The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Tampa.
Playing through December 25 at Show Palace Dinner Theatre, in Holiday Incorporated, it doesn't matter what you celebrate, multitalented actor, director and playwright Jonathan Van Dyke has you covered in a musical tale about an elf named Ivy who's lost her love for the holidays and the five magical
To say something magical happened last night in Ferguson Hall at the Straz Center would be like describing The Texas Tenors as just three gorgeous singers from Texas.
With tongue firmly planted in cheek, from the imagination of local playwright Joe Pauly comes the outrageous tale of Ebenezer Scungili, the heat-toting Italian olive oil import company proprietor (wink-wink-nudge-nudge) and his miserly, Christmas-hating ways.
The show offers lots of nice voices and some incredible moments, but it's overall very inconsistent.
Should you ever need to be a lodger in the warm and inviting Brooklyn home of sisters, Abby and Martha Brewster, and you are a male of any age, never admit to being someone without family ties or friends and even more importantly, no matter how delicious the wine is claimed to be, be a teetotaler.
Just in time for Halloween, a sexy, brooding vampire has taken Carrollwood Players Theatre captive.
"I hope he does the song.
When describing Hat Trick's brilliantly twisted production of Mindgame, the only thought that came to me as the lights faded to black was "what the" and I word I cannot write in print.
Is there a proper way to describe the best worst play ever? If I was in the audience for "The Murder at Haversham Manor," I probably would have walked out.
The Tampa Bay Area Premiere of a show that is heartbreaking and funny, and that features one of the finest performances local audiences have seen in quite a long time.
To explain the immensely talented ensemble that appeared in Calendar Girls at Powerstories last night, I am going to borrow a quote from Trish Farber as retired teacher Jessie.
It's a beautiful show, gorgeously mounted, with a couple of questionable moves that do not detract from its overall loveliness.
CHICAGO BRINGS MAGIC to Straz Center
It's so much fun, you might want to see it twice!
Although I admire any new theatre company that wants to do edgy, provocative work, this was not my favorite show.
It's a mixed bag overall, but the good were really good, with definite standouts (especially IN FARCE and FATHERLESS CHILD).
It's a powerful show about PTSD with a central performance that is one of the strongest of the year.
When starring in a production like Annie, you'd better be a powerhouse.
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.
It may not be everyone's taste, but that doesn't stop it from being the greatest musical yet written.
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Cinderella Eight O'Clock Theatre (11/06-11/15) |
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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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The Gods of Comedy Carrollwood Players Theatre (8/14-8/30) |
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O.A.R. at St Augustine Amphitheatre St Augustine Amphitheatre (11/14-11/14) |
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Mandy Keen: MAGGIE The Commodore (9/19-9/19) |
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Close Encounters of a Shakespearean Kind TheatreFor (10/02-10/18) |
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Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – The New Musical Richey Suncoast Theatre (9/11-9/20) |
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A Divine, Divine Comedy, Comedy TheatreFor (8/21-9/06) |
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Penelope Jobsite Theater (8/19-9/06) |
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Damn Yankees Eight O'Clock Theatre (2/26-3/07) |
