Review: &JULIET REWRITES THE NARRATIVE at STRAZ CENTER
by Drew Eberhard - February 14, 2026
&Juliet is a 2019 jukebox musical, featuring a book by David West Read and music by Max Martin, a Swedish Pop songwriter. On the surface, its story is fairly simple when laid out, but the adventures of its characters and how they traverse the narrative is whatreally get to the heart of the story....
Review: & JULIET at Straz Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - February 11, 2026
Created by the Emmy®-winning writer from Schitt’s Creek, &Juliet at the Straz was a witty burst of female power, driven by knockout vocals. Anne’s challenge to Shakespeare to imagine a stronger woman set the whole story in motion. Though even with strong performances from the men, this show bel...
Review: David Greig's Riveting TOUCHING THE VOID at Stageworks
by Peter Nason - January 31, 2026
A high octane tour de force, brilliantly directed by Karla Hartley....
Review: MAD Theatre of Tampa Presents Frank Loesser's GUYS AND DOLLS at the Shimberg Playhouse
by Peter Nason - January 20, 2026
Does GUYS AND DOLLS belong in the conversation as the greatest musical written in the 20th Century? The answer may certainly be a big fat “YES,” but the competition is fierce; it must go head to head with the likes of West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Gypsy, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd and any of the...
Review: BLUE MAN GROUP at Straz Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - January 18, 2026
This was a technicolor circus‑concert fever dream. If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if a circus, a rock concert, and a neon‑soaked art installation had a baby, the answer is simple: Blue Man Group. And let me tell you — it was amazing, bright, colorful, and unapologetically LOUD in ...
Review: A Literary Work Becomes a Phenomenon With THE OUTSIDERS: A NEW MUSICAL at the Straz Center
by Drew Eberhard - January 03, 2026
The year, 1967, the place, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and its central narrative came from the scrawlings of a 16-year-old named Susan Eloise Hinton, and the rest as we know it is solidified into literary history. History so much, that it has sparked a re-birth with a new generation and with the new stage adap...
Review: STOMP at Straz Center
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - December 28, 2025
STOMP at the Straz Center is a loud, brilliant, wildly inventive work of art, a thunderous, joyful explosion of rhythm and creativity that turned everyday objects into pure theatrical adrenaline....
Past Shows
2024-2025 Bank of America Broadway at The Straz Season
Oct 1 – Jun 8, 2025
Broadway season ticket packages include these shows:THE BOY WHO LOVED BATMAN, DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! The Musical, SOME LIKE IT HOT, THE CHER SHOW, A BEAUTIFUL...
The Choir of Man
Oct 3 – Nov 26, 2023
Known across the globe as “the ultimate-feel good show,” THE CHOIR OF MAN offers up 90 minutes of indisputable joy. It’s a party. It’s a concert. It’s...
American Heartbeat
Aug 5 – Aug 7, 2016
A powerful MUSICAL that asks - what is indestructible between people? Honor? Laughter? Heart? Love? Its 1992, JARVIS, a Viet Nam Marine Vet with PTSD,...
ONCE
Sep 22 – Sep 27, 2015
Winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, ONCE is a truly original Broadway experience. Featuring an impressive ensemble of actor/musicians who play their...
The Illusionists - Witness The Impossible™
May 26 – May 31, 2015
“It’s deliciously, self-knowingly over the top and brain-bendingly spectacular - genuinely satisfying family entertainment that should not be missed.” - The Daily Telegraph. Direct from...
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
May 5 – May 10, 2015
Returns by popular demand! THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY EVER TOLD COMES TO LIFE! The romantic Broadway musical for all generations, Disney's Beauty and the...
First Date - Broadway's Musical Comedy
Feb 3 – Apr 19, 2015
First Date is a hysterical and hopeful new Broadway musical about the chances we all take to find love. When blind date newbie Aaron is...
Pippin
Apr 14 – Apr 19, 2015
PIPPIN is Broadway's high-flying, death-defying hit musical! Full of extraordinary acrobatics, wondrous magical feats and soaring songs from the composer of Wicked, PIPPIN will lift...
Motown The Musical
Mar 19 – Mar 22, 2015
“More than a Broadway show. A celebration of music that transformed America!”– CBS Sunday Morning. It began as one man's story … became everyone’s music...
