Posted inNews & Views New experiences await longtime Tampa Bay food and theater critic, Jon Palmer Claridge ‘Serving you has been the privilege of my life.’ by Jon Palmer Claridge June 3, 2024June 15, 2025
Posted inArts & Entertainment Review: Tampa Rep’s ‘Next to Normal’ soars musically, and gut-punches, too It’s an important show that demands to be seen. by Jon Palmer Claridge June 3, 2024July 14, 2025
Posted inArts & Entertainment Review: Stageworks’ ‘Our Town’ elevates a viewpoint that removes inherited blinders from our eyes The production is in Tampa’s Channelside through May 12 by Jon Palmer Claridge April 28, 2024June 1, 2025
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Things to Do Review: Jobsite Theater’s ‘Beauty Queen’ ensemble grabs you by the throat and won’t let go by Jon Palmer Claridge March 18, 2024
Posted inArts & 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
Posted inArts & Entertainment Stageworks Tampa presents powerful play about trans Holocaust survivor ‘I Am My Own Wife’ stars RP McLaughlin playing more than 40 characters. by Suzanne Townsend February 5, 2024March 4, 2025
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Things to Do Review: Tampa Rep’s ‘Straight White Men’ offers a nuanced look inside complicated family dynamics by Jon Palmer Claridge February 5, 2024
Posted inArts & Entertainment Tampa’s stay at the ‘Moulin Rouge’ happens in February at Straz Center Because they can, can, can. by Josh Bradley January 29, 2024February 1, 2025
Posted inArts & Entertainment 16 Tampa Bay theater productions to check out this spring Including ‘Twelfth Night,’ ‘Our Town,’ and ‘Nollywood Dreams.’ by Jennifer Ring and Ray Roa January 24, 2024July 8, 2025
Posted inArts & 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
Posted inArts & Entertainment American Stage’s next play is a ‘Zombieland’-style adventure at St. Pete’s Boyd Hill Nature Preserve ‘10 Ways to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse’ is the first of two Tales by Twilight. by Jennifer Ring January 8, 2024December 16, 2024
Posted inArts & Entertainment Review: Off-Central’s collision of Shakespeare and everything Christmas is a teetering high wire act It’ll help if the world’s news has got you down. by Jon Palmer Claridge December 11, 2023January 17, 2025
Posted inArts & Entertainment Powerstories Theatre is now ‘in motion’ and brings a ‘Freedom to Read’ show to Tampa Heights The Nov. 30 event is a chance to preview the company’s production of ‘Alabama Story.’ by Jennifer Ring November 16, 2023July 28, 2025
Posted inArts & Entertainment Stageworks brings home nine trophies at 2023 Theatre Tampa Bay Awards TampaRep’s mounting of Arthur Miller’s classic drama, ‘All My Sons,’ took home five. by Jon Palmer Claridge November 3, 2023July 11, 2025
Posted inArts & Entertainment Tampa’s Straz Center kicks off new Broadway season with ‘Beetlejuice’ They do this bullshit, like, eight times a week. by Josh Bradley October 16, 2023April 12, 2025
Posted inArts & 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
Posted inArts & Entertainment Review: Hilarious cast brings ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’ to life at Jobsite Theater The show runs though Oct. 8 at Straz Center. by Jon Palmer Claridge September 18, 2023June 7, 2025
Posted inArts & Entertainment ‘Drift,’ a play about environmental disasters, opens at Tampa’s Lab Theatre this week The timely play kicks off Sept. 7. by Kyla Fields August 30, 2023August 14, 2024
Posted inArts & 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
Posted inArts & Entertainment Tampa’s Fringe Theatre launches ‘Boomertown’ storytelling series and more ‘A Brief History of Beer’ and ‘Shameless Stories with Trish Parry’ are happening, too. by Jennifer Ring August 25, 2023June 7, 2024