B The freeFall Theatre in St. Petersburg will be
performing its own unique style of Peter and
the Starcatcher and its related Peter Pan through
January 29.
B The Show Palace Dinner Theatre in Hudson will
delight you with its version of Disney’s Beauty and
the Beast from January 7 through February 12.
B The 35th anniversary tour of the musical spoof
Forbidden Broadway will be at the Straz Center in
Tampa from January 10 through March 12.
B Van Morrison will give three performances of
his classic hits at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater
from January 17-19.
B As part of August Wilson’s Century Cycle,
American Stage in St. Petersburg will feature
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone from January 18 through
February 19.
B Opera Tampa will stage Romeo and Juliet at the
Straz Center in Tampa on January 20 and 22.
B The Elixir of Love by Donizetti will be performed by
the St. Petersburg Opera Company at The Palladium
Theater in St. Petersburg on January 27, 29, 31.
B Billy Crystal will be at Ruth Eckerd Hall in
Clearwater on January 31.
B Ruth Eckerd Hall also will have Steve Martin and
Martin Short onstage on February 11.
B The Sarasota Opera will perform Puccini’s famous
opera Madama Butterfly from February 11th through
March 25th at the Opera House in Sarasota.
B Michael Francis will conduct The Florida Orchestra
with the Master Chorale for Beethoven’s Symphony
No. 2 from February 17-19.
B Our own musical star Bertie Higgins will be
singing “Key Largo” and other songs at the Tarpon
Springs Performing Arts Center on February 25.
B The mega-musical Saturday Night Fever, based on
the 1977 film, will be at The Show Palace Dinner
Theatre in Hudson from March 25 through April 2.
B Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater will feature the
Moscow Festival Ballet performing Sleeping Beauty
on March 2.
B And for those who are looking for something
new and unusual, Steampunk Circus, a cirque gala,
will be at Dance and Circus Arts of Tampa Bay in
Clearwater from March 3-5.
Each of these performances is sure to entertain
you and is worth putting on your dance card, so
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The Beacon 2017, a contemporary dance show with dance works and
a film, will be at The Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg on January 13.
Comedians Steve Martin and Martin Short will perform
at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater on February 11.