Annie
Feb 17 – Feb 22, 2015
Leapin' Lizards! The world's best-loved musical returns in time-honored form. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin and choreographed by Liza Gennaro, this production...
The Phantom of the Opera
Dec 17 – Jan 4, 2015
Following an acclaimed sold-out tour of the United Kingdom, Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s phenomenal musical success, The Phantom of the...
Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage
Dec 2 – Dec 7, 2014
DIRTY DANCING - The Classic Story on Stage is an unprecedented live experience, exploding with heart-pounding music, passionate romance and sensational dancing. Seen by millions...
We Will Rock You
May 13 – May 18, 2014
From London’s West End, the worldwide smash hit musical by Queen and Ben Elton comes to the Straz Center for a limited engagement! We Will...
Ghost The Musical
Apr 22 – Apr 27, 2014
Relive the iconic and magical moments from the Oscar-winning movie Ghost in a brand-new Broadway musical. Ghost The Musical breathes glorious new life into a...
EVITA
Mar 18 – Mar 23, 2014
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award®-winning musical returns at last! Eva Perón used her beauty and charisma to rise meteorically from the slums...
ONCE
Feb 11 – Feb 16, 2014
Winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards® including BEST MUSICAL, ONCE is a truly original Broadway experience. Featuring an impressive ensemble of actor/musicians who play their...
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Jan 14 – Jan 19, 2014
Don’t miss what Time magazine calls, “A don’t miss theatre event! The #1 Broadway musical of the year.” Winner of the 2012 Tony Award for...
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Dec 12 – Dec 29, 2013
An all-new production of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, starring the Rockettes, will play Dec. 12-29, 2013, as part of the 2013-2014 Bank of America...
The Book of Mormon
Nov 12 – Nov 24, 2013
Ben Brantley of The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” Entertainment Weekly says it’s “the funniest musical of all time.”...
War Horse
Apr 30 – May 5, 2013
A remarkable tale of courage, loyalty and friendship. England, 1914. As World War I begins, Joey, young Albert’s beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry...
'S Wonderful
Feb 7 – Apr 28, 2013
’S Wonderful is an all-singing, all-dancing celebration of the brilliant music and lyrics of brothers George and Ira Gershwin. Five mini-musicals take audiences on a...
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Apr 9 – Apr 14, 2013
This spectacular show tells the uplifting story of a trio of friends on a road trip of a lifetime, who hop aboard a battered old...
Much Ado About Nothing
Mar 13 – Apr 7, 2013
One of the most popular and charming of Shakespeare’s comedies (and one of the few where the female lead doesn't have to dress up at...
American Idiot
Mar 17 – Mar 19, 2013
Direct from Broadway, the smash-hit musical American Idiot tells the story of three lifelong friends, forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of...
Anything Goes
Mar 12 – Mar 17, 2013
When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention get tossed out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on the course...
Ballet Flamenco de Andalucia
Mar 13
This renowned repertory company from Spain includes 17 members directed by award-wining Ruben Olmo, one of Flamenco’s contemporary stars. Through castanets, fans, traditional flamenco “bata...
Flashdance
Feb 19 – Feb 24, 2013
FLASHDANCE, the pop culture phenomenon and runaway international success, is now live on stage! It all started with a dream. To be bigger. To burn...
Traces
Jan 29 – Feb 3, 2013
Fusing the traditions of circus with the energy of street performance, the artists of TRACES employ every trick in the book — from music, dance,...
Wicked
Jan 9 – Jan 27, 2013
Back by “Popular” demand. Variety calls WICKED "a cultural phenomenon,” and previous engagements in Tampa have sold out and broken box office records. Winner of...
Mary Poppins
Dec 26 – Dec 30, 2012
MARY POPPINS is bringing its own brand of Broadway magic to theaters across the country, which has the New York Daily News calling it, "A...
Sister Act
Dec 11 – Dec 16, 2012
SISTER ACT is Broadway's feel-amazing musical comedy smash! The New York Post calls it "RIDICULOUSLY FUN,” and audiences are jumping to their feet in total...
Elf: The Musical
Nov 20 – Nov 25, 2012
Elf is the hilarious tale of Buddy, a young orphan child who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported back to the...
Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical
Oct 23 – Oct 28, 2012
After four thrilling, chilling years on Broadway and multiple world-wide tours, this dark and dangerous love story from Oscar and Grammy winner Leslie Bricusse and...
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