MANATEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Family Musical Fantasy We're off to see the wizard! This timeless tale of a Kansas farm girl who travels over the rainbow - only to ...

A solo musical based on the memories of Ann’s award winning, Broadway debut as Marry Flynn in the 1981 Stephen Sondheim musical, Merrily We Roll

Musical Comedy Sondheim's semi-autobiographical musical turns back the clock on friendship and the high price of success. Spanning three decades in the entertainment business, Merrily ...

Merrily From Center Stage recalls a very specific time in 1981 when the legendary musical theater team of Hal Prince, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth ...

A Romantic Musical The Fantasticks is the longest-running musical in the world and with good reason: at the heart of its breathtaking poetry and subtle ...

Set Sail for Laughter, Love, and High Seas Adventure as Our 76th Season Sets Sail with the Cole Porter Classic! Music, dance, laughs, and the ...

A hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages performed by our youngest stars. In a magical underwater kingdom, the beautiful young mermaid, Ariel, longs to ...

Explore the big blue world with this lively musical based on the beloved Pixar movie featuring our young stars! Disney’s Finding Nemo KIDS is a ...

Disney's Winnie the Pooh KIDS Show Pooh Bear and all of his friends from the classic children’s books and animated film band together to rescue ...

MPAC is Sizzling with Comedy Magic this Spring!   Kiss Me, Kate shines as one of Broadway’s most sparkling achievements. This is the winner of ...

Come on along and listen to the great music of Broadway!  CELEBRATE BROADWAY! Come join Manatee Performing Arts Center’s Spring Education Program’s performance as we ...

This musical drama takes place amid religious intolerance, political injustice and racial tension, Parade explores the endurance of love and hope against all the odds.

A cramped apartment. A family struggling with its past. A Gentleman Caller who brings hope. Join us for Tennessee Williams’ astonishing play about dreams...

The Hamilton of its day!   Oklahoma! is the groundbreaking musical that set the stage for all that followed! It kicked off a Golden Age ...

Meg just left one. Lenny never had one. Babe just shot one.   The Magrath sisters sure have a way with men!   The Pulitzer ...

Performance Dates: Thursday, November 30, 2023 from 7:30 PM-10:00 PM Friday, December 1, 2023 from 8:00 PM-10:30 PM Saturday, December 2, 2023 from 8:00 PM-10:30 ...

“A Musical Within a Comedy” When a die-hard theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious Tony Award-winning ...

The story is a mixture of adventure, love, hate and sex. The audience is introduced to a newly engaged couple, Brad and Janet, who encounter ...

“Let’s Do the Time Warp Again!” In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie ...

Performance Dates: Thursday, September 14-24, 2023 Thursday, September 14, 2023 – 7:30 PM – 9:15 PM Friday, September 15, 2023 – 8:00 PM – 9:45 ...

Welcome to the Renaissance! Two brothers set out to write the world’s first musical in this hilarious mash-up of sixteenth-century Shakespeare and twenty-first-century Broadway. Set ...

Transporting audiences from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus, the Cat in the Hat, our narrator, tells the story of Horton, an elephant ...

Disney’s worldwide phenomenon is taking our stage by (snow)storm! You’ll love this fanciful and heartwarming stage adaptation of the celebrated animated film. Join Anna, Elsa, ...

Disney's The Lion King JR. is the inspiring coming-of-age “tail.” The African savannah comes to life on stage with Simba, Rafiki and an unforgettable cast ...

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s SUNSET BOULEVARD Based on the Billy Wilder film, the musical version of Sunset Boulevard is a tale of faded glory and unfulfilled ...

Travel back in time with DraMature to the 1940's era of Bob Hope, USO tours, and radio plays. This show is filled with songs, skits, ...

Much like its protagonist, Annie KIDS is equally full of pluck and positivity. This adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical follows little orphan Annie as ...

This Pulitzer-winning play was the most successful play to be put on in the Bradenton Kiwanis Theater and is returning to bring this heartfelt tale ...

Sondheim's game-changing musical is a sophisticated and honest look at modern adult relationships. Robert’s 35th birthday has arrived and his friends join him, but they ...

Go Ask AliceA raindrop just splashed on my forehead," Alice wrote in her diary, "and it was like a tear from heaven. Am I really ...

An unflinching look at a suburban family struggling with the effects of mental illness. NEXT TO NORMAL is an emotional powerhouse that addresses such issues ...

In River City, Illinois, the town was promised a marching band by a salesman named Harold Hill. What they dont know is that he is ...

This critically-acclaimed musical review consists of 22 musical scenes dealing with the very special relationship between people and their pets. It's clever, user-friendly and suits ...

The Mother of All Musicals! The jewel of Broadway's Golden Age, Gypsy boasts an incomparable score, a brilliantly conceived book, and one of the greatest ...

La Vie Boheme!Jonathan Larson's iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that shaped a generation of audiences and taught us all to measure our life in love.Set in ...

Power, sex, ambition, greedIts just another day at the office in this classic satire of big business. Big business means big laughs in this delightfully ...

Epic and majestic-with moments of heartbreaking intimacy-TITANIC-The Musical captures the triumph and tragedy of the hopeful passengers on the ill-fated Ship of Dreams.Based on real ...

You don't want to miss this musical that has gorgeous costumes, toe-tapping music and fantastic choreography! THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES stands out among musicals because ...

He came to America an unknown. He left amidst scandals and controversy. In between, Charlie Chaplin became one of the best-loved and most famous entertainers ...

The story of a marriage is at the center of I Do! I Do!, an intimate and nostalgic work by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones ...

WORLD PREMIERE - Three friends from a seaside high school meet for a 25th anniversary graduation luncheon. Their lives have not turned out according to ...

Back by Popular Demand following its sold-out 2010 engagement....