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Young man wearing a gray sweater with yellow trim grins widely and gives two thumbs up while performing on stage. Behind him, several other actors in capes and costumes react with animated expressions during a theatrical scene set against a backdrop of stone walls and wooden beams.

Arts & Entertainment

This rising star of the Tampa Bay theater scene isn’t even out of college yet

Now entering his senior year as a musical theater BFA candidate at the University of Tampa, Ben Sutherland, 21, is hard to miss on stage.

by David Warner September 24, 2025September 24, 2025

A theater rehearsal scene with performers seated on the floor around a woman in a white, layered gown. Two directors stand in front, using expressive gestures to guide the cast, while racks of costumes line the wall behind them.

In St. Pete, 81 artists will be on stage at once for ‘The Good Peaches’

The American Stage production with The Florida Orchestra and projectALCHEMY will be performed twice this weekend.

by David Warner September 15, 2025September 15, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Q&A: “Fat Ham” star Deimoni Brewington talks queering Shakespeare and becoming Juicy for American Stage

American Stage serves up Pulitzer-winning, queer black ‘Hamlet’ remix

by David Warner May 21, 2025June 27, 2025

It’s a sad anniversary for fans of Creative Loafing’s crossword, but the spirit of Merl Reagle lives on

‘Language,’ he said, “is a playground that never ends.’

by David Warner May 1, 2025August 5, 2025

Arts & Entertainment, Things to Do

‘For Closure!,’ a new comedy at St. Pete’s freeFall Theatre, dives into the wackiness of small-town Florida

by David Warner April 14, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

The latest at St. Pete’s Off-Central Players is a quirky comedy inspired by the loneliest bird in the world

It opens April 10 and includes eight performances.

by David Warner April 7, 2025July 4, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Do the right thing: Revived play honors 65th anniversary of Tampa’s Woolworth sit-in

The show opens in March, but the City of Tampa commemorates the historic Woolworth sit-in on Feb. 27.

by David Warner February 26, 2025July 7, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Interview: Giles Davies talks about playing Macbeth and leaving Tampa for good

The state’s cuts to arts funding started the process.

by David Warner February 3, 2025July 27, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Tampa Bay’s spring theater calendar finds old favorites, and new works coming to life on, and off, stage

Many happy returns.

by David Warner January 31, 2025August 4, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

St. Pete’s Off-Central stages ‘Two Across’ a play about bonding over crossword puzzles

It runs Jan. 30-Feb. 9.

by David Warner January 21, 2025August 3, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Clearwater’s TheatreFor stages play based on novel that inspired the term masochism

‘Venus in Fur’ starring Jen Casler runs Jan. 23-Feb. 9

by David Warner January 16, 2025August 2, 2025

Music

They run, they ride, they pitch, they swim—and they also play in The Florida Orchestra

TFO’s ‘Holiday Pops’ concerts kick off Friday.

by David Warner December 20, 2024June 20, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

There’s no shortage of holiday theater in Tampa Bay in 2024

There’s something under the theatrical tree for everyone.

by David Warner December 3, 2024January 18, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

St. Pete’s American Stage kicks off month-long ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ run this weekend

Producing Artistic Director Helen R. Murray and Gavin Hawk will play George Bailey.

by David Warner December 3, 2024January 9, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Carollwood Cultural Center’s ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ features four kid actors

Director Jaime Giangrande-Holcom will have young people helping with sound effects, too.

by David Warner November 27, 2024June 20, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

A sleighful of Tampa Bay theater stars come together for an update of the ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ radio play

The playwright has given Tampa Rep the rights to set the radio show ‘completely in 2024.’

by David Warner November 27, 2024July 14, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Stageworks’ white trash ‘Christmas Carol’ opens in Tampa this weekend

‘The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical’ runs Nov. 29-Dec. 22.

by David Warner November 27, 2024March 31, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

St. Pete’s Off-Central presents a one-woman show about a grown-up Cindy Lou

‘Who’s Holiday’ runs Dec. 12-22.

by David Warner November 27, 2024June 26, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Here are three of the best immersive holiday attractions in Tampa Bay this year

FloridaRama, American Stage and Ruth Eckerd Hall are all in on the action.

by David Warner November 27, 2024July 20, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

From Cirque to ‘Elf’ in concert, there’s plenty of Merry miscellany in Tampa Bay’s holiday entertainment calendar

Two Cirque shows round out December, with plenty of music and dancing with a star, too.

by David Warner November 27, 2024March 29, 2025