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Just Two Weeks Left To Vote for the 2018 BWW St. Petersburg Awards!
by BWW Staff - December 17, 2018
There's just two weeks left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld St. Petersburg Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
BWW Review: Charles Dickens' Classic A CHRISTMAS CAROL at the Carrollwood Players
by Peter Nason - December 16, 2018
Despite its flaws, it will immediately put you in the Christmas spirit!
BWW Previews: SHEVOLUTION TO SHOWCASE WOMEN DURING MARCH'S WOMEN HISTORY MONTH at Powerstories Theatre
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - December 11, 2018
Something extraordinary is coming to Powerstories Theatre during Women's History Month in March 7-24, 2019. If as a female, you've ever wanted to place to display your creative self - be it music, theatre, storytelling, poetry, dance, or art - SHEVOLUTION is a very special event and Powerstories a haven for talented women.
Three Weeks Left To Vote For the BWW St. Petersburg Awards!
by BWW Staff - December 10, 2018
There's just two weeks left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld St. Petersburg Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
FreeFall Announces Additions To Growing Team
by BWW News Desk - December 10, 2018
freeFall Theatre Company announced three exciting additions to the growing organization's staff. Joining the team are Amanda Chandler as Director of Development and Jen Brown as Patron Services Manager. Susan Haldeman stepped into the key role of Managing Director. Susan, Amanda, and Jen join Artistic Director Eric Davis and the rest of the freeFall team as they begin to prepare for the upcoming 2019/2020 season, which will mark 10 years as Tampa Bay's most exciting theatre company.
BWW Review: RAISING TWELVE ON A NICKEL AND A PRAYER IS DESTINED TO BECOME HOLIDAY CLASSIC AT Powerstories Theatre
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - December 10, 2018
Whether you find Betty Taylor socially irresponsible or admirable for wanting to share her love with a family of 12, "Raising Twelve on a Nickel and a Prayer" is a special holiday treat. The true-story musical written by Fran Powers about her parents and siblings, with music by Terez Hartmann, has everything needed to become a holiday classic: romance, family, drama, comedy and tons and tons of heart.
SLT Presents MAN OF LA MANCHA
by BWW News Desk - December 09, 2018
SLT presents 'Man of La Mancha,' by Dale Wasserman, January 18-20, 2019. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 2 PM.
BWW Review: GIFT YOURSELF THIS ORIGINAL ENCHANTING HOLIDAY MUSICAL AT Show Palace Dinner Theatre
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - December 06, 2018
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 board members who help her find her way back to believing.
BWW Previews: EVAN TYRONE MARTIN SHOWCASES NAT KING COLE THROUGH MUSIC AND STORIES AT The Straz Center For The Performing Arts
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - December 06, 2018
If a time machine could bring Chicago crooner Evan Tyrone Martin back to the decades where Nat King Cole, hailed as one of the best and most influential vocalists, pianists and small-group leaders of the swing era, was brilliantly entertaining audiences, the question he would ask the American legend is simple: Am I doing this right?
BWW Review: THE TEXAS TENORS: DEEP IN THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS BRINGS HOLIDAY JOY TO FANS at The Straz Center For The Performing Arts
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - December 05, 2018
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. Magic doesn't fully encompass what happened in that hall as the enormous vocals of John Hagen, Marcus Collins, and JC Fisher enveloped us, filled up the entire theatre for 'The Texas Tenors: Deep in the Heart of Christmas.'
Photo Flash: First Look at EVERY CHRISTMAS STORY EVER TOLD (AND THEN SOME) At FreeFall
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2018
freeFall celebrates the holiday season with a hilarious mash up of your favorite Christmas stories and carols. If you loved freeFall's The Musical of Musicals, you must get your tickets to see Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some).
COPENHAGEN Comes to TampaRep
by BWW News Desk - December 03, 2018
Tampa Repertory Theatre will present Michael Frayn's Tony award-winning drama Copenhagen January 4-20, 2019 (with a paid preview performance on January 3) on the USF campus in Studio 120, 3837 USF Holly Drive, Tampa. Performances are at 8 PM on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and at 3 PM on Sundays. Tickets are $25 ($20 student/military/senior). Patrons may purchase tickets at the door or from TampaRep's website at http://www.tamparep.org/copenhagen.
