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Review: A Powerful PARADE Sparks the Conversation at Manatee Players


by Drew Eberhard - March 10, 2024

From the moment the lights dim to the opening chords of the Prologue, the audience knew they were in for a treat. A haunting and stirring rendition of The Old Red Hills of Home, led by young actor Elijah Zurek as the Young Soldier, will have you in a chokehold from the very start....

Review: Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY at the Manatee Players


by Peter Nason - March 11, 2023

Directed and choreographed by Rick Kerby, this production of Sondheim's groundbreaking musical is given an A+ treatment....

Review: NEXT TO NORMAL Asks the Hard Questions at Manatee Players


by Drew Eberhard - January 28, 2023

Next to Normal is a 2008 Rock Musical written by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt. The plot tells the story of a mother (Diana) who struggles with progressive Bipolar Disorder and how managing the disease and its effects take a toll on her family. The award-winning musical covers such topics as depression,...

BWW Review: A Soaring, Powerful TITANIC THE MUSICAL at the Manatee Players


by Peter Nason - May 15, 2022

No matter how much you know about the Titanic disaster, the musical grounds the story, humanizes it, and you leave the theatre an emotional wreck....

SLT Productions to Present TICK, TICK… BOOM!


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 15, 2022

Spanish Lyric Theatre aka SLT Productions will take on the rock musical Tick, Tick...Boom! as they welcome audiences back with their first full production since Covid. Staged in English, Tick, Tick... Boom! is the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning...

Past Shows

Nunsense
1/14 - 1/31/2021


Nunsense begins when the Little Sisters of Hoboken discover that their cook, Sister Julia, Child of God, has accidentally poisoned 52 of the sisters, and ...


You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown explores life through the eyes of Charlie Brown and his friends in the Peanuts gang. This revue of songs ...

BARNUM
4/25 - 5/12/2019


P.T. Barnum, the Greatest Showman on Earth, combines razzle-dazzle with charm and brass to sell “humbug” to cheering crowds. A joyful and moving musical portrait ...

Peter and the Starcatcher
Peter and the Starcatcher
4/5 - 4/23/2017

Cats
8/13 - 8/30/2015


Cats is a record-breaking musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on T. S. Eliot's 1939 poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats . ...


This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum know as “the relationship.” Through sketches and songs, Act ...

Jesus Christ Superstar
3/19 - 4/5/2015


This rock opera, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Tim Rice, takes a bold approach to the final week of Jesus' life. Forget ...

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers


“Goin’ courting” has never been as much fun as in this rip-roaring stage version of the popular MGM movie, adapted by Lawrence Kasha and David ...

Ring of Fire
Ring of Fire
3/29 - 4/15/2012


A set of gifted singers and instrumentalists sing through some of the greatest songs of one of America's most brilliant singer/songwriters, Johnny Cash. Though he ...

Evita
Evita
2/23 - 3/11/2012


Evita brings to life the dynamic, larger-than-life persona of Eva Peron. Beginning with a young and ambitious Eva, the production follows her meteoric rise to ...

Happy Days
Happy Days
1/12 - 1/29/2012


Goodbye gray skies, hello blue! Happy days are here again with Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph and the unforgettable "king of cool" Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli. ...

White Christmas
White Christmas
12/1 - 12/23/2011


Based on the beloved, timeless film, this heartwarming musical adaptation features seventeen Irving Berlin songs and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake. Veterans ...

Jerry's Girls
Jerry's Girls
10/27 - 11/13/2011


Jerry's Girls is a celebratory two-hour musical entertainment of glamour, optimism, love, melody, and women. More than most songwriters, Jerry Herman has put the 'larger-than-life' ...

The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
9/22 - 10/9/2011


The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world's most beloved musical. When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious ...

Chicago
Chicago
8/18 - 9/4/2011


CHICAGO is a Kander and Ebb musical set in prohibition era Chicago. The book is by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire ...

Videos


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PHOTOS
A Little Night Music in Tampa A Little Night Music
Francis Wilson Playhouse (5/2 - 5/19)
August: Osage County in Tampa August: Osage County
Carrollwood Players Theatre (5/10 - 5/18)
Francine Wolf: Please Don't Tell My Kids! in Tampa Francine Wolf: Please Don't Tell My Kids!
The Off-Central Players (4/26 - 4/28)
Jukebox Saturday Night - 80s Edition in Tampa Jukebox Saturday Night - 80s Edition
Carrollwood Players Theatre (4/26 - 5/5)
Urinetown in Tampa Urinetown
MAD Theatre of Tampa (6/14 - 6/30)
Ain't Too Proud in Tampa Ain't Too Proud
Straz Center [Carol Morsani Hall] (1/3 - 1/5)
El Maleficio De La Mariposa in Tampa El Maleficio De La Mariposa
Jobsite Theater (5/15 - 6/9)
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