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BWW Review: THE LIGHTNING THIEF:THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL Soars Into Tampa at Straz Center
How does a book so grounded in popularity in Young-Adult fiction, that was then translated to a 2 film series, transition its magical storytelling to the stage? These and more are the questions I asked myself upon entering Morsani Hall Tuesday evening for the opening of The Lightning Thief: The Perc...
BWW Review: NEWSIES at The Straz Center
Everyone knows the story, and or has seen the classic film starring a young Christian Bale. A group of boys left to live on the street, or find ways to scrounge up a little money to feed their parents, and their only source of notable income is to sell papers. With a money-hungry tyrant raising the...
BWW Review: Kylie Arseneau Was Born to Play Millie in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE at the River Ridge Center for the Arts
This is one fast and furiously entertaining show!...
BWW Review: HUMOR AND HEART - THE LITTLE BLACK DRESS RETURNS to Straz Center For The Performing Arts
Like the shopkeeper who helps Mom introduce a reluctant teenaged Dee and her best friend Mandy to a special article of clothing affectionately dubbed LBD, the original musical playing at the Straz Center's Jaeb Theatre, Little Black Dress is FABULOUS....
BWW Review: Stephen Schwartz's PIPPIN Comes to Life in St. Petersburg College Theater Department's Crazily Creative, Exuberant Production
Students from ten high schools and six colleges have come together to create an extraordinary, stunning summertime show....
BWW Review: TOTA Music & Theatre Conservatory's Magical Production of Roald Dahl's MATILDA: THE MUSICAL
An astounding nine-year-old Berlin Head leads a cast of amazingly talented kids....
BWW Review: A Big Bright Beautiful SHREK: THE MUSICAL at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre
A perfect remedy for the summertime blahs....
BWW Review: NYNE'S CABARET A DAZZLING, CAUTIONARY TALE at Portico
I was a blank page and opening night, the NYNE cast of Cabaret left permanent marks all over me. A latecomer to the live theatre world, I knew a movie and musical existed, and it is important to me to cross this classic musical off my list of must-sees. I'd heard some of the songs because they occas...
BWW Review: Mad Theatre of Tampa's Production of MAN OF LA MANCHA at the Shimberg Playhouse
Yes, it features perhaps the greatest song in musical theatre history, but does Don Quixote's quest here lack zest?...
BWW Review: ROCK OF AGES 10TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR TOTALLY ROCKS at Straz Center For The Performing Arts
In 1987, the sleazy Sunset Strip is hopping and Dupree's Bourbon Room, a hair band bar owned by Dennis (Ryan M. Hunt) is the place to be for Sherrie (Katie LaMark) a Midwestern, hopeful actress who just came to town to find a job and love in a Rockstar-wannabe named Drew (Anthony Nuccio). In Rock of...
BWW Review: THE JUNGLE BOOK, A MUSICAL IS ENTERTAINING, IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE at Carrollwood Players Theatre
Seldom does a reviewer get to see 'behind the curtain,' the director's enthusiastic vision of the set carefully sketched in a notepad long before it becomes an actual intricate tiered wooden platform or the director painstakingly folding pieces of paper together that would eventually be black lit p...
BWW Review: Eugene O'Neill's Penetrating, Heartbreaking LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT at American Stage - Is It The Greatest American Play Ever Written?
Janis Stevens gives the performance of the year in a show that you won't be able to shake for a long time....
BWW Review: The Asolo's Inventive, Slapstick Production of Jules Verne's AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS - Perfect for the Kid Inside Every Adult
It's crazily creative, winding up like Disney's 'It's a Small World' ride on methamphetamine....
BWW Review: 9/11 MUSICAL COME FROM AWAY CELEBRATES KINDNESS OF SMALL COMMUNITY at Straz Center For The Performing Arts
Unless you were a very young child protected from the brutal images on the TV screen, most can remember where they were on September 11, 2001 when our country became acutely aware of how airplanes under terrorist control were leveraged as deadly history-creating bombs.
Now imagine if you were a pas...
BWW Review: Talent Overflows in the Broadway Star of the Future Showcase at the Straz Center's Ferguson Hall, Hosted by Eric Petersen
Congratulations to Palm Harbor University High School's Chris Loving and Shorecrest's Senna Prasatthong-osath for their Best Actor and Best Actress win!...
BWW Review: Tampa Repertory Theatre's Production of Aaron Posner's STUPID F**KING BIRD
This re-imagining of Chekhov's 'The Seagull' is super-smart and boasts a dynamite cast....
BWW Review: Everybody Say Yeah! KINKY BOOTS Brings A High Energy Romping Good Time With A Story Of Love And Acceptance At Straz Center
A high flying, high kicking romp of a good time comes full steam ahead back to the Straz Center in Tampa for three days only from May 17-19, 2019. A true story set in North Hampton England just a stones throw from London centers its story around the plight of a burgeoning entrepreneur whom was just...
BWW Review: Chris Crawford Gives One of the Year's Top Performances in Jonathan Tolins' BUYER AND CELLAR at freeFall Theatre
In this one-man tour de force, Crawford plays a variety of roles brilliantly, including that of Barbra Streisand....
BWW Review: Stephen Sondheim's Horrifying & Hilarious SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at the Asolo - The Finest Musical Yet Written
You won't find a better production of this masterpiece, now celebrating its 40th anniversary....
BWW Review: An Incredible Emily Belvo Appears in Jobsite Theater's Production of Lucy Kirkwood's HEDDA - Based on Henrik Ibsen's HEDDA GABLER
It showcases the strength of silence and slowness with an ending that won't be forgotten....
BWW Review: Eight O'Clock Theatre's Marvelous AVENUE Q Thankfully Still Has the Power to Offend
It's like 'Sesame Street' meets 'Rent,' with more than a dash of 'Book of Mormon' humor thrown in for good measure....
BWW Review: Aeon Life Theater Presents SHE LOVES ME at the Italian Club in Ybor City
Is SHE LOVES ME the perfect musical?...
BWW Review: EXCURSION FARE is a Dark, Fun Ride at Carrollwood Players Theatre
In a train depot beautifully created and dressed by Chelsie Camaro Smith and props by Shirley Overton, not a detail is missed - from the ornate corners on the ticket booth to the weathered wood and grey concrete interior to the vintage magazines, telephones and stored luggage. Heather Cleveland's co...
BWW Review: Watch Jonathan Sherman's WOMEN AND WALLACE at the HCC Studio Theatre - Part of the Tampa Fringe Festival
Nick Hoop and especially Kylie Heymer are worth the price of admission!...
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Tampa Metropolitan Improv On May 29, 2026 Carrollwood Cultural Center (5/29-5/29) |
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The Lightning Thief Carrollwood Cultural Center (6/25-6/25) |
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Clean Comedy Powerhouse Rahn Hortman Brings "Good Game" to New Port Richey’s Richey Suncoast Theatre Richey Suncoast Theatre (6/26-6/26) |
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Wicked Straz Center [Carol Morsani Hall] (2/03-2/28) |
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"Finding Nemo" Summer Camps (6-9) Richey Suncoast Theatre (6/22-6/26) PHOTOS |
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St. Pete Country Fest – Friday Vinoy Park (11/20-11/20) |
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O.A.R. at St Augustine Amphitheatre St Augustine Amphitheatre (11/14-11/14) |
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Jonathan Van Ness: Hot & Healed Comedy Tour 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Event Center (11/19-11/19) |
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Schoolhouse Rock Live! Carrollwood Cultural Center (7/17-7/26) |
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Mandy Keen: MAGGIE The Commodore (5/30-5/30) |
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