: Owen Robertson at Lab Theater Project

The Lab Theater Project continues to build its reputation as a laboratory for aspiring playwrights with its first musical, a country and western show  called "It Started with a Kiss."

American Stage's fresh, fun approach to theater included a "Pets in the Park" event in April.
Shaping the local theater scene: Avery Anderson at American Stage

American Stage's upcoming 2022-23 season includes several productions about life in contemporary American society. 

Tampa Repertory Theatre Producing Artistic Director Emilia Sargent.Emilia Sargent
Shaping the local theater scene: Emilia Sargent at Tampa Repertory Theatre

Emilia Sargent at the Tampa Repertory Theatre is focusing the company on community engagement and inclusive storytelling. 

Jobsite Theater hopes a return home to the Shimberg Playhouse and a new presentation of "The Resistible Rise of Artuto Ui" signal a return toward normalcy after two seasons disrupted by COVID.
Shaping the local theater scene: David Jenkins at Jobsite

The Jobsite Theater production of Bertolt Brecht's "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" runs through June 5 at the Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts.

Shaping the local theater scene: Karla Hartley at Stageworks

Tampa's Stageworks Theatre continues to bounce back after COVID with a new production of the Ybor City-based, Pulitzer Prize-winner  "Anna in the Tropics."

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