New play development is one of the ways professional theater companies bolster their future; by encouraging and developing budding playwrights, they’re ensuring that, down the road,...
From the “good things come in small packages” file, an incisive, emotional script, an engaging and committed cast and brisk, clear direction make SYD, the new...
American Stage’s production of the Lloyd Suh drama The Chinese Lady got even more dramatic last week, as the lead performer was replaced, for the final...
The level of musicianship in Tampa Bay is at an all-time high this weekend. Consider these concerts: Billy Joel and Sting. Two rock ‘n’ roll superstars,...
Sometimes a big storm blows in almost without warning. Such is the case this weekend – Saturday night, as a matter of fact – when one...
The Broadway series at Tampa’s Straz Center for the Performing Arts continues with the touring production of the bright and garish Moulin Rouge! The Musical, 10-time...
New plays on two of Tampa’s professional stages probe issues of gender, identity, equality – and survival. One is a serious drama, the other a dark...
Singer/rapper Drake’s 2024 tour (called It’s All a Blur, Big As the What?) stops at Amalie Arena Friday and Sunday (apparently he has other plans Saturday...
During an early rehearsal of The Chinese Lady, director Gregory Keng Strasser told his cast that “Some people will not live to hear a discordant note...
Which two people from history would you most like to see trapped in a stalled elevator together? It’s a fun, conversation-starting dinner party question (another variation:...
