Tacoma came out in strong numbers to the Broadway Center's Carnevale a Venezia gala Sunday, May 23 inside the Pantages Theater. The evening began with shopping, noshing and sipping in a vibrant Italian market (Pantages lobby) followed by a live auction, El Gaucho dinner, opera singers, and trapeze artists in a Venetian Opera House (Pantages main stage). The event benefits Broadway Center's vital arts education programs that touch the lives of 35,000 students and teachers annually.
Broadway Center Conservatory Musical Director Gabe McPherson led his students Helen Pennington and JaCari Spratt and other children in "Pure Imagination" from their spring musical "Willy Wonka."
