Betty-Jane Parks

Review: A WELCOMED RETURN TO THE FRAY WITH. POPCORN FALLS at Hat Trick Theatre Productions
by Drew Eberhard - Aug 22, 2025

James Hindman’s farcical comedy tour-de-force Popcorn Falls premiered at Theatre NOVA on January 20, 2017. The show’s next production took place in 2018 at the Riverbank Theatre, under the Direction of Christian Borle. Finally, in October of the very same year, James Hindman’s “little play that could...” finally made its Off-Broadway transfer to the Davenport Theatre, also directed by Borle.

Review: RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET at the Carrollwood Cultural Center
by Peter Nason - Jul 20, 2025

I guess it’s hard to live in the present because we always seem to be looking backwards at past decades. It’s something we still do, escaping our current life especially when our world is in such destructive disarray.

Feature: The Small But Mighty 2025 TAMPA FRINGE FESTIVAL Promises Something For Everyone
by Peter Nason - Jun 12, 2025

It runs the gamut from the kid-friendly CINDERELLA SECRET AGENT to the adults-only MY LIFE AS AN 'INSPIRATIONAL' PORN STAR.

Review: Stephen Sondheim's SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at the Carrollwood Cultural Center
by Peter Nason - Mar 17, 2024

This Pulitzer Prize winner is as uncompromising and beautiful as musical theatre can get.

Review: Stephen Sondheim's INTO THE WOODS at the Marcia P. Hoffman School of the Arts at Ruth Eckerd Hall Is Filled with an Abundance of Heart and Soul
by Peter Nason - Aug 7, 2022

The wonderful young cast makes this show feel entirely fresh and new!

Review: Stephen Sondheim's SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE Thrills at the Marcia P. Hoffman School of the Arts at Ruth Eckerd Hall
by Peter Nason - Jul 1, 2022

What did our critic think? Chris Cavazza as George and Lindsey Fabian as Dot are stellar in this production of one of Sondheim's most uncompromising shows.

BWW Feature: BROADWAY STAR OF THE FUTURE at the Straz Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - May 16, 2022

The Straz Center presents this Tony Awards® inspired showcase to honor Tampa Bay area high school theater productions, programs, and students. This event features performances from the 2021-2022 Outstanding Musicals and Best Performer Finalists, celebrating artistic excellence in theater and musical theater.

BWW Review: Don't Miss THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE Presented by the Marcia P. Hoffman School of the Arts at Ruth Eckerd Hall
by Peter Nason - Jul 9, 2021

A talented young cast, led by the incredible Lindsey Fabian, brings this SPELLING BEE to life!

BWW Review: The Best of the Decade - Reviewer Peter Nason Picks the Top 25 Local Shows & Performances of the Past 10 Years
by Peter Nason - Dec 21, 2019

25 Shows & Performances in the Tampa Bay Area That Rocked Our World from 2010 to 2019!

BWW Review: 19 for 2019: The Best Local Shows and Performances of the Year
by Peter Nason - Dec 14, 2019

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the best of the best that he saw onstage in the Tampa Bay area in 2019.

BWW Review: Betty-Jane Parks Gives One of the Year's Best Performances in Stageworks' Intense Production of WAIT UNTIL DARK
by Peter Nason - Oct 9, 2019

It's a real nail-biter!

BWW Review: A PARADOX OF INSANITY: HAT TRICK THEATRE'S MINDGAME at Ruth Eckerd Hall
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - Oct 19, 2018

When describing Hat Trick's brilliantly twisted production of Mindgame, the only thought that came to me as the lights faded to black was "what the" and I word I cannot write in print. The manipulation was so intense, yet you don't realize the emotional roller coaster you were on until the last scene.

BWW Review: Noel Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT at Stageworks Is To Die For
by Peter Nason - Jun 11, 2018

A great cast, along with Coward's brilliant dialogue, make for a ghostly good time!

BWW Review: SHORTS PLAYS WRITTEN AND ON STAGE A DAY LATER at 4x6 FEST At CL Space
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - Jun 27, 2017

EIGHT SHORTS PLAYS WERE WRITTEN AND ON STAGE A DAY LATER at 4x6 Fest At CL Space

BWW Review: Carly Mensch's NOW CIRCA THEN at the Silver Meteor Gallery
by Peter Nason - Aug 12, 2016

The talents of Nick Hoop and Marlene Peralta are showcased in this comedy-drama.

Tender Napalm Ready to Explode on the Silver Meteor Stage
by Sally Henry Fuller - Nov 8, 2015

TRT2, TampaRep's laboratory company, presents Philip Ridley's incendiary drama Tender Napalm from Nov. 13 to 29 at the Silver Meteor Gallery in Ybor City. This exciting play explores the psychological and physical relationship between a man and a woman locked in an eternal struggle.

BWW Review: A PECULIAR CROSSROADS: A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE AND ART OF FLANNERY O'CONNOR at the Silver Meteor Gallery
by Peter Nason - Aug 14, 2015

Betty-Jane Parks brilliantly inhabits the role of Flannery O'Connor in a brief, but memorable one-woman show.

BWW Reviews: BLOWN BY THE WIND - A 5 Star Hilariously Naughty Night
by Jimmy Ferraro - Jun 21, 2013

'BLOWN BY THE WIND'...well, the title of this entertainment alone, set me up for what was to be a hilariously-naughty night! I was holding my sides from laughter, in hysterics. as tears rolled down my face. I could barely catch my breath.

Suncoast AIDS Theatre Project Stages BLOWN BY THE WIND Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Jun 17, 2013

Suncoast AIDS Theatre Project is celebrating its 11-Year Anniversary with their Annual 'Prelude to Pride' salute with an original adaptation by T. Scott Wooten entitled BLOWN BY THE WIND; a hilarious and naughty sendup of the fabled classic film 'Gone With The Wind'. This 'Wind' is just in time for St. Petersburg Pride Celebration so come join the fun, following Scarlett, Rhett and her friends as they recall a civilization, blown by the wind.

Suncoast AIDS Theatre Project to Stage BLOWN BY THE WIND, 6/17 & 24
by BWW News Desk - Jun 2, 2013

Suncoast AIDS Theatre Project is celebrating its 11-Year Anniversary with their Annual 'Prelude to Pride' salute with an original adaptation by T. Scott Wooten entitled BLOWN BY THE WIND; a hilarious and naughty sendup of the fabled classic film 'Gone With The Wind'. This 'Wind' is just in time for St. Petersburg Pride Celebration so come join the fun, following Scarlett, Rhett and her friends as they recall a civilization, blown by the wind.