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.
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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.
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.
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.
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!
BWW Review: CONVERSATIONS IN BED IS COMPLETELY RELATABLE at Powerstories Theatre
Conversations in Bed at Powerstories Theatre was like taking a tape recorder to the audience, me included and writing down the serious, heartfelt and other times furious and ridiculous conversations we've had with our significant others before putting our heads on the pillow.
BWW Review: Alonso High School Theatre Department's Magical, Extraordinary Production of Stephen Schwartz's PIPPIN
Makenna Kirsch as the Leading Player and Jacob Atkins as Pippin lead an outstanding production.
BWW Review: Taylor Tarver Is Off The Charts Fantastic in Steinbrenner High School Theatre Department's Wonderful Production of Kander & Ebb's CHICAGO
It's a razzling, dazzling experience!
BWW Review: Thomas Rowell Steals the Show in A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at the Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School
It's technically so strong that sometimes you forget it's a high school musical that you're watching!
BWW Review: RACISM, THE 1950'S,AND STRONG LIFE LESSONS ARE THE ROOT OF LYNNE NOTTAGE'S POWERFUL CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY. at FreeFall Theatre
The setting strikes a chord with the audience upon entering the space.
BWW Review: SPAMILTON at Straz Center For The Performing Arts
Seven Performers enter, a Pianist is introduced.
BWW Review: Party Like It's 1999 with American Stage in the Park's Joyous MAMMA MIA
Peppered with infectious Abba songs, it's like bubblegum for the soul.
BWW Review: River Ridge's Royal Knight Stage Company's Production of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Is an Audience Favorite
Director David O'Hara has mounted one gorgeous-looking musical.
BWW Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at The Straz Center For The Performing Arts
Is an assumption not corrected, an invention born out of best intentions, a fabrication of truth that gives solace to a grieving family, still wrong? What if the lie unintentionally metamorphosizes into a voice for the silent, hope for the hopeless, a place where the invisible feel seen? On Tu
BWW Review: Show-Stopping, Explosive Tap Numbers, And The Feeling Of Having A Beer With Friends Make Up TAPDOGS at Straz Center For The Performing Arts
What happens when you combine six guys who look like every-day average men, close to over 40+ years of dance training and performance, two incredible musicians, and a whole lot of moving parts and set pieces? That is the experience and feelings the audience embraced Friday night as TapDogs took Mors
BWW Review: A Masterful Game Of Cat & Mouse In AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MOUSETRAP at Stageworks Theatre
'Strikingly beautiful,' 'ghost-like,' are just two adjectives that make up the mood in which Agatha Christie's Mousetrap, leaves on it's audiences which can witness this 'who-dunnit' now on-stage at Stageworks Theatre in the heart of downtown Tampa.
BWW Review: #JOBSITEROCKSTHEBARD with The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged (Revised) at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, FL
After a 14 year hiatus the bad boys of Shakespeare took to the stage and command the stage they did.
BWW Review: Berkeley Preparatory School Wows Audiences with Their Production of Kander & Ebb's CHICAGO
Beautifully choreographed by Seth Travaglino and directed by Chris Marshall, this is one of the finest high school shows you'll see.
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Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike The Off-Central (9/10-9/20) |
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Raising Twelve on a Nickel and a Prayer Hillsborough College Theatre (12/16-12/20) |
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Wicked Straz Center [Carol Morsani Hall] (2/03-2/28) |
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A Night With Janis Joplin American Stage Theatre Company (9/16-10/11) |
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Load Bearing Walls The Off-Central (3/25-4/04) |
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Home for the Holidays American Stage Theatre Company (12/04-12/13) |
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Cinderella Eight O'Clock Theatre (11/06-11/15) |
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Destroying David The Off-Central (11/12-11/22) |
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Big Fish Eight O'Clock Theatre (4/30-5/09) |
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Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – The New Musical Richey Suncoast Theatre (9/11-9/20) |