“Da Vinci & Michelangelo: The Titans Experience”: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 28, 8 p.m. Dec. 29 and 2 and 8 p.m. Dec. 30; Manatee Performing Arts Center; $22-$32; 941-748-5875; manateeperformingartscenter.com After touring nationally, the theatrical production “Da Vinci & Michelangelo: The Titans Experience” will return starting Dec. 28 to Manatee Performing Arts Center and Bradenton, where it came to fruition.
The two-hour, one-man show hosted and created by Mark Rodgers features images, movies and animation as he discusses the two Italian Renaissance artists and contemporaries. Rodgers had curated a “Da Vinci Machines” exhibition featuring replicas of Da Vinci’s inventions that came to Bradenton Municipal Auditorium, which he called the exhibit’s best stop along with Denver. He then started incorporating a Michelangelo exhibition from Florence, Italy, and found people were intrigued by both men’s personal lives.
