Performing arts: Dec. 17-23
MANATEE
THEATER
Island Players: 10009 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria
"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," through Dec. 20; $26 and up. "A Chorus Line," Jan. 7-24; $27. "Chess," Feb. 11-28; $26 and up. Bradenton Kiwanis Studio Theater: "The Miracle Worker," through Dec. 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," through Dec. 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
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota
New Stages Series: Dusan Tynek Dance Theatre, "Joseph's Coat," 5 p.m. Dec. 18-19; Kate Weare Company, "Unstruck," 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12-13. Tickets: $22.50-$27 members, $25-$30 nonmembers. Information: 941-360-7399 or ringling.org.
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: New College of Florida Black Box Theater, 5800 Bay Shore Road
"Exploited," 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Jan. 11. Tickets: $15-$20. Reservations only: 941-345-5755 or email info@sarasota contemporarydance.com.
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. "Fidelio," Feb. 13-March 11; $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. "Outside Mullingar," Feb. 3-March 27; $25 and up. Keating Theatre: "Butler," through Feb. 21; $25 and up. John C. Court Cabaret: Winter Cabaret, "Soul Mates," through Jan. 5; $30 and up. "Laughing Matters," Feb. 19-June 12; $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.
Glenridge Performing Arts Center: 7333 Scotland Way
"The Lady With All The Answers," one-woman show with David Rambo, 8 p.m. Feb. 17; $17.50 and up. Box office: 941-552-5325 or theglenridge.com.
FSU Center for Performing Arts: 5555 N Tamiami Trail
Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, "The Liar," Dec. 29-Jan. 17; $28 and up. Asolo Repertory Theatre: "West Side Story," through Dec. 27: $15.50-$85. "Living On Love," Jan. 15-Feb. 25; $24 and up. "All The Way," Jan. 8-April 9; $12 and up.Information: 941-351-8000 or asolorep.org.
The Players Theatre: 838 N. Tamiami Trail
"She Loves Me," through Dec. 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," through Jan. 3; $24. "Stupid (Expletive) Bird," Feb. 18-March 13; $24. Information: 941-321-1397 or urbanitetheatre.com.
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall: 777 N. Tamiami Trail
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. Moscow Festival Ballet, 8 p.m. Feb. 24; $15-$55. Box office: 941-953-3368 or vanwezel.org.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe: 1646 10th Way
"A Motown Christmas," through Dec. 31; $27-$38. Information: 941-366-1505 or wbttroupe.org.
ST. PETERSBURG
THEATER
Mahaffey Theater: 400 First St. S.
Shatner's World, The One Man Show, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3; $59.50 and up. Masters of Illusion, 8 p.m. Feb. 5; $22 and up. Wild Kratts Live!, 7 p.m. Feb. 19; $22.50 and up. 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
Amalie Arena: 401 Channelside Drive
Jeff Dunham "Perfectly Unbalanced," 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24; $46.25. Information: 813-301-6500.
Tampa Theatre: 711 N. Franklin St.
Jim Jefferies: "The Freedumb Tour," 7 p.m. doors, Jan. 29; $39.50 and up. Information: 813-274-8981.
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
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. "PostSecret, The Show," 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13; $25-$45. Opera Tampa: "Cosi Fan Tutte," Feb. 19 and 21: $69.50. Katie Adams: The Enchanted Kingdom Fairy Tales, 11 a.m. Feb. 20; $7.50. "An evening with Chris Mann," 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20; $30 and up. National Geographic Live: "Stranger in a strange land" with Jodi Cobb, photographer, 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 16, 2015 at 12:07 PM with the headline "Performing arts: Dec. 17-23 ."