Alana Opie

Eight different acts - some new, some returning - will be performing throughout the festival. Performances take place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays through Saturdays and at 2 p.m. on Sundays.

Venice Theatre is once again turning its Pinkerton Theatre into Pinky's Cabaret for the sixth annual Summer Cabaret Festival with 20 different productions featuring some of the best cabaret acts in the state of Florida. Performances are July 13-Aug. 26 at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, with some late night performances. Tickets are $20. Venice Theatre is located at 140 W. Tampa Ave. in Venice, FL. For more information you may call the box office at 941-488-1115, or go on line to venicestage.com.

The Players Present The Marvelous Wonderettes

The Players Centre for Performing Arts is excited to present this season's second Summer Sizzler production, the endearing musical comedy "The Marvelous Wonderettes."

Venice Theatre will present the dramatic musical Blood Brothers opening Thursday, March 30, 2017 running through Sunday, April 23, 2017. This gripping story by British playwright Willy Russell (also known for Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine) concerns twin brothers who are separated at birth, with one raised in wealth and the other in poverty.

Stageworks Theatre is set to present The Divine Sister, comic homage to nearly every Hollywood film involving nuns. This madcap trip through Hollywood religiosity is written by the author of Die Mommie Die and Psycho Beach Party! The Divine Sister tells the story of St. Veronica's indomitable Mother Superior who is determined to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent.

Always...Patsy Cline christens the Manatee Players' Kiwanis Studio Theater stage as the first full theatrical production in the new intimate space at the Manatee Performing Arts Center. The show opens tonight, September 19 and runs through October 6. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the stars onstage below!

Always...Patsy Cline christens the Manatee Players' Kiwanis Studio Theater stage as the first full theatrical production in the new intimate space at the Manatee Performing Arts Center. The show opens on September 19 and runs through October 6. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the stars onstage below!

The opening night celebration of PLATO's inaugural production 'Moonlight and Magnolias' at the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre will be held tonight, May 17 at 6:00 pm.

The opening night celebration of PLATO's inaugural production 'Moonlight and Magnolias' at the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre will be held Thursday, May 17 at 6:00 pm.