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
Monday, March 31 at 7:30 PMTal Cohen TrioTuesday, April 1 at 7:30 PMAlexis Cole & Helios Jazz OrchestraWednesday, April 2 at 7:30 PMUri Gurvich-Rodolfo Zuniga...
Friday, June 3 Tuesday, June 7 at The Palladium.Join St. Petersburg Opera for our Season 16 mainstage finale--Gaetano Donizettis !This masterful comic opera will stir...
In Mozarts brilliant comedy, two sets of lovers test their belief in fidelity. The men accept a wager from Don Alfonso to demonstrate that faithfulness...
Join creator Carole Montgomery and her fabulously funny friends Kerri Louise and Leighann Lord as they show the world that Funny Never Gets Old....
As the result of the curse of a once-beautiful witch, a baker and his wife are childless. Three days before the rise of a blue...
THE TALES OF HOFFMAN. Hoffmann, the poet hero of The Tales of Hoffman, has four that haunt him in Offenbach’s grand final opera. The opera...
IL TROVATORE Giuseppe Verdi’s implausible tale of family, love, revenge, and death has stunned and awed opera lovers for over a century. The recipe: four...
IL Trovatore THE GREATEST SOAP OPERA STORY IN THE REPERTOIRE Giuseppe Verdi’s implausible tale of family, love, revenge, and death has stunned and awed opera...
“There is nothing like a Dame,” especially on an enchanted Pacific Island. Rodgers and Hammerstein created the adorable Nellie Forbush, who falls for the planter...
“There is nothing like a Dame,” especially on an enchanted Pacific Island. Rodgers and Hammerstein created the adorable Nellie Forbush, who falls for the planter...
A poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher. Is it any wonder these four “bohemians” are penniless? Luckily in early 19th century Paris, true...
A poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher. Is it any wonder these four “bohemians” are penniless? Luckily in early 19th century Paris, true...
A poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher. Is it any wonder these four “bohemians” are penniless? Luckily in early 19th century Paris, true...
St. Petersburg Opera's production of Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio This musical gem, with it’s preposterous plot is sure to make the audience laugh,...
Expressions Academy of Dance, under the direction of Lara Narzinsky, is back at the beautiful and historic Palladium Theater again this May, presenting Livin’ In...
The Sleeping Beauty is the story of Princess Aurora who, as an infant is cursed by an evil fairy with a spell that declares Princess...
Tony Sands has been dazzling audiences throughout the United States with his silky, mesmerizing song stylings of the 'Chairman of the Board’.Sands takes audiences on...
Parsons Dance is the internationally acclaimed contemporary dance company universally recognized for their extraordinary, engaging and uplifting artistry. Based in New York City, Parsons’ creates...
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