BWW Review: 19 for 2019: The Best Local Shows and Performances of the Year
BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the best of the best that he saw onstage in the Tampa Bay area in 2019.
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BWW Review: FLUID EXPRESSIONS' “SINGLE BLACK FEMALE” TAKES A MICROSCOPIC BUT FUNNY LOOK INTO THE LIVES OF SINGLE WOMEN at Stageworks Theatre
3 tapestry panels, of multi-color and tribal patterns adorn the backdrop of a minimalized set surrounding the story of two women of color in their 30's.
BWW Review: ELF THE MUSICAL IS PERFECT START TO THE HOLIDAYS at Show Palace Dinner Theatre
Most people like or even love Christmas, but no one a?" I mean no one a?" LOVES (in 250 point font) Christmas like Buddy the Elf.
BWW Review: SILENT SKY at American Stage A Cosmic And Timeless Love Story, Where Powerful Women Take A Stance
An old fashioned hearing aid and a strong willed woman at its helm with dreams as big as the universe she wishes to discover is one of many centralized themes presented in this brilliant staging of Lauren Gunderson's Silent Sky at American Stage Theatre.
BWW Review: The Carrollwood Players Tackle Bert V. Royal's DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD
A fine production of the 'unauthorized continuation' of the 'Peanuts' comic strip that seemed a bit too forced.
BWW Review: BAROQUE CAROLS, AND HUNGER FOR THE CROWN, IS THE ORIGIN STORY OF CHRISTMASES OF YESTERYEAR IN THE LION IN WINTER at FreeFall Theatre
Upon entering the space the audience is immediately surrounded by the dwellings of a castle.
BWW Review: A Euphoric, Breathtaking Production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE SOUND OF MUSIC at the Asolo Rep in Sarasota
It's worth the trip to experience this stunner!
BWW Review: MAD THEATRE OF TAMPA'S DISENCHANTED DELIGHTS, DISSECTS THE PRINCESS COMPLEX AT JAEB THEATRE at Straz Center For The Performing Arts
mad Theatre of Tampa did it again! Launching Thursday night was Disenchanted at Jaeb Theatre, a fabulous, bawdy, vaudevillian, royal cabaret featuring ten disillusioned princesses revealing what truly happens after happily-ever-after.
BWW Review: Vivid Theatre Productions' IN THE BLOOD Takes Unflinching Look at Living in Poverty at Powerstories Theatre
Director Drew Eberhard's presentation of Suzan Lori-Parks a?oeIn the Blood,a?? a modernized loose telling of a?oeThe Scarlett Letter,a?? holds up a mirror to society and dares us to look away at the injustice and sexual abuse Hester faces from everyone she encounters.
BWW Review: MATCH-MAKING GOES AWRY IN GETTING SARA MARRIED at Just For Laughs Dinner Theatre
GETTING SARA MARRIED features a workaholic, an engaged financial advisor with short-term memory loss, and frightening food allergies.
BWW Review: MAS THEATRE'S NUNSENSE JAMBOREE FUSES HEART, COMEDY, CHARM OF DAYS PAST at Carrollwood Cultural Center
On Thursday night, director Aaron Washington took us to church.
BWW Review: River Ridge's Royal Knight Stage Company's Deeply Moving Production of THE AMISH PROJECT (ENSEMBLE VERSION) by Jessica Dickey
Kylie Arseneau and Cody Farkas are extraordinary in this powerful piece of theatre.
BWW Review: Aeon Life Theatre's WILD PARTY is a Wild Ride at The Italian Club
Wild Party is loosely based on a poem from 1928 about a couple who host a party.
BWW Review: St. Petersburg College Theater Department Presents THE LARAMIE PROJECT - A Powerful Play on the 21st Anniversary of Matthew Shepard's Savage Killing
A true ensemble piece, beautifully directed by Scott Cooper.
BWW Review: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY IS WINNER at The Straz Center For The Performing Arts
As the first familiar notes of 'The Candy Man' wafts across the audience in Carol Morsani Hall, I feel a strong sense of nostalgia.
BWW Review: American Stage's Regional Premiere of Qui Nguyen's Quirky, Brilliantly Original VIETGONE
'With VIETGONE, I wanted to address the huge lack of sexually powerful, driven, and complex Asian-American male and female characters on our stages.
BWW Review: SONIA FLEW IS POIGNANT TALE OF FAMILY AND SACRIFICE at Powerstories Theatre
Though I was fighting back the tears, the unexpected closure of the first act triggered wracking sobs from an audience member.
BWW Review: A GOTHIC, SPOOKY, AND MIND-BENDING SEASON OPENER WITH “THE TURN OF THE SCREW” at freeFall Theatre
Gothic, Spooky, and down right Mind-Bending are just three words used to describe the deeply affecting, and resonating performance during freeFall Theatre's enigmatic opening to their 19/20 Season a?oeGhostlight.
BWW Review: SPYMONKEY'S HYSTERIA at Straz Center For The Performing Arts
My husband loathes plays and yet I still dragged him out to Jaeb Theatre Sunday night to experience Spymonkey's Hysteria.
BWW Review: Four Great Performances in Tampa Rep's Production of Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize-Winning DINNER WITH FRIENDS
Emilia Sargent, Ned Averill-Snell, Ami Sallee, and Alan Mahoney, Jr.
BWW Review: METEOR SHOWER A PUNNY OPENING OR A NEAR COSMIC UPSET at JOBSITE THEATRE
There's always onea??one slight chance of a failed attempt at a good thing.
BWW Review: Young, Talented Cast Shines in the Very Dark CARRIE: THE MUSICAL at Richey Suncoast Theatre
Stephen King's gory tale of teenage revenge is one of the most notorious shows in musical theatre history, but it's certainly done right at RST.
BWW Review: Politically Incorrect with Nazi Musical THE PRODUCERS is Hysterical at Carrollwood Players Theatre
At the close of the performance, my face hurt from laughing, but what else would you expect from a musical with the name Mel Brooks attached.
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Bat Boy: The Musical Carrollwood Cultural Center (10/16-10/25) |
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Peter and the Starcatcher Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts (11/05-11/22) |
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Much Ado About Nothing Jobsite Theater (1/13-2/07) |
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Job The Fringe Theatre (4/29-5/16) |
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Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts (12/03-12/23) |
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O.A.R. at St Augustine Amphitheatre St Augustine Amphitheatre (11/14-11/14) |
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Meteor Shower American Stage Theatre Company (11/04-11/22) |
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Home for the Holidays American Stage Theatre Company (12/04-12/13) |
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Proof Jobsite Theater (5/12-6/06) |
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Hans Zimmer Benchmark International Arena (3/14-3/14) |
