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Review: RENT at Carrollwood Players Theatre

Review: RENT at Carrollwood Players Theatre

by Deborah Bostock-Kelley · June 8, 2026

The performances, the vocals, the intimacy of the space, all of it hit me in the best way. It felt honest and alive, and I walked out really glad I saw it. Celebrate Pride Month with RENT, a production that honors LGBTQ+ lives and the power of standing together.…

Review: THE NOTEBOOK MUSICAL at Straz Center

Review: THE NOTEBOOK MUSICAL at Straz Center

by Deborah Bostock-Kelley · May 28, 2026

Prepare to cry. The Notebook musical was quietly powerful, beautifully performed, emotionally shattering, and enriched by thoughtful new creative choices that deepen the story without distracting from it.…

Review: SIX IGNITES THE STAGE at Straz Center

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: HELL'S KITCHEN at Straz Center

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.…

Past Shows

MY ONE AND ONLY

May 1 – May 18, 2014

MY ONE AND ONLY takes the heart-stopping songs “ 'S Wonderful”, “Funny Face” and of course “My One and Only” from George and Ira Gershwin's...

GREATER TUNA

Apr 10 – Apr 27, 2014

Greater Tuna is set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. The play is an affectionate comment on small-town,...

MAN OF LA MANCHA

Mar 20 – Apr 6, 2014

MAN OF LA MANCHA is a remarkable musical and one of the great theatre successes of our time. This is a play-within-a-play, based on Cervantes'...

BEEHIVE

Feb 27 – Mar 16, 2014

BEEHIVE is a rafter-raising musical celebration of the girl groups and female singers of the fabulous 1960s. It is a high energy hit parade of...

SHREK

Feb 13 – Mar 2, 2014

SHREK THE MUSICAL brings the hilarious story of everyone's favorite ogre to dazzling new life on the stage. Full of all-new songs and great dancing,...

STEPPING OUT

Jan 16 – Feb 2, 2014

Mavis, a former professional chorus girl tries her hardest to teach the bumbling amateurs in a low-rent dance studio some dance skills for an upcoming...

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD

Jan 9

This wildly warm-hearted theatrical experience kicks off when the Music Hall Royale "puts on" its rendition of an unfinished Dickens mystery. The giddy playfulness of...

PETER PAN

Dec 5 – Dec 22, 2013

PETER PAN is one of the world's most celebrated musicals. Here is all the charm of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, the children Wendy,...

THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER

Dec 5 – Dec 22, 2013

In this hilarious Christmas tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids-- probably the most...

OUR TOWN

Oct 31 – Nov 17, 2013

OUR TOWN explores the lives of people living in a small, quintessentially American town. It is the world condensed into a small community with characters...

Young Frankenstein

Oct 24 – Nov 10, 2013

IT'S ALIVE! From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation THE PRODUCERS comes this monster new musical comedy. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is scientifically-proven to be monstrously...

ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE

Sep 19 – Oct 6, 2013

More than a tribute to the legendary country singer who died tragically at age 30 in a plane crash in 1963, this show is based...

Grease

Sep 12 – Sep 29, 2013

Here is Rydell High's senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger Palace Boys" and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers,...

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof

May 2 – May 19, 2013

Fiddler on the Roof is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Milkman and Other Tales) by Sholem Aleichem. The story centers on...

Miss Saigon

Miss Saigon

Mar 28 – Apr 14, 2013

Raw and uncompromising, MISS SAIGON is an intensely personal story of the losses we suffer and the sacrifices we make in a world gone mad....

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Feb 21 – Mar 17, 2013

Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (251-183 BC), specifically Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus and Mostellaria, the musical tells the story of a...

Anything Goes

Anything Goes

Jan 17 – Feb 3, 2013

This show is an amusing story wrapped around one of Cole Porter's magical scores. This is the same dance-filled version of the show that starred...

Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings

Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings

Nov 29 – Dec 23, 2012

A brand-new show that offers the best of FOREVER PLAID tied-up in a nifty package with a big Christmas bow on top! Filled with Christmas...

Pump Boys & Dinettes

Pump Boys & Dinettes

Oct 25 – Nov 11, 2012

The musical tells the story of four men who work at a gas station, and two women waitresses at the "Double Cupp Diner", a dinette,...

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O.A.R. at St Augustine Amphitheatre in Tampa O.A.R. at St Augustine Amphitheatre
St Augustine Amphitheatre (11/14-11/14)
A Divine, Divine Comedy, Comedy in Tampa A Divine, Divine Comedy, Comedy
TheatreFor (8/21-9/06)
Come from Away in Tampa Come from Away
MAD Theatre of Tampa (6/11-6/28)
The Lightning Thief in Tampa The Lightning Thief
Carrollwood Cultural Center (6/25-6/25)
The Cross & The Saber in Tampa The Cross & The Saber
Lab Theater Project Inc. (7/02-7/19)
Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel in Tampa Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel
Carrollwood Cultural Center (6/27-6/27)
A Night With Janis Joplin in Tampa A Night With Janis Joplin
American Stage Theatre Company (9/16-10/11)
Penelope in Tampa Penelope
Jobsite Theater (8/19-9/06)
Hamilton (Angelica Company) in Tampa Hamilton (Angelica Company)
Straz Center [Carol Morsani Hall] (10/21-11/08)
"Finding Nemo" Summer Camps (6-9) in Tampa "Finding Nemo" Summer Camps (6-9)
Richey Suncoast Theatre (6/22-6/26) PHOTOS