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Final Week To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards; Carrollwood players Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW Awards - December 23, 2024


This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Video: Watch the Trailer for MAMMA MIA! at Straz Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 21, 2024


Straz Center will present Mamma Mia! this winter. Get a first look at footage from the production here! Learn more about the musical featuring the hits of ABBA.

Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards; ANNIE at Carrollwood players Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - December 16, 2024


Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Latest Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Tampa Awards
by BWW Awards - December 10, 2024


Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

MATT & BEN Comes to ThinkTank
by Stephi Wild - December 10, 2024


ThinkTank Theatre will once again head across the bay with its upcoming production of Matt & Ben. The comedy is co-written by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers.

TO LIFE 5 Opens at the Willow Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - December 10, 2024


Jewish icons of the stage, screen, and recording studio will be celebrated in To Life 5: Jewish Broadway to Hollywood! Stories & Music Celebrating the Contributions of Jewish Composers and Entertainers to Broadway and the Great Hollywood Musicals.

Review: USHERING IN THE HOLIDAYS WITH ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY at TampaRep
by Drew Eberhard - December 08, 2024


What did our critic think of USHERING IN THE HOLIDAYS WITH ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY at TampaRep?

Embracing Our Differences' 2025 Outdoor Art Exhibitions to Open in January; Winners Revealed
by Blair Ingenthron - December 07, 2024


For 21 years, Embracing Our Differences has held its annual outdoor display of 50 billboard-sized works of art and accompanying quotes. Learn more about this year's event here!

Previews: JANE: ABORTION AND THE UNDERGROUND at Powerstories @HCC Mainstage Ybor
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - December 04, 2024


'It is crucial that we performed this play even though the hurricane delayed it. I remember as a college student fighting for the issue of women's rights, and here I am again, fighting this important battle to give women's rights over their own bodies,” says Fran Powers. “We must keep marching.'

Previews: THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL at Stageworks Theatre
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - November 30, 2024


Director Karla Hartley hopes the audience will have a great time. 'I hope that they can overcome any holiday blues and laugh together with the Stageworks Family.'

WONDERFUL LIFE and TINSELTOWN USA Come to American Stage
by Stephi Wild - November 27, 2024


American Stage is ringing in the holiday season with two festive events. Learn more about Wonderful Life and Tinseltown USA and find out how to get tickets here!

Review: Arts in Motion's Production of DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at the IPAC
by Peter Nason - November 24, 2024


A young cast brings Disney's most iconic musical to life, led by two scene-stealers: Larkin Mainwaring as Madame de la Grande Bouche and (especially) Ruby Ricardo as a boisterous LeFou.

Review: USF School of Theatre & Dance Presents Bertolt Brecht's THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI
by Peter Nason - November 23, 2024


Cody Farkas is stunning as the title character in Brecht's frightening and funny work.

CRAZY QUILTS Closes This Weekend At LAB Theater Project
by A.A. Cristi - November 20, 2024


CRAZY QUILTS is set to close this weekend at LAB Theater Project in Tampa. This dark comedy by Karen Fix Curry plays with the notion that things are not always what they seem.

Zubrick Magic Theatre Will Host HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR
by Stephi Wild - November 15, 2024


This holiday season, The Zubrick Magic Theatre will present its 'Holiday Spectacular' – a performance that redefines holiday entertainment in St. Petersburg.

Voting Open for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards
by BWW Awards - November 13, 2024


Voting is now open for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Photos: THE MOUNTAINTOP at American Stage
by Blair Ingenthron - November 10, 2024


American Stage is currently presenting Katori Hall's Pulitzer Prize-winning play following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the last night of his life. Check out production photos here!

Review: ALL'S WELL: A STEAMPUNK MUSICAL at The Royal Knight Stage Company of RRHS
by Peter Nason - November 10, 2024


A marvelous cast of River Ridge students breathes the Bard to life!

THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL Comes to Stageworks Theatre
by Stephi Wild - November 08, 2024


Stageworks Theatre will present 'The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical' This production will be performed November 29 through December 22, 2024 at Stageworks Theatre.

Ruth Eckerd Hall Partners With Homeless Empowerment Program To Host Non-Perishable Food Drive
by A.A. Cristi - November 05, 2024


Ruth Eckerd Hall and the Homeless Empowerment Program have announced a non-perishable food drive to support local communities. The initiative aims to collect essential items for those in need.

Previews: DESDEMON , a play about a handkerchief at TheatreFor
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - October 31, 2024


Set during the War of Cyprus, the play highlights the restricted roles of women in Venetian society, where they were either property or sex workers with limited agency. 'Today, women are, in theory, as free as men to do what they will, but in practice in American society, their lives are often circumscribed as their Venetian forbears. Many are still entirely dependent on a patriarchal structure, and despite the progress of the past 150 years, true agency is still a dream for many. It is sad but inescapable: In many ways, old white men still run the show....'

The Off Central Players Will Perform THE SOUND INSIDE
by Stephi Wild - October 30, 2024


The Off Central Players fourth season will continue by featuring artistic associate Roxanne Fay in Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp’s The Sound Inside. 

LAB Theater Project To Present CRAZY QUILTS In November
by A.A. Cristi - October 29, 2024


LAB Theater Project has announced the premiere of CRAZY QUILTS, a new play exploring themes of family and identity.

GOOSEBUMPS THE MUSICAL: PHANTOM OF THE AUDITORIUM is Coming to the Mahaffey Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 29, 2024


Experience Halloween thrills at the Mahaffey Theater with GOOSEBUMPS THE MUSICAL: PHANTOM OF THE AUDITORIUM. Part of the Class Acts Youth Educational Program, this 75-minute show immerses students in R.L. Stine's spooky tale. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Submissions Close 10/31 for Nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards
by BWW Awards - October 28, 2024


Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Tampa Awards. Don't miss Thursday's October 31st deadline!


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