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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...

Review: The USF School of Theatre & Dance Presents the Breathtaking FUGITIVE SONGS


by Peter Nason - October 05, 2024

A song cycle featuring six incredibly talented actors. Not to be missed!...

Review: Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre Presents Kander & Ebb's Stunning CHICAGO


by Peter Nason - September 28, 2024

You'll be hard-pressed to find a better production of this iconic musical!...

Review: LAUNCHING THEIR 26TH SEASON INTO THE STRATOSPHERE WITH SELINA FILLINGER'S POTUS at JOBSITE THEATER


by Drew Eberhard - September 07, 2024

Alice Paul...remember her? In 1920, she was THE WOMAN, THE SUFFRAGIST, who secured the right to vote for women, and wrote the unratified Equal Rights Amendment. Further explanation of her movement can be found in the recent musical Suffs, Shaina Taub’s musical which more recently won Best Book of a ...

Past Shows

Motown The Musical
Motown The Musical
8/8 - 8/13/2017


It began as one man’s story … became everyone’s music… and is now Broadway’s musical. Motown The Musical is the true American dream story of ...

Disney's The Little Mermaid
Disney's The Little Mermaid
7/11 - 7/17/2017


With music by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken, this beautiful Broadway hit is based on your favorite Disney film! Come fall in love with ...

Finding Neverland
Finding Neverland
5/30 - 6/4/2017


FINDING NEVERLAND is Broadway’s biggest new hit and the winner of Broadway.com's Audience Choice Award for BEST MUSICAL! This breathtaking smash “captures the kid-at-heart” (Time). ...

Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I


Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I directed by Tony Award® Winner Bartlett Sher won four 2015 Tony ...

Something Rotten!
Something Rotten!
3/7 - 3/12/2017


SOMETHING ROTTEN! is “Broadway’s big, fat hit!” (New York Post). Set in 1595, this hilarious smash tells the story of Nick and Nigel Bottom, two ...

Wicked
Wicked
2/1 - 2/26/2017


WICKED, the Broadway sensation, looks at what happened in the Land of Oz …but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another ...

Cabaret
Cabaret
1/24 - 1/29/2017


Direct from Broadway, the acclaimed masterpiece returns to Tampa! As part of their 50th Anniversary Season, the critically acclaimed and award-winning Roundabout Theatre Company is ...

An American in Paris


AN AMERICAN IN PARIS is the new hit musical about an American soldier, a mysterious French girl and an indomitable European city, each yearning for ...

Into the Woods
Into the Woods
11/29 - 12/4/2016


Venture back INTO THE WOODS as the Dodgers (Jersey Boys, Matilda) team up with Networks (Phantom, War Horse, South Pacific) to present the acclaimed Fiasco ...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time


THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, winner of five 2015 Tony Awards® including BEST PLAY, is coming to Tampa! Hailed as “One ...

The Illusionists
The Illusionists
9/23 - 9/25/2016


THE ILLUSIONISTS, featuring the world’s greatest magicians, returns to The Straz with incredible new magic and illusions! This fast-paced, wildly entertaining show broke box office ...

Bring It! live


Miss D and her Dancing Dolls, the stars of Lifetime’s hit series Bring It!, will give fans the chance to become part of the action ...

The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
7/12 - 7/17/2016


We're Off To See The Wizard! Click together those ruby slippers because it's time to journey back to Oz! Journey down the Yellow Brick Road ...

Jersey Boys
Jersey Boys
6/1 - 6/5/2016


How did a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all ...

Garrison Keillor


The great chronicler of the Midwest is embarking on a nationwide tour, giving you a chance to hear his warmly comforting tones in the flesh. ...

David Sedaris


Known for pulling at the threads of familiarity, Sedaris specializes in poignant comedy that is often mined from his unconventional childhood in North Carolina, his ...

Don Giovanni


Opera Tampa brings the mayhem in this darkly mischievous Mozart classic, where Opera's most infamous playboy has his Machiavellian attempts at seduction thwarted, and is ...

Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto
2/13 - 2/15/2015


Verdi’s famous tale entangles court jester Rigoletto with the lives of a sex-addled Duke, a hit man, a cuckolded husband and Rigoletto’s most cherished belonging ...

The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon
1/20 - 2/1/2015


The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” Washington Post says, “it is the kind of evening that restores your faith ...

Cinderella
Cinderella
10/21 - 10/26/2014


Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical from the creators of The Sound of Music and South Pacific that’s delighting audiences with ...

The Voice Tour


The Voice Tour, presented by CLEAR Haircare: Fans of the hit NBC show, “The Voice”, can finally see their favorite contestants perform live as the ...

Brian Regan


Brian's first appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman in 1995 solidified his place on the show and in 2012 he made his 25(th) ...

Counting Crows with special guest Toad The Wet Sprocket


Adam Duritz (vocals), Jim Bogios (drums), David Bryson (guitar), Charlie Gillingham (keyboards), David Immergluck (guitar), Millard Powers (bass) and Dan Vickrey (guitar) – have sold ...

Ravel's Daphnis Et Chloe


Haydn: Symphony No. 60 in C major, "Il Distrato" Takemitsu: Toward the Sea II for Alto Flute, Harp & Strings Ravel: Daphnis et Chloè (complete ...

