An actor, director, and theatre teacher, Peter Nason fell in love with the theatre at the tender age of six when he saw Mickey Rooney in “George M!” at the Shady Grove in Washington, D.C. He has appeared in dozens of productions around the country, helmed several films and directed over thirty plays. His love of the theatre, and his passion for the craft of acting and directing, has led him to reach hundreds of Florida teenagers to help make the stage their home. He has currently started a new theatre program at the CCMS Conservatory of the Arts where he hopes the students there will find the same joy of performing that he found.
A graduate of the University of Alabama and the Scuola Lorenzo de Medici in Florence, Italy, Peter is an award-winning playwright and has written for various periodicals and newspapers, including “The Tampa Tribune,” where he was a book reviewer and community columnist. One of his literary heroines, the late great Pauline Kael, summed up his philosophy of reviewing: “In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.” Peter resides in Wesley Chapel, Florida with his beloved Boston Terrier, Ike.
Review: PUP PLAY: A QUEER PSEUDO-LECTURE (OF SORTS) at the Tampa Fringe
June 14, 2025
June 14, 2025
Pup Play: A Queer Pseudo-Lecture (Of Sorts), the award-winning brain child of the immeasurably talented Noah Pantano, is maybe the fringiest Fringe play I’ve seen. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll bark like a dog!
Feature: The Small But Mighty 2025 TAMPA FRINGE FESTIVAL Promises Something For Everyone
June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025
It runs the gamut from the kid-friendly CINDERELLA SECRET AGENT to the adults-only MY LIFE AS AN 'INSPIRATIONAL' PORN STAR.
Exclusive: THE BEACH BOYS 40 Greatest Songs - In Honor of the Passing of BRIAN WILSON (1942-2025)
June 11, 2025
June 11, 2025
Brian Wilson, musical genius and founder of the Beach Boys, died today (Wednesday, June 11, 2025), so in honor of him, here is an article of the 40 greatest Beach Boys songs that I wrote for Broadway World two years ago. Love & Mercy, Brian!
Review: MAD Theatre of Tampa AIDA at the Shimberg Playhouse
June 8, 2025
June 8, 2025
Everyone has a favorite Elton John song. Ask anyone and they probably won’t even hesitate to tell you their selection: Maybe “Tiny Dancer,” a song impossible not to sing along with in your own version of carpool karaoke?
Review: Corbett Prep's High School Summer Theatre Presents HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION
June 5, 2025
June 5, 2025
Before seeing a stunning youth production of Hadestown at Corbett Prep’s Farish Speakeasy, I ran into a friend standing in line. “Hadestown is my all-time favorite musical, “ she told me.
Review: Arts in Motion's Production of Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID
May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025
Ever since watching the 1989 animated film, The LIttle Mermaid, I have always had a problem with the character of Ariel. To me, she is the weakest of all Disney princesses. In Beauty and the Beast, Belle is book smart and strong-willed, denying the advances of the good-looking Gaston.
Review: Lerner and Loewe's MY FAIR LADY at the Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre
May 17, 2025
May 17, 2025
A truly lover-ly production! I know certain Broadway aficionados point to it as the tops of the top, the pinnacle, the one where the musical theatre gods were shining during its creation.
Review: The Manatee Players Present EVITA by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
May 11, 2025
May 11, 2025
I thought everyone had heard of Evita, a show that I consider Andrew Lloyd Webber’s finest work. But in the lobby of the Manatee Performing Arts Center, just before the Saturday night performance of Evita began, a middle-aged couple walked up to me.
Review: Hannah Benitez's Hilarious FOR CLOSURE at freeFall
May 10, 2025
May 10, 2025
In our tightknit theatre community, word of mouth matters most. Local shows live and breathe on it. Some shows can sell themselves—especially big musicals with falling chandeliers or anti-Nazi von Trapp singers.
Review: Sara Bareilles' WAITRESS at the Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre
April 6, 2025
April 6, 2025
One character calls Jenna's pies 'Biblically good,' and you could say the same thing about the show.
Review: American Stage in the Park's Production of HAIR
March 30, 2025
March 30, 2025
Beads! Flowers! Freedom! Happiness!
Review: Jobsite Theater Presents Martin McDonagh's THE PILLOWMAN at the Shimberg Playhouse
March 22, 2025
March 22, 2025
Harrowing & Hilarious, the play's comedy is pitch black and the show itself is pitch perfect.
Review: Mark E. Leib's WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS TRIUMPH at the Jaeb Theater
March 16, 2025
March 16, 2025
It's a celebration of our city and local black history, marvelously acted in a thrill ride of a show.
Review: Robert Harling's STEEL MAGNOLIAS at the Carrollwood Cultural Center
March 15, 2025
March 15, 2025
A stellar cast brings its A-game to this wonderful, tight production.
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