Vote For The 2018 BWW St. Petersburg Awards; ANNIE Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Staff - December 03, 2018
There's just one month left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld St. Petersburg Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
FreeFall Makes Merry With EVERY CHRISTMAS STORY EVER TOLD
by BWW News Desk - December 01, 2018
freeFall celebrates the holiday season with a hilarious mash up of your favorite Christmas stories and carols. If you loved freeFall's The Musical of Musicals, you must get your tickets to see Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some).
Nile Rodgers and CHIC Come to St. Petersburg
by BWW News Desk - November 30, 2018
The legendary Nile Rodgers & CHIC will be coming to St. Petersburg's Duke Energy Center for the Arts - Mahaffey Theater to kick-off the New Year with a dance theme concert on Friday, January 18, 2019 at 8 pm presented by Live Nation and Bill Edwards Foundation for the Arts.
BWW Previews: Before Returning To AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, THE TEXAS TENORS Bring Holiday Magic to The Straz Center For The Performing Arts
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - November 29, 2018
Despite a laundry list of accolades, awards, and loyal fans, you can't get much more down to earth than the men from The Texas Tenors. First introduced by America's Got Talent host Nick Cannon as 'classical music meets cattle ranchers,' The Texas Tenors' rise to fame has been nothing short of whirlwind.
Vote For The 2018 BroadwayWorld St. Petersburg Awards; ANNIE Leads Best Local Musical!
by BWW Staff - November 26, 2018
There's just one month left to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld St. Petersburg Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018.
BWW Previews: THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER Offers Heartwarming Message And Hilarity at The Straz Center For The Performing Arts' TECO Theater
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - November 26, 2018
What do you get when you cross the unruly Herdman children with a sacred church Christmas Pageant? Debuting November 29-December 2 in the Straz Center for the Performing Arts' TECO Theater, you get a family-friendly show bursting with holiday cheer. Featuring a cast of 44 students from grades two through college, the Straz Center's Patel Conservatory will present The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
BWW Previews: Imagined Jane Austen Sequel, MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY Promises To Delight Fans And Newcomers This Holiday Season At American Stage
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - November 26, 2018
Whether you loved the characters of 'Pride and Prejudice' or know nothing about them, you are sure to adore what director Stephanie Gularte calls a 'romantic, holiday comedy.' 'Mary Bennet in 'Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberly,' makes its holiday debut at American Stage on November 28 - December 30.
BWW Review: 'A CHRISTMAS' CANNOLI IS A TALE YOU CAN'T REFUSE at Carrollwood Players Theatre
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - November 25, 2018
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. In this clever adaption of the holiday favorite, 'A Christmas Cannoli' is what happens when 'Casino,' 'Godfather 1, 2, and 3' meet 'A Christmas Carol' and birth an illegitimate, blue-humored, sarcastic baby.
BWW Previews: ORIGINAL HOLIDAY MUSICAL COMES TO Powerstories Theatre
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - November 19, 2018
Just in time for the holidays comes a musical, spanning 1950 to 1966, about a mother of 12. "Raising Twelve on a Nickel and a Prayer" was written by playwright and Powerstories Theatre founder Fran Taylor Powers' in honor of her parents and to show that everyone has a dream.
FreeFall Makes Merry With EVERY CHRISTMAS STORY EVER TOLD
by BWW News Desk - November 19, 2018
freeFall celebrates the holiday season with a hilarious mash up of your favorite Christmas stories and carols. If you loved freeFall's The Musical of Musicals, you must get your tickets to see Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some).
West Coast Players Presents A Staged Reading Of TABLE 17
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2018
West Coast Players will present a staged reading of Table 17 by Arthur Feinsod, directed by Jeffrey Lorick, today, November 17.
Tampa's Newest Professional Theatre, Fluid Expressions, Debuts With Suzan-Lori Parks' TOPDOG/UNDERDOG
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2018
Fluid Expressions is proud to present Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer Prize Winning Play, Topdog/Underdog, November 9th- 17th, 2018 at the Studio Theatre in Hillsborough Community College's Performing Arts Building in Ybor City directed by India Davison and Clareann Despain.
Seth Black-Diamond of A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL 2018 NATIONAL TOUR DEBUTING at Lutcher Theater
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - November 16, 2018
When interviewing the eloquent young actor debuting in the beloved "A Christmas Story, The Musical" it's nearly impossible to believe Seth Black-Diamond is only 12 and he has just 6 years of experience under his belt. This charismatic young man has journeyed from Patel Conservatory and community theatre to being cast as the "triple-dog darer" Schwartz in the national tour of this holiday favorite beginning November 19.

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