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Review: JOB-SIDE PRODUCTIONS RESURRECTED WITH CROUCH’S I, BANQUO at Job-Side Productions Jobsite


by Drew Eberhard - May 21, 2026

British Playwright Tim Crouch has tackled the tale of Macbeth’s friend and ultimate cohort with I, Banquo, a 40-minute one-man tour-de-force that is a dramatic retelling of the famous Scottish Play from the perspective of Banquo’s Ghost. ...

Review: SIX IGNITES THE STAGE at Straz Center


by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - May 13, 2026

It was empowering and absolutely outstanding from start to finish, the kind of night that hits with attitude, precision, and pure joy. The queens owned the stage, the vocals were unreal, and the entire production felt like a history‑meets‑rock explosion....

Review: Arts in Motion's Production of TUCK EVERLASTING at the IPAC


by Peter Nason - May 10, 2026

Imagine a rustic musical episode of The Waltons merged with The Twilight Zone....

Review: AN AMBITIOUS STAGING OF DREAMWORKS PRINCE OF EGYPT ARRIVES at St Petersburg City Theatre


by Drew Eberhard - March 29, 2026

DreamWorks The Prince of Egypt is a stage musical with a book by Phillip LaZebnik and music/lyrics by the great Stephen Schwartz. A retelling of the Book of Exodus, based on the 1998 DreamWorks Animation film of the same name. The story follows Moses on his journey from being the Prince of Egypt, be...

Review: HELL'S KITCHEN at Straz Center


by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - March 27, 2026

I walked in knowing only a handful of the songs, and it made no difference. Hell’s Kitchen at the Straz is driven by feeling, character, and raw honesty. The music meets you where you are....

Review: WOMEN OF RESISTANCE at New Tampa Performing Arts Center


by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - March 26, 2026

Women of Resistance at New Tampa Performing Arts Center is stirring, urgent, and unforgettable, blending history and artistry in a way that stays with you....

Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at the Carrollwood Cultural Center


by Peter Nason - March 16, 2026

We forgive any flaws in the production because, with Patty Smithey as Jesus and Evan Lomba as Judas, it's triumphant....

Review: THE SHARK IS BROKEN SETS SAIL at JOBSITE THEATER


by Drew Eberhard - March 13, 2026

FADE IN: The open ocean, 1974. Filming is delayed...again. The lead actors- theatre and film vet Robert Shaw and up-and-coming Hollywood hotshots Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider- are crammed into a too-small boat, entirely at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical star. Alcohol flows, e...

Review: BRIGHT STAR Takes Center Stage at Manatee Players


by Drew Eberhard - March 09, 2026

Bright Star is a Bluegrass/Folk musical written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Its tale is set in the vast landscape of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains between the years 1945-46, and features flashbacks to the year 1923. The pair produced a Grammy-winning album in 2013 entit...

Review: A Night with Audra Mcdonald Delivers at The Florida Orchestra Gala at Straz Center


by Drew Eberhard - March 02, 2026

The Quintessential voice, the one and only Audra McDonald. Captivating the room and singing selections from Broadway’s Great American Songbook, totaling 15 incredible selections in a swift 90-minute presentation. ...

Past Shows

A Doll’s House
A Doll’s House
Aug 9 – Aug 17, 2019

This epochal drama of marriage and the individual portrays a controlling husband, and his wife, a submissive young woman who, when their idealized home life...

The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jul 12 – Aug 3, 2019

Two young gents have taken to bending the truth to put some excitement into their lives. Worthing has invented a brother, Eatllest, whom he uses...

Karaoke Roulette
Karaoke Roulette
Jul 5 – Jul 6, 2019

Can you stump the singers? Come to our unique and hilarious karaoke concert event and put songs in a hat that you want to hear...

2019 One Act Weekend
2019 One Act Weekend
Jun 28 – Jun 30, 2019

Eight short plays never before performed in the state of Florida....

The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book
May 31 – Jun 22, 2019

A new and thrilling musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic story. Alone in the jungle, how will Mowgli survive in a terrifying but wonderful new...

Love, Loss, and What I Wore
Love, Loss, and What I Wore
May 17 – May 25, 2019

A play of monologues and ensemble pieces about women, clothes and memory covering all the important subjects—mothers, prom dresses, mothers, buying bras, mothers, hating purses...

