TAMPA THEATER REVIEWS

When starring in a production like Annie, you'd better be a powerhouse. Last night at the opening of New Tampa Players' production of Annie, twelve-year-old Annie Sardouk proved why she was the lead. This young actress sang with vocal power of someone twice her age. To say I was impressed is puttin...

This is one hell of a show, one of the best of the year, so you better get your tickets now....

There's no wonder why Oliver sold out at Carrollwood Cultural Center. Celebrating their 10th anniversary and revisiting the first show that debuted at the center with two of the original actors - Terry Larosa and Kimberly Rostas, MAS Theatre's Oliver was spectacular entertainment. Under the excep...

It may not be everyone's taste, but that doesn't stop it from being the greatest musical yet written....

IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU, the joyous wedding day musical presented by Mad Theatre of Tampa, doesn't have a bad thought in its head. At times we wonder if it has any thought in its head, but rest assured, any thoughts it does have are good. The show contains some of the most mindless fun I've had at any m...

Young people wanting answers and adults refusing to give them is the theme of Eight 'O Clock Theatre's newest production July 13-22, a dark coming of age tale, Spring Awakening. Written in 1891 with modern folk-rock music and lyrics applied by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater in 2006, Spring Awakenin...

When you talk about a musical and its ensemble on the 35-minute drive home, it's one of two things - good or bad. In the case of mad Theatre's It Shoulda Been You, expertly directed by Tony P. Gilkinson, good doesn't do justice to the talent that graced the stage and in the audience on Wednesday nig...

Solid cast and direction breathes life into a play that tries too hard....

Nearly 30 students from seven different middle and high schools, plus two dogs, are having the time of their lives putting on this feel-good show....

From the little girls wobbling on plastic dress-up heels and Cinderella costumes outside taking photos with the fairytale princess to youngsters in the audience dressed in their Sunday best, waiting eagerly for the story to begin, Cinderella was a special event for children and adults, alike....

Fantastic barbershop quartet as well as the dance ensemble stand out in this production of the iconic musical....

Everything goes right in this amazing production of one of the quirkiest shows of all time....

Imagine 'Hamilton' as a juke box musical. It's a mess at times, but it's an entertaining mess with an abundance of heart and talent....

It's a musical theatre lover's dream show!...

It's an energetic good time featuring some of our area's finest young talent....

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

Ned Averill-Snell leads an outstanding cast in a show where everything comes together....

Blake High School, PCCA at Gibbs High School and Palm Harbor University High School emerge as the big winners....

It's quite entertaining with a stellar cast, but does it work overall?...