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Lakeland, FL 33811


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Review: MAD Theatre of Tampa Presents ROCK OF AGES at the Shimberg Playhouse in the Straz Center


by Peter Nason - January 19, 2025

It's a balls to the walls, big-hearted but empty-headed jukebox musical that celebrates the 1980s hair bands. Guaranteed to make you escape the world's current tumult!...

Review: THE CHER SHOW at Straz Center


by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - January 17, 2025

Whether you're a lifelong fan or new to Cher's legacy, The Cher Show, currently running at the Straz Center through this Sunday, is a musical that doesn't just celebrate her life—it captures the enduring spirit and resilience of one of the greatest icons of our time, making it an unforgettable theat...

Review: A Look Back at the Best of 2024; Thank God for Local Theatre


by Peter Nason - December 31, 2024

Local theatre saved me in 2024, which turned out to be an extremely rocky year--with statewide and national political maelstroms and two hurricanes hitting our area weeks apart....

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?...

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....

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!...

Review: GOREY STORIES is a Haunting Delight for Spooky Season...The Perfect Treat at Jobsite Theater


by Drew Eberhard - October 28, 2024

Jobsite Theater once again dives headfirst into a world only they know how to portray. A world reveling in the strange, the unorthodox, and yet proving to be a masterclass of all things twisted and warped. This production which harkens back to their production of Shockheaded Peter, a few seasons bac...

Review: Erica Garraffa Brings Laura Nyro to Life in SOUL PICNIC: A CELEBRATION OF LAURA NYRO


by Peter Nason - October 27, 2024

There is no one in pop and rock like Laura Nyro, and Erica Garraffa is spellbinding as the great singer-songwriter....

Review: EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL, Is Campy, Killer Fun at WestCoast Players Theatre


by Drew Eberhard - October 22, 2024

Somewhere in a world on a road less traveled, between the likes of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, American Psycho, Carrie, and the more recently conceptualized Beetlejuice lies the twisted campy world in which the characters of Evil Dead the Musical reside. First performed in 2003 in Toronto, this c...

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Polk Tales: Story Telling Festival


Polk County is fortunate to have so many wonderful arts festivals. From the Swan City Jazz Festival to the Lake Wales Arts Festival to Winter ...

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