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Performing arts: Jan. 14-20

PERFORMING ARTS: What's on stage

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: "A Chorus Line," through Jan. 24; $27-$37. "Chess," Feb. 11-28; $26 and up. Bradenton Kiwanis Studio Theater: "The Diary of Anne Frank," Jan. 14-31; $26. "Yank! A WWII Love Story," Feb. 18-March 6; $26 and up. "Bye Bye Birdie," March 17-April 3; $30 and up. Information: 941-748-5875 or manateeplayers.com.

Powel Crosley Estate: 8374 N. Tamiami Trail

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.

SARASOTA

DANCE

Sarasota Contemporary Dance: FSU Center for Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail

"Retrospect," March 17-20; $46. Information: 941-359-0099.

Historic Asolo Theater: 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota

New Stages Series: Kate Weare Company, "Unstruck," 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12-13. "I Understand Everything Better," 7:30 p.m. March 11-12; $22.50. 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.

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. "The Battle of Legnano," Feb. 27-March 18; $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.

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. "Laughing Matters," Feb. 19-June 12; $30 and up. Goldstein Cabaret: "Yesterday," through 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. "Sweeter Than Justice," 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5-6; $20. Box office: 941-552-5325 or theglenridge.com.

FSU Center for Performing Arts: 5555 N Tamiami Trail

Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, "The Liar," through Jan. 17; $28 and up. "Macbeth," Feb. 23-March 13; $14.50 and up. Asolo Repertory Theatre: "Living On Love," Jan. 15-Feb. 25; $24 and up. "All The Way," through April 9; $12 and up. "Ah, Wilderness," Jan. 22-April 10; $24 and up. Information: 941-351-8000 or asolorep.org.

The Players Theatre: 838 N. Tamiami Trail

"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

"Stupid (Expletive) Bird," Feb. 18-March 13; $24. Information: 941-321-1397 or urbanitetheatre.com.

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall: 777 N. Tamiami Trail

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: "Cinderella," 8 p.m. Feb. 24; $15-$55. "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," 8 p.m. March 3-4; $15-$80. Joffrey Ballet, 8 p.m., March 10; $35 and up. "Saturday Night Fever," 3 p.m. or 8 p.m. March 16; $35-$75. Peking Acrobats, 7 p.m. March 20; $15-$45. "Bullets Over Broadway," 8 p.m., March 21: $55. Stomp, 8 p.m. March 22; $50-$70. Box office: 941-953-3368 or vanwezel.org.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe: 1646 10th Way

"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," Jan. 13-Feb. 20; $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. "Girls Night," 7:30 p.m. March 2; $35.50 and up. Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood-Two Man Group, 8 p.m. March 19; $37.50 and up. Information: 727-892-5767 or themahaffey.com.

Raymond James Theatre: 163 Third St. N.

American Stage: "Jitney," Jan. 20-Feb. 21; $39 and up. Information: 727-823-7529 or americanstage.org.

TAMPA

COMEDY

Amalie Arena: 401 Channelside Drive

Jeff Dunham "Perfectly Unbalanced," 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24; $46.25. "Disney Live! Mickey and Minnie's Doorway to Magic," 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Feb. 27; $16 and up. Jeff Dunham, 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. Mike Epps "Don't Take It Personal" Tour, 8 p.m. March 19; 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

"Lebensraum," through Jan. 31; $28. 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, 7 p.m., Feb. 23; $25. "Matilda, the Musical," Feb. 23-28; $45 and up. Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Feb. 24-March 20; $28. "Murder for Two," March 1-May 1; $40 and up. "La Traviata," 8 p.m. March 11, 2 p.m. March 13; $49.50 and up. Behind the scenes at Saturday Night Live: An evening with Laraine Newman, Carol Leifer and Rosie Shuster, 7:30 p.m. March 12; $40 and up. National Theatre Live, "The Audience," 2 p.m. March 20; $21.50 and up. National Theatre Live: "The Audience," 2 p.m. March 20; $21.50. 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 January 13, 2016 at 11:23 AM with the headline "Performing arts: Jan. 14-20 ."

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