Lindbergh takes flight this week from The Studio@620 in St. Petersburg

First at Tampa Fringe, ‘Charles Lindbergh: A Life in Flight’ crosses the bay for performances Wednesday-Friday, June 20-22.

by Bill DeYoung June 19, 2018September 17, 2024

First at Tampa Fringe, ‘Charles Lindbergh: A Life in Flight’ crosses the bay for performances Wednesday-Friday, June 20-22.

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Theater Review: Life is Mostly Straws

Words done well. Quite well.

by Cathy Salustri March 2, 2016June 26, 2025

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Theater Review: Mark Leib’s The Funny Thing Is, I Still Love This Place

CL’s theater critic brings us a new play that pits a poet against his girlfriend’s wealthy parents.

by Keven Renken September 17, 2015August 11, 2024

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Her reign is true: Alison Burns

The award-winning local actor and performer is home after a fairy-tale run Off-Broadway.

by Mark Leib August 13, 2015July 26, 2025

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Theater review: Laughter on the 23rd Floor

Hilarity ensues at American Stage in a play inspired by Neil Simon’s 1950s TV comedy-writing career.

by Mark Leib November 25, 2014June 22, 2025

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Theater review: Hamlet

New Stage’s abbreviated production of Hamlet is solid but not revelatory.

by Mark E. Leib October 15, 2014August 17, 2023

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Reality bites in freeFall’s American Monkey

Mikhel Raud’s new play muses on the barbarism of TV talent shows.

by Mark Leib March 20, 2014February 15, 2025

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Stranded and enchanted with New Stage’s Shipwrecked!

New Stage’s production tells the tale with a boatload of imagination and talent.

by Mark E. Leib February 20, 2014May 6, 2025

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Best of the Day: Shipwrecked! at New Stage Theatre in Largo

by David Warner February 8, 2014October 8, 2024

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25 & Under: Chris Jackson

Artistic director/ playwright/actor, 24

by David Warner August 29, 2013March 30, 2025

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American Stage buddies up with Art

Plus: New Stage’s debut, Maybe, Baby, It’s You!, deconstructs relationships.

by Mark E. Leib August 23, 2013June 4, 2025

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A New Stage for Largo

New Stage Theatre Company looks to expand professional theater beyond just Tampa and St. Pete.

by Mark E. Leib August 9, 2013December 6, 2024

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Spring Awakening and Good Egg both shine

The two St. Pete productions are each uniquely life-affirming.

by Mark E. Leib July 26, 2013August 20, 2024

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Struggling with Hay Fever

Two actors offer comic relief, but Jobsite’s latest sneezes all over Coward’s genteel wit.

by Mark E. Leib January 25, 2013August 3, 2023

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Sounding the alarm

Nearly 60 years old, Fahrenheit 451 couldn’t be more relevant.

by Mark E. Leib September 14, 2012October 6, 2024

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Do It Today: Plays at American Stage, Gorilla and Jobsite theaters, plus Ra Ra Riot at Crowbar and Corey Avenue Sidewalk Sale

by Julie Garisto March 9, 2011August 17, 2023

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Sweet Storm is over right when it should be kicking up

by Mark E. Leib March 3, 2011April 10, 2025

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Theater Review: Gorilla’s Sweet Storm is too brief a shower

by Mark E. Leib March 2, 2011June 28, 2025

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Pause and effect

by Mark E. Leib February 3, 2011August 3, 2023

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Theater Review: Revolve Theatre Company’s Here’s to You, Harold Pinter mysterious and beguiling

by Mark E. Leib January 31, 2011June 5, 2022