Performing arts: Dec. 3-9
PERFORMING ARTS: What's on stage
MANATEE
DANCE
Neel Performing Arts Center: 5840 26th St. W., Bradenton
SCF Student Dance Recital, 5:30 p.m. Dec. 3; no charge. Information: 941-792-8274.
THEATER
Island Players: 10009 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria
"The Fox On The Fairway," Dec. 3-13. "Almost, Maine," Jan. 28-Feb. 14. Tickets: $20. Box office: 941-778-5755.
Manatee Performing Arts Center: 502 Third Ave. W., Bradenton
Stone Hall: "Disney's The Little Mermaid," Dec. 3-20. $26 and up. "A Chorus Line," Jan. 7-24; $27. Bradenton Kiwanis Studio Theater: "The Miracle Worker," Dec. 3-20; $26 and up. "The Diary of Anne Frank," Jan. 14-31; $26. Information: 941-748-5875 or manateeplayers.com.
Powel Crosley Estate: 8374 N. Tamiami Trail
Dickens at the Crosley: "A Christmas Carol," "The Selfish Giant," and "The Real Peter Pan," Dec. 8-20; $15-$25. Shakespeare at the Crosley; "Much Ado About Nothing,' "Shakespeare's Sonnets," "Hamlet," and 'King Lear," 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19-24 and 26-31, and 2 p.m. Jan. 22-24, and 29-31. Tickets: $15-$25. Information: 941-722-3244 or powelcrosleyestate.com.
Information: 941-722-3244 or powelcrosleyestate.com.
SARASOTA
DANCE
Sarasota Ballet: FSU Center for Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail
Balanchine, de Valois and Graziano: "Emeralds," "The Rake's Progress," "In a State of Weightlessness," Jan. 29-Feb. 1. Tickets: $35 and up. Information: 941-359-0099, ext. 101 or sarasotaballet.org.
Sarasota Contemporary Dance: FSU Center for Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail
"Voices of Fuzion," 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3-6, and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6; $46. For information and tickets, call Sarasota Ballet Box office at 941-359-0099.
OPERA
Sarasota Opera: 61 N. Pineapple Ave.
"Aida," Jan. 30-March 19; $19 and up. "Cosi fan tutte," Feb. 6-March 12; $19 and up. Information: 941-366-8450 or sarasotaopera.org.
THEATER
Crocker Memorial Church: 1260 12th St.
"Sarasolo 2016" 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m. Jan. 23-24 and 30-31. Tickets; $15 a day, $50 four days. Information: 212-722-2758.
Florida Studio Theatre: 1241 N. Palm Ave.
FST Improv: "Out Of Bounds," "When X Meets Y Holiday Special," and "Life's A Beach," 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and select Fridays through December; $15. Gompertz Theatre: "One Man, Two Guvnors," through Jan. 18; $25 and up. Keating Theatre: "Butler," Dec. 11-Feb. 21; $25 and up. John C. Court Cabaret: Winter Cabaret, "Soul Mates," through Jan. 5; $30 and up. Goldstein Cabaret: "Yesterday," Jan. 6-May 1; $30 and up. "Kids Comedy Lab," a show for kids of all ages, 2 p.m., doors open at 1 p.m. Saturdays; $6, free to children ages 5 and younger. Information: 941-366-9000 or floridastudiotheatre.org.
FSU Center for Performing Arts: 5555 N Tamiami Trail
Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, "The Liar," Dec. 29-Jan. 17; $13.50-$27. Asolo Repertory Theatre "West Side Story," through Dec. 27: $15.50-$85. Information: 941-351-8000 or asolorep.org.
The Players Theatre: 838 N. Tamiami Trail
"She Loves Me," Dec. 2-20; $25 and up. "Love, Loss and What I Wore," Jan. 28-Feb. 7; $18. "Friday Night Live," 8 p.m. Fridays; $20. Unless otherwise noted all tickets are $25-$30. Box office: 941-365-2494 or theplayers.org.
Urbanite Theatre: 1487 Second St., Sarasota
"Lungs," Dec. 4-Jan. 3; $24. Information: 941-321-1397 or urbanitetheatre.com.
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall: 777 N. Tamiami Trail
Carrot Top, 8 p.m. Dec. 12; $25-$55. The Sarasota Ballet's John Ringling's Circus Nutcracker, Dec. 18-19; $35 and up. "A Christmas Carol," 7 p.m. Dec. 23; $15-$55. Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 28; $34.96-$114.14. "The Producers," 8 p.m. Dec. 30; $45-$70. "The Buddy Holly Story," 8 p.m. Jan. 5-6; $35-$75. Ron White, 8 p.m. Jan. 7; $45-$65. Lisa Lampanelli, 8 p.m. Jan. 15; $35-$50. DL Hughley, 8 p.m. Jan. 18; $20-$55. "42nd Street," 8 p.m. Jan. 20-21; $55-$80. Dancing with the Stars: Live!, 8 p.m., Jan. 29; $65-$75. Masters of Illusion, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4; $20 and up. "The Book of Mormon," Feb. 9-14; $80 and up. Box office: 941-953-3368 or vanwezel.org.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe: 1646 10th Way
"A Motown Christmas," Dec. 2-31; $27-$38. Information: 941-366-1505 or wbttroupe.org.
ST. PETERSBURG
THEATER
American Stage: 163 Third St. N.
"The 39 Steps," through Dec. 13; $20 and up. Information: 727-823-7529.
Mahaffey Theater: 400 First St. S.
Information: 727-892-5767 or themahaffey.com.
TAMPA
CIRCUS
Amalie Arena: 401 Channelside Drive
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey "Legends," Jan. 6-10; $16-$75. Information: 813-301-6500 or amaliearena.com.
COMEDY
USF Sun Dome: 4202 E. Fowler Ave.
Katt Williams: "Conspiracy Theory," 8 p.m. Feb. 6; $50.75 and up. Information: 800-745-3000 or sundomearena.com.
THEATER
David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts: 1010 N. MacInnes Place
"Kinky Boots," through Dec. 6; $45-$95. Peking Dreams: National Circus and Acrobats from the People's Republic of China, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5; $35 and up. "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the Musical," 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Dec. 12; $20 and up. "Ghashee w Mashee," 8 p.m. Dec. 12; $57-$94.45. An Evening with Sutton Foster, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13; $35.50 and up. Next Generation Ballet: "Nutcracker," 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 19, 2 p.m. Dec. 20; $30 and up. "The Fullness of Time," 4 p.m. Dec. 20; $22.50 and up. "The Sound of Music," Dec. 22-27; $40 and up. "Lebensraum," Jan. 6-31; $28. Youth America Grand Prix Gala, Jan. 9; $35 and up. "Little Minute," Jan. 9-10; $10. Parson Dance, Jan. 14; $45-$55. JB Smoove, 8 p.m., Jan. 16; $39-$49. National Theatre Live: "Skylight," 2 p.m. Jan. 17; $21.50. National Geographic Live: Where The Wild Things Live," with VIncent J. Musi, photographer, 7 p.m. Jan. 19; $25. Disney's "The Lion King," Jan. 20-Feb. 14; $35 and up. "Intergalactic Nemesis: Target Earth, A Live-action Graphic Novel," 8 p.m. Jan. 28; $30-$45. Information: 813-229-7827 or strazcenter.org.
Tampa Theatre: 711 N. Franklin St.
Joe Rogan, 8 p.m. Jan. 16; $43.50. Information: 813-274-8981 or tampatheatre.org.
This story was originally published December 2, 2015 at 12:32 PM with the headline "Performing arts: Dec. 3-9 ."