7-Bowzer’s Holiday Party The annual rock
‘n’ roll party will be at Ruth Eckerd Hall in
Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
7-Outlaws with Atlanta Rhythm Section
The fifth annual Green Grass & Yuletime Jam
will be at the Capitol Theatre in Clearwater,
(727) 791-7400.
8-Kansas This group’s concert of its Point
of Know Return album will be at the Ruth
Eckerd Hall in honor of the album’s 40th
anniversary, (727) 791-7400.
8-The Manhattan Transfer & Herb Alpert
and Lani Hall Holiday Show This event
will be at the Capitol Theatre in Clearwater,
(727) 791-7400.
8-Victorian Christmas at the Safford
House The Victorian holiday celebration at
the historic Safford House in Tarpon Springs,
built in 1883 and beautifully restored, will
feature home tours, music and storytelling,
(727) 942-5605.
8-16-The Game’s Afoot This whodunit
play set during the Christmas holidays will
be at the Tarpon Springs Performing Arts
Center, (727) 942-5605.
8-9-Jane Lynch Cabaret at the Straz Center
in Tampa will feature Jane’s A Swingin’
Little Christmas, (813) 229-STAR (7827) or
(800) 955-1045.
9-Peter White Joined by Rick Braun and
Euge Groove, White’s Christmas show will
be at the Capitol Theatre in Clearwater,
(727) 791-7400.
9-The Wizard of Oz Dorothy’s tale will
be told at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater,
(727) 791-7400.
11-Generation Axe This guitar rock
supergroup will be at Ruth Eckerd Hall in
Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
12-A Charlie Brown Christmas Live Get
nostalgic with Charles Schulz’s characters
at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater,
(727) 791-7400.
13-16-An Unforgettable Nat King Cole
Christmas Chicago sensation Evan Tyrone
Martin will star in the Cabaret at the Straz
Center of Tampa, (813) 229-STAR (7827) or
(800) 955-1045.
14-Kenny G The jazz saxophonist will
bring The Miracle Holiday & Hits Tour to Ruth
Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
15-Celtic Thunder The group celebrating
its 10th anniversary will be at Ruth Eckerd
Hall in Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
16-Not So Silent Night Halestorm
and Atlantic/Roadrunner band In This
Moment will be at the Mahaffey Theater in
St. Petersburg, (727) 893-7832.
20-A Christmas Carol The ghosts will visit
during this musical version of the holiday
classic at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater,
(727) 791-7400.
21-Rockapella A cappella superstars will
present holiday songs at the Capitol Theatre
in Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
22-23-Next Generation Ballet’s
Nutcracker This Balanchine-inspired
Nutcracker with principal dancers from
New York and Miami will be at the Straz
Center in Tampa, (813) 229-STAR (7827) or
(800) 955-1045.
22-23-The Sound of Music The von Trapp
family’s story will be onstage at Ruth Eckerd
Hall in Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
26-27-Great Russian Nutcracker The
holiday ballet classic presented by Moscow
Ballet will be at the Mahaffey Theater in
St. Petersburg, (727) 893-7832.
28-Sebastian Maniscalco This comedy
star will be at the Straz Center in Tampa,
(813) 229-STAR (7827), or (800) 955-1045.
30-The Beatles Classic Albums Live will
present Abbey Road note-by-note at Capitol
Theatre in Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
31-New Year’s Eve with The Crests
An evening with appetizers, a buffet
dinner, dancing and midnight toasts with
performances by Tommy Mara and The
Crests will be at the Show Palace Dinner
Theatre in Hudson, (727) 863-7949.
31-Salute to Vienna Celebrate New
Year’s Eve with European singers and an
orchestra at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater,
(727) 791-7400.
JANUARY 2019
5-Something Rotten This show that
spoofs the origins of the Broadway musical
will be at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater,
(727) 791-4800.
5-Youth America Grand Prix Gala This
dance extravaganza features Next Generation
Ballet and winners from the Youth America
Grand Prix, the granddaddy of ballet
competitions at the Straz Center in Tampa,
(813) 229-STAR (7827) or (800) 955-1045.
6-Swan Lake The National Ballet Theatre
of Odessa will make its first U.S. visit and
include a stop at the Mahaffey Theater in
St. Petersburg, (727) 893-7832.
