DaVinci & Michelangelo: Side by Side in Saturday Benefit Performance

BRADENTON – The Discover DaVinci & Michelangelo: Side by Side inaugural North American tour will return to the Manatee Performing Arts Center Saturday in a special benefit for the Manatee Educational Foundation and Manatee Educational TV.

Mark Rodgers, Curator of the DaVinci Machines and Michelangelo Exhibitions from the permanent Museum of Leonardo DaVinci in Florence, Italy, will take spectators on a fantastic, awe-inspiring journey through the Italian Renaissance as seen through the eyes of these two, monumental geniuses.

This original theater performance is a non-stop, multi-media event featuring movies, videos, 3-D animations, and images of DaVinci and Michelangelos’ inventions, machines, sketches, codices, paintings, and sculptures. Rodgers compares and contrasts the incredible lives of Leonardo and Michelangelo as never before, relating them to our world that we live in today as we strive to discover our own ”inner“ Michelangelo and DaVinci.

Running time is 2 Hours and 20 Minutes with intermission. All seats on the floor are 39.00 each. The mezzanine section is $34-39. Tickets can be purchased at www.manateeplayers.com (click on "lectures" and scroll down to locate event). For more information: www.discovermichelangelo.com.