BWW Previews: OLIVER TAKES TO THE STAGE in MAS Theatre's production at Carrollwood Cultural Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - July 13, 2018
Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse in Victorian, England, becomes the neglected apprentice of an undertaker. He runs away to London where he's befriended by a boy named the Artful Dodger and invited to join a gang of child pickpockets led by the elderly Fagin. When Oliver is captured for a theft he did not commit and is rescued by the theft's victim, Fagin hires a couple to kidnap Oliver back, potentially destroying Oliver's chances of finding a real family.
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - July 13, 2018
Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse in Victorian, England, becomes the neglected apprentice of an undertaker. He runs away to London where he's befriended by a boy named the Artful Dodger and invited to join a gang of child pickpockets led by the elderly Fagin. When Oliver is captured for a theft he did not commit and is rescued by the theft's victim, Fagin hires a couple to kidnap Oliver back, potentially destroying Oliver's chances of finding a real family.
BWW Review: mad Theatre of Tampa's FUN MUSICAL IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU COMES TO SHIMBERG at Straz Center For The Performing Arts
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - July 12, 2018
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 night. If final dress rehearsal is any indication of how fun a performance you'll see, complimented by a live band under the musical direction of Tim Flores, I guarantee that you are in for a treat.
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - July 12, 2018
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 night. If final dress rehearsal is any indication of how fun a performance you'll see, complimented by a live band under the musical direction of Tim Flores, I guarantee that you are in for a treat.
Photo Flash: Jobsite Theater Kicks Off 20th Anniversary Season with HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2018
Jobsite Theater kicks off their 20th Anniversary Season with the groundbreaking, Obie and Tony Award-winning cult-hit rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, playing Aug. 17 - Sep. 9 in the Shimberg Playhouse at the Straz Center where Jobsite is resident theater company.
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2018
Jobsite Theater kicks off their 20th Anniversary Season with the groundbreaking, Obie and Tony Award-winning cult-hit rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, playing Aug. 17 - Sep. 9 in the Shimberg Playhouse at the Straz Center where Jobsite is resident theater company.
FreeFall Theatre Extends THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS Through July 22
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2018
FreeFall extends their summer smash THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (THE MUSICAL)! Through July 22. Audiences and critics have fallen in love with this hilarious lampoon of the Great White Way. Some patrons have even proclaimed that THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS is the "funniest show they've seen in years."
by BWW News Desk - July 11, 2018
FreeFall extends their summer smash THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (THE MUSICAL)! Through July 22. Audiences and critics have fallen in love with this hilarious lampoon of the Great White Way. Some patrons have even proclaimed that THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS is the "funniest show they've seen in years."
BWW Previews: YOUTH IN REVOLT: SPRING AWAKENING at Eight O'Clock Theatre
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - July 11, 2018
With themes of abuse, statutory rape, abortion, and suicide, director Jason Tucker does not shy away from any of the controversial subjects. It's today's story… except for the unmistakable fact that it's based in Germany circa 1891. Based on Frank Wedekind's 1891 play, Spring Awakening at Eight O'Clock Theatre is a dark coming-of-age tale of kids looking for answers and the adults who refuse to provide them.
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - July 11, 2018
With themes of abuse, statutory rape, abortion, and suicide, director Jason Tucker does not shy away from any of the controversial subjects. It's today's story… except for the unmistakable fact that it's based in Germany circa 1891. Based on Frank Wedekind's 1891 play, Spring Awakening at Eight O'Clock Theatre is a dark coming-of-age tale of kids looking for answers and the adults who refuse to provide them.
BWW Review: Lab Theater Project Presents Owen Robertson's Original SO LONG LIFE at the Silver Meteor Gallery
by Peter Nason - July 09, 2018
Solid cast and direction breathes life into a play that tries too hard.
by Peter Nason - July 09, 2018
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
by Peter Nason - July 07, 2018
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.
by Peter Nason - July 07, 2018
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.
Emily Escobar wins Scholarship from THE JIMMY AWARDS at Minskoff Theatre
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - July 06, 2018
Little did Emily Escobar realize that her performance in Alonso High School's Zombie Prom as Toffee would earn her a nomination as Outstanding Actress.
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - July 06, 2018
Little did Emily Escobar realize that her performance in Alonso High School's Zombie Prom as Toffee would earn her a nomination as Outstanding Actress.
ARTS46/4 Presents TRUST ME: An Original Immersive Theatre Experience Starring Hawk & Wayne
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2018
On Friday, July 20th, at 7pm, ARTS46/4 presents Trust Me, an original immersive theatre experience starring improv duo Hawk & Wayne as Senatorial candidates hosting a public debate. Before the public hears what the would-be Senators want them to hear, they see things the politicians don't want them to see. The event follows the candidates through vignettes curated for public consumption as well as moments of voyeurism, and culminates in the debate and the audience voting. Trust Me utilizes the campus grounds for this site-specific original work and much of the content will be improvised.
