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BWW Review: CALENDAR GIRLS COMBINES HEART & HUMOR at Powerstories
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. "I've never had a problem with age, my dear; it only has a problem with me."...
BWW Review: THE FANTASTICKS Enchants at freeFall Theatre
It's a beautiful show, gorgeously mounted, with a couple of questionable moves that do not detract from its overall loveliness....
BWW Review: CHICAGO BRINGS MAGIC to Straz Center
CHICAGO BRINGS MAGIC to Straz Center...
BWW Review: A Winning 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at the Carrollwood Players
It's so much fun, you might want to see it twice!...
BWW Review: PJMA Theater Productions Launches Its First Show with BARE: A POP OPERA
Although I admire any new theatre company that wants to do edgy, provocative work, this was not my favorite show....
BWW Review: An Eclectic Blend of 18 Original Works at the TBTF 2018 Short Play Competition
It's a mixed bag overall, but the good were really good, with definite standouts (especially IN FARCE and FATHERLESS CHILD)....
BWW Review: Marie-Claude Tremblay is Outstanding in Lindsey Ferrentino's UGLY LIES THE BONE, Presented by Innovocative Theatre & Stageworks
It's a powerful show about PTSD with a central performance that is one of the strongest of the year....
BWW Review: SPUNKY OPTIMISTIC ORPHAN STEALS YOUR HEART IN NEW TAMPA PLAYERS' ANNIE at University Area CDC
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...
BWW Review: Joshua Harmon's Riveting, Brutally Funny BAD JEWS at American Stage
This is one hell of a show, one of the best of the year, so you better get your tickets now....
BWW Review: MAS THEATRE OLIVER - SPECTACULAR ENTERTAINMENT at Carrollwood Cultural Center
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...
BWW Review: God, That's Good! - Marcia P. Hoffman School for the Arts Presents Stephen Sondheim's Dark Masterpiece SWEENEY TODD at Ruth Eckerd Hall
It may not be everyone's taste, but that doesn't stop it from being the greatest musical yet written....
BWW Review: Mad Theatre of Tampa Presents a Blissful IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU at the Shimberg
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...
BWW Review: Riveting SPRING AWAKENING IS at Eight 'O Clock Theatre
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...
BWW Review: mad Theatre of Tampa's FUN MUSICAL IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU COMES TO SHIMBERG at Straz Center For The Performing Arts
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...
BWW Review: Lab Theater Project Presents Owen Robertson's Original SO LONG LIFE at the Silver Meteor Gallery
Solid cast and direction breathes life into a play that tries too hard....
BWW Review: Omigod, You Guys! - LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL at the CFA Summer Camp Is Too Much Fun
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....
BWW Review: NOT YOUR MAMA'S CINDERELLA STORY at Straz Center For The Performing Arts
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....
BWW Review: St. Petersburg Opera Presents Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN at the Palladium
Fantastic barbershop quartet as well as the dance ensemble stand out in this production of the iconic musical....
BWW Review: St. Petersburg College Theater Department Offers a Spellbinding URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL
Everything goes right in this amazing production of one of the quirkiest shows of all time....
BWW Review: History Has a Nice Beat and You Can Dance to It in Jim Russell's POP GOES AMERICA at the Carrollwood Players Black Box Theatre
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....
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Broadway Miscast Carrollwood Players Theatre (7/10-7/25) |
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Tampa Metropolitan Improv Carrollwood Cultural Center (5/29-5/29) |
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Showtunes Sunday at The Ball The Ball (1/18-6/21) |
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Tampa Metropolitan Improv On May 29, 2026 Carrollwood Cultural Center (5/29-5/29) |
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2026 Night Nation Run - Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium (6/27-6/27) |
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The Lightning Thief Carrollwood Cultural Center (6/25-6/25) |
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street to Open at Richey Suncoast Theatre Richey Suncoast Theatre (6/05-6/14) |
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Danny And The Deep Blue Sea Jobsite Theater (5/06-5/31) |
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Goo Goo Dolls at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre (8/24-8/24) |
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Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox Tropicana Field (6/10-6/10) |
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