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. ...
by Peter Nason - March 01, 2026
It's a fabulous journey led by a fine cast and the legendary theatre teacher and director, Sabrina Hydes....
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....
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...
by Peter Nason - January 31, 2026
A high octane tour de force, brilliantly directed by Karla Hartley....
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...
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 ...
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...
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
ST PETERSBURG, FL - Benny Fallon is a young man with dreams. Hes also a young man with Down Syndrome whose dreams go unnoticed amid...
John Lerro had safely guided ships in and out of the Port of Tampa, and Port Manatee, for more than three years before the events...
Written by Bill Leavengood. The powerful, intimate story of two women who face profound challenges when their lives become forever intertwined with the power and...
The Off-Central Players and 21st Century Playhouse proudly present the WORLD PREMIERE of Bill Leavengood's SISTER-MOTHERS OF GULFPORT "The Sister-Mothers of Gulfport" is about an...
Sex is complicated. Especially if youve got a history. When their relationship hits a breaking point, Theo and Cecily look back at their awkward-messy-tender- wonderful-heartbreaking...
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