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2018
On Friday, July 20th, at 7pm, ARTS46/4 presents Trust Me, an original immersive theatre experience starring improv duo Hawk & Wayne as Senatorial candidates hosting a public debate. Before the public hears what the would-be Senators want them to hear, they see things the politicians don't want them to see. The event follows the candidates through vignettes curated for public consumption as well as moments of voyeurism, and culminates in the debate and the audience voting. Trust Me utilizes the campus grounds for this site-specific original work and much of the content will be improvised.
BWW Review: St. Petersburg College Theater Department Offers a Spellbinding URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL
by Peter Nason - July 01, 2018
Everything goes right in this amazing production of one of the quirkiest shows of all time.
by Peter Nason - July 01, 2018
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
by Peter Nason - June 30, 2018
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.
by Peter Nason - June 30, 2018
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.
BWW Previews: THE LAST FIVE YEARS TELLS A CAUTIONARY TALE at NYNE
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - June 28, 2018
Imagine putting a DVD of your life together in the player and forwarding through the mystery of new love, the excitement of moving in together, the happiness of your true love finding success in work, the bliss of engagement and a new marriage, the resentment of success, the end of a marriage. Now if you play it backwards from the relationship dissolution to its inception simultaneously, only pausing at the wedding in both versions, you have the premise for the musical named TIME Magazine's ten best shows of 2001, The Last Five Years.
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - June 28, 2018
Imagine putting a DVD of your life together in the player and forwarding through the mystery of new love, the excitement of moving in together, the happiness of your true love finding success in work, the bliss of engagement and a new marriage, the resentment of success, the end of a marriage. Now if you play it backwards from the relationship dissolution to its inception simultaneously, only pausing at the wedding in both versions, you have the premise for the musical named TIME Magazine's ten best shows of 2001, The Last Five Years.
BWW Review: THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (THE MUSICAL!) Hilariously Skewers Sondheim, Lloyd Webber, Herman, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and Kander & Ebb at freeFall Theatre
by Peter Nason - June 28, 2018
It's a musical theatre lover's dream show!
by Peter Nason - June 28, 2018
It's a musical theatre lover's dream show!
BWW Previews: DANCERS BATTLE FOR RECOGNITION at University Area Community Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - June 22, 2018
DANCERS BATTLE FOR RECOGNITION at University Area Community Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - June 22, 2018
DANCERS BATTLE FOR RECOGNITION at University Area Community Center
Jobsite's 20th Kicks Off With HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2018
Jobsite Theater kicks off their 20th Anniversary Season with the groundbreaking, Obie and Tony Award-winning cult-hit rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, playing Aug. 17 - Sep. 9 in the Shimberg Playhouse at the Straz Center where Jobsite is resident theater company.
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2018
Jobsite Theater kicks off their 20th Anniversary Season with the groundbreaking, Obie and Tony Award-winning cult-hit rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, playing Aug. 17 - Sep. 9 in the Shimberg Playhouse at the Straz Center where Jobsite is resident theater company.
BWW Review: CPPAC's Summer Theatre Camp's Bouncy Production of Disney's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL
by Peter Nason - June 19, 2018
It's an energetic good time featuring some of our area's finest young talent.
by Peter Nason - June 19, 2018
It's an energetic good time featuring some of our area's finest young talent.
Best Of The Bay 2018 Nominations Open
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2018
For the 28th consecutive year, Creative Loafing will celebrate the Tampa Bay area's best local businesses, people, and places during Best of the Bay. Nominations for Best of the Bay 2018 are now open and continue through Saturday, July 1st.
by BWW News Desk - June 18, 2018
For the 28th consecutive year, Creative Loafing will celebrate the Tampa Bay area's best local businesses, people, and places during Best of the Bay. Nominations for Best of the Bay 2018 are now open and continue through Saturday, July 1st.
BWW Previews: THE WIZARD OF OZ LANDS IN Straz Center For The Performing Art's TECO Theater
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - June 13, 2018
Sometimes it's good to be bad. Fourteen-year-old high school freshman Tess Lowke is learning this during two and half weeks of intensive summer camp daily rehearsals 9am-4pm for the beloved classic Wizard of Oz, coming to the Straz Center for the Performing Art's TECO Theater on June 14-17.
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - June 13, 2018
Sometimes it's good to be bad. Fourteen-year-old high school freshman Tess Lowke is learning this during two and half weeks of intensive summer camp daily rehearsals 9am-4pm for the beloved classic Wizard of Oz, coming to the Straz Center for the Performing Art's TECO Theater on June 14-17.
