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American Stage is kicking off its 2022 -23 season, “This is America” with a homage to the punk rock movement of the 1990s and early 2000s  — opening night is Sept.

Jonathan Larson a name synonymous with American Musical Theatre in the 90s penned this phenom of a Musical based on the Puccini Opera La Boheme.

Matt Harmon’s Exhibits in the Zoo displays what life was like for people prior to the Holocaust living out their days in the confines of the Warsaw Ghetto.

The musical is all over the place, but key performances make this one show to go out of your way to see.

These questions and more are the thoughts that fill my mind upon exiting the theatre following the opening night of Studio Grand Central’s Second Season opener Something Clean by Selina Fillinger.

'Mendel is a boy who holds to hope, even during the German occupation of his home city in Warsaw, Poland.

Jobsite Theater, resident theater company at the Straz Center, is thrilled will kick off its 24th season with this hilarious comedy from the original “wild and crazy guy,” Steve Martin.

American Stage will continue their dedication to developing the next generation of new playwrights with their Lift Every Voice: New Play Festival.

LAB Theater Project will present Creating Monsters, a new play by Tampa playwright Owen Roberson.

The wonderful young cast makes this show feel entirely fresh and new!

Steel Magnolias offers everything you want in a play, a transformative journey, a balance of laugh-out-loud comedy and emotional drama.

ThinkTank Theatre has announced casting for the regional premier of ‘Exhibits at the Zoo’, by Matt Harmon.

A wonderful cast, led by Nicole Jeannine Smith and Ryan Prince, brings this sweet show to life, another treasure at the Fringe.

Doug Buffaloe, Elizabeth Sierra Cabrera and a marvelous ensemble stand out in a musical that's wonderfully alive.

As the final play written by the great Neil Simon, Rose & Walsh previously entitled Rose’s Dilemma ran in Los Angeles and Off-Broadway in 2003.

Based on real life events, it's a coming out story that needs to be expanded to be able to feel the full emotional weight.

Some of the monologues are more gripping than others, but they are all captivating.

Themed 'totally tubular,' the 80s and 90s musical revue, Showstoppers, debuting at Straz Center on August 5 and 6, highlights a time when Donkey Kong and PacMan ruled, cell phones were huge, and women's hair was even bigger.

It's mostly a beauty of a production with some beastly issues that get in the way.

In its complexities of storytelling, we find a narrative grounded in teacher-student relationships that surround the 100-minute One-Act currently onstage at the Shimberg Playhouse at Tampa’s Straz Center.

Nunsense premiered off-Broadway in 1985 with music, lyrics, and a book by Dan Goggin.

Subscriptions and single tickets are now on sale for freeFall's 2022/2023 season.

NUNSENSE: AMEN stars Matthew McGee as Mother Superior, JS McLaughlin as Sister Mary Hubert, Aaron Castle as Sister Mary Amnesia, Ryan Patrick McLaughlin as Sister Robert Anne, and Jaryn McCann as Sister Mary Leo.

 Following a national search, American Stage Theatre Company and its Board of Trustees have selected Helen R.

'Dutchman' originally debuted during the Civil Rights movement, but, sadly, this Obie Award-winning play about race and identity continues to be highly relevant.