A performer with dark hair styled up and red lipstick sings with an open mouth, holding a black microphone. Warm bokeh lights and a bright blue vertical beam of light are visible in the dark background.

St. Pete’s freeFall Theatre is going longer and stronger for its 2025 rendition of ‘A Christmas Carol’

Four singers will be onstage along with Matthew McGee.

by David Warner December 6, 2025December 6, 2025

freeFall Theatre brings ‘A Christmas Carol’ back to St. Petersburg Dec. 12-24, 2025.

Arts & Entertainment

St. Pete Arts Alliance launches local artist grant for Performing Arts Month in September

New Tampa Performing Arts Center celebrates with annual festival.

by Marleigh Brown August 13, 2025August 29, 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

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

Music

Al Downing association’s ‘Guitars Galore’ tops Tampa Bay’s weekend jazz calendar

Carl Amundson, Bart Hanchey, Charley Robinson, Jose Velandia, and Vincent Sims will all play solo sets and then come together for a finale.

by Ray Roa August 29, 2024July 29, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

St. Petes’s freeFall Theatre takes on another Sherlock Holmes mystery this fall

Ken Ludwig’s ‘Moriarty’ finds Kelly Pekar and Robert Teasdale from ‘Baskerville’ returning to the stage.

by David Warner August 29, 2024June 22, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Tampa Bay’s 2024-2025 theater season has arrived

Local shows include ‘Macbeth,’ ‘POTUS,’ and more.

by Devan Wilson-Harper August 14, 2024August 5, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

St. Pete’s freeFall Theatre opens 2024-25 season with ‘Fable’

It runs Aug. 9-Sept. 8.

by Chuck Merlis August 8, 2024July 19, 2025

Music

La Lucha jazz trio brings its ’80s covers album back to life in St. Pete this weekend

Sorry the show is sold-out.

by Josh Bradley July 25, 2024June 22, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Review: freeFall’s ‘God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater’ is ripe for these times when the death of our democracy is very real

by Jon Palmer Claridge February 12, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Tampa Bay theaters are finding ways to give audiences what they want without losing themselves

From earlier showtimes to staging bonafide hits, local companies forge a path forward.

by Jennifer Ring January 22, 2024May 21, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Review: Florida is the butt of the joke in Natalie Symons’ hilarious ‘Nightsweat’

It’s at freeFall Theatre through Nov. 5.

by Jon Palmer Claridge October 13, 2023August 4, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Review: In St. Pete, joy is the order of the day at freeFall’s Motown Celebration

Chester Gregory’s unbridled enthusiasm whips the crowd into a frenzy.

by Ray Roa August 25, 2023April 16, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Jobsite Theater’s 25th season kicks off next month in downtown Tampa

A few fall theater happenings for your calendar.

by Gracey Davis August 25, 2023June 24, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

St. Petersburg’s freeFall Theatre announces 2023-24 season, which kicks off this summer

Its season opener invites you to be ‘At Home with Ethel Waters.’

by Gracey Davis May 23, 2023July 5, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Review: In St. Pete, ‘Baskerville’ is a complete triumph from concept to execution on par with freeFall’s best

It’s just part of an incredible slate of offerings in theaters across Tampa Bay.

by Jon Palmer Claridge March 27, 2023April 24, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

St. Pete’s ‘Christmas Cabaret’ theater series kicks off in early December

Get spicy starting on Dec. 3.

by Jennifer Ring November 23, 2022July 16, 2025

Arts & Entertainment