BWW Review: Noel Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT at Stageworks Is To Die For
by Peter Nason - June 11, 2018
A great cast, along with Coward's brilliant dialogue, make for a ghostly good time!
by Peter Nason - June 11, 2018
A great cast, along with Coward's brilliant dialogue, make for a ghostly good time!
BWW Review: Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at Tampa Rep - One of the Year's Best Shows
by Peter Nason - June 09, 2018
Ned Averill-Snell leads an outstanding cast in a show where everything comes together.
by Peter Nason - June 09, 2018
Ned Averill-Snell leads an outstanding cast in a show where everything comes together.
Washington And Eisenstadt Present Bring Literature To Life With An Original Adaptation Of SPOON RIVER Anthology
by BWW News Desk - June 09, 2018
Washington and Eisenstadt Present are bringing literature to life with 'Spoon River', playing June 8-9 at The Studio at The Carrollwood Cultural Center. This original stage adaptation of the poetry collection by Edgar Lee Masters, published in 1916, is about the secrets which form or lives, as revealed in death.
by BWW News Desk - June 09, 2018
Washington and Eisenstadt Present are bringing literature to life with 'Spoon River', playing June 8-9 at The Studio at The Carrollwood Cultural Center. This original stage adaptation of the poetry collection by Edgar Lee Masters, published in 1916, is about the secrets which form or lives, as revealed in death.
Washington And Eisenstadt Present Bring Literature To Life With An Original Adaptation Of SPOON RIVER Anthology
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2018
Washington and Eisenstadt Present are bringing literature to life with 'Spoon River', playing June 8-9 at The Studio at The Carrollwood Cultural Center. This original stage adaptation of the poetry collection by Edgar Lee Masters, published in 1916, is about the secrets which form or lives, as revealed in death.
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2018
Washington and Eisenstadt Present are bringing literature to life with 'Spoon River', playing June 8-9 at The Studio at The Carrollwood Cultural Center. This original stage adaptation of the poetry collection by Edgar Lee Masters, published in 1916, is about the secrets which form or lives, as revealed in death.
BAD JEWS Comes to Florida
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2018
The night after their grandfather's funeral, three cousins engage in a verbal (and sometimes physical) battle. In one corner is Daphna Feygenbaum, a 'Real Jew' who is volatile, self-assured, and unbending. In the other corner is her equally stubborn cousin Liam, a secular and entitled young man, with his 'shiksa' girlfriend, Melody, in tow. Stuck in the middle is Liam's brother, Jonah, who tries to stay out of the fray. When Liam stakes claim to their grandfather's Chai necklace, a vicious and hilarious brawl over family, faith, and legacy ensues in this biting comedy.
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2018
The night after their grandfather's funeral, three cousins engage in a verbal (and sometimes physical) battle. In one corner is Daphna Feygenbaum, a 'Real Jew' who is volatile, self-assured, and unbending. In the other corner is her equally stubborn cousin Liam, a secular and entitled young man, with his 'shiksa' girlfriend, Melody, in tow. Stuck in the middle is Liam's brother, Jonah, who tries to stay out of the fray. When Liam stakes claim to their grandfather's Chai necklace, a vicious and hilarious brawl over family, faith, and legacy ensues in this biting comedy.
BWW Previews: LOCAL ORIGINAL MUSICAL REVUE POP GOES AMERICA DEBUTS at Carrollwood Players Theatre
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - June 07, 2018
Coming to The CWP Black Box on June 29-July 1 is Pop Goes America. Inspired by listening to Lou Vega's Mambo #5, local playwright Jim Russell decided to pen historic tales using the melodies of recognized pop music over a short duration of 3 days. From that inspiration came 24 original songs with dances choreographed by director Drew Eberhard that will take you from the 1800s to modern times over a period of two hours.
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - June 07, 2018
Coming to The CWP Black Box on June 29-July 1 is Pop Goes America. Inspired by listening to Lou Vega's Mambo #5, local playwright Jim Russell decided to pen historic tales using the melodies of recognized pop music over a short duration of 3 days. From that inspiration came 24 original songs with dances choreographed by director Drew Eberhard that will take you from the 1800s to modern times over a period of two hours.
BWW Review: The Broadway Star of the Future Awards Showcase at the Straz Center, Hosted by Justin Sargent
by Peter Nason - June 05, 2018
Blake High School, PCCA at Gibbs High School and Palm Harbor University High School emerge as the big winners.
by Peter Nason - June 05, 2018
Blake High School, PCCA at Gibbs High School and Palm Harbor University High School emerge as the big winners.
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Danny And The Deep Blue Sea
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The Peace and Presence Tour: Soul Violinist Omari Dillard
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A Steady Rain
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