A Stars and Stripes Hit Parade


It’s a Memorial Day weekend of overtures, marches and Americana favorites, including an Armed Forces Salute, Washington Post March, Colonel Bogey March, Yankee Doodle, Copland’s ...

2nd Annual Mother's Day Gospel Celebration


1828 & Burgstyle Entertainment Presents the 2nd Annual Mother's Day Gospel Celebration, featuring Gospel Award Winning Superstar Tamela Mann, Deitrick Haddon and Deleon....

Il Divo A Musical Affair: The Greatest Songs of Broadway Live


Il Divo – the record-breaking classical crossover group that has sold more than 26 million albums worldwide – will bring A Musical Affair: The Greatest ...

Georges Bizet’s Carmen
Georges Bizet’s Carmen
3/14 - 3/16/2014


ACT I. Corporal Moralès and the soldiers while away the time watching the passers-by, among whom is Micaëla, a peasant girl from Navarre. She asks ...


Founded in 1969 by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook as their way of carrying on the social vision of Martin Luther King (meanwhile gathering international ...


George Carlin, Larry King and Jules Feiffer love Lewis Black. They love him because his insights and love/hate relationship with America are brilliantly expressed in ...


America’s premier comedian, Jerry Seinfeld, will be performing his signature stand-up routine. Seinfeld has been hailed for his uncanny ability to joke about the little ...


In response to overwhelming fan demand, Cohen’s acclaimed Old Ideas World Tour has just added a second North American leg. After enchanting audiences worldwide, the ...

Radio City Christmas Spectacular


An all-new production of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, starring the Rockettes, will play Dec. 12-29, 2013, as part of the 2013-2014 Bank of America ...

Burn The Floor
Burn The Floor
4/24 - 4/29/2012


The international dance sensation Burn the Floor comes to Tampa April 24-29 direct from its record-breaking run on Broadway! You've seen Ballroom dance on shows ...

Aida
Aida
4/20 - 4/22/2012


Aida, princess of Ethiopia, is captured and brought into slavery in Egypt. A high ranking military commander is torn by his love for her and ...

Come Fly Away
Come Fly Away
3/27 - 4/1/2012


COME FLY AWAY is the new Broadway musical that brings together the legendary vocals of FRANK SINATRA and the creative vision of Tony Award-winner TWYLA ...

La Cage Aux Folles
La Cage Aux Folles
2/21 - 2/26/2012


Starring George Hamilton! La Cage aux Folles, Winner of three Tony Awards® including the award for BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL, this hilarious new production of La ...

Les Miserables
Les Miserables
1/31 - 2/12/2012


Cameron Mackintosh presents a brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schönberg’s legendary musical, LES MISÉRABLES, with glorious new staging and dazzlingly reimagined scenery ...

Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci


Cavalleria Rusticana is a one act verismo opera based in Sicily. It is a tale of a soldier who returns from war to find that ...

Million Dollar Quartet
Million Dollar Quartet
1/3 - 1/8/2012


MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is the smash hit Broadway musical, inspired by the true story of the famed recording session that brought together rock ‘n’ roll ...

A Christmas Story, the Musical
A Christmas Story, the Musical
12/6 - 12/11/2011


America's #1 Christmas movie comes to Tampa Dec. 6-11 as a hilarious holiday musical. Based on the writings of radio humorist Jean Shepherd, A Christmas ...

The Gazillion Bubble Show
The Gazillion Bubble Show
12/3 - 12/4/2011


The Gazillion Bubble Show is unbubblievable! Step into an interactive bubble world and be dazzled by spellbinding lasers, spectacular effects and jaw-dropping masterpieces of bubble ...

Peter Pan
Peter Pan
11/8 - 11/13/2011


Tony Award nominee Cathy Rigby takes flight in an all new production of Peter Pan, coming to Tampa Nov. 8-13! Discover the magic all over ...

The Addams Family
The Addams Family
10/18 - 10/23/2011


The weird and wonderful family comes to devilishly delightful life in THE ADDAMS FAMILY, which comes to Tampa Oct. 18-23. This magnificently macabre new musical ...

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2024-2025 Bank of America Broadway at The Straz Season in Tampa 2024-2025 Bank of America Broadway at The Straz Season
Straz Center for the Performing Arts (10/1 - 6/8) Tracker
Macbeth in Tampa Macbeth
Jobsite Theater (1/15 - 2/9)
Return to the Forbidden Planet in Tampa Return to the Forbidden Planet
Carrollwood Cultural Center (7/18 - 7/27)
Mamma Mia! in Tampa Mamma Mia!
Straz Center [Carol Morsani Hall] (1/28 - 2/2)
The Addams Family in Tampa The Addams Family
Ruth Eckerd Hall (1/30 - 1/30)
The Cher Show (Non-Equity) in Tampa The Cher Show (Non-Equity)
Straz Center [Carol Morsani Hall] (1/14 - 1/19)
The Oscar Winners in Tampa The Oscar Winners
Francis Wilson Playhouse (1/25 - 1/25)
Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorized Shakespearan Parody of Ghostbusters in Tampa Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorized Shakespearan Parody of Ghostbusters
Carrollwood Cultural Center (5/17 - 5/18)
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