Review: A Gripping, Thought-Provoking & Highly Entertaining INHERIT THE WIND at the Asolo Repertory Theatre
Led by two incredible performances and a visionary director, it's a production where everything goes right.
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Review: A Dazzling, Inventive Adaptation Of Sondheim's COMPANY Lights Up The Room And Our Hearts At Straz Center For The Performing Arts
What did our critic think of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's COMPANY at Straz Center For The Performing Arts?
Review: SCROOGE MACBETH: A MASHUP OF SHAKESPEARE AND CHRISTMAS SHOULD BE ON EVERYONE'S LIST at OFF-CENTRAL PLAYERS
David MacGregor’s Scrooge Macbeth, is a Comedic Holiday Comedy set to the tune of two things.
Review: MIRACLE ON 34TH ST: A LIVE MUSICAL RADIO PLAY HERALDS IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT at FreeFall Theatre
Miracle on 34th Street is an American Christmas comedic/drama from 1947 that was produced by 20th century Fox.
Review: THE GREAT CHRISTMAS COOKIE BAKEOFF is Sugar-Filled Holiday Fun at StageWorks Theatre
The Great Christmas Cookie Bakeoff is a one-act Holiday musical created by Rick Hip-Flore.
Review: A Dazzling Revival of FUNNY GIRL Ushers in All the Laughs at Straz Center for The Performing Arts
Funny Girl is a semi-autobiographical comedic musical about the life and times of comedian and Broadway star Fanny Brice, and her tumultuous relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nick Arnstein.
Review: The Incomparable Jeffrey Walker Stands Out in the Center Stage Youth Theatre's Production of LES MISERABLES
The young cast brings the iconic musical to life, with a lead performance that will not soon be forgotten.
Review: A Powerful Staging Of Jean-Paul Sartre's NO EXIT Takes Center Stage At The Off-Central Players
No Exit is an Existentialist French play from 1944 written by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Review: A Unique Telling Of A Poirot Mystery as POIROT RETURNS Continues Their Sleuthing at Stageworks Theatre
Playwright Larry Alexander has always been a fan of Agatha Christie and over the years has read and re-read her work.
Review: The Royal Knight Stage Company of River Ridge High School Presents the Timely, Devastating I NEVER SAW ANOTHER BUTTERFLY
A gutsy director leads a gutsy young cast in telling this classic true-life story.
Review: Spooktacular production of BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL at Straz Center
BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL is a show that revels in its own weirdness and invites the audience to do the same.
Review: A Rocky Start Helps to Usher in Halloween With BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL at Straz Center for The Performing Arts
Beetlejuice the Musical, is a live stage musical, based on the 1988 film of the same name in which Michael Keaton plays the iconic ghoul.
Review: Chris Cordero, Brianna Filippelli & Evan Lomba Lead a Great Cast in New Tampa Players' SHREK: THE MUSICAL
The entire cast is stellar, but Evan Lomba is extraordinary as a Donkey like no other!
Review: A Blistering Adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN Will Take Your Breath Away at Jobsite Theater
Set to the “heartbeat” of an unbelievably brilliant sound design by Jeremy Douglass, Jobsite Theater’s presentation of Nick Dear’s Frankenstein, is a slow-burn, salt-in-the-wound, gripping, tour-de-force that will leave you speechless.
Review: THE WORLD PREMIERE OF NATALIE SYMONS' NIGHTSWEAT TAKES CENTER STAGE at FreeFall Theatre
Nightsweat is a comedic farce mixed with a a little mystery and some horror tropes placed throughout.
Review: THe World Premiere of GHOST STORIES FROM YELLOWSTONE Takes Center Stage at The Off-Central Players
Written and Directed by local area playwright William Leavengood, this marks the 3rd collaboration with the Off-Central Players, following The Sister-Mothers of Gulfport, and The Azure Sky in Oz.
Review: THE CHOIR OF MAN at Straz Center's Jaeb Theatre
The story, created by Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay, lets us in on The Jungle's long history of having a choir.
Review: St. Petersburg City Theatre Brings Disney's Magical MARY POPPINS to Life in a Most Delightful Way
A large talented cast with so much energy brings this iconic musical to life!
Review: Direct from the UK, THE CHOIR OF MAN Welcomes Tampa to the Jungle at Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Created by Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay, The Choir of Man is a British musical set inside a traditional British or Irish Pub.
Review: Paula Vogel's Stunning INDECENT at American Stage
What did our critic think of Paula Vogel's INDECENT at American Stage?
Review: Arthur Miller's THE CRUCIBLE Staged in Unique Form At ThinkTank Theater And Tampa Rep
Arthur Miller’s Masterpiece The Crucible is a 1953 play that is both dramatized and fictionalized around the true events of the Salem Witch Trials between 1692-93.
Review: Tampa Rep and Think Tank Theatre's Production of Arthur Miller's THE CRUCIBLE
It's all over the place in style and tone, but the acting and Miller's wondrous words save the day.
Review: USF School of Theatre & Dance Presents the Cult Favorite RIDE THE CYCLONE
See what all the buzz is about!
Review: Jason Robert Brown's Subliminal Masterpiece THE LAST FIVE YEARS OPENS at Richey Suncoast Theatre
The Last Five Years is a musical by Jason Robert Brown that received its premiere at Chicago’s Northlight Theatre in 2001, late in 2002 it was produced off-Broadway.
Review: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Jobsite Theater
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, an absurdist, existential tragic-comedy written by British Playwright Tom Stoppard opened Friday evening amidst a room full of eager audience members and hearty laughter.
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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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Constellations The Off-Central (10/15-10/25) |
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Nocturne The Off-Central (9/25-9/26) |
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The Wash Powerstories Theatre And The Studio (10/01-10/11) |
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A Night With Janis Joplin American Stage Theatre Company (9/16-10/11) |
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Penelope Jobsite Theater (8/19-9/06) |
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Home for the Holidays American Stage Theatre Company (12/04-12/13) |
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Rush at Hard Rock Live Hard Rock Live (11/05-11/06) |
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A Divine, Divine Comedy, Comedy TheatreFor (8/21-9/06) |
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Jonathan Van Ness: Hot & Healed Comedy Tour 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Event Center (11/19-11/19) |