10-The Bronx Wanderers Taking a break
from an award-winning Las Vegas residency,
this group will bring a rock ’n’ roll show
to the Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater,
(727) 791-7400.
12 thru Feb. 17-Cinderella Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s version of the fairy tale will
be at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre in
Hudson, (727) 863-7949.
13-Engelbert Humperdinck The 50-yearsplus
performer will bring his The Man I
Want to Be Tour to the Capitol Theatre in
Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
15-Photographer Florian Schultz As part
of its National Geographic Live series, Schultz
will take you Into the Arctic Kingdom at the
Straz Center in Tampa, (813) 229-STAR (7827)
or (800) 965-1045.
15-20-Les Misérables Cameron Makintosh
will present the new production of Alain
Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s
Tony Award-winning musical at the Straz
Center in Tampa, (813) 229-STAR (7827) or
(800) 955-1045.
17-Arlo Guthrie The famed folk singer
will be at the Capitol Theatre in Clearwater,
(727) 791-7400.
17-Pavlo The guitarist known for
Mediterranean music will be at the Palladium
Theater in St. Petersburg, (727) 822-3590.
17-Pilobolus This dance company will be at
Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater to showcase
their multimedia spectacular Shadowland,
(727) 791-7400.
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17-27-Fox on the Fairway This play
will be at Richey Suncoast Theatre in
New Port Richey, (727) 842-6777.
17-27-Funny Money This show will be at
the Francis Wilson Playhouse in Clearwater,
(727) 446-1360.
17-27-Mike Hammer in The Little Death
Gary Sandy from TV’s WKRP in Cincinnati
plays Mike Hammer again at Ruth Eckerd
Hall in Clearwater after last season’s
successful Encore for Murder, (727) 791-7400.
18-27-Bayou Radio Theatre Transport
yourself back to the Golden Age of Radio
with radio commercials, comedies and
dramas from a time gone by when gas was 10
cents a gallon. The show will be at the Tarpon
Springs Cultural Center, (727) 942-5605.
19-Monty Python’s Spamalot Flying cows
and killer rabbits abound in this show at Ruth
Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
19-Robert Klein The comedian will be at
Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
20-Masters of Illusion A night of magic
will be at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater,
(727) 791-7400.
22-Glenn Miller Orchestra You can “Get In
the Mood” with the orchestra at the Mahaffey
Theater in St. Petersburg, (727) 893-7832.
23-Neil deGrasse Tyson This astrophysicist
will bring his hilarious view of the world
and science pop culture to the Straz Center in
Tampa, (813) 229-STAR (7827) or (800) 955-1045.
23 thru Feb. 24-Pipeline In this play
at American Stage in St. Petersburg, an
inner city teacher works to give her son
opportunities, (727) 823-PLAY (7529).
24-Howie Mandel This game show host,
actor and comedian will be at the Capitol
Theatre in Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
25-Comedy Impressionist Jimmy Keys,
a comedic musician, will seek laughs at the
Show Palace Dinner Theatre in Hudson,
(727) 863-7949.
25-Gladys Knight The Empress of Soul
will be at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater,
(727) 791-7400.
25-Hot Tuna Acoustic This blues and
classic folk duo will be at Capitol Theatre in
Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
26-Star Wars Live in Concert The Florida
Orchestra will perform live during The
Empire Strikes Back at Ruth Eckerd Hall in
Clearwater, (727) 791-7400.
26 thru Feb. 24-Perfect Arrangement
This tale of 1950 politics and repression
will be at freeFall Theatre in St. Petersburg,
(727) 498-5205.
27-Cat on a Hot Tin Roof This acclaimed
series brings filmed versions of great
performances from Britain’s theater scene to
the Straz Center in Tampa, (813) 229-STAR,
(7827) or (800) 955-1045.
29 thru Feb. 3-A Bronx Tale This musical
will take you to the Bronx stoops in the 1960s
when a young man is caught between the
father he loaves and the mob boss. It will be
at the Straz Center in Tampa, (813) 229-STAR
(7827) or (800) 955-1045.
31-We Shall Overcome A celebration of
Martin Luther King Jr. will be at the Straz
Center in Tampa, (813) 229-STAR (7827) or
(800) 955-1045. 9
DECEMBER continued