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.
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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.
BWW Review: THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS a High-Energy, Fun Escape at Carrollwood Players Theatre
Like Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper radiating adoration and raw sexual chemistry, singing "Shallow" at the Oscars, as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd's hand roved up Miss Mona Stangley's lace stockings while they nuzzled on the couch, Angel Tuider Frale and Michael c De Baca scorched the stage at Carrollwood Pla
BWW Review: Tickle Your Funny Bone With the Politically Incorrect Presidential Portrayal NOVEMBER at NYNE Productions
The President is an incompetent, corrupt, egocentric, misogynistic, homophobic, racist, avaricious, foul-mouthed, extortionist, buffoonish, equivocator a-hole….
BWW Review: Powerful Cast Moves Audiences With RAGTIME at Plant City Entertainment
A classic musical based on a novel of the same name by E.
BWW Review: Emily Belvo & Jonelle Meyer Are Perfect in Hat Trick Theatre's Imperfect Production of Neil Simon's THE ODD COUPLE FEMALE VERSION
With Belvo and Meyer leading the way, this is as funny an ODD COUPLE as you will likely see.
BWW Review: Mad Theatre of Tampa's Edgy, Darkly Funny HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL at the Shimberg
It's sold out for its entire 13-show run; does it live up to the hype?
BWW Review: HAMILTON Lives Up To The Hype The Straz Center For The Performing Arts
What more can be said about the juggernaut "Hamilton" that hasn't already been written? An ornate, elaborate leveled wooden backdrop and mobile staircases with minimal, simple set pieces and turntables floors showcased the exquisitely and insanely-talented lead actors and the equally-matched ensembl
BWW Review: The Future Looks Bright with This Year's KIDSPEAK at the Carrollwood Players Black Box
A mime verbally announces his love.
BWW Review: Topher Payne's PERFECT ARRANGEMENT is freeFall Theatre's Finest Show in Years
It starts off like a very funny 1950's sit-com with a gay twist and ends as a devastating plea for respect and self-acceptance.
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Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts (7/09-7/26) |
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Schoolhouse Rock Live! Carrollwood Cultural Center (7/17-7/26) |
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Rush at Hard Rock Live Hard Rock Live (11/05-11/06) |
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Blue Train - The Music of John Coltrane Carrollwood Cultural Center (9/19-9/19) |
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War Virgin TheatreFor (6/19-7/12) |
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Predictor Powerstories Theatre @Stageworks Theatre (7/17-7/26) |
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Goo Goo Dolls at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre (8/24-8/24) |
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American Idiot Jobsite Theater (7/15-8/09) |
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Trouble Man - A tribute To Marvin Gaye New Tampa Performing Arts Center (7/12-7/12) |
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The Music of Duke Ellington and Count Basie Carrollwood Cultural Center (8/08-8/08) |