Excursion Fare
Excursion Fare
Apr 26 – May 11, 2019

This play shows a way station of 1he dead on route to eternity. It specifically houses people whose bodies have never been found. Wi1h Amelia...

A Comedy of Tenors
A Comedy of Tenors
Mar 22 – Apr 13, 2019

One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a soccer stadium filled with screaming fans. What could possibly go wrong? In this sequel...

My Big Fat Rowdy Irish Funeral
My Big Fat Rowdy Irish Funeral
Mar 15 – Mar 17, 2019

Join the mourners at an Irish funeral (in a pub) for a poor fellow named Paddy who met his maker. You’ll never be quite the...

Kidspeak
Kidspeak
Feb 8 – Feb 10, 2019

Our fun and popular KidSpeak Youth Playwriting Competition and Production offers local young people the opportunity to write, direct and produce their own original short...

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Feb 15 – Feb 9, 2019

This happy-go-lucky view of small-town vice and statewide political side-stepping recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s...

Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
Jan 11 – Feb 2, 2019

The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped...

Play It By Ear
Play It By Ear
Jan 4 – Jan 5, 2019

What happens when a group of actors takes to the stage to perform a staged reading of a secret comedy play? Our actors will have...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Nov 30 – Dec 22, 2018

An adaptation of the story of Ebenezer Scrooge’s journey from an embittered, ungenerous creature into a giving, caring human being at the hands of three...

A Christmas Cannoli
A Christmas Cannoli
Nov 23 – Nov 25, 2018

In this hilarious comedy take on the story of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, the classic Charles Dickens characters become an over-the-top, colorful collection of mobsters. You’ve...

A Moon for the Misbegotten
A Moon for the Misbegotten
Nov 9 – Nov 17, 2018

A Moon for the Misbegotten brings James “Jamie” Tyrone, Jr. to the home of his tenant farmer, Mike Hogan, a salty Irish geezer. There, he...

A Little Murder Never Hurt Anybody
A Little Murder Never Hurt Anybody
Aug 4 – Aug 19, 2017

This six-character comedy is a spoof of and love letter to the screwball comedies of the 1930s and to stage mysteries in general. It is...

An Act of the Imagination
An Act of the Imagination
Jul 7 – Jul 22, 2017

This masterful suspense tale by the author of Same Time, Next Year, Same Time, Another Year, Romantic Comedy and Tribute involves a successful mystery writer...

Incorruptible
Incorruptible
Jun 2 – Jun 17, 2017

Welcome to Priseaux, France, c. 1250 A.D.: The river flooded again last week. The chandler’s shop just burned to the ground. Nobody’s heard of the...

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily
Feb 13 – Mar 7, 2015

The wit of Oscar Wilde meets the cunning of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle when Wilde brings his dear friend, Lillie Langtry, to Baker Street. Someone...

Suite Surrender
Suite Surrender
Oct 10 – Oct 25, 2014

It’s 1942 and two of Hollywood’s biggest divas have descended upon the luxurious Palm Beach Royale Hotel- assistants, luggage and legendary feud with one another...

Videos


M*A*S*H in Tampa M*A*S*H
Carrollwood Cultural Center (5/15-5/24) VIDEOS
"Finding Nemo" Summer Camps (6-9) in Tampa "Finding Nemo" Summer Camps (6-9)
Richey Suncoast Theatre (6/22-6/26) PHOTOS
Mandy Keen: MAGGIE in Tampa Mandy Keen: MAGGIE
The Commodore (5/30-5/30)
Danny And The Deep Blue Sea in Tampa Danny And The Deep Blue Sea
Jobsite Theater (5/06-5/31)
RENT in Tampa RENT
Carrollwood Players Theatre (6/05-6/27)
St. Pete Country Fest – Friday in Tampa St. Pete Country Fest – Friday
Vinoy Park (11/20-11/20)
Tampa Metropolitan Improv in Tampa Tampa Metropolitan Improv
Carrollwood Cultural Center (5/29-5/29)
Night Out with Cypress Creek Jazz Band in Tampa Night Out with Cypress Creek Jazz Band
Carrollwood Cultural Center (6/20-6/20)
Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox in Tampa Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox
Tropicana Field (6/10-6/10)
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) in Tampa R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
Carrollwood Cultural Center (8/22-8/23)