John O’Hurley On The Big Stage.

From Seinfeld and Dancing with the Stars, actor John O’ Hurley will head the cast of Chicago when it rolls into town at The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center from June 27 - July 2. Metro had a chance to chat with O’Hurley between broadway shows. Chicago is O’Hurley’s Broadway debut and it “fits like a glove,” said O’Hurley. “Broadway is the 10 most exciting blocks in New York from 7:30 - 11:00p.m.,” adds O’Hurley.

O’Hurley is looking forward to returning to Florida and the Tampa Bay area. O’Hurley graduated from high school in Fort Lauderdale and his grandmother lived in Gulfport in the ‘60s. As an avid golfer, the area is perfect for golf and O’Hurley said, “I bring my clubs and my wife’s clubs everywhere we go.”

After being so well known on the small screen as Peterman on Seinfeld, Metro asked how he enjoys the big stage. “There is a whole different energy,” said O’Hurley. “It’s the present, a give and take process you can entertain...very organic. Doing TV is like a black hole, there is no sense of what you got.”

O’Hurley plays the role of Billy Flynn - any similarities? “I take elements of myself. Flynn is slick and elegant. I add the smoothness of Fred Astaire,” said O’Hurley.

For tickets to Chicago call 813-229-STAR or www.TPBAC.org.

––